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ASIA/CHINA

Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen and the Diocese of Anguo

EUROPE/FRANCE

In Lourdes, where the vulnerable bring light

ASIA/INDIA

In Mumbai, the Church’s mission at the heart of the megalopolis

EUROPE/FRANCE

The visit of Leo XIV, clichés and the surprises of grace

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

The Course in Nemi: an open laboratory on the Bishops’ “missionary mandate”

AFRICA

ERITREA

United States lifts sanctions on Eritrea

ASIA

VIET NAM

Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon: “We stand alongside migrants and families, bringing the Gospel to the complexities of the metropolis”

AMERICA

UNITED STATES

Fulton J. Sheen proclaimed Blessed. Cardinal Tagle: “Blessed is the earthen vessel that draws power from Jesus”

EUROPE

POLAND

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

OCEANIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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

FIDES NEWS

2026-09-28

EUROPE/HUNGARY - Message of the annual gathering of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood: Different yet united in the love of Christ

2026-09-25

AFRICA/NIGER - Canadians, Australians and Americans relaunch Niger’s uranium industry

2026-09-25

EUROPE/NORTHERN IRELAND - Dromantine: 100 years of people, stories and missionary history woven into one very special place

2026-09-24

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

2026-09-24

ASIA/MYANMAR — Bishop among displaced people in Kachin State: “You are not forgotten” - ASIA/MYANMAR — Bishop among displaced people in Kachin State: “You are not forgotten”

2026-09-24

BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/VI — At the Vespers for Fulton Sheen, “made holy through his friendship with Christ” - BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/VI — At the Vespers for Fulton Sheen, “made holy through his friendship with Christ”

2026-09-24

ASIA/INDONESIA - After the earthquake: the dream of a safe home for hundreds of families in Flores

2026-09-23

AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops raise the alarm: Ghana is becoming a cocaine hub:

2026-09-23

ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter bombings: “Towards Truth and Justice”

News Analysis vai all'indice

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

Vatican

An American at the Second Vatican Council: Archbishop Sheen’s contribution to the Decree “Ad gentes” on the Church’s missionary activity

Asia

The Centenary of the consecration of Six Chinese Bishops and the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China

America

Beyond the clichés. Fulton Sheen's lessons in ‘communication’

CEP APPOINTMENTS

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

EUROPE/GREECE - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/MOROCCO - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat

ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of the Archbishop of Chongqing

ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of Bishop of Datong

ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Resignation and appointment of the Superior of the Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués

Evangelization

BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/V - Peoria: Cardinal Tagle in the future Blessed’s hometown: He shows us the way to missionary conversion

EUROPE/POLAND - Mission seeks new paths: the message that emerged from the autumn meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Promotion and Development

The good seed of “Wecare” Missionary Experiences/I - Young hearts and the encounter with reality

“Listen before proposing, accompany without replacing”: Caritas aid workers share their experience alongside communities

Area crisis

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New rebel alliance reignites the struggle over the Red Sea

AFRICA/SOMALIA - Humanitarian crisis compounded by political and institutional instability

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

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Auxiliary Bishop of Juba: “How do you conduct elections without a census and a constitution?”

The BRICS between “global governance” challenges and the growing role of African countries

Missionaries Killed

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

Leo XIV: in the lives of new martyrs and witnesses, the reflection of Christ’s victory over death

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 ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS/1 - Odorico Cheng Hede and the Diocese of Puchi

AFRICA/MALAWI - Archbishop Nwachukwu at the Jubilee marking 125 years of the Gospel in Malawi. Two new priests for a Church called to set out anew on mission

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