News

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  1 November 2026
  Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King: “Jesus did not ask us to feel sympathy for our enemies, but to love them” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Salt Lake City (Fides News Agency) -On the sidelines of the G20 Interfaith Forum, taking place in Salt Lake City from October 15 to 17, 2026, Fides news agency spoke with Martin Luther King I ...
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  31 October 2026
  VATICAN - "The love of Christ sends us forth (cf. 2 Cor 5:14)": the theme of the next World Mission Day 2027 Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – “The love of Christ sends us forth” is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the 101st World Mission Day, which will be celebrated on Sunday, 24 October 2027. It speaks to the very ...
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  29 October 2026
  VATICAN - "Church of Rome, Missionary Church": Cardinal Reina opens the Urbaniana's Academic Year Rome (Fides News Agency) – "The Gospel reaches Rome so that from Rome it may keep on running." Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome, reflected on the missionary vocation of t ...
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  28 October 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - The Role and Significance of the First Six Dioceses Entrusted to Chinese Bishops by Professor Liu Zhiqing Rome (Fides News Agency) – On October 28, 1926, exactly 100 years ago, Pope Pius XI consecrated six Chinese bishops in Rome: Philippe Zhao Huaiyi, Odorico Cheng Hede, Melchior Sun Dezheng, L ...
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  28 October 2026
  VATICAN/CHINA - “The Face of the Universal Church in China”: Conference at the Urbaniana University Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Ordinations of the First Six Chinese Bishops, Featuring the Bishops of Beijing and Haimen Rome (Fides News Agency) – A hundred years ago, six Chinese priests set sail from Shanghai to receive episcopal consecration at the hands of the Successor of Peter, Pope Pius XI, in Saint Peter's Basilica. In the comin ...
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  27 October 2026
  Cardinal Tagle to Link Macau’s 450-Year Missionary Legacy With Asia’s Evangelization in the Age of AI By Fr. John Mi Shen* Macau (Fides news Agency) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization and Dean of the College of Cardinals, will call the Catholic Church in Asia to ...
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  26 October 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Simone Zhu Kaimin and the Diocese of Haimen One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops consecrated in modern times, (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles to these Successors of the Apostle ...
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  26 October 2026
  VATICAN/MONGOLIA - Leo XIV receives Cardinal Marengo and the abbot of Gandan Monastery, the heart of Mongolian Buddhism by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – This morning Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, and the Venerable D. Javzandorj, the 30th Khamba Nomun Khan a ...
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  24 October 2026
  From a French pioneer of the American frontier to Pope Leo XIV: Sister Lyn Osiek's long missionary journey by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Saint Louis (Fides News Agency) - A pioneer of Catholic education on the American frontier, Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852) established the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States in ...
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  24 October 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In Loikaw, the Church rises again among the displaced: difficulties are mounting, but faith is also growing, says the Vicar General by Paolo Affatato Loikaw (Fides News Agency) – In the early days, only a handful of people came to the cathedral. Then, slowly, word spread through the villages and among families scattered by the war: the priest ha ...
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  23 October 2026
  "Gift exchange between the Churches requires conversion": Fr. Stan Chu Ilo on the "Church of the Sheaves" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – Diverse Churches, many stories, and an exchange of gifts that runs in every direction. On the sidelines of the first international conference of "The Church of the ...
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  23 October 2026
  THE CHURCH OF THE SHEAVES CONFERENCE - Listening the Continents: Gifts, Challenges and New Missionary Pathways by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – “From mission territories to missionary Churches”: the title of one of the sessions sums up the second day of the first international conference of “The Churc ...
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  23 October 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Fifty years after independence, education remains a decisive challenge Nampula (Fides News Agency) – Fifty years after independence, Mozambique has made significant progress in expanding access to education, extending its school network to rural and peri-urban areas. However, serious chal ...
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  23 October 2026
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - “There are no differences between French-speaking and English-speaking Catholics in the Church” Yaoundé (Fides News Agency) – “As St Paul said, ‘There is neither Greek nor Jew’; likewise, in the Church in Cameroon, there are no differences between French-speaking and English-speaking Catholics.” This was ...
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  23 October 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Young people march for democracy: for Jesuit Prakash: “A journey to preserve India’s soul” by Paolo Affatato New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – A march for democracy, calling for respect for voting rights and institutional reforms, is taking place today, 23 October, at the initiative of the national network ...