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EUROPE/MALTA

"Forward with Hope": Missio Malta’s Annual Fundraising Marathon to be held on Saturday, March 14

AFRICA/AFRICA

Greek Melkite Bishop Chami: Prayer and fasting for peace and to drive out the demons that fuel wars

AFRICA/CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

New airstrikes against Goma

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA

The bishops in the country: "We urge all Ethiopians to resist hatred and reject any attempts to create division in our society"

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

Online Seminar on March 11: Missionary Animation and Formation in Times of Artificial Intelligence

AFRICA

SOUTH SUDAN

Christian church leaders: "Stop military operations in Jonglei"

ASIA

MYANMAR

Catholic Bishops: March 26th, prayer and fasting for peace in the Middle East and Myanmar

AMERICA

HAITI

A young aspiring priest killed by a drone; concern for the fate of a priest involved in prison ministry a month after his abduction

EUROPE

ITALY

Faith according to Joseph Ratzinger: “Like a child in his mother’s arms”

OCEANIA

VANUATU

New missionary frontier in Vanuatu: the first three Salesians arrive

FIDES NEWS

2026-03-11

ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Zhen Xuebin to seminarians: we are called to bear witness to the Word of God with our lives

2026-03-10

ASIA/LEBANON - After the death of Father al-Raï: Christians in the south caught between evacuation pressure and the desire to stay

2026-03-10

AFRICA/GHANA - Fr. René Yao and the St. Martin Deaf Ministry: “I do not want separate Masses for the deaf. We must pray together, as one body in Christ”

2026-03-10

AFRICA/SUDAN - The impact of the war against Iran on the situation in Sudan

2026-03-09

ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite priest killed in Israeli attack in southern Lebanon

2026-03-09

ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities express their gratitude to women on their feast day

2026-03-09

ASIA/BAHRAIN - Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa urges "to leave churches open for the spiritual support of the faithful"

2026-03-08

AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Cupich: The war on Iran portrayed as a "video game" represents the failure of our humanity

2026-03-07

AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - With the visit of Pope Leo XIV, the country becomes the epicenter of world news

News Analysis vai all'indice

Asia

Waste as a new form of colonialism in Africa and Asia

Vatican

Leo XIV, Saint Augustine, and the two Cities

America

Lessons from 1989. When a Nuncio Faced Off a US Invasion in Panama

Africa

Archbishop Nwachukwu: Free Nigeria from the "smokescreen" of widespread violence

Vatican

Turkey and Lebanon. Leo XIV's journey and prayer amidst the wounds of the Church and the world

Vatican

Artificial Intelligence and the Mission of the Church. An analytical contribution

Vatican

John Henry Newman and the Church Mission

CEP APPOINTMENTS

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AFRICA/LIBERIA - Appointment of the New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AMERICA/URUGUAY - Sr. Jolanta Elżbieta Płomińska, SSPC, new director of the PMS

EUROPE/SWEDEN - Anna Sandberg, new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Nordic Countries

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Quetta

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lahore

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Tabuk

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués

Evangelization

AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Awaiting the apostolic visit of Pope Leo XIV: "Mission is a vibrant part of the community"

ASIA/INDIA - A Day of Prayer for Peace in the Middle East

Promotion and Development

ASIA/CAMBODIA - In 2026, the Church's commitment to education will increase

ASIA/INDONESIA - Mineral water, ice cream, pizza: three "San Camillo Dreams" come true

Area crisis

AFRICA/DR CONGO - "In addition to Rwanda, the M23 and its Congolese leadership must be sanctioned"

ASIA/BAHRAIN - Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia: "May this journey of Ramadan and Lent unite us also in these difficult moments"

Migrants

AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda's immigrant integration model confronts US administration plans

AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The 12th Regional Meeting on the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility in Costa Rica

Politics

ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop Gomes on the parliamentary elections: "Bangladeshi Christians have great hope for a future of stability and peace"

ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Surat Thani: “The new government must promote a lasting peace agreement with Cambodia”

Missionaries Killed

ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Martinelli on the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Missionaries of Charity Sisters: “Witnesses to Christ's charity”

AFRICA/UGANDA - Leading one's own killers to salvation: the Christian adventure of missionary Raffaele Di Bari

Civil society

Archbishop Sangalli at the funeral chamber of fashion designer Valentino Garavani for a moment of prayer and reflection together with family members

AFRICA/GABON - Faced with alarm over "ritual murders", the President asks the population whether they want the death penalty reintroduced

Local Churches

ASIA/VIETNAM - A hidden treasure of faith and charity: the work of Vietnamese nuns among lepers

ASIA/CHINA - Called and led to true happiness. The "Program for the practice of charity" for the Lenten journey of the Parish of Lucheng

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