Vatican

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  19 March 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle consecrates Bishops Sangalli and Sarrió Cucarella: Like Saint Joseph, be 'silent' heralds of the Word of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops are called to be "silent" heralds of the Word of God. They do their work well when, without being protagonists, they become humble "guardians of the active presence of God in his Ch ...
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  16 March 2025
  Angelus - Pope Francis from the Gemelli Hospital: "I join with so many brothers and sisters who are sick: Our bodies are weak but, even like this, nothing can prevent us from loving and praying" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Transfiguration, "Jesus shows the disciples what is hidden behind the gestures He performs in their midst: the light of His infinite love," reads Pope Francis's text for the Angelus prayer, ...
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  13 March 2025
  The fragile Pope and the Mystery of Peter   by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis is spending the 12th anniversary of his election as Successor of Peter and Bishop of Rome in a room at the Gemelli Hospital. Doctors announced his prognosis just a ...
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  9 March 2025
  Angelus, the Pope from the Gemelli Hospital recalls the “primacy” of gratuitousness: I too experience the tenderness of care Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “During my prolonged hospitalization here, I too experience the thoughtfulness of service and the tenderness of care, in particular from the doctors and healthcare workers, whom I thank from the ...
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  5 March 2025
  GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis' Catechesis on the Childhood of Jesus: "Mary and Joseph felt the pain of parents with a missing child" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Virgin is a pilgrim of hope, in the strong sense that she becomes the “daughter of her Son”, the first of His disciples. Mary brought into the world Jesus, Hope of humanity; she nou ...
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  2 March 2025
  ANGELUS - Pope Francis from Gemelli Hospital: I am learning even more to trust in the Lord, from here, war appears even more absurd Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Sisters and brothers, I am still sending you these thoughts from the hospital, where as you know I have been for several days, accompanied by doctors and healthcare professionals, whom I thank for ...
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  26 February 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Let us learn to "detect" the presence of God in smallness Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Learn to "detect" the presence of God in smallness, as did the two elders of the Temple, Simeon and Anna, who thanks to their "clear eyes" were "capable of seeing beyond appearances" and re ...
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  25 February 2025
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nappa appointed Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa as the new Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, with effect from 1 March 2025. This was announced today by the ...
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  25 February 2025
  Theology, geopolitics and economics come together in an innovative course of studies on Asia at the Urbaniana University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The close links between the cultures, religions and societies of Asia and how they relate to the rest of the planet will be the focus of a new course called "Transregional Asian Studies" created at ...
• 25 February 2025
  VATICAN - Appointment of secretaries-general of the Governorate of Vatican City State Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, modifying the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, of 13 May 2023, and Law no. CCLXXIV on the Governance of Vatican City State, of 25 November 2018, has appointed the fol ...
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  23 February 2025
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - The Pope hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital asks for prayers and carries the pain of the world in his heart Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis is hospitalized at the Gemelli hospital in Rome with the diagnosis of bilateral pneumonia. The medical bulletin released yesterday evening, Saturday 22 February, spoke of a "re ...
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  19 February 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - From Gemelli Hospital the Pope continues his Magisterium: "The the poor and foreigners are invited among the first to meet God made child" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – While Pope Francis is being treated for bilateral pneumonia at the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, the Holy See Press Office has released the text of the catechism prepared by the Holy ...
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  16 February 2025
  VATICAN - Angelus with Pope Francis in Hospital: "Thank you for the affection, let us continue to pray for peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for the affection, prayer… I invite everyone to continue to pray for peace in tormented Ukraine, Palestine, Israel and all the Middle East, Myanmar, Kivu and Sudan". These are ...
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  12 February 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: “God does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to recreate them from within” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When the Evangelist Luke tells us about the birth of Jesus, he shows us “the humility of a God who comes into history, does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to illumin ...
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  9 February 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Jesus puts encounter first in his mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus is not concerned with showing off to the crowds, with doing a job, with following a timetable in carrying out his mission. On the contrary, he always makes it his priority to encount ...