Vatican

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  4 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Malawi: "joyfully zealous in going out in search of those in need of God’s love" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "My time in Malawi affords me the opportunity to draw near to the local Church and to meet with her Bishops, priests, religious, seminarians and lay faithful. I thank you each of you for your t ...
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  4 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to priests and religious: "To evangelize is to encounter Christ, to announce him, and be renewed by him" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of Pope Francis, "this precious document should be a point of reference for the Church in Malawi, which is called to remain on the path of conversion ...
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  3 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni on a pastoral visit to Malawi and Zambia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, begins his pastoral visit to Malawi today, where on November 5 he will preside at the consecration o ...
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  24 October 2016
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "Today is a time of mission and a time of courage!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before reciting the midday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Sunday, October 23, the Holy Father stressed the celebration of World Mission Sunday, commenting on the ...
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  21 October 2016
  VATICAN - WORLD MISSION DAY - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2016 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, which this year celebrates it 90th anniversary on Sunday, October 23, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of t ...
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  21 October 2016
  VATICAN - Sunday, October 23: Mission Day n. 90 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 23 World Mission Day, established exactly 90 years ago, will be celebrated. In its plenary meeting in March 1926 in fact, the Superior Council of the Pontifical Society ...
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  20 October 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls World Mission Sunday and the urgency of the missionary commitment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the greetings to the Slovak-speaking pilgrims during his general audience yesterday, Wednesday, October 19, the Holy Father recalled World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated on ...
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  10 October 2016
  VATICAN - Among the new Cardinals, 6 are Archbishops in mission territories Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the Angelus yesterday, Sunday, October 9, the Holy Father Francis announced the creation of 13 new Cardinals. A Consistory will be held on the 19 of November. They also include an Archbi ...
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  6 October 2016
  VATICAN - The path opens towards the beatification of Cardinal Celso Costantini Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Triveneto Episcopal Conference "expressed an opinion in favor of initiating the cause of beatification of Cardinal Celso Costantini (1876-1958), a figure of great missi ...
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  15 September 2016
  VATICAN - Our gratitude to Fr. Vito del Prete, PIME Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Committee of the Pontifical Mission Societies along with PMS employees would like to warmly thank Fr. Vito del Prete, PIME, for his seven years (2009-2016) spent in the manage ...
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  14 September 2016
  VATICAN CITY - Father Jacques is part of the chain of Christian martyrs which began with Jesus Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The first Christians professed their faith in Jesus, paying with their own lives. This history is repeated daily today, all over", said Pope Francis during the Mass celebrated this morning ...
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  10 September 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of the CEP Seminar: "Care for the people God has entrusted to you, care for priests, care for seminarians. This is your task" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your places of origin are diverse and far from each other, and belong to the great constellation of so-called 'mission territories'. Therefore each of you have the great privilege and resp ...
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  9 September 2016
  VATICAN - Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, Director of Agenzia Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fabrizio Meroni, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) and Director of CIAM (International Center for Mi ...
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  5 September 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls "the many religious women who give their lives without sparing" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Mass celebrated yesterday, Sunday, September 4, in Saint Peter's Basilica for the Canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope Francis before the recitation of the Angelus, rec ...
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  2 September 2016
  VATICAN - Seminar for the new Bishops of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - 94 Bishops have been appointed in the last two years in the ecclesiastical circumscriptions dependent on the Missionary Congregation, who will participate in a Study Seminar organized for t ...