Vatican

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  2 May 2023
  VATICAN - Holy Childhood Society: four online meetings on "The Sacraments of Christian Initiation and the Mission of Children" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Four virtual meetings in different languages, dedicated to the theme "The Sacraments of Christian Initiation and the Mission of Children". This is the initiative proposed in these first days of May ...
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  26 April 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: prayer is the "invisible force" of monks and nuns that sustains the mission Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I understood it was Love alone that made the Church’s members act, that if Love ever became extinct, apostles would not preach the Gospel and martyrs would not shed their blood", wrote Saint Ter ...
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  25 April 2023
  VATICAN - Appointment of under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelization and the new particular Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Samuele Sangalli, until now official of the Dicastery for Bishops, as under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelizati ...
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  20 April 2023
  VATICAN - The Apostolic Letter "Antiquum ministerium" and the memory of the martyred catechists, "friutful source" of Christian spirituality Two years after the publication of the Apostolic Letter "Antiquum ministerium", with which Pope Francis instituted the ministry of catechist in the Church (May 10, 2021), and in the context of the tenth year of his Ponti ...
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  19 April 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: martyrs, quintessential witnesses of Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After the generation of the Apostles, the witnesses "par excellence" of the Gospel of Christ have always been the martyrs, those who shed their blood for Christ and also experienced in their flesh ...
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  13 April 2023
  VATICAN - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, Msgr. Protase Rugambwa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, former secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches, as ...
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  12 April 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: the Gospel is proclaimed by walking, far from the controversy of the 'keyboard warriors' Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The strength of those who proclaim the salvation of Christ is not based on "plausible words of wisdom"; but "in demonstration of the Spirit and power", which always leads to set oneself in motion a ...
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  10 April 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Jesus comes to us every time we proclaim him Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We encounter Jesus by witnessing him". He himself "comes to meet us every time we announce him". And when one encounters Jesus, no obstacle, no human calculation "can prevent us from proclaiming h ...
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  29 March 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: only the encounter with Jesus changes hearts and also frees us from a "Christianity without Christ" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - One becomes a Christian and proclaims the Gospel with passion, not because he studies the Bible or theology, but only through a real encounter with Jesus, who when he enters our lives "changes ever ...
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  24 March 2023
  The beatitude of martyrs, friends in Paradise by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 24, 2023, marks the 31st Day of Missionary Martyrs. In 1992, the then Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies (today Missio Giovani) proposed for ...
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  22 March 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Evangelization is vain and sterile without the gifts of holiness and witness Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel "is more than just simple doctrinal and moral transmission". The proclamation of the Gospel "is, first and foremost, witness – one cannot evangelize without witness ...
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  18 March 2023
  VATICAN - Decree on the full legal representation of the II section of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below is the Decree of Pope Francis regarding the full legal representation of the II Section of the Dicastery for Evangelization. The Decree, signed by Pope Francis on Monday 1 August 2022 ...
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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 ...