Vatican

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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 ...
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  1 June 2023
  VATICAN - The mission, the work of God in our "vessels of clay". Cardinal Tagle addresses the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Ciampino (Agenzia Fides) - Every authentic apostolic mission is the work of Christ, who acts by grace and in the lives and hearts of his disciples, thus making himself "perceptible" to others. This was recalled by Cardin ...
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  1 June 2023
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nappa: "Charism, evangelization, synodality" the "traits" of the path of the Pontifical Mission Societies Ciampino (Agenzia Fides) - Charism, evangelization and synodality. These are, according to Archbishop Emilio Nappa, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  31 May 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis proposes again the apostolic passion of Matteo Ricci: mission consists in witnessing with one's life what one proclaims Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, who left Macerata and arrived in China in 1582 "to free - as he himself wrote - unhappy souls from eternal perdition", still represents "a great example of ...
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  30 May 2023
  VATICAN - From May 31 to June 6, the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Ciampino (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) opens tomorrow, Wednesday, May 31, and its work will continue until June 6. The National Directors of the PMS from all c ...
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  27 May 2023
  VATICAN - Communicating joy and "speaking from the heart": multimedia course "Communication is mission" has ended Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Communicating joy and "speaking from the heart", as Pope Francis says in his message for the Day of Social Communications 2023; to serve the Lord and the local churches in the work of evang ...
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  24 May 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis believes witnessing in times of persecution "can bear much fruit for the faith". And invites to pray for the proclamation of the Gospel in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Witnessing to the Gospel in times of persecution "can bear much fruit for the faith". This is attested by dozens of witnesses and martyrs who confessed their faith in Christ in unfavorable circums ...