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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 ...
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  6 February 2025
  VATICAN - Appointment of Monsignor Sangalli, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Most Reverend Monsignor Samuele Sangalli, Adjunct Secretary and Administrator of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New ...
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  6 February 2025
  VATICAN - Pope's Message for World Mission Day 2025: The Church prolongs the mission of Christ by offering life for all Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, a community of Christ's missionary disciples", is today "sent to revive hope in a world over which dark shadows". "Despite facing persecutions, tribulations and difficulties, a ...
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  5 February 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: memory, mercy and promise are key words for the action of God in history Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Memory, mercy, promise: these are the three key words for those who, like the Virgin Mary, recognize the action of God the Father in the history of humanity, said Pope Francis during today' ...
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  2 February 2025
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis on the day of the Presentation of the Lord: “In Jesus dwells all the fullness of God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “This always leaves us astounded: universal salvation concentrated in just one! Yes, because in Jesus dwells the fullness of God, of His Love”, said Pope Francis during the Sunday Ang ...
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  29 January 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: Saint Joseph, the man who “trusts in God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Factores Verbi”, that is, he who “puts the Word of God into practice”, “translating it into deeds, flesh, life”. This expression, coined by the apostle James in his letter, w ...
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  26 January 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The Word of God always amazes us and calls us to be witnesses of the Gospel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The salvation Jesus bestows on us is not yet fully realized. We know this. Yet wars, injustice, pain and death will not have the final word. The Gospel never disappoints”. In St. P ...
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  22 January 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: Mary, “Kecharitoméne”, is God’s masterpiece Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Mary, the "masterpiece" of "God’s grace", is a model to imitate "by listening to the word". Pope Francis, during his general audience in the Paul VI Hall, continued the cycle of cateches ...
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  21 January 2025
  VATICAN - Formation courses for newly appointed bishops: lectures and homilies collected in a volume Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A valuable tool for bishops all over the world in guiding their flock is the new volume entitled “Pastori di Cristo. Per una Chiesa sinodale” (“Shepherds of Christ. For a synodal Chur ...
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  19 January 2025
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis on the ceasefire in Gaza: "I hope that with the help of the international community the right solution will be reached for the two States" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord responds to our shortcomings with His superabundance," said Pope Francis during the Sunday Angelus prayer with the pilgrims and believers gathered in St. Peter's Square. The Pope ...
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  18 January 2025
  Jubilee 2025: a people who walk through the world in the light of hope by Stefano Lodigiani Rome (Agenzia Fides) - What, or rather who, was the long procession of people looking for who, on the evening of December 29, in communion with the Bishop of Rome and the whole Church, walked the ...
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  16 January 2025
  VATICAN - Meeting on Blessed Paolo Manna at the Pontifical Urban College: "Go out of yourself" and follow and bear witness to Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - He was a missionary in Burma (Myanmar), Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and founder of the current Pontifical Missionary Union. These are the main b ...