Vatican

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  26 June 2017
  VATICAN - Statement of the Director of the Press Office on the case of Mgr. Peter Shao Zhumin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In response to questions from journalists regarding the case of Mgr. Peter Shao Zhumin, Bishop of Wenzhou (Continental China), the Director of the Holy See's Press Office, Greg Burke, today ...
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  26 June 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "There is no Christian mission in the name of tranquility!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no Christian mission in the name of tranquility! Difficulties and tribulations are part and package of evangelization", said the Holy Father before the Angelus prayer with the fai ...
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  21 June 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Dias: "Our Lady was the godmother of my priesthood" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The first Eucharistic Concelebration in the Chapel of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, after his appointment as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was presided by ...
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  21 June 2017
  VATICAN - The missionary zeal of Cardinal Dias, recalled by Pope Francis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The contribution to the spiritual and physical reconstruction of the suffering Church in Albania and the missionary zeal demonstrated in his work as Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
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  20 June 2017
  VATICAN - "Laity and Mission": a theological reflection on a growing phenomenon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From 13 to 18 February 2017, a seminar on the relationship between Laity and Mission was held at the International Center for Missionary Animation (CIAM) in Rome. The initiative was born in ...
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  20 June 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, passes away Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, (81) Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples from 20 May 2006 to 9 May 2011, passed away in Rome on Monday 19 June, 2017. He had been ill ...
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  13 June 2017
  VATICAN - Now online Omnis Terra new issue : giving voice to mission, missions and missionaries Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Omnis Terra, the multilingual publication of culture and mission from the Pontifical Mission Societies, is on line with its second edition. The opening article “Le Laos et le ...
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  10 June 2017
  VATICAN - Migrants and Refugees. Meeting for delegates from all over the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This coming 12 and 13 June the Migrants and Refugees Sector of the Vatican Office for Integral Human Development will host a Working Seminar in Rome with the participation of Bishop dele ...
• 9 June 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope deeply saddened by the events of the diocese of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received a Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria, in a private Audience, which has been living a painful situation for years (see Fides, 8/6/2017). The me ...
• 8 June 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope receives in audience the Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 8, the Holy Father received a Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara in a private Audience, accompanied by the Archbishop of Abuja and Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara, His Emminence ...
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  6 June 2017
  VATICAN - Consulata Missionaries: "never tire of bringing comfort" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In the effort of the requalification of the style of missionary service, it will be necessary to favor certain significant elements, such as the sensitivity to the inculturation of the Gos ...
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  5 June 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis' Message for World Mission Day 2017 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Holy Mass of the Solemnity of Pentecost, celebrated in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, June 4, the Holy Father Francis introduced the recitation of the Marian prayer of Regi ...
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  3 June 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope to the PMS: "October 2019 will be an extraordinary month for the Ad gentes mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today June 3, Pope Francis received in audience the participants in the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). Here below is the full text of the Speech: Mr Cardinal, dear bro ...
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  30 May 2017
  VATICAN - The Cardinal at the PMS Assembly: "The Gospel is never fully announced" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Only God sends on mission, involving us in His Son’s Pasqual mystery. Nobody receives the mission except he who, in faith, discovers himself being sent, involved in the merciful love that saves ...
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  29 May 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "The Church exists to proclaim the Gospel, only for that!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church exists to proclaim the Gospel, only for that! And also, the joy of the Church is to announce the Gospel. We are all baptized by the Church. Today, we are invited to understand b ...