Vatican

• 12 November 2012
  VATICAN - "The cultural and theological formation is in sight and in function of the proclamation and service to the young Churches": Cardinal Filoni inaugurates the academic Year at Urbaniana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the Concelebrated Mass "De Sancto Spiritu" this morning presided over by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Grand Chancellor of ...
• 10 November 2012
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples concludes the celebrations for the Centenary of the Evangelization of Owerri Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - "One hundred years of evangelization in Owerri mean that this Church in Nigeria can be considered 'venerable', even though in relation to other century-old churches it is considered to be young. ...
• 9 November 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the seminarians in Owerri: prepare to be the heralds of the New Evangelization Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - In the chapel of the Seminary of Owerri dedicated to Mary "Sedes Sapientiae" (Seat of Wisdom), which is "the heart of all those Dioceses and Congregations that send their seminarians here to be p ...
• 8 November 2012
  VATICAN - "The Church needs the two solid pillars of Missio ad Gentes and New Evangelization": Cardinal Filoni opens the Symposium on Evangelization in Owerri Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ is the first and ultimate subject of all evangelization, be it evangelization as the Missio ad Gentes or the New Evangelization. The Church, as the Body of Christ, has received this ...
• 7 November 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope launches a new appeal "to do everything possible for Syria" and sends Cardinal Sarah on a special mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A new appeal for Syria, "to do everything possible because one day might be too late," was launched by Pope Benedict XVI at the end of today's general audience, together with the announceme ...
• 7 November 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni meets the young of Owerri: "Let us with simplicity accept Jesus as our companion in the journey of our life; at school; at home, on the road" Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - "It is truly with joy that I begin my pastoral visit here in Owerri by meeting you, dear and beloved young people, who are the hope of the Church, the ultimate heirs of the evangelization of thos ...
• 5 November 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Nigeria for the centenary of the Evangelization of the Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will make a pastoral visit to Nigeria for the centenary of the Evangelization of the Ecclesiastical ...
• 30 October 2012
  VATICAN - "In the current social and political context, however, even before the right to migrate, there is need to reaffirm the right not to emigrate," says the Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The right of a person to emigrate is recognized as a fundamental human right. "In the current social and political context, however, even before the right to migrate, there is need to reaff ...
• 29 October 2012
  VATICAN - Pope closes the Synod: "the new evangelization is essentially linked to the Missio ad Gentes" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Catechesis must accompany preparation for Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist, without neglecting the Sacrament of Penance; "we must ask the Holy Spirit to arouse in the Church a new ...
• 24 October 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope announces Consistory for the creation of six new Cardinals Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced that he has called a Consistory for the creation of six new Cardinals to take place on 24 November, Solemnity ...
• 23 October 2012
  VATICAN - "New Evangelization in Islamic countries": a symposium at the Lateran Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The new evangelization and the Church in Pakistan", "Communion and Witness in Islamic countries", "Mystical Experience: meeting ground between Christianity and Islam": are some of the topics that ...
• 22 October 2012
  VATICAN - May the intercession of the new Saints sustain the Church in her mission of proclaiming the Gospel to the whole world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The "happy coincidence" between the Synodal Assembly on the New Evangelization and World Mission Sunday, were highlighted by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Mass he presided on Sund ...
• 19 October 2012
  VATICAN - Missionary world at the opening of the Council: even in 1962 Mission Day was on October 21 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In October 1962, when the Second Vatican Council opened, World Mission Day was celebrated on Sunday, October 21, the same date as this year 2012, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of ...
• 18 October 2012
  VATICAN - The missionary world at the opening of the Council: in a year 40 new Bishops in missions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the overview of "The Missionary Year 1961-1962", published in the August 4, 1962 edition, Fides Agency emphasizes the significant number of new Bishops appointed in mission territories ...
• 17 October 2012
  VATICAN - The Synod of Bishops: a delegation to Syria to express solidarity and closeness to the population Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday afternoon, October 16, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, spoke at the Fourteenth General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops and announced that a Delegation of the ...