Vatican

• 3 November 2015
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal for Central Africa: "put an end to this cycle of violence" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Angelus prayer, Sunday, November 1, Pope Francis voiced great concern over a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in the Central African Republic, announcing his intention ...
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  29 October 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: Only peace will save the indigenous Christian communities in Mesopotamia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq and Syria, "without peace, there is no hope for anyone", and only the end of sectarian conflicts can ensure the survival of the indigenous Christian communities in Mesopotamia. This is how ...
• 28 October 2015
  VATICAN - Appeal from the 5 continents: "The fight against climate change must respect the rights of the poor" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The climate change issue is deeply linked to social justice and the fight against poverty, so we need to redefine the notions of "growth" and "progress" to reach lifestyles which respect en ...
• 28 October 2015
  VATICAN - Urbaniana University: to form men and women capable of becoming bridges of relationships and instruments of mutual understanding Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I have a strong belief, many times expressed by Pope Francis, that ecclesial institutions can become a leaven of peace and of human and spiritual development among the peoples. This is why ...
• 17 October 2015
  VATICAN - World Mission Day: Catholic Church Statistics 2015 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, this year celebrated on Sunday, October 18, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the missionary Church all o ...
• 16 October 2015
  VATICAN - The Missionary Rosary for World Mission Day and the 50th anniversary of the "Ad Gentes" decree Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The students of the Pontifical Urban College, St. Peter, St. Paul and Mater Ecclesiae, run by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Mission Societies, which ...
• 2 October 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni opens the formative year: "called to live the joy of the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "You are today called to the joyous service of the Gospel, which Pope Francis highlights in his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, not only as a personal and communal experience, but ...
• 1 October 2015
  VATICAN - With the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, October, month of the missions begins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The liturgical feast of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (1873-1897) which is celebrated today, October 1st, marks the beginning of October, month of the missions, which will culminate in t ...
• 15 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni on his visit: the enthusiasm of the Church in Bangladesh, the vivacity of the Church in India Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "It was really comforting to see the small Church in Bangladesh with such enthusiasm that I would define overwhelming": this is what the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Pe ...
• 14 September 2015
  VATICAN - The first blessed in South Africa: Benedict Daswa, family man, killed for the Gospel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "A new Blessed is being proclaimed in South Africa. Samuel Benedict Daswa was a family man killed in 1990 - just 25 years ago because of his fidelity to the Gospel, recalled Pope Francis du ...
• 14 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni concludes his visit to Bangladesh where he meets families and seminarians Tejgaon (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday afternoon, September 12, continuing his pastoral visit to Bangladesh, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, celebrated evening Mass ...
• 12 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni meets Bishops, priests, religious and laity of Bangladesh: "We are all in a permanent state of mission" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – Today Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, met the representatives of the seven dioceses of Bangladesh, in Dhaka: Bishops, major religious sup ...
• 12 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Bangladesh: "try to sow unity in the dioceses" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The unity with Christ and with the community of the faithful, who "have a right to see their Bishops living in communion, both in the pastoral decisions taken by them and in their implementation", ...
• 11 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Bangladesh for the XXV Anniversary of the diocese of Rajshahi: "there is much work to do" Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is consoling to know that after twenty-five years your Local Church is growing, not only in number, but also in the service of God and of the community, in spite of tensions and different d ...
• 7 September 2015
  VATICAN - Pastoral visit of Cardinal Filoni in Bangladesh, India and Nepal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, is leaving for a pastoral visit in Asia. From 9 to 13 September he will be in Bangladesh, where he w ...