News - Agenzia Fides

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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