News - Agenzia Fides

AFRICA/NIGERIA

Convent, Catholic Hospital, and two Protestant Churches attacked in North-Central Nigeria

ASIA/CAMBODIA

A missionary: “Tension and hostility with Thailand persist, while the battle rages on social media”

EUROPE/GREECE

The last homily of Ioannis Zizioulas

ASIA/BANGLADESH

Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka on the Political elections: “The Church supports pluralism and democracy”

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

Message for World Mission Day 2026: Pope Leo XIV invites everyone to collaborate with the Pontifical Mission Societies with gratitude

AFRICA

SUDAN

Appeal for the rights of the population: "Darfur is not only a location of suffering. It is a place of resilience"

ASIA

INDONESIA

Italian Camillian missionaries: witnesses of work and hope in Asia

AMERICA

PERU

Bishop Cadenas: the path of the Amazonian Church, blessed by the Pope

EUROPE

FRANCE

Exhibition on display in Lyon from February 4th: “Destination Asia, a missionary journey with Lego bricks”

OCEANIA

VANUATU

New missionary frontier in Vanuatu: the first three Salesians arrive

FIDES NEWS

2026-02-05

AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Bishops condemn violence against priests

2026-02-05

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Worshippers kidnapped on January 18 in northern Nigeria have been released

2026-02-03

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Sokoto: “Every day there are massacres in Nigeria: How can such a country move forward?”

2026-02-02

ASIA/MYANMAR - Five years after the coup, the military junta accelerates the political transition

2026-02-02

AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tragedy at the Luwowo Mine: Accusations between the government and the M23

2026-02-02

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Immediate action needed to avert imminent war: warning from the provisional administration of Tigray

2026-01-31

ASIA/INDIA - The Salesians: a century of mission in Calcutta, alongside children and young people

2026-01-30

ASIA/THAILAND - “Signis” Secretary General on the upcoming elections: “Peace is not a very popular topic”

2026-01-30

ASIA/CHINA - Traditional works of charity and mercy promoted in preparation for the Lunar New Year have already begun

News Analysis vai all'indice

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

Asia

Order of the World - Global Order and the "twilight" in which "monsters emerge"

CEP APPOINTMENTS

AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed

AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE AND GAMBIA - Appointment of the new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

ASIA/LEBANON - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed

Acts of the Holy See

AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of vicar apostolic of San José del Amazonas

ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and succession of bishop of Pekhon

ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Udupi

AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of Bishop of Popokabaka

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués

Evangelization

ASIA/INDIA - A Bishop and four priests from Odisha, land of martyrs

AMERICA/ECUADOR - Father Enio Esteves dies in plane crash: The Salesian served as a missionary among the Amazonian peoples

Promotion and Development

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro inaugurates a new Pastoral Center: "to be present, especially where suffering is greatest"

AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops in view of the elections: forming consciences, illuminating with the Gospel, and reawakening the civic commitment of the faithful

Area crisis

AFRICA/NIGER - No one has claimed responsibility for the attack on the airport, but the junta accuses the Presidents of France, Benin, and Ivory Coast of being the "instigators"

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Situation out of control: schools closed, lack of drinking water, and cholera spreading after floods

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/THAILAND - Bishops on the eve of the elections: "Choose candidates who respect human dignity and promote the common good"

AFRICA/UGANDA - President Museveni claims responsibility for the arrest of the priest reported missing in early December

Missionaries Killed

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

AFRICA/NIGERIA - A seminarian kidnapped on July 10 has died from injuries sustained during the attack

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/CHINA - The Immaculate Conception of Shenjiadou - "Fishermen's Church" - reopens

ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tagle's blessing: "May the face of Jesus always shine upon Hong Kong"

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