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ASIA/MACAO

Year Missionary Legacy With Asia’s Evangelization in the Age of AI

ASIA/CHINA

Bishop Simone Zhu Kaimin and the Diocese of Haimen

VATICAN/VATICAN

Leo XIV receives Cardinal Marengo and the abbot of Gandan Monastery, the heart of Mongolian Buddhism

AMERICA/UNITED STATES

From a French pioneer of the American frontier to Pope Leo XIV: Sister Lyn Osiek's long missionary journey

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

"Gift exchange between the Churches requires conversion": Fr. Stan Chu Ilo on the "Church of the Sheaves"

AFRICA

MOZAMBIQUE

Fifty years after independence, education remains a decisive challenge

ASIA

MYANMAR

In Loikaw, the Church rises again among the displaced: difficulties are mounting, but faith is also growing, says the Vicar General

AMERICA

UNITED STATES

Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King: “Jesus did not ask us to feel sympathy for our enemies, but to love them”

EUROPE

IRELAND

“Lives of Mission, Lives of Hope!”: Four Irish religious sisters share their stories and commitment in some of the world’s most challenging places

OCEANIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Cardinal Tagle at Bougainville Jubilee: “Faith arrived here through the celebration of the Eucharist”

FIDES NEWS

2026-10-23

THE CHURCH OF THE SHEAVES CONFERENCE - Listening the Continents: Gifts, Challenges and New Missionary Pathways

2026-10-23

AFRICA/CAMEROON - “There are no differences between French-speaking and English-speaking Catholics in the Church”

2026-10-23

ASIA/INDIA - Young people march for democracy: for Jesuit Prakash: “A journey to preserve India’s soul”

2026-10-22

AFRICA/LIBYA - Eva Gretzmacher and Claudia Abbt released after nearly two years in captivity

2026-10-22

“Gifts to give and gifts to receive”: The Church of the Sheaves opens its first international conference in Rome - “Gifts to give and gifts to receive”: The Church of the Sheaves opens its first international conference in Rome

2026-10-22

AFRICA/TOGO - Comboni Missionaries hold training course on digital communication and artificial intelligence

2026-10-22

AFRICA/BURUNDI - Peace and reconciliation: the Church focuses on young people and families

2026-10-22

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lay missionaries for truth and justice: “Baptism calls us to transform society,” says president of Laiko

2026-10-21

ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Bishop Maculewicz: “Two new churches and a small community called to be salt and leaven in society”

News Analysis vai all'indice

Vatican

Missions in upheaval: World Mission Sunday during the years of war

Asia

“The fate of the flock is my fate”: Bishop Anthony Corcoran’s missionary road

Europe

Leo XIV in Metz: Europe seeks peace in the "Lantern of the Good Lord"

Europe

The journey of Leo XIV celebrates the intertwining of popular Christianity and the understanding of faith

Europe

Historian Dumont: Leo XIV’s visit comes amid expectations of a “new missionary impetus”

America

Sons and Daughters of the same Father. Fulton Sheen and racial segregation

Europe

Leo XIV in Paris: A missionary topography

CEP APPOINTMENTS

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Appointment of New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

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

Acts of the Holy See

ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of bishop of Haimen

VATICAN - Resignation of the dean and approval of the election of the new dean of the College of Cardinals

VATICAN - Appointment of adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, with the office of president of the Pontifical Mission Societies

VATICAN - New “Donum Missionis” Foundation brings the missionary colleges in Rome under one institution

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Evangelization

AFRICA/RWANDA - Reconciliation also depends on the reintegration of former prisoners

COLOMBIA - "Mission remains urgent": the Colombian Church renews its missionary commitment on the centenary of DOMUND

Promotion and Development

To use AI wisely, first know what you want to preserve, G20 Interfaith forum highlights

ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Sowing the seeds of the future in the Steppe: the educational mission of the “Shepherd’s School”

Area crisis

Strait of Hormuz blockade: Millions of women at risk of acute food insecurity

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped last week released

Migrants

ASIA - “Choral compassion” to stop migrant tragedies in the “Mediterranean of Asia”

AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Anti-immigration protests under way as thousands of migrants return home in recent weeks

Politics

Brazil - October 4 elections could shape the Country’s future

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN — Kiir dissolves government ahead of December 22 elections

Missionaries Killed

EUROPE/POLAND - Funeral of Father Zbojnowicz, killed in attack on Jarosław monastery, to be held Tuesday, September 29

AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest shot dead in the Diocese of Huejutla

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

100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Joseph Hu Ruoshan and the Diocese of Taizhou

New episcopal ordination in China: Ignatius Ding Zuyao ordained Bishop of Haimen

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