Vatican

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  25 January 2026
  “One in Christ, united in mission.” Leo XIV’s Message for the 100th World Mission Day by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord," writes Paul of Tarsus in his Second Letter to the Corinthians. On Sunday, January 25, the day on whi ...
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  15 January 2026
  VATICAN - "The Missionary Union, the Second Vatican Council, and the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV": liturgical commemoration of Blessed Manna Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Missionary Union, the Second Vatican Council, and the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV” is the title of the initiative taking place on Friday, January 16 (7:00 p.m.), at the Pontifical Ur ...
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  12 January 2026
  “Delicta Graviora”: Course on the “grave delicts” reserved to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are delicts against the Sacrament of the Eucharist (such as sacrileges committed during satanic rituals) and against the Sacrament of Penance; delicts committed by priests who acquire ...
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  9 January 2026
  Leo XIV, Saint Augustine, and the two Cities by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his traditional New Year's address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Leo XIV today observed the current state of the world t ...
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  8 January 2026
  VATICAN - Mission "by attraction" at the center of the Extraordinary Consistory convened by Leo XIV Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Mission and Synodality. These are the “urgent issues” considered as priorities for the Church’s present situation and the focus of discussions among the 170 Cardinals who gathered in ...
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  6 January 2026
  VATICAN - Missionary Childhood Day: Leo XIV's "thank you" to children and young people who "pray for missionaries in many parts of the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I greet and thank all the children and young people who, in many parts of the world, pray for missionaries and are committed to helping their less fortunate peers. Thank you, dear frie ...
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  2 January 2026
  Leo XIV: Mission is born from the encounter with Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Mission is born from the encounter with Christ. And the encounters of Jesus with his first disciples forever reveal the path, simple yet mysterious, by which Christ's salvation is communi ...
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  30 December 2025
  MISSIONARIES AND PASTORAL WORKERS KILLED IN 2025 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Even the hope of missionaries and pastoral workers who are killed is “a hope filled with immortality because their witness lives on as a prophecy of the victory of good over evil.” This is one ...
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  24 December 2025
  Cardinal Tagle: Encountering and sharing the work of Jesus among the peoples of the world by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Fides Agency publishes the homily delivered by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle on Tuesday, December 23, during Holy Mass - presided over by him - celebrated with the working comm ...
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  22 December 2025
  VATICAN - Mission and communion. Leo XIV's address to the Roman Curia" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “By her very nature, the Church is outward-looking, turned toward the world, missionary.” And “the mission of Jesus on earth, which continues in the Holy Spirit through the Church, ...
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  12 December 2025
  Missionaries in friendship with Christ. Cardinal Tagle celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint Newman, Patron of Urbaniana University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Brothers and sisters, may our new Doctor of the Church and the Patron of our University inspire us in our life and work as a University and as people sent on mission," said Cardinal Luis Antonio T ...
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  10 December 2025
  ASEAN, communities of believers and the future of the world. Malaysian Ambassador Assan's "Lectio Magistralis" at Urbaniana University by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the globalized era, the countries and peoples of Southeast Asia represent a key “transregional actor” in seeking together sustainable and inclusive development paths. ...
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  29 November 2025
  VATICAN - "Missionary mandate" and Jubilee at the heart of the English-language training course at CIAM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – More than 30 priests, nuns, and lay people from Europe, Africa, and North America are participating. Among them are diocesan directors and staff members from the national directions of th ...
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  27 November 2025
  Turkey and Lebanon. Leo XIV's journey and prayer amidst the wounds of the Church and the world by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On his first apostolic journey as Successor of Peter, which began today with a flight from Rome to Ankara, Pope Leo XIV is venturing into a tangle of conflicts, the shedding ...
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  20 November 2025
  "Apostolic Cinema": Missionary cinema, a resource for today's mission by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Hidden in the archives of many religious congregations and ecclesiastical institutions around the world lies a treasure that deserves to be rediscovered and shared. This is t ...