Vatican

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  29 May 2017
  VATICAN - Mgr. Rugambwa opens the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us reflect together on the ‘mission heart of the Christian faith’ in the light of the Apostolic Missionary Exhortation of Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium. Let us have the courage of conv ...
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  26 May 2017
  VATICAN - Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "Mission at the Heart of the Christian Faith" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The General Assembly of the PMS will begin on Monday 29 May, at the House of the Salesians in Rome. The Assembly will be opened by Archbishop His Exc. Mgr. Protase Rugambwa, Adjunct Secreta ...
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  26 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni concludes his visit to Equatorial Guinea: "Mission is carried out through testimony" Bata (Agenzia Fides) - On the last day of his pastoral visit to Equatorial Guinea on Thursday, May 25, Cardinal Filoni spent the day in the diocese of Bata, where he celebrated Mass in the Cathedral, in the Solemnity of ...
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  24 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni urges the diocese of Ebebiyin: "never get tired of giving testimony of our faith" Ebebiyin (Agenzia Fides) - Today, the feast of Mary Help of Christians, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, carried out a pastoral visit to the diocese of Ebebiyin, wh ...
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  23 May 2017
  VATICAN - "Priests and religious of Mongomo, stand up and walk in and with your Church!" exhorts Cardinal Filoni Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - "My presence among you is the manifestation of the solicitude of the Holy Father and of the Universal Church toward this Church-Family of God. In this sense, I would like to express the support ...
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  23 May 2017
  VATICAN - For 10 years on May 24 the world prays in particular for communion with the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2007, on the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Benedict XVI sent a Letter to Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons, and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of ...
• 22 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni meets the Bishops of Equatorial Guinea, "pastors, fathers and brothers" Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - The morning, May 22 was dedicated to the Bishops of Equatorial Guinea: the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, met them in Mongomo, and there ...
• 22 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Evinayong: "Be good builders of this new Church" Evinayong (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, spent the day, Sunday 21 May in the new diocese of Evinayong, created on 1 April (see Fides 1/4/201 ...
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  22 May 2017
  VATICAN - Consistory for 5 New Cardinals, "be joyous announcers of the Gospel throughout the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Regina Coeli Marian prayer on Sunday 21 May, the Holy Father Francis announced a Consistory on 28 June for the creation of 5 new Cardinals. Two of them, Archbishop of Bama ...
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  20 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni ordains 3 Bishops in Mongomo: "Be true, humble and generous Pastors" Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - Historical event for the Church in Equatorial Guinea: Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, this morning, May 20, presided the solemn Eucharist ...
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  19 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to Priests and religious men and women in Malabo: "We must announce Christ, go to the suburbs!" Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to be in this beautiful country, a land of a young and promising church, for a second pastoral visit ... I chose to begin my stay with this meeting in order to get in touch with the l ...
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  17 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Equatorial Guinea to ordain three Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will depart for a pastoral visit to Equatorial Guinea tomorrow, May 18, where on 20 May he will pres ...
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  8 May 2017
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal to Venezuelans: "Do not fall into mistrust and despair" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis urged Venezuelan Bishops to build bridges between the government and the opposition to resolve the country's current problems of uncertainty and violence. In a letter dated May ...
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  4 May 2017
  VATICAN - The heroic virtues of Cardinal Francesco Saverio Nguyên Van Thuân have been recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was received this morning in audience by the Holy Father who authorized the Congregation to promulgate ...
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  24 April 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: “The Church is Church if she is a Church of martyrs” Roma (Agenzia Fides) – “The memory of these heroic, early and recent witnesses confirms us in the awareness that the Church is a Church of martyrs… and martyrs are those who had the grace to confess Jesus until the ...