Vatican

• 7 May 2026
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of bishop of Chiang Mai Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Peter Suphot Roeksujarit, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Bangkok, until now director of the Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Centre in Sampran and ...
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  7 May 2026
  “The mission is Jesus”. Leo XIV and the first steps of his "missionary magisterium" by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Move aside so that Christ may remain, to make oneself small so that he may be known and glorified.” With these words, the day after his election as Bishop of Rome, ...
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  5 May 2026
  Leo XIV's Message for World Mission Day 2026 at the Center of an Online Missionary Formation Course in French Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The Pope's message for the upcoming 100th World Mission Day, which will be celebrated on October 18, 2026, is the focus of an online training program for missionary formation. The pro ...
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  29 April 2026
  VATICAN - New online seminar on the use of artificial intelligence in missionary animation Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The third session of the online seminar on missionary animation and formation in times of artificial intelligence is scheduled for Thursday, April 30 (see Fides, 8/3/2026). The Inte ...
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  27 April 2026
  Urbaniana University hosts study day of the “Velasio de Paolis Chair” on Law in the life and mission of the Ecclesial Community Rome (Fides News Agency) – “We live in a time of separation between faith and science. It is a time of rift between faith and reason, between faith and culture,” said canon lawyer and Scalabrinian Cardinal Velasio ...
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  26 April 2026
  Keeping the threshold of the Mystery open. Leo XIV reveals to the new priests the "secrets" of their mission Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Today more than ever, “especially when statistics seem to indicate a divide between people and the Church,” the primary mission of men called to the priesthood is to “keep the d ...
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  25 April 2026
  Vocations are growing in Africa and Asia, nourished by the faith of the People of God by Father Guy Bognon* We are publishing an article by Father Guy Bognon, Secretary General of the Pontifical Mission Society of St. Peter the Apostle (POSPA), on the occasion of the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocati ...
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  21 April 2026
  VATICAN - Between History and Transcendence: Urbaniana University hosts conference on "The Future of Desire" Rome (Fides News Agency) – The human heart, created “restless” by God, as Saint Augustine described it, and the yearning for peace that pervades nations in a time marked by “continuous wars”; desire as a key to ...
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  20 April 2026
  Pope Bergoglio and the 'Mysterium Lunae' by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) – The first anniversary of the end of Pope Francis's earthly life coincides with the current Bishop of Rome's ongoing and remarkable apostolic journey, surrounded by the P ...
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  6 April 2026
  Leo XIV: Even in the age of 'Fake News', may the Light of Christian witness shine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In an age when the construction of “narratives” is sometimes used to obscure or manipulate the reality of facts, Christian witness can, as always, “dispel every shadow,” illuminatin ...
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  22 March 2026
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Leo XIV's dismay at the wars tearing the world apart: "We cannot remain silent" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The death and pain caused by these wars fueled in the Middle East and throughout the world "is a scandal for the entire human family and a cry that rises to God." And "We cannot remain sile ...
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  15 March 2026
  Pope Leo XIV, Laetare Sunday, and the new wars: “God cannot be enlisted by darkness” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – For two weeks, “the peoples of the Middle East have been suffering the horrific violence of war. Thousands of innocent people have been killed, and countless others have been forced to flee the ...
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  8 March 2026
  VATICAN - Online Seminar on March 11: Missionary Animation and Formation in Times of Artificial Intelligence Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary formation initiatives planned to mark the 110th anniversary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) continue. These initiatives are part of a broader a program of activiti ...
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  1 March 2026
  Pope Leo XIV on the attack on Iran: “halt the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with the “possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions,” only one thing remains to be done: “halt the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm.” The wor ...
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  1 March 2026
  VATICAN - English-language training course for the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins on March 2 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Participants from Africa, North America, Asia, and Europe are attending the English-language missionary training course for the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies, whic ...