Vatican

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  25 May 2026
  ENCYCLICAL - “Magnifica humanitas” and the risk of the digital age becoming “colonial in another form” Vatican City (Fides News Agency) — By dating his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 15, Pope Leo XIV deliberately places himself within a well-defined tradition: that of the great social encyclicals, and in ...
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  25 May 2026
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nugent appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - “I receive my appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic on the day we celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, to whom I entrust this new mission, this new stage ...
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  23 May 2026
  Artificial Intelligence is not made only of bits, but above all of atoms: the environmental consequences of the new "technological promise" by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the publication of Pope Leo XIV's first Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on May 25, its impact on the consumption of natural resources should ...
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  22 May 2026
  Theologian Bevans: "Contextual Theology" and new paths of mission Stephen Bennett. Bevans, SVD, is an American Catholic theologian and missiologist, professor emeritus of mission and culture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and one of the key architects of contemporary context ...
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  21 May 2026
  Artificial intelligence as a weapon of war: "We are killing people using metadata" by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the publication of Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical on artificial intelligence (AI) on May 25, the question of AI's use in warfare is also a key topic. AI ...
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  13 May 2026
  At Urbaniana University, the spotlight is on the relevance of "Contextual Theology," at the service of the mission Rome (Fides News Agency) – In his opening address at the Pontifical Urbaniana University on May 12, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke about the doctrine o ...
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  10 May 2026
  REGINA CAELI - Pope Leo XIV: "It is the love of Jesus that gives birth to love within us" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "It is Jesus’ love that begets love within us" and "because God loved us first, we too can love." With these words, Pope Leo XIV, speaking to the pilgrims and faithful gathered in St. Pet ...
• 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 ...