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ASIA/LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
ASIA/LAOS - Father Figaredo’s account: “Amidst the poverty of resources, the creativity of the Church in Laos lives the essence of faith”

by Paolo Affatato Vientiane (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic Church in Laos is undergoing a delicate but promising transition, marked by the “handover” between the generation of Pastor ...

AFRICA/ZIMBABWE
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Diamonds and poverty: production increases in Chiadzwa, but local communities remain marginalized

Harare (Fides news Agency) - The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has announced plans to increase production at its Chiadzwa mine in the Mutare district, Manicaland province, in ...

VATICAN/VATICAN
Four centuries at the service of the Gospel: the Palace of Propaganda Fide and the Urban College

by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – “The Palazzo di Propaganda Fide is not only a monument of Rome, but for four centuries it has embodied the concrete commitment of the Ro ...

AMERICA/PERU
“Doing things for free” is “God’s job”: ‘Operation Mato Grosso’ in Peru

by Domitia Caramazza Lima (Fides News Agency) - “Chacas seems closer to heaven than to the rest of the world…”. The words of the writer Mario Vargas Llosa inevitably comes to mind a ...

ASIA/KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

President Lee Jae Myung to Fides: "Peace begins when people meet and listen to one another"

ASIA/MYANMAR

Bishop of Loikaw: “The cathedral has been returned to us, but our place remains alongside the displaced”

ASIA/MALAYSIA

Old and new things. Archbishop Simon Poh recounts the wonderful journey of the “Oral Bibles of Malaysia”

EUROPE/ITALY

South Korean President Lee speaks in the Papal Basilica of St. Paul: gratitude for the Holy See's "unconditional support" for the peace processes

Continents
VATICAN
VATICAN
Cardinal Tagle at the memorial Mass for Bishop Osorio Afonso Citora: "Freely you have received, freely give"
AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
Malawi: Appeal to the international community for the repatriation of 10,000 compatriots from South Africa
ASIA
HONG KONG
Pacific Catholic University Choirs gather for Symposium in Hong Kong
AMERICA
HAITI
Women's Role, Literacy, and Sources of Income: A community assessment in Pourcine Pic-Makaya
EUROPE
FRANCE
200 years of the "Living Rosary". Cardinal Tagle: prayer opens the doors to missionary witness
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
Cardinal Bo to the Pontifical Mission Societies: "Your collaboration with us is not just charity, it is communion"
FIDES NEWS
2026-06-17
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Earthquake aftershocks hinder humanitarian aid access to affected populations
2026-06-16
ASIA/ISRAEL - Historic visit of the President of Somaliland to Israel
2026-06-16
ASIA/BAHRAIN - The Vicariate of Northern Arabia consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: source of salvation and the foundation of Church life
2026-06-15
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Farewell to Bishop Osório Citora, a man of peace and a missionary who believed in the goodness of people
2026-06-15
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - More than 7,000 Malawians stranded in Durban awaiting repatriation
2026-06-13
Jubilee of the Living Rosary: inauguration of the "missionary" Chair dedicated to Blessed Jaricot at the Catholic University of Lyon - Jubilee of the Living Rosary: inauguration of the "missionary" Chair dedicated to Blessed Jaricot at the Catholic University of Lyon
2026-06-13
Lyon: Pauline Jaricot's family donates a relic to the "House of Lorette" - Lyon: Pauline Jaricot's family donates a relic to the "House of Lorette"
2026-06-12
LEO XIV IN SPAIN - The Pope in Tenerife: “God’s love knows no borders”, meeting with migrants in Las Raíces and La Laguna
2026-06-12
ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Imphal calls for “Peace Agreement” in Manipur, as ethnic tensions flare up again
News Analysis vai all'indice
Europe
There's no need to tilt at windmills. The Pope in Spain, Don Quixote, and the mission of the Church
Vatican
“Magnifica humanitas” and the risk of the digital age becoming “colonial in another form”
Vatican
Artificial intelligence as a weapon of war: "We are killing people using metadata"
Vatican
At Urbaniana University, the spotlight is on the relevance of "Contextual Theology," at the service of the mission
Vatican
“The mission is Jesus”. Leo XIV and the first steps of his "missionary magisterium"
Vatican
Pope Bergoglio and the 'Mysterium Lunae'
Africa
Pope Prevost, Saint Augustine and World in conflict
CEP APPOINTMENTS

AMERICA/HAITI - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

ASIA/LAOS AND CAMBODIA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

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

AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The final farewell to Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, remembered by many who knew him

AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation and succession of bishop of Nkayi

AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of bishop of Kitui, Kenya

ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Taungngu

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués
Evangelization
“200 Years of the Living Rosary”: From Pauline Jaricot to the worldwide Pontifical Mission Societies
ASIA/NEPAL - Apostolic Administrator Bogati: "The Church is growing, amid hopes for change in the country"
Promotion and Development
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - St. Theresa Mission Hospital launches Ebola awareness campaign
Artificial Intelligence is not made only of bits, but above all of atoms: the environmental consequences of the new "technological promise"
Area crisis
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tensions rise after clashes in Mogadishu
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ondo after the conviction of four jihadists for the Pentecost massacre: “There is a law in this country”
Migrants
LEO XIV IN SPAIN - The Pope in the port of Arguineguín: “Every individual that arrives asks us what remains of our humanity”
The Las Raíces Center, between migrant reception and preparation for the Pope's visit to Tenerife

Politics
ASIA/INDIA - The "Cockroach Janata Party", new hope for young Indians
ASIA/INDIA - In Tamil Nadu, a Catholic Chief Minister; the Bishop of Vellore: “We are available to collaborate for development and social harmony”
Missionaries Killed
AFRICA/KENYA - Suspected killer of Father Bett arrested
Condolences from the Dicastery for Evangelization for the death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso
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
Barcelona: Pope Leo XIV follows in the footsteps of missionary architect Gaudí
Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Laghouat after the Pope's visit: Christians in Algeria, a "grain of incense" in the "school of the desert"

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