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AFRICA/NIGERIA
Archbishop Nwachukwu: Free Nigeria from the "smokescreen" of widespread violence

by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 2025, Nigeria was the country with the highest number (5) of Catholic missionaries and pastoral workers killed. It is also the same country whe ...

VATICAN/VATICAN
MISSIONARIES AND PASTORAL WORKERS KILLED IN 2025

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Even the hope of missionaries and pastoral workers who are killed is “a hope filled with immortality because their witness lives on as a prophecy of the victory of goo ...

VATICAN/VATICAN
Cardinal Tagle: Encountering and sharing the work of Jesus among the peoples of the world

by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Fides Agency publishes the homily delivered by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle on Tuesday, December 23, during Holy Mass - presided over by him - ce ...

VATICAN/VATICAN
VATICAN - Mission and communion. Leo XIV's address to the Roman Curia"

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “By her very nature, the Church is outward-looking, turned toward the world, missionary.” And “the mission of Jesus on earth, which continues in the Holy Spiri ...

AFRICA/NIGERIA

The last 130 children from the Catholic school in Papiri have been freed

ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

“In Christ we are one.” Apostolic Vicar Martinelli recounts Cardinal Tagle’s visit to the Emirates

EUROPE/SWITZERLAND

The Star Singers: From Sattel to the Federal Palace, “Ambassadors” of Peace and Solidarity

ASIA/PAKISTAN

Christians give the nation the spirit of Christmas: fraternity and peace

Continents
VATICAN
VATICAN
Missionaries in friendship with Christ. Cardinal Tagle celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint Newman, Patron of Urbaniana University
AFRICA
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
Between M23 “ghost” militiamen and private vendettas, Uvira lives in uncertainty
ASIA
VIET NAM
The Fragility of Marriage in Modern Society and the Courses of "Renewal in Married life" Organized Across Vietnamese Dioceses
AMERICA
HAITI
"We ask the Child Jesus for the gift of wisdom to guide our children well"
EUROPE
POLAND
The "Star Singers" support their peers in Sri Lanka: the initiative kicks off with a press conference and appearances on national television TVP1
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
Appeal of 'Catholic Mission': “No” to destructive violence and hatred in society
FIDES NEWS
2025-12-19
EUROPE/RUSSIA - Moscow hosts a conference on relations between the Holy See and Italy between the 19th and 21st centuries
2025-12-19
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Riots after the assassination of student leader Hadi; Bishop Subroto: “Worrying situation”
2025-12-19
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - UN staff member killed detained by South Sudanese security forces
2025-12-18
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS National Director Landry: "Congratulations and prayers" for Ronald Hicks, new Archbishop of New York
2025-12-18
AFRICA/SUDAN - New drone attacks and threats to oil production
2025-12-18
ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnamese Catholic communities stand alongside women in need to combat mass abortion
2025-12-18
ASIA/HOLY LAND - “Let us treat the children with leukemia from Gaza at the hospital on the Mount of Olives”
2025-12-17
AFRICA/UGANDA - Priest reported missing since December 3 arrested under unconstitutional circumstances
2025-12-17
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Communist rebels announce a Christmas truce, the army continues its operations
News Analysis vai all'indice
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
Asia
Order of the World - Global Order and the "twilight" in which "monsters emerge"
Europe
The New Martyrs and the “Baptism in Blood”
America
The geopolitical implications of the Joint Declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan
America
Coups, Chaos and Haiti’s Tragic Collapse
CEP APPOINTMENTS

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

ASIA/LEBANON - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Jasikan

ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Suwon

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Chimoio

ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Anuradhapura

News
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Evangelization
AMERICA/PERU - The “Bolivarian countries” united by the rosary at the close of the Jubilee Year
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The nation gathers around St. Peter To Rot. Cardinal Ribat. "A gift for the Church and for the world"
Promotion and Development
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Doctors with Africa CUAMM celebrate the 25th anniversary of St. Luke hospital in Wolisso
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Chigubhu lantern: students transform waste into renewable energy-powered lanterns
Area crisis
AFRICA/DR. CONGO - After capturing Uvira, the M23 continues its advance south
ASIA/THAILAND - Casinos and scam cities: an open issue fueling the war
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/PHILIPPINES - Followers of the "Iglesia Ni Cristo" take to the streets: they demand "justice, accountability, transparency"
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Provincial elections in Punjab: Christian community calls for politics to be viewed as a mission
Missionaries Killed
AFRICA/NIGERIA - A seminarian kidnapped on July 10 has died from injuries sustained during the attack
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seminarian dies at the hands of kidnappers, another freed
Civil society
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian priest: "the government should listen to the expectations of young people"
EUROPE/ITALY - The "Sinderesi Foundation" celebrates its first ten years of activity in Rome
Local Churches
ASIA/HONG KONG - "Messengers of Hope": The Jubilee Year for the 80th anniversary of the Diocese of Hong Kong has begun
ASIA/MACAO - The Council of Nicaea at the Center of the 14th Forum for Young Chinese Scholars in Catholic Studies

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