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EUROPE/FRANCE
Jubilee of the Living Rosary: inauguration of the "missionary" Chair dedicated to Blessed Jaricot at the Catholic University of Lyon

Lyon (Fides News Agency) – “The Sacred Heart reminds us precisely this: God is not primarily an idea to be understood, but a love to be embraced. This truth is particularly important today, ...

EUROPE/FRANCE
Lyon: Pauline Jaricot's family donates a relic to the "House of Lorette"

Lyon (Fides News Agency) – The face of Pauline Jaricot has returned to Loreto. On the occasion of the bicentenary of the Living Rosary, commemorated this weekend in Lyon by the Pontifical Mi ...

EUROPE/SPAIN
There's no need to tilt at windmills. The Pope in Spain, Don Quixote, and the mission of the Church

by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Madrid (Fides News Agency) – In one of the most important speeches of his trip to Spain, Pope Leo XIV, meeting with members of the Spanish Paraments, quoted the fa ...

ASIA/INDIA
ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Imphal calls for “Peace Agreement” in Manipur, as ethnic tensions flare up again

Imphal (Fides News Agency) – Amid the tense situation caused by the hostage crisis, which has led to new massacres, including the murder of two Protestant pastors of the Naga ethnic group, A ...

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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