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AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN

“There must be no more war between Sudan and South Sudan!”: Appeal of Catholic Bishops and Anglicans of South Sudan

ASIA/PAKISTAN

Forced Conversions result of Poverty and Ignorance

Fides News

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “There must be no more war between Sudan and South Sudan!”: Appeal of Catholic Bishops and Anglicans of South Sudan

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced Conversions result of Poverty and Ignorance

AFRICA/ANGOLA - A request from the Bishops of Angola for a greater attention to the poor in a very rich country

AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Overcome poverty and corruption”: the voice of the Church on the anniversary of independence

ASIA/NEPAL - 300 new Pastors preparing for ordination

ASIA/CINA - The first museum in China dedicated to Father Matteo Ricci, fruit of the collaboration between the civil authorities and the Catholic Church, inaugurated

AFRICA/TANZANIA - Heavy rain in the region of Kagera; at least 60 families left without homes

AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Presidential elections: vigil of prayer and reflection prescribed by the Church

ASIA/ LAOS - Forbidden to pray at home and put crucifixes on the walls

ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kumasi and nomination of successor

ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/INDIA - Nomination of Bishop of Calicut and Apostolic Administrator of Kannur

AMERICA/PANAMA - The celebrations for the 500 years of the foundation of the first American diocese

OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Deacon and midfielder: a life for Jesus, in church, and on the football field

AMERICA/ECUADOR - Against human trafficking, a scourge that affects more than 6 000 people only in Ecuador

ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong to the 800 newly baptized: formation, witness and mutual support to rekindle the faith in the family of the Church

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SPOTLIGHT

World Mission Sunday 2012

Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI

Missionaries killed

The missionaries killed during 2010

Prayer

Missionary prayer Intention 2012

SPECIAL ISSUE

THE NAMES OF PASTORAL WORKERS, BISHOPS, PRIESTS, MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND LAY CATHOLICS, KILLED IN THE YEAR 2011

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost...

VATICAN - World Mission Day: Catholic Church Statistics

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, on the occasion of World Mission Sunday, October 23 this year, Fides News Service...

THE NAMES OF PASTORAL WORKERS, PRIESTS, MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND LAY CATHOLICS KILLED DURING 2010

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Once again this year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost...

DOSSIER

THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION

“The universal mission should become a fundamental constant in the life of the Church”, Fr. Timothy Lehane Barrett, SVD,...

Special Feature for Mission Sunday 2009: CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS

CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS WORLD POPULATION – CATHOLICS PERSONS /CATHOLICS PER PRIEST ECCLESIASTICAL...

Instrumentum mensis Septembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum

The Holy Father Benedict XVI in the month of September continued to reside in his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, from...

ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE

AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kumasi and nomination of successor

ASIA/INDIA - Nomination of Bishop of Calicut and Apostolic Administrator of Kannur

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC- Appointment of the Archbishop of Bangui

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of the Bishop of Berberati

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of the Bishop of Bossangoa