News - Agenzia Fides

EUROPE/ITALY

“Hiraya,” the “certain hope” for the mission of Filipino Catholics in Rome

AFRICA/NIGERIA

Protest Rally: Priests from the Dioceses of Wukari and Jalingo denounce violence in Taraba State

ASIA/BANGLADESH

Bishop Gomes on the parliamentary elections: "Bangladeshi Christians have great hope for a future of stability and peace"

AFRICA/NIGERIA

30 people, including a catechist and his pregnant wife, kidnapped in Kaduna State

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

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

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

Alcohol costs less than bread; march to demand higher taxes on alcohol

ASIA

PHILIPPINES

The "Silsilah" movement: Lent and Ramadan offer believers a path of fraternity and peace

AMERICA

COLOMBIA

Child soldiers on the rise in the country: for illegal armed groups, “children have become cheap and expendable combatants”

EUROPE

POLAND

" Strengthening Ukrainian Refugee Resilience": Camillian missionaries support Ukrainian refugee women in Poland

OCEANIA

VANUATU

New missionary frontier in Vanuatu: the first three Salesians arrive

FIDES NEWS

2026-02-18

AFRICA/DR CONGO - Church desecrated in Ituri

2026-02-18

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - In a context of violence, famine, and malnutrition, Bishop Hiiboro Kussala sends a message of peace and healing ahead of Lent

2026-02-17

AFRICA/KENYA - The Episcopal Conference, concerned about the rise in violence, calls for an investigation into the attack on an Anglican church

2026-02-17

AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The country's bishops call on the faithful to express solidarity with the victims of the tropical cyclone

2026-02-16

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop Bagaforo: Lent and Ramadan begin together, an opportunity to build harmony between Christians and Muslims

2026-02-13

ASIA/HONG KONG - The parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, of the Missions Étrangères de Paris, celebrates 130 years of its missionary history

2026-02-13

AFRICA/UGANDA - Priest arrested under unconstitutional circumstances released on bail

2026-02-13

ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 1500th Mass for Korean Reconciliation; Faithful from South and North North Pray in spiritual communion

2026-02-12

ASIA/CHINA - Catholic communities visit the families of priests and nuns ahead of the Lunar New Year

News Analysis vai all'indice

Asia

Waste as a new form of colonialism in Africa and Asia

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

CEP APPOINTMENTS

EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Netherlands confirmed

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

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa

AFRICA/CAPO VERDE - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Sindhudurg

AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Bamenda

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués

Evangelization

AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is approaching

AFRICA/MALAWI - The dioceses of Malawi celebrate the Pontifical Missionary Union and Consecrated Life with a call for unity in Christ

Promotion and Development

“Perché nessuno cammini solo” (“So that no one walks alone”). Father Proserpio and Archbishop Sangalli speak about being close to people at the end of their lives

ASIA/INDONESIA - Italian Camillian missionaries: witnesses of work and hope in Asia

Area crisis

EUROPE/UKRAINE - Seeds of hope amid freezing temperatures and bombings

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nine Catholics kidnapped over the weekend in Nigeria

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 - Bishop of Surat Thani: “The new government must promote a lasting peace agreement with Cambodia”

ASIA/THAILAND - Nationalism influences politics: “Thai Pride” party wins elections

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 - Pushanghui Catholics restore their parish church with their own hands

AMERICA/PERU - Bishop Cadenas: the path of the Amazonian Church, blessed by the Pope

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