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AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE

The final farewell to Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, remembered by many who knew him

EUROPE/FRANCE

“200 Years of the Living Rosary”: From Pauline Jaricot to the worldwide Pontifical Mission Societies

EUROPE/SPAIN

The Pope in the port of Arguineguín: “Every individual that arrives asks us what remains of our humanity”

ASIA/NEPAL

Apostolic Administrator Bogati: "The Church is growing, amid hopes for change in the country"

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

Cardinal Tagle at the memorial Mass for Bishop Osorio Afonso Citora: "Freely you have received, freely give"

AFRICA

KENYA

Suspected killer of Father Bett arrested

ASIA

PAKISTAN

Poverty Alleviation: cooperation between the State and the Catholic community

AMERICA

HAITI

Women's Role, Literacy, and Sources of Income: A community assessment in Pourcine Pic-Makaya

EUROPE

SPAIN

The Las Raíces Center, between migrant reception and preparation for the Pope's visit to Tenerife

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

Cardinal Bo to the Pontifical Mission Societies: "Your collaboration with us is not just charity, it is communion"

FIDES NEWS

2026-06-11

AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tensions rise after clashes in Mogadishu

2026-06-11

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - “God is choosing the last”: baptisms and confirmations celebrated in the small community of Kokossa

2026-06-10

AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Tightening on illegal immigration policies following a wave of xenophobia. Msgr. Sipuka states that "all domestic problems cannot be blamed on foreigners"

2026-06-10

AFRICA/TANZANIA - Cardinal Rugambwa remembers Bishop Osório Citora: “A friend who shared his views. A person endowed with many beautiful qualities”

2026-06-09

Barcelona: Pope Leo XIV follows in the footsteps of missionary architect Gaudí - Barcelona: Pope Leo XIV follows in the footsteps of missionary architect Gaudí

2026-06-09

Study day on “Palazzo di Propaganda Fide”: Art, history and mission in the heart of baroque Rome - Study day on “Palazzo di Propaganda Fide”: Art, history and mission in the heart of baroque Rome

2026-06-09

EUROPE/SPAIN - El Hierro, prayer for migrants who died in the Atlantic on the eve of the Pope's visit

2026-06-09

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ondo after the conviction of four jihadists for the Pentecost massacre: “There is a law in this country”

2026-06-09

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The people demand answers, truth, security and justice for the murder of Bishop Osório Citóra Afonso

News Analysis vai all'indice

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"

Vatican

Pope Bergoglio and the 'Mysterium Lunae'

Africa

Pope Prevost, Saint Augustine and World in conflict

Asia

Waste as a new form of colonialism in Africa and Asia

CEP APPOINTMENTS

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

ASIA/LAOS AND CAMBODIA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AFRICA/TUNISIA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

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

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation and succession of bishop of Nkayi

AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of bishop of Kitui, Kenya

ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Taungngu

ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Daegu

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués

Evangelization

POPE LEON XIV IN SPAIN - The Pope to the Bishops of Spain: cherish ‘as a treasure’ whatever facilitates the journey of faith

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Investigations continue into the brutal murder of Bishop Osório Afonso Citora

Promotion and Development

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - St. Theresa Mission Hospital launches Ebola awareness campaign

Artificial Intelligence is not made only of bits, but above all of atoms: the environmental consequences of the new "technological promise"

Area crisis

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Solidarity and collection in churches to help communities affected by the earthquake in Mindanao

ASIA/MYANMAR - Five bishops forced to leave the cathedral. Bishop of Pekhon: “People, tired and traumatized by the violence, pray with tears in their eyes”

Migrants

AFRICA/GHANA - Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi after xenophobic violence: “No to retaliation against South Africans living in other African countries”

EUROPE/SPAIN - Episcopal delegate of the Diocesan Caritas of Tenerife on migration: “We must not become accustomed to suffering”

Politics

ASIA/INDIA - The "Cockroach Janata Party", new hope for young Indians

ASIA/INDIA - In Tamil Nadu, a Catholic Chief Minister; the Bishop of Vellore: “We are available to collaborate for development and social harmony”

Missionaries Killed

Condolences from the Dicastery for Evangelization for the death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso

Slovakia celebrates the memory of Veronika Racková, the nun and doctor killed 10 years ago in South Sudan

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

Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Laghouat after the Pope's visit: Christians in Algeria, a "grain of incense" in the "school of the desert"

Father Costa: The Church in Mongolia is also a ‘laboratory’ of synodality and inculturation

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