Vatican

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  27 November 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: “Saint Philip Neri preached the Gospel through joy, be like him!” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian should be like Saint Philip Neri, who was “in his time, a true evangelizer through joy”. This is what Pope Francis said during today's general audience, Wednesday, November ...
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  26 November 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ayuso Guixot dies: a life marked by mission and dialogue Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The life of Spanish Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, who has died at the age of 72 in the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he had been treated for cancer for some time, was marked by mission and ...
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  24 November 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis on the solemnity of Christ the King: World events have not escaped God's control Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is not true, as some think, that world events have “escaped” God’s control. Everything is ultimately subject to the judgement of God," said Pope Francis during the Eucharistic litu ...
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  20 November 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: charisms are gifts given to some to be useful to all Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - What are charisms? Pope Francis answered this question during today's General Audience. The Pontiff, continuing the cycle of catechesis on the Holy Spirit, began his reflection by quoting t ...
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  19 November 2024
  Blessed are the Poor by Gianni Valente “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God,” says Jesus in the Gospel according to Luke. And those who follow Jesus on the path of world history notice and recognize that on this pa ...
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  14 November 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The charity and patience of the martyrs in Christ unites the churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To be a saint does not only require human effort or personal commitment to sacrifice and renunciation. First of all, we must allow ourselves to be transformed by the power of God's love, w ...
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  13 November 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - "Ad Iesum per Mariam". Pope Francis proposes Marian piety as a path to sanctification Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of the endless profusion of words said and written about God, the Church and holiness (that very few, or no-one, is able to read and understand fully) ", Our Lady "suggests a ...
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  11 November 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "Mission is not only the goal of the ecumenical journey, it is also its means" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission is not only the goal of the ecumenical journey, it is also its means" said Pope Francis during the audience for the members of the Holy Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church, who refe ...
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  10 November 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - The Pope: may Jesus help us to do good without “ostentation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the help of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, we must learn to fight the temptation of hypocrisy in ourselves and “to do good, simply and without ostentation”. This is what Pope Francis s ...
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  9 November 2024
  VATICAN - Ecumenism and Saints: Pope Francis embraces Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa and announces the inscription of Saint Isaac of Nineveh in the Roman Martyrology Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An embrace under the eyes of the Risen Christ painted by Perugino and the announcement of the inscription in the Roman Martyrology of one of the most venerated Fathers of the Syro-oriental ...
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  8 November 2024
  VATICAN - Patriarch Mar Awa III in Rome to celebrate 30 years of the Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Thirty years ago, John Paul II, Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church, and His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, signed the common ...
• 7 November 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of Head of Office of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Sergio Bertocchi, of the clergy of the Diocese of Bergamo, as Head of the Office of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization a ...
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  7 November 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of the Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 7, 2024, the Holy Father, appointed as Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, the Rev. Msgr ...
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  6 November 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: “The Holy Spirit teaches us to pray” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - What is prayer? How should we pray? Pope Francis answers these questions during today's general audience in St. Peter's Square. First, however, Pope Francis paused in prayer before the ...
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  6 November 2024
  Cardinal Tagle: "Dilexit nos" makes the Christological sources of Pope Francis' social Encyclicals more explicit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We report the interview given to Vatican media by the Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization on the Encyclical Dilexit nos By Alessandro Gisotti "It could be said that I am m ...