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AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE

Bishops launch creation of Catholic University of Ivory Coast

ASIA/HONG KONG

A music prayer service for the "Blessing" of Hong Kong on the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese

AFRICA/AFGHANISTAN

Kidnapping of 177 Christians confirmed: "No Catholics among those kidnapped"

ASIA/HOLY LAND

The Churches in the Holy Land and “Christian Zionism”

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

"The Missionary Union, the Second Vatican Council, and the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV": liturgical commemoration of Blessed Manna

AFRICA

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

Missionary Sister in Eastern Congo thanks the Holy Father: “Our pain, our hope matter”

ASIA

MACAO

The Diocese of Macao celebrates the Jubilee of the 450th anniversary of its establishment

AMERICA

COSTA RICA

Bishops in view of the elections: forming consciences, illuminating with the Gospel, and reawakening the civic commitment of the faithful

EUROPE

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Prayer for Christian unity at the Catholic Cathedral in Moscow

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

Appeal of 'Catholic Mission': “No” to destructive violence and hatred in society

FIDES NEWS

2026-01-22

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: "Corruption is the result of "withered hands"

2026-01-21

ASIA/INDIA - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “Indian Christians are caught between rich diversity and a real division”

2026-01-21

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Floods in the region: "People are exhausted and dying of hunger, poverty, natural disasters, and disease"

2026-01-20

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Authorities in Kaduna State deny the kidnapping of more than 100 faithful from several Christian churches

2026-01-20

ASIA/MYANMAR - A statue of Carlo Acutis in Myitkyina: an example of youthful holiness for young Burmese people amid the current crisis

2026-01-20

AFRICA/UGANDA - President Museveni claims responsibility for the arrest of the priest reported missing in early December

2026-01-19

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: Apostolic succession is succession in mission

2026-01-19

ASIA/INDIA - Claretian priest: "In Manipur, ethnic groups remain divided in the search of a new path of coexistence and dialogue"

2026-01-19

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Spiritans committed to tackling youth unemployment and fostering economic self-reliance

News Analysis vai all'indice

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

Asia

Order of the World - Global Order and the "twilight" in which "monsters emerge"

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

ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of Bishop of Bogor and appointment of Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis

AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Kolda

AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Cape Town

AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the diocese of Bariadi, Tanzania, and appointment of first bishop

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Evangelization

EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: “Your life, a mission”

ASIA/KUWAIT - Cardinal Pietro Parolin in the country for the elevation of the 'mother church' of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia to Minor Basilica

Promotion and Development

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistan's first palliative care center for terminally ill patients opens in a Catholic hospital

AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishop of Dedza turns to young people and warns them about the risk of betting as a means of survival

Area crisis

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Bobbo Paschal released after two months in the hands of his kidnappers

AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Under the protection of ‘María Pastora’: missionaries of peace and builders of a new society founded on love to rebuild the country

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

AFRICA/UGANDA - Outgoing President Yoweri Museveni leads in provisional presidential election results

ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean Ambassador to the Holy See, Hyung Sik Shin: "We extend a hand of reconciliation to North Korea"

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

AFRICA/GABON - Faced with alarm over "ritual murders", the President asks the population whether they want the death penalty reintroduced

EUROPE/RUSSIA - Moscow hosts a conference on relations between the Holy See and Italy between the 19th and 21st centuries

Local Churches

ASIA/VIETNAM - 61 new Vietnamese deacons ordained - A Great Joy in the Early Days of the New Year 2026 for the Vietnamese Church

ASIA/CHINA - Word of God, family, pastoral care: Chinese Catholic dioceses launch their "theme years"

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