Vatican

• 30 June 2015
  VATICAN – Ceremonial gift of the pallium to 46 Metropolitan Archbishops, 13 belong to the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29, according to custom, the Holy Father blessed and delivered the pallium to 46 Metropolitan Archbishops appointed during the yea ...
• 17 June 2015
  VATICAN – The Pope: "the international community should act in a fitting and effective way to prevent the causes of forced migration" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of his general audience, held in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis launched the following appeal: "This coming Saturday marks World Refugee Day, promoted by the United Nations. We ...
• 5 June 2015
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the PMS: "missionary activity is still the greatest challenge for the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning the Holy Father received in audience the participants of the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Missionary Societies, who were accompanied by the Prefect of the Congrega ...
• 3 June 2015
  VATICAN - The College of Saint Paul celebrates 50 years of service to the formation of missionary priests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn Eucharistic celebration presided by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, "St. Paul the Apostle" International Pontifical M ...
• 2 June 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni opens the Assembly of the PMS: "form people to the true sense of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I like to think of this Assembly as the place and the moment when the entire missionary Church, present and active in all peoples and cultures, is gathered in fraternal communion, at the s ...
• 28 May 2015
  VATICAN - General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "How to support the universal mission today and tomorrow" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), begins next Monday, June 1, at the Retreat House of the Salesians in Rome. The National Directors of the PMS from all ...
• 25 May 2015
  VATICAN - The Pope's Message for World Mission Day 2015 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the full text of the Holy Father’s Message for World Mission Day 2015, which will be celebrated on Sunday 18 October. Dear Brothers and Sisters, The 2015 World Mission Sund ...
• 21 May 2015
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls the Day of Prayer for the Church in China on May 24 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience yesterday, May 20, the Holy Father recalled the next World Day of Prayer for the Church in China with these words: "On the 24 May, the Catholics in China ...
• 18 May 2015
  VATICAN - Archbishop Romero will be the patron of Caritas Internationalis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero (1917 -1980), who will be beatified on May 23 in San Salvador, murdered for standing with the poor in El Salvador, was adopted as a ...
• 4 May 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni ordains 14 deacons from Africa and Asia: "you must have a missionary heart" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "With your consecration to Christ and the Church, may you never fail the joy and excitement of this moment; always be ready, with the memory of this day, to overcome the difficulties you wi ...
• 29 April 2015
  VATICAN - For a "Christian commitment" in the fight against human trafficking Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Christian Commitment - Created in the image of God, treated like slaves…." is the title of the document on combating human trafficking presented today. The result of a joint initiative o ...
• 13 April 2015
  VATICAN - Jubilee of Mercy: "This is a time for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Why a Jubilee of Mercy today? Simply because the Church, in this time of great historical change, is called to offer more evident signs of God’s presence and closeness... This is a time ...
• 9 April 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: Iraqi families all expect to be able to return to their homes, and we are ready to help them start over Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I spent Palm Sunday in Amman, Jordan, where refugees are welcomed in parishes; then I transferred to Baghdad, Iraq. But I spent most of my time in the north, in the areas of Iraqi Kurdista ...
• 8 April 2015
  VATICAN - Easter 2015: "Our brothers and sisters are persecuted, exiled, killed and beheaded simply because they are Christians, they are our martyrs of today" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask Jesus, the Victor over death, to lighten the sufferings of our many brothers and sisters who are persecuted for His name, and of all those who suffer injustice as a result of ongoin ...
• 31 March 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni visits Iraqi refugees in Jordan: "I admired the generosity of so many" Amman (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was sent by the Holy Father to Iraq (see Fides 27/03/2015) to express, the closeness, affection and the u ...