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AFRICA/CAMEROON
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Three religious kidnapped in late June in the Country's North-West region have been released

Nkongsamba (Fides News Agency) – The three religious – a priest and two friars – who were kidnapped on June 27 in north-western Cameroon have been released. The announcement was made by the ...

ASIA/VIET NAM
Cardinal Tagle presides over the first beatification liturgy in Vietnam: "If you choose Jesus, you will be blessed"

by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Tac Say (Fides News Agency) - Tens of thousands of faithful converged on July 2, 2026, at the Tac Say Pilgrimage Center in Ca Mau Province, Diocese of Can Tho, fo ...

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

Bangui (Fides News Agency) – “Father Crépin was deeply committed to dialogue. It is possible that he was killed to block the peace process currently underway in Zémio,” Bishop Aurelio Gazzer ...

ASIA/CHINA
“Saints have a past and sinners have a future.” Chinese Catholics celebrate Saints Peter and Paul, Patrons of the Church of Rome

Beijing (Fides News Agency) – An opportunity to pray that their faith may be as steadfast as that of St. Peter, firmly built upon the rock, and, like that of St. Paul, dynamic and fervent, a ...

ASIA/VIET NAM

Vietnamese Catholics eagerly prepare for the beatification of Father Francis Truong Buu Diep

AMERICA/HAITI

New violence causes the displacement of thousands of people and worsens humanitarian crisis

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Priest killed in the east of the Country

ASIA/CHINA

Catholic seminaries across China conclude the academic year

Continents
VATICAN
VATICAN
Leo XIV: "Mission is not one of the many tasks of the Church. It is the very reason for her existence"
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Archbishop of Berbérati, newly appointed: "Every honor in the Church exists for the sake of service"
ASIA
BANGLADESH
Bishop Gomes: "The Rohingya crisis is growing more severe as international aid continues to decline"
AMERICA
VENEZUELA
Prayers and relief efforts by the Venezuelan ecclesial community in the wake of the earthquake tragedy
EUROPE
ITALY
LUISS Guido Carli University hosts panel on “Religion and Global Social Justice in the 21st Century”
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
Cardinal Bo to the Pontifical Mission Societies: "Your collaboration with us is not just charity, it is communion"
FIDES NEWS
2026-06-30
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Anti-immigration protests under way as thousands of migrants return home in recent weeks
2026-06-30
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe, many small projects at the service of pre-evangelization
2026-06-30
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Diocese of Enugu refuses to lend the Cathedral for a pro-Tinubu political rally
2026-06-30
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - White Ribbon Movement launches long-term mobilization against corruption and political dynasties
2026-06-29
An "interactive" New Testament for Gen Z - An "interactive" New Testament for Gen Z
2026-06-28
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 51 years after independence, the country needs a new national consciousness, based on honesty, patriotism, solidarity, and collective responsibility
2026-06-27
ASIA/CAMBODIA - A Buddhist school bears the names of a Monk and a Catholic Bishop: A sign of dialogue and peace
2026-06-26
A true priest, a true doctor: a documentary - film on the testimony of Romanian Venerable Martin Benedict
2026-06-26
AFRICA/CHAD - Signing of the statute of the interfaith platform to strengthen peace and social cohesion
News Analysis vai all'indice
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
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"
CEP APPOINTMENTS

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

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

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

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

Acts of the Holy See

VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV appoints Members and Consultors of the Dicastery for Evangelization's Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches

ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Jaffna

AFRICA/TOGO - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Kpalimé

ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India)

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués
Evangelization
Here's how Sweden is quietly rediscovering itself as a "land of mission"
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The "World Mission Rosary" at the heart of the journey toward the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Promotion and Development
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro Kussala on the values of Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas: "What kind of generation are we raising?"
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Diamonds and poverty: production increases in Chiadzwa, but local communities remain marginalized
Area crisis
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal of the Bishops of Ibadan. More than a month of captivity for 39 students and 7 teachers
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops after attack on Anglican cathedral in Nairobi: "Is this in the interest of the political elite?"
Migrants
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Call for dialogue against xenophobia and intimidation of foreign-led churches
Refugees and displaced persons, the figures of a “globalized suffering” that the Pope removes from the conspiracy of silence

Politics
Colombian elections reveal a divided country
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope's visit to Korea: An Opportunity to renew inter-Korean dialogue
Missionaries Killed
AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishop Kussala: “The loss of Father Youhanna Al-Amin is a painful wound for the entire Church”
The blood-stained Breviary and other "Family Memories" of Father Amédée Benoît
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 - In the "market city" of Yiwu, Father's Day becomes an occasion to proclaim the Gospel
Cardinal Chow: "Sinicization" requires reflection based on knowledge, not rejection based on ignorance

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