verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message agenzia fides logo agenzia fides is the news agency of the vatican . it is based in the palazzo de propaganda fide in vatican city . it is part of the congregation for the evangelization of peoples . it was formed on june 5 1927 as the first missionary news agency of the roman catholic church and was approved by pope pius xi . history edit agenzia fides started to issue editions in english french and polish latter for a short period followed by those in italian 1929 spanish 1930 german 1932 chinese 1998 portuguese 2002 and arabic 2008 . since 1998 fides service went online with up to five reports daily from non european events . its homepage consists of information about statistics and missionaries killed as martyrs . the image archive of the agency includes about 10 000 photographs 1 documenting the history of catholic missions from the years 1930 to 1990 . in 2011 the director david ni o de guzm n was found dead . while the official explanation from investigators pointed to suicide family friends and co workers questioned this finding and believed his death was murder . 2 the current director is prof. luca de mata . citation needed references edit image archive archived march 6 2004 at the wayback machine . extra a muerte de un periodista boliviano . rfi . april 22 2011 . external links edit official website v t e news agencies agence france presse paris reuters london associated press new york agencia boliviana de informaci n la paz ag ncia brasil bras lia agenzia fides vatican city agenzia nazionale stampa associata rome allafrica.com mauritius anadolu agency ankara austria press agency vienna asian news international new delhi asia news network bangkok athens macedonian news agency athens algeria press service algiers belga brussels bloomberg new york bolpress la paz cbc ottawa canadian press toronto deutsche presse agentur hamburg d. a. press bras lia belo horizonte efe madrid kenya news agency nairobi kyodo news tokyo integrated regional information networks nairobi interfax moscow inter press service rome islamic republic news agency tehran mti budapest news agency of nigeria abuja pakistan television islamabad pap warsaw lusa lisbon maghreb arabe press rabat panapress dakar press association london press trust of india delhi ria novosti moscow swiss telegraphic agency bern tass moscow tanjug belgrade t lam buenos aires tunis afrique presse tunis united press international washington dc united news of india new delhi xinhua beijing zenit rome zee media pvt mumbai european alliance of news agencies geneva journalism portal vatican city portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title agenzia fides & oldid 742736608 categories news agenciesstate mediahidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from may 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschespa olfran aisitalianoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 13 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view