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ASIA/INDIA

Bishop Pitchaimuthu at the First Franciscan Missionary Symposium: “Asia does not need missionaries who come with all the answers. It needs brothers and sisters who bring Christ”

AFRICA/SUDAN

Drone warfare and humanitarian crisis deepen alarm in Darfur and Kordofan

AFRICA/NIGERIA

Church attacked during Sunday Mass, two people still held by kidnappers

ASIA/BANGLADESH

The Church's Mission among Khulna's Dalits. Bishop Boiragi: "In Christ they rediscover the dignity of children of God"

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

Pope Leo XIV: When we are with Christ, “our needs are abundantly met”

AFRICA

GUINEA

Controversy over President Doumbouya's vacationin Greece as opposition and citizens remain divided

ASIA

LEBANON

Six years after the explosion in the Port of Beirut, the Pontifical Mission Societies continue to respond to the emergency facing newly displaced families

AMERICA

HAITI

At least 20 people killed by criminal gangs in the municipality of Gressier

EUROPE

SLOVAKIA

12 theatre Companies at the XXXIV Slovak Christian Theatre Festival inspired by Saint Francis

OCEANIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea’s hidden treasure: The wisdom of elder missionaries

FIDES NEWS

2026-08-04

AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Bishops express their “Closeness and solidarity”

2026-08-04

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray on the brink of renewed conflict: fighting resumes as civilians flee

2026-08-03

ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Official hymn for Seoul WYD 2027 unveiled: "Take courage; I have overcome the world"

2026-08-03

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest killed in roadside ambush

2026-08-02

TRINITARIANS IN MADAGASCAR/4 - One Hundred Years of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives. Bishop Berardi’s pilgrimage to the roots of his vocation

2026-08-01

TRINITARIANS IN MADAGASCAR/3 - One hundred years of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives: Apostolic ‘tours’, catechists and the construction of facilities at the service of the Gospel

2026-08-01

ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit Prakash: "Young people are awakening the country's democratic conscience"

2026-07-31

XV CONAJUM: Archbishop Nwachukwu to 6,000 Mexican young people: “Your heart is made to sail the open sea, not to remain closed in an aquarium” - XV CONAJUM: Archbishop Nwachukwu to 6,000 Mexican young people: “Your heart is made to sail the open sea, not to remain closed in an aquarium”

2026-07-31

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Attack on the ancient monastery of Saint Arsema: “Buildings may be destroyed and lives broken, but our faith in Christ remains”

News Analysis vai all'indice

America

The Manual of Latin American Ecclesial Communities to address the addiction crisis: A story of Communion

Europe

At the Shrine of Banneux, the first Marian Missionary Festival: Mary, face of dialogue and mission in Asia

Vatican

"Christianity is only just beginning": How Leo XIV's missionary vision is rooted in the Acts of the Apostles

America

Defending land means defending life: Latin American Churches Stand alongside communities in mining conflicts

Europe

Cardinals Vesco and Marengo: "At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, in the deserts of the world"

Europe

messianisms and Augustinian realism: scholars and analysts revisit Leo XIV’s teaching on international politics and Global scenarios

Europe

There's no need to tilt at windmills. The Pope in Spain, Don Quixote, and the mission of the Church

CEP APPOINTMENTS

EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Appointment of New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

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

EUROPE/GREECE - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

EUROPE/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Acts of the Holy See

ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Dindigul

AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Kabinda

ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of coadjutor bishop of Bameng

ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of bishop of Chifeng

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Evangelization

TRINITARIANS IN MADAGASCAR/2 - One hundred years of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives: Men without borders

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Farewell to Father Mahboob Evarist, the first Punjabi Capuchin priest: A life dedicated to the Gospel and the inculturation of the faith

Promotion and Development

AMERICA/HAITI - Not just violence and crisis: in Pourcine Pic Makaya, the Catholic Community brings clean water to new families

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops call for peace and dialogue ahead of December elections

Area crisis

AFRICA/SUDAN - Anglican pastor killed in the Nuba Mountains, where Father Youhanna Al-Amin was murdered in June

Archdiocese of Bogotá brings aid and hope to Cuba: “The Cuban people need us and ask for our support”

Migrants

ASIA - “Choral compassion” to stop migrant tragedies in the “Mediterranean of Asia”

AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Anti-immigration protests under way as thousands of migrants return home in recent weeks

Politics

AFRICA/KENYA - Controversy over British military presence

AFRICA/ALGERIA - Record of abstention in Algeria's legislative elections

Missionaries Killed

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Funeral held for Father Crépin, priest killed “perhaps to block the peace process in Zémio”

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Priest killed in the east of the Country

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

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops urge Tinubu to reassure Christians and ensure transparent elections in 2027

ASIA/CHINA - Francis Xavier Duan Yongkun ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Bameng

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