Vatican

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  18 March 2023
  VATICAN - "Rescriptum ex audientia SS.mi" regarding particular provisions of Pope Francis on the management of the Pontificial Mission Societies and the administration of the assets destined for the missions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below is the "Rescriptum ex audientia SS.mi", signed by Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, on Monday, August 1, 2022, and published in the Holy ...
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  15 March 2023
  VATICAN - Appointment of Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the first evangelization and the new particular Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Excellency Monsignor Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Titular Archbishop of Acquaviva, Apostolic Nuncio, currently Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Natio ...
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  15 March 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: the apostolic vocation of the Church concerns the whole people of God and does not recognize "privileged categories" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To be apostles means "being sent for a mission". A task that is not assumed through the dynamics of self-persuasion and self-promotion, but only by virtue of "God's free call", received as "a fre ...
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  13 March 2023
  Pope Francis, 10 years of journey in the Mystery of Peter by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the pilgrimage of the Church through History, the tenth anniversary of the beginning of a Pontificate is not a big deal. Pope Francis, who also read and consulted extensivel ...
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  11 March 2023
  Pope Francis, 10 years of Pontificate with "missionary restlessness" by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There is a revealing detail that marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Francis, elected Bishop of Rome on March 13, ten years ago. Last January ...
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  9 March 2023
  The 2013 Conclave and the "Mystery of the Moon" by Gianni Valente Rome (Agence Fides) - On the morning of March 9, 2013, precisely 10 years ago, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio entered the Aula Nervi in the Vatican holding in his light bag a small page wi ...
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  8 March 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Proclaiming the Gospel is transmitting "what one has received", not one's own ideas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faith is a "treasure" that "is received" and "transmitted" to others as it has been received, without wanting to add more, nor to rely on the "strength of one's ideas, programs, struc ...
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  6 March 2023
  VATICAN - Prof. Zhang tells Urbaniana about the mission of Maillard de Tournon, the first papal legate in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Oh how many monsters are in this New World, coming from Europe!". So said Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon (1668-1710), the first papal legate in China. His figure is closely linked to the well- ...
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  27 February 2023
  EVANGELII GAUDIUM, 10 years/1 - Something that comes first by Gianni Valente "The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus" (EG, 1) The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (the Joy of the Gospel) was drawn up by Pope Francis in 2013 to "p ...
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  22 February 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: the "protagonist" of the mission is the Holy Spirit. We must invoke Him Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Church "everything must be conformed to the requirements of the proclamation of the Gospel; not to the opinions of the conservatives or the progressives, but to the fact that Jesus reaches p ...
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  17 February 2023
  Doctrinaires. The mission (and charity) of Teaching Catholic Doctrine by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Tradition "is to guard the fire, not to worship the ashes". This attests the evocative aphorism coined by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler. A formula ofte ...
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  15 February 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Mission is born from an encounter with Jesus, going into the world "like lambs among wolves" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus is not a "service" self-produced by Christians. Proclamation "comes from an encounter with Jesus". In every true apostolic work "we proclaim him, not ...
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  13 February 2023
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies, with the Pope, alongside the populations affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest estimates, there are more than 41 thousand victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. A death toll that is unfortunately destined to increase, ...
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  30 January 2023
  VATICAN - "The Lord does great things through the little ones". Cardinal Tagle consecrates Father Emilio Nappa, Assistant Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, as Bishop Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us". The words of the Apostle Saint Paul in the fifth chapter of the Letter to the Romans was the theme o ...
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  25 January 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Those who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus cannot be sad Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel, that is, of the salvation promised by Jesus, has distinctive traits, almost "genetic connotations" that make it incomparable to any proclamation of political, moral ...