Vatican

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  19 November 2022
  VATICAN - "Bringing faith in Christ to the world, not Western culture". The true treasure of Propaganda Fide by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "There is one point that is never denied in the 'missionary policy' of Propaganda Fide: the equal dignity of each culture, the obligation to use local languages and not t ...
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  18 November 2022
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies between history and the present Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - Historical evolution and current challenges. This was the perspective with which yesterday afternoon Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, presented the ...
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  17 November 2022
  VATICAN - "Who will tell the story of Jesus?" Cardinal Tagle's (relevant) question opens the conference of the 400th anniversary of Propaganda Fide by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Who will tell the story of Jesus? What words and what paths to find to tell it in the new contemporary world marked by artificial and digital intelligence, polarizing ...
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  16 November 2022
  VATICAN - Proclaiming Jesus in all languages. The "missionary prophecy" of the Polyglot Typography of Propaganda Fide by Stefano Lodigiani Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide - which took place in 1622 - offer the opportunity to rediscover the ...
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  15 November 2022
  VATICAN - Studying the past to outline the future of the mission: the Conference for the fourth centenary of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "From the point of view of the history of the Church, and in particular, of the missions, the creation of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, better known as 'de Propa ...
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  12 November 2022
  VATICAN - "Euntes in mundum universum": an international conference on the 400 years of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Four centuries of mission, four centuries of proclamation of the Gospel. This is the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, today the Dicastery for Evangelization. A long and intense history, whi ...
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  24 October 2022
  VATICAN - The Pope on the occasion of the 96th WMD: support missionaries with prayer and concrete solidarity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today is World Missionary Day, on the theme: ‘You shall be my witnesses’". This is what Pope Francis said during today's Angelus, Sunday, October 23, 2022, the 96th World Mission Day. ...
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  22 October 2022
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin: an agreement on aspects essential to daily life of Church in China Rome - Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin grants an interview to discuss the two-year renewal of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China. The interview ...
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  22 October 2022
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the reasons why the Holy See renews the provisional Agreement with the government of Beijing on the appointment of Chinese Catholic Bishops by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - «The reason for everything is to safeguard the valid apostolic succession and the sacramental nature of the Catholic Church in China», in the desire «to reassure, comfort and ...
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  22 October 2022
  VATICAN - Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China regarding the appointment of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Upon the expiration of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China regarding the appointment of Bishops, which was signed in Beijing on 22 September ...
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  21 October 2022
  VATICAN - Catholics and pastoral workers increase in Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The "Catholic Church Statistics" that Fides publishes annually on the occasion of World Mission Day, taken from the latest edition of the «Church’s Book of Statistics», show that Africa ...
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  21 October 2022
  VATICAN - Catholic Church Statistics 2022 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 96th anniversary on Sunday, October 23, 2022, Fides New Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panora ...
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  14 October 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: missionaries have often discovered that the Holy Spirit had arrived before them Rome (Agenzia Fides) - If Christian communities look only at themselves, instead of bringing the word of Jesus to everyone, "they end up dying". While the Gospel, meeting different peoples and cultures, "is given back to ...
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  13 October 2022
  VATICAN - The Second Vatican Council, the mission and the Church of the First Millennium by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - «We thank you, Lord, for the gift of the Council. You who love us, free us from the presumption of self-sufficiency and from the spirit of worldly criticism. Prevent us from exc ...
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  11 October 2022
  VATICAN - Seminaries: Dicastery for Evangelization organizes refresher course for professors in Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After a 2-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the refresher course that the Dicastery for Evangelization has been organizing since the 2012-2013 academic year for the Professors of maj ...