Vatican

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  28 June 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope will deliver the Pallium to 25 Metropolitan Archbishops, 4 of Propaganda Fide territories Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 29, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, according to custom, the Holy Father Francis will bless and deliver the pallium to new metropolitan Archbishops appointed during the year. Th ...
• 25 June 2016
  VATICAN - Statement from the Director of the Holy See Press Office Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Lombardi issued the following statement to reporters on June 23: "In response to the requests of news by several journalists I am in a positi ...
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  6 June 2016
  VATICAN - Pope at the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "We need to grow in evangelical passion" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, June 4, the Holy Father received in audience the participants at the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies, to whom he addressed the following speech: Your Eminence ...
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  2 June 2016
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: "Do not fear to be renewed by the Spirit" says Mgr. Rugambwa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Thanks to the experience of evangelization, mission, prayer, testimony and charity of the young Churches, we hope that the whole Church may rekindle its passion for Christ and the proclamation of ...
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  31 May 2016
  VATICAN - “Re-awakening missionary awareness today ”: Cardinal Filoni addresses PMS Annual General Assembly Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The Holy Spirit and the signs of the times of the same Spirit, urge us to go beyond ecclesial distinction and separation, today out-dated, between mission lands and traditionally Christian co ...
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  30 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the sending forth Mass of missionaries: evangelizing is to grow in faith Bucaramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission to evangelize must be a constant encouragement not to be happy with mediocrity, but to continue to grow in faith" recommended Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregati ...
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  28 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni urges a "return to what is essential, to the joyful witness of faith in charity" Bucaramanga (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Friday, May 27, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, presided over the Eucharistic celebration in the Cathedral in Buc ...
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  28 May 2016
  VATICAN - General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins May 30 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), begins on Monday, May 30 at the House of the Salesians, in Rome. The National Directors of the PMS from all continen ...
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  28 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Missionary Congress: "Church of Colombia, share your faith, be a missionary Church which goes forth!" Bucaramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Conscience and missionary responsibility of the particular Churches": is the theme of Cardinal Fernando Filoni’s report, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, hel ...
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  27 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni opens the National Missionary Congress: "we need Christ" Bucaramanga (Agenzia Fides) - As Bartimaeus "we are a bit blind, we are a bit beggars, a bit poor. We need Christ, to recover Christological faith. We need to believe that our life is loved by God in spite of moments of ...
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  27 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the seminarians: a vocation that has the entire world as its horizon Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of May 25, Cardinal Fernando Filoni presided over the Mass at the "San Luis Bertrán Intermisional Seminary" in Bogotà, together with the educational community and seminarians, ...
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  25 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Puerto Leguízamo-Solano: geographically distant, but always in the heart of the Church Puerto Leguízamo-Solano (Agenzia Fides) - "This Vicariate is a young Church, built on February 21, 2013, and therefore continues to grow, although it still accounts a reduced presence of missionary personnel (a local pr ...
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  24 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Guapi: "It is necessary to develop a strong missionary conscience" Guapi (Agenzia Fides) - "After so many years of suffering due to the evils of violence and corruption, now is the right time to eradicate all evil and forgive one another, establishing a culture of peace and giving rise ...
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  23 May 2016
  VATICAN - The Pope invites to spiritually join Chinese Catholics on May 24 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday, May 22, at the end of the Angelus, Pope Francis observed that Tuesday, May 24, the Catholics of China celebrate Mary "Help of Christians", who is venerated in China. Sayi ...
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  23 May 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Bogotà ordains two Apostolic Vicars: "Be fathers and teachers" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "It is Christ who, in the ministry of the Bishop, continues to preach the gospel of salvation and to sanctify the faithful through the sacraments of faith; it is Christ who, in the fatherhood of ...