Vatican

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  18 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies on the "path" towards World Mission Day with "burning" hearts Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - There are many different World Mission Month initiatives that the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) around the world have launched in these mo ...
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  16 October 2023
  "C'est la confiance". The missionary soul of Therese of Lisieux in Pope Francis' new apostolic Exhortation by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) - "It is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to Love." The phrase taken from a letter of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, quoted in the ...
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  11 October 2023
  VATICAN - "Forgiveness liberated her" Pope's Catechesis on Josephine Bakhita, the slave proclaimed a saint Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The "vocation" of the oppressed, he said, is to liberate also their oppressors through the miracle of forgiveness, "opening paths of hope and making change possible". Pope Francis stres ...
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  10 October 2023
  VATICAN - The missionary charism of the New Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla as Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is an appointment with a missionary touch. Si ...
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  4 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Christian realism of "Laudate Deum" by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) - " Praise God” is the title of this letter. For when human beings claim to take God’s place, they become their own worst enemies." These words conclude the new Apostolic ...
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  4 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Synod seen by Bishops from territories of First Evangelization Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "We look forward to seeing the fruits of this Synod, of the themes we have talked about and discussed in these months of preparation. We have a desire to understan ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Missionary October, the Pope announces an Apostolic Exhortation on the message of Theresa of Lisieux Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 15, Pope Francis Pope Francis will publish an Apostolic Exhortation dedicated to the message of Saint Therese of Lisieux, co-Patron of the missions together with Saint Francis ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Message of Pope Francis to mark the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the message of Pope Francis to "children and young people, parents, formators and friends" of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood, which celebrated the 180th anniversary of its foun ...
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  29 September 2023
  VATICAN - "Good Christians and good citizens". Pope Francis writes to the Catholics of Viet Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the Letter of Pope Francis to the Catholic community of Viet Nam on the occasion of the adoption of the Agreement on the Status of the Resident Papal Representative and the Offic ...
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  21 September 2023
  VATICAN/CHINA - Two bishops from mainland China at the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a great and very positive compromise between the Vatican and China. Thanks to the patience and foresight of Pope Francis", said a priest from Beijing to Fides, shortly after the pu ...
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  20 September 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Saint Daniel Comboni reminds us that mission is not "the fruit of human endeavor", and is born from charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary passion to proclaim the Gospel is not born as a "result of human endeavor" but flows "from the love of Christ"; it is the opposite of the "plague of clericalism" and springs from cha ...
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  16 September 2023
  VATICAN - Pope's message for World Mission Day is the subject of third webinar in Vietnamese Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope's message for the upcoming World Mission Sunday is the focus of a cycle of three webinars organized by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), in co ...
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  14 September 2023
  VATICAN - The Pope appoints Vincenzo Buonomo as Pontifical Delegate to the Pontifical Urbanian University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Professor Vincenzo Buonomo, Counsellor of Vatican City State and Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University, has been appointed Pontifical Delegate to the Pontifical Urbaniana Uni ...
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  13 September 2023
  VATICAN - The Pope once again proposes the figure of Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, "Doctor of the poor": "But the good are good with the help of God" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The good are good only with the help of God", wrote the Venezuelan doctor José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, proclaimed blessed by the Church, a figure that Pope Francis wanted to repropose in th ...
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  7 September 2023
  VATICAN - Cross, rosary and prayer book of Ukrainian Redemptorists imprisoned in Russia donated to the Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A missionary cross, a prayer book and a rosary. These are the objects that Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk gave to Pope Francis at the end of the Pope's meeting with the Synod of Bisho ...