Vatican

• 30 March 2015
  VATICAN - The Pope: "We think of our brothers and sisters who are persecuted because they are Christians, the martyrs of our own time" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis delivered the homily at Mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday - Palm Sunday dedicated to the persecuted Christians. Recalling Holy Week, which leads us to Easter, "we will take ...
• 27 March 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni returns to Iraq to express the closeness and affection of the Pope to displaced families Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis has expressed his concern for Christian families and other victims of violence who have been expelled from their homes and villages in Iraq, in particular those from Mosul and ...
• 16 March 2015
  VATICAN – Pope Francis: "Our brothers' and sisters' blood is shed only because they are Christians" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus prayer with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Sunday, March 15, the Holy Father Francis expressed his deep sorrow for the tragic events in Pakistan, invoking th ...
• 10 February 2015
  VATICAN – World Day of the Sick: the Church runs 115 352 health care and social assistance institutes in the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - February 11 is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes and it is also the XXIII World Day of the Sick. Pope John Paul II initiated the day in 1992 to encourage people to pray for those who suf ...
• 4 February 2015
  VATICAN - On February 8: "Shine a light against human trafficking" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To pray and reflect against human trafficking: this is the goal of the First International Day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking, scheduled on February 8, on the theme: "Shi ...
• 26 January 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni celebrates the 50th anniversary of the diocese of Xuan Loc, "may families and parishes become God’s families" Xuan Loc (Agenzia Fides) - "Today I have the joy of celebrating with you the 50th anniversary of the creation of the diocese of Xuan Loc, which took place on October 14, 1965, by decision of the Blessed Pope Paul VI, who ...
• 23 January 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the Shrine of La Vang entrusts the work of evangelization to the Virgin La Vang (Agenzia Fides) - "As a pilgrim - also on behalf of our Missionary Congregation - I beg of Mary her protection for the work of evangelization throughout the world: she who bore Jesus, the living Gospel, the Word ...
• 22 January 2015
  VATICAN - Solidarity of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples to the Church of Niger Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, sent a message of sympathy and solidarity to pastoral workers and to the faithful of the Catho ...
• 20 January 2015
  VATICAN - Church of Vietnam: "path of conversion and to a strong commitment to evangelization" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The example of the priest St. Andrew Dung-Lac, and his 126 Companion Martyrs, were recalled this morning by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization Peoples dur ...
• 20 January 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal. Filoni in Vietnam: "a living Church," distinguished from "the steadfast Faith of the Vietnamese faithful" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy to be here with you and sincerely thank the Episcopal Conference for the invitation allowing me to visit your Country... I, too, on this occasion, can see with my own eyes the vi ...
• 19 January 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation, on a pastoral visit in Vietnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples arrives in Vietnam today for a pastoral visit. After accompanying the Holy Father in his apostolic vi ...
• 14 January 2015
  VATICAN - Saint Joseph Vaz, an example of missionary zeal Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint Joseph gives us an example of missionary zeal. Though he came to Ceylon to minister to the Catholic community, in his evangelical charity he reached out to everyone. Leaving behind his ho ...
• 7 January 2015
  VATICAN - Pope Francis on the Day of Missionary Childhood: "Children announcers of the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, January 6, the Holy Father Francis recalled that the Solemnity of the Epiphany is also the World Day of Missionary Childhood – one of the Pontifical Mission Societies that is ...
• 7 January 2015
  VATICAN - Pope announces the appointment of New Cardinals, 7 are from the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Of the 20 new Cardinals (of whom 5 Archbishops and Bishops Emeritus) who will be appointed by Pope Francis in the consistory to be held on 14 February, 6 are ordinary Archbishops and Bish ...
• 30 December 2014
  VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2014 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to information in our possession, during 2014, 26 pastoral care workers were killed worldwide, three more compared to 2013. For the sixth consecutive year, the place most affecte ...