Vatican

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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 ...
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  11 October 2022
  VATICAN - The expectations of the missionary world at the opening of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the main fruits that everyone expects from the Council is a more massive participation of the entire Catholic world in the work of the missions. Until now, the shortage of missionar ...
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  29 September 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis in Bahrain from November 3-6 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis will make his announced Apostolic Journey to the Kingdom of Bahrain from November 3 to 6. This was announced today by the Director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni, adding tha ...
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  22 September 2022
  VATICAN - The China-Holy See Agreement and the treasure of faith by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Just four years ago, on September 22, 2018, representatives of the Holy See and the government of the People's Republic of China signed the Provisional Agreement on the appointme ...
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  19 September 2022
  VATICAN - Artist Zhang: to paint Blessed Pope Luciani, I sought inspiration from the Bible and the cross Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As a young man, my uncle wanted to be a missionary in China": This is what Lina Petri, niece of Pope Luciani, confided to Fides, on the eve of the solemn celebration of the beatification o ...
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  16 September 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: in the face of de-Christianization, Saint Augustine is more useful than "modernization" plans Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus "made the Church with pastors, not with political leaders. He built the Church with ignorant people, the twelve were one more ignorant than the other, and the Church went on". And the shepher ...