After having returned (March 6th, 2025) from a visit paid to Burundi together with Fr Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto (March 10th-20th, 2025) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (March 21st-31st, 202…

The printed edition of Stato del Personale 2025 (Personnel Directory 2025) updated on March 20th, 2025, is out and will soon be mailed to the circumscriptions. On the website of the General Directio…

KANSAI AREA (Osaka-Takamatsu). On Thursday, March 20th, 2025, about 90 faithful from the Kishiwada and Wakayama areas gathered at the Regional House in Izumisano, Osaka, Japan. In attendance were 15…

On Wednesday, March 2nd, 2025, the city of Reggio Calabria (Southern Italy), paid homage to the Xaverian Fr. Aurelio Cannizzaro, a figurehead of the local community and founder of Parco della Mondial…

“Father, … I would like to inform you that, on behalf of the Manni family, I have sent to the Xaverian family a contribution for the publication of In Memoriam of Fr. Pier Giorgio Manni. Thank you ag…

“…I have been asked to comment the message for World Mission Day 2025. To tell the truth, for me it is not an easy thing to do because it is quite a while that I find it difficult even to read the ch…

From 27 to 29 March 2025, a number of international conferences were held at the Gregorian University in Rome to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Society of the Divine Word (S…

From 28 to 30 March 2025, we had a visit from Archbishop Anthony Felix Machado, Bishop Emeritus of Vasai (India), President of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the Federation of Asian Bi…

The group in ANCONA bids Fr. Battista Maestrini s.x. farewell. After many years spent in the Marche Region, he is now moving to Parma. Then, Roberta Brasili writes about the prayer vigil for Congo th…

On Friday, April 4th, 2025, Mrs Natalia Brentegani née Olivetti, aged 95, mother of our confrere Fr Gianni Brentegani ([email protected]), passed away at home, Rivoltella del Garda - Desenzano -…

After having returned to Rome from Burundi (March 23rd, 2025), on Thursday, March 27th, 2025, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto went to Indonesia where, along with Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka (s…

On Saturday, March 29th, 2025, Frs. Fernando García Rodríguez and Mauro Loda returned to Rome after a visit to the confreres of the UK circumscription.

March 23rd, 2025 was a special day for the Saint Joseph Parish in Bongor, Diocese of Pala, Chad. The celebration of the patronal feast was accompanied by thanksgiving to the Lord for the election of…

The biographical sketch In Memoriam of our confrere Fr. Marco Moro (d. January 25th, 2025, in Bergamo, Italy) has been uploaded on the General Direction’s website. Thanks to the editor of this text a…

Although in the context of the jubilee year it is a very predictable title, the heading of the message – “missionaries of hope” –, from which the Pope draws some considerations that confirm our missi…

From March 10th to 14th, 2025, the Istituto Comprensivo A. Moscati in Pontecagnano Faiano (Salerno) was transformed into a stage of shadows and magic with a workshop dedicated to Wayang Kulit, the en…

On March 21, at the Centro di Alta Formazione “padre G. B. Manzella”, a seminar was held on “Sacred texts in Hinduism and Buddhism” promoted by the Fondazione Accademia Casa dei Popoli, Culture e Rel…

From the Gemelli Policlinic where he has been hospitalised since February 14th, 2025, Pope Francis answers to the best wishes for a speedy recovery sent to him by the editor-in-chief of the Italian n…

The number of Catholics in the world is increasing. This is a 1.15% increase over the previous two years, raising the total number of believers (Catholics) from around 1,390 to 1,406 million. This is…

“Pilgrims of hope: the gift of life” is the theme of the Pope Francis’ message for the 62nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations (May 11th, 2025). The Pope signed his message on Wednesday, March 19th, 2…

The Karthala Editions in Paris have just published a book by our confrere Paulin Batairwa Kubuya entitled: Les chrétiens face aux religions des ancêtres, (Christians and the religions of our anc…

On Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, Fr Severino Didoné (member of the Don Orione Congregation), 89, brother of our confrere Blessed Martyr Giovanni Didoné, brother of our confrere Fr Camillo Didoné and b…

On March 19th, 2025, the Superior General, with the consent of his Councillors, appointed the new Delegation Council of Colombia: Superior Delegate: Fr. Osvaldo Pulido Reynoso s.x. Vice Superior De…

From Tuesday March 25 to Saturday March 29, 2025, Frs. Fernando García Rodríguez and Mauro Loda will visit the confreres of the United Kingdom Circumscription.

"...the historical date of the beginning of the presence of the Xaverian Missionaries in Colombia could not be ignored in this year 2025. 50 years since the important event for our Congregation and f…

In Bukavu, the security situation is becoming untenable in many respects: improvised checkpoints have been erected on some of the city's main roads, where passers-by have to pay arbitrarily imposed f…

The last video with interviews on the occasion of the Beatification of the ‘Martyrs of Fraternity’ has been published. Four beatified missionaries: one testimony of faith, hope, charity and courage…

On the occasion of the Day of Missionary Martyrs, the Xaverian community in Taranto, South Italy, has organized a Missionary Spring (March 24th – 26th, 2025) at the Santuario Giubilare della Grazia (…

In preparation for International Francophonie Day, the Department of French at Fujen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, in the person of Associate Professor Éric De Payen, representative of the Fre…

The biographical sketches of Frs. Luiz Pérez Hernández and Modesto Todeschi are now available for download from the GD website. Heartfelt thanks to the confreres that edited these biographies and tho…

The Dicastery for Comunication published a book titled Diritto Canonico: “Nel Solco della Tradizione, Le Sfide Presenti e le Prospettive Future” (In Keeping with Tradition, Nowadays Challenges and Fu…

“…regarding the implementation phase of the Synod «For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission», pope Francis hopes that this phase receives particular attention so that synodality is inc…

In the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the employment of child soldiers is steadily increasing. This constitutes one of the most serious and odious violations of children’s rights and i…

South Sudan, the world youngest state, risks plunging once again into the abysm of endless violence. The South Sudan People's Defense Forces (Sspdf), headed by President Salva Kiir, and the White Arm…

On Monday, March 17th, 2025, Mrs. Giovanna Pizzaballa née Rosti, 85, sister of our late confrere Fr. Giuseppe Rosti (d. Mexico, February 14th, 2022), passed away. The Requiem Mass and funerary rites…

The situation seems to be stagnant. There is little change from last week (March 3-8, 2025). In the city (Bukavu nrd), those who have had disputes with the various provincial services are taking adva…

On 7 March 2025, we members of the Theologate of Manila, were honored by the visit of Mgr. Roberto Gaa, the bishop of our diocese (Novaliches). The bishop joined our dinner, after which he had a mome…

Every year, during Lent we are invited to a celebration that preludes to both Holy Friday and Easter. March 24th is the Day of the Missionary Martyrs. The Martyrs’ voice, which is the Voice of the Wo…

March 24th marks the memory of Bishop St Oscar Arnulfo Romero (murdered on March 24th, 1980 in El Salvador, beatified on May 5th, 2015 and canonized on November 14th, 2018). On one occasion, as he we…

On Friday March 7th and Saturday March 8th, 2025, we were delighted to co-design, host, and facilitate the annual Scottish Bishops Symposium on Interreligious dialogue. The event took place at the Co…

From March 6th to 9th, 2025, San José (Costa Rica) hosted Post CAM6 (the sixth American Missionary Congress): an event held in order to reflect and put into practice the results of CAM6, and search f…

Our confrere Fr. Gigi Signori writes: “Greetings. As we do every year, we are happy to share the audio recordings of the meditations offered during the week of Spiritual Exercises held here, in the M…

PARMA – From March 7th to 9th, 2025 the Francesco Marini Xaverian Centre (former house of the Theologate) welcomed 18 representatives of as many institutes of consecrated life, members of the “Roma C…

The missionary church “walks with her Lord through the streets of the world.” When I read this message, the image of a pilgrimage came to my mind. The spirituality of the pilgrim, which is shedding l…

“...here in Luvungi the situation is stable, in the sense that there is no fighting, except for a few skirmishes last night near us. The rebels stopped in Kamanyola after making a lightning descent f…

Nuovo Testamento. Traduzione Letteraria Ecumenica (New Testament. An Ecumenical Literary Translation) was presented on February 25th, 2025, at the Waldensian Church in Cavour Square, Rome. It represe…

On Monday, March 10, 2025, during the usual community meeting, the confreres present in the community welcomed Sister Simona Brambilla (Consolata Missionary Sisters), Prefect of the Dicastery for Ins…

The General Commission for the Xaverian Presence in the Local Church, after several online meetings, held its first meeting in presence at the General House from 3 to 7 March 2025. At the end of the…

In Bukavu, we began this week with a communiqué that caused much panic: on Monday, “Wazalendo” elements (resistance fighters) managed to break into Bukavu around the TV Camp and the surrounding area…

General Councillor Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka, together with Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto, will visit the confreres and the formation communities in Burundi from March 10th to 20th, 2025…