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AFRICA/CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

At least 600 militiamen lay down their arms in Ituri

VATICAN/VATICAN

Meeting on Blessed Paolo Manna at the Pontifical Urban College: "Go out of yourself" and follow and bear witness to Christ

VATICAN/VATICAN

The Pope: The world is full of children who are “sacrificial victims” of abuse and exploitation

AFRICA/GHANA

Bishops call on new President to approve the Bill on family values

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

Baptism of the Lord, the Pope: "The face and voice of God are manifested in Jesus’ humanity"

AFRICA

SOUTH SUDAN

Tensions between Juba and Khartoum after the massacres of South Sudanese in Wad Madani

ASIA

INDIA

Devotion and pilgrimages: Holy Year for tea pickers on the hills of West Bengal

AMERICA

VENEZUELA

Bishops’ commitment for the Jubilee: “Country, person, truth, justice, rule of law, freedom and peace”

EUROPE

ROMANIA

Romania: Cultural Invasion, Vast Military Expenses, Democracy Cancelled

OCEANIA

FRENCH POLYNESIA

Evidence of "practical synod exercise" in the Raromatai Islands

FIDES NEWS

2025-01-16

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Christmas in the Catholic community of Robe: “Recognizing the flesh of Christ in the most vulnerable brothers and sisters”

2025-01-15

ASIA/SRI LANKA - A priest from Colombo: in the face of rice shortage, "the government should adopt measures in the interest of the poor"

2025-01-15

AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops: "The tax burden is strangling the citizens"

2025-01-14

ASIA/MYANMAR - "Seek the Kingdom of God and His justice" in the war-torn Kachin state

2025-01-14

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Tensions remain high on the eve of the inauguration of the new President

2025-01-14

ASIA/JORDAN - Prayers and welcoming pilgrims on the banks of the Jordan: the life of missionaries in the new church of the Baptism of Jesus

2025-01-14

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The direct commitment of the baptized for a responsible vote in view of the May 2025 elections

2025-01-13

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two nuns kidnapped in south-east Nigeria released

2025-01-13

ASIA/BANGLADESH - Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka: "The rise in prices is weighing on people"

News Analysis vai all'indice

Vatican

In Rome, in the Holy Land and throughout the World. Vademecum to obtain Indulgences in the Jubilee Year 2025

Europe

Pope Francis in Ajaccio: The missionary soul of popular spirituality

Africa

"Church of Discretion": Interview with the Archbishop of Algiers and future Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco

Vatican

Wednesday Papal Audiences also in Chinese. The importance of a new gift

Asia

Franciscan, astronomer and, Cardinal quite by chance. Who is Dominique Joseph Mathieu, the first cardinal on Iranian soil?

Vatican

Blessed are the Poor

Asia

COP29 in Baku and major international meetings for economic and geopolitical issues

CEP APPOINTMENTS

AFRICA/INDIAN OCEAN - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed

EUROPE/GREECE - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed

ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Thailand

ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Meru

VATICAN - Monsignor Gosbert appointed office head in the Dicastery for Evangelization

OCEANIA/NEW CALEDONIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Nouméa

OCEANIA/MARSHALL ISLANDS - Resignation and appointment of prefect apostolic of the Marshall Islands

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Evangelization

ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Shen Bin administers the sacrament of baptism to 54 new Catholics at the beginning of the Jubilee Year

VATICAN - Pope Francis inaugurates the Jubilee Audiences: in the pilgrimage of Christian hope it is always possible to “start anew”

Promotion and Development

AFRICA/EGYPT - Human wealth, hospitality, faith rooted in the life of the people of the village of Kom Ghareeb, told by a missionary

ASIA/BAHRAIN - Churches chosen for Jubilee 2025: a shrine for pilgrims of hope

Area crisis

AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops express condolences for soldiers killed in recent jihadist assault

AFRICA/DR CONGO - In North Kivu: heavy fighting between the army and the M23

Migrants

ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Sister Esther, North Korean youth and the (silent) work for reconciliation

ASIA/INDIA - Internal migrants: Catholic communities intervene for their material and spiritual needs

Politics

ASIA/LEBANON - General Aoun elected President. Father Zgheib: "positive neutrality" is now the key formula

ASIA/INDONESIA - Papua: Bishop of Jayapura calls for displaced people to return for Christmas

Missionaries Killed

AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest and pharmacist shot dead in the street

Lives broken, lives donated. For the salvation of all

Civil society

EUROPE/UKRAINE - Zuppi-Li Hui phone call: China and the Holy See working to promote dialogue

AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Chaos and violence after the elections. The bishops: "Just demands are made with peaceful attitudes"

Local Churches

ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Archbishop of Seoul celebrates Mass for Catholic parliamentarians in the chapel of the National Assembly: Focus on the common good

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Pain and dismay in the Archdiocese of Owerri after the shooting in a church that caused the death of a young man

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