Vatican

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  16 October 2026
  Catholic Church Statistics 2026 Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The number of Catholics worldwide is increasing, and the number of priests is growing again, albeit slightly. Meanwhile, the number of women religious and major seminarians continues ...
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  15 October 2026
  VATICAN - On the eve of the 100th World Mission Day, Pope Leo XIV entrusted to the Virgin Mary’s care during the International Missionary Rosary Rome (Fides News Agency) – On Saturday, 17 October, at 3 p.m., prayers will be offered for the Church’s mission throughout the world, as well as for Pope Leo XIV’s health and recovery. These intentions will be inte ...
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  14 October 2026
  VATICAN - Ten years of Amoris Laetitia: Pope Leo XIV urges families to nurture love, prayer and welcome Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Emotion was palpable among those attending Mass celebrated this morning in St Peter’s Square, as their thoughts turned to Pope Leo XIV, who underwent surgery yesterday at the Gemell ...
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  13 October 2026
  Leo XIV to the John Paul I Vatican Foundation Conference: peace is a daily Mission Rome (Fides News Agency) – “‘Safeguarding and promoting peace is a responsibility for each of us and, at the same time, a mission to be cultivated patiently in every sphere of our daily lives.” This was Pope Leo ...
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  13 October 2026
  Rome, Sassari, the world: The birth of World Mission Sunday in five stages by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – A day dedicated to bringing the missionary dimension into the everyday life of parishes through prayer, awareness of distant communities and the sharing of ...
• 9 October 2026
  VATICAN - Resignation of the dean and approval of the election of the new dean of the College of Cardinals Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of the dean of the College of Cardinals presented by His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who will assume the title o ...
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  9 October 2026
  VATICAN - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is the new Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches, is the new Dean of the College of ...
• 8 October 2026
  VATICAN - Appointment of adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, with the office of president of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, N.S.A., superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, as adjunct secretary of the Dicastery ...
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  8 October 2026
  VATICAN - Sister Mary Teresa Barron appointed adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Reverend Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, N.S.A., superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, as adjunct secretary of the Dicastery f ...
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  8 October 2026
  Missions in upheaval: World Mission Sunday during the years of war by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Our missionaries are there, standing firm in the trenches of faith, like watchful sentinels at the outposts.” On 19 October 1940, as the war was also devast ...
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  7 October 2026
  Pope Leo XIV: Let us celebrate the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday with gratitude and generosity
  Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – We publish below the text of the video message delivered by Pope Leo XIV in preparation for World Mission Sunday, established 100 ye ...
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  6 October 2026
  The Popes and World Mission Sunday Rome (Fides News Agency) – From Pius XII’s appeal during wartime to the annual papal messages of Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis (while in the early years the texts were often drafted by the Cardinal ...
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  5 October 2026
  Bible and cultures: Christian identity as encounter by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) — “Very often, our identity is: ‘I am because you are not.’” For Nicoletta Gatti, a lecturer in biblical studies at the University of Ghana, it is precisely i ...
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  1 October 2026
  VATICAN - New “Donum Missionis” Foundation brings the missionary colleges in Rome under one institution Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – From 1 November 2026, the “Domus Missionalis” and “Domus Urbaniana” Foundations will cease to exist as separate entities and will be brought together under a single institutio ...
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  1 October 2026
  Refugee & Migrant Education Emergency. Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Rome (Fides News Agency) – The international conference “Refugee & Migrant Education: Voices in Action: Transformative Collaboration and Educational Solidarity with Refugees & Migrants” opened on September 30 at th ...