Vatican

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  6 September 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The Church of Mongolia is in the heart of God Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I had the grace of meeting, in Mongolia, a humble Church, and a joyful Church, which is in the heart of God", Pope Francis expressed his gratitude for the experiences and encounters he had during ...
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  30 August 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The "holiness of everyday life" attracts hearts Rome (Agenzia Fides) - God calls us "through attraction", and attraction "is proper to holiness". Also the "holiness of every day", the "holiness of the common Christian life, which is witnessed by those who bear the cro ...
• 23 August 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: In Marian shrines, Our Lady shows us how to proclaim the Gospel and gives us the peace of children Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel does not take place through the imposition of pre-constituted cultural models. The liberation proclaimed by Christ reaches individuals and peoples when it is expresse ...
• 18 July 2023
  VATICAN - Appointed Head of Department of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and New particular Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed the former collaborators of the Dicastery of Evangelization, Msgr. Erwin Aserios Balagapo and Msgr. Han (Agostino) Hyuntaek, as heads of department of the Dicaste ...
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  15 July 2023
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin: Pope appoints the Bishop of Shanghai "for good of diocese and dialogue" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as bishop of Shanghai, in continental China, transferring him from the diocese of Haimen, province of Jiangsu. We report the inte ...
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  10 July 2023
  VATICAN - Five newly appointed cardinals from territories of the Dicastery for Evangelization: work for peace, evangelization and love for one's country are among their priorities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Five of the future Cardinals - whose names were announced yesterday, Sunday 9 July, by Pope Francis - come from territories entrusted to the Dicastery for Evangelization. They are Archbisho ...
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  9 July 2023
  VATICAN - The Pope announces the creation of 21 new cardinals on September 30 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Sunday, July 9, at the end of the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis announced a Consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals with these words: "Dear brothers and sist ...
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  6 July 2023
  VATICAN - "Hoping Together". Pope Francis in Mongolia from 1 to 4 September Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Hoping Together", motto chosen to express the spirit and heart of the announced Apostolic Journey that Pope Francis will make to Mongolia from 1 to 4 September. Today, the Holy See Press Office ...
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  5 July 2023
  VATICAN - Jubilee 2025: the Pope establishes the Commission of the New Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith, "ripe fruits of the Lord's vineyard" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Martyrs in the Church "are witnesses of the hope that comes from faith in Christ and incites to true charity". They "have accompanied the life of the Church in every age", and flourish as "ripe ...
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  29 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis, on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul: the Church must proclaim the Gospel "like oxygen to breathe" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Even today it is necessary for the Church to "put preaching at the centre". And always be a Church "that cannot live without sharing with others the embrace of God’s love", and needs to proclaim ...
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  28 June 2023
  VATICAN - "The protagonist of History is the beggar". Pope Francis re-proposes the missionary adventure of Saint Mary MacKillop Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The protagonist of History is the beggar", said Pope Francis today, taking up the incipit of a beautiful sentence pronounced by Don Luigi Giussani on May 30, 1998 in St. Peter's Square, in a meeti ...
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  18 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis, first Angelus after surgery: If we want to be good apostles, we must be like children Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "If we want to be good apostles, we must be like children". This is the evocative "program" proposed by Pope Francis to all those who are called to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, imitating his firs ...
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  7 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis announces an Apostolic Letter dedicated to Saint Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of Catholic missions Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries "are not only those who travel long distances, learn new languages, do good works, and are good at proclamation". Missionary is "is anyone who lives as an instrument of God's love wher ...
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  3 June 2023
  VATICAN - In martyrdom, love for Jesus overcomes fear. Cardinal Tagle remembers the Holy Martyrs of Uganda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Suffering in itself is not martyrdom, suffering becomes martyrdom when there is witness". This was emphasized by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangel ...
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  3 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies: mission flourishes from the heart of Christ and from the "disorder" of the Holy Spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church's mission in the world has its "heart" and its source in the very heart of Jesus. Missionary work "does not come naturally", it is born in "those who allow themselves to be drawn by the ...