Vatican

• 9 January 2013
  VATICAN - 150th Anniversary of Pauline-Marie Jaricot’s death-the Servant of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) The French Episcopal Conference declared in 2012, the Jubilee Year in honor of the servant of God, the venerable Pauline, who died 150 years ago in Lyon, on January 9, 1862. 2012 was also t ...
• 7 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls Missionary Childhood Day: "Dear children, bring to all the love of God!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled Missionary Childhood Day with these words: "Today in Italy is Missionary Childhood Day, dedicated to children who are committ ...
• 29 December 2012
  VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner over the course of the last 12 months. According to information ...
• 28 December 2012
  VATICAN - May peace spring up for the people of Syria, in the Land where the Redeemer was born, in the Countries of Africa and on the vast continent of Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " In this Year of Faith, I express my Christmas greetings and good wishes in these words taken from a Psalm: 'Truth has sprung out from the earth.' This is how the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
• 17 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni closes the centenary of the evangelization of northern Uganda: "May the power of the Holy Spirit guide you in your Missio ad gentes for the benefit of the Church in Africa" Arua (Agenzia Fides) - "May the blessing of the our Risen Lord upon this country and those who govern it, both traditional and political leaders. May His Holy Spirit guide you towards the realization of the New Evangeliz ...
• 15 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the seminarians in the diocese of Gulu: learn to "be with Him" in order to be his missionaries Arua (Agenzia Fides) - "What kind of priest do I want to be? A priest who testifies to Christ, because he believes, loves, and he shows it in his action and life? " Are some questions that Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefe ...
• 14 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the priests, religious men and women of Gulu "In your lives, I read the history of the Church in this land: a history of much faith, love and sacrifice" Arua (Agenzia Fides) - Two meetings were held this morning, December 14, by Cardinal Fernando Filoni reserved for priests, religious men and women of the ecclesiastical province of Gulu, as part of his pastoral visit to ...
• 13 December 2012
  VATICAN - Observations on behalf of His Exc. Mgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the decision of the so-called Conference of Catholic Bishops of China and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, to withdraw the ''approval'' from His Exc. Mgr. Taddeo Ma Daqin, the ...
• 13 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the lay faithful of Gulu, "be always men and women of goodness, reconciliation, holiness of Christian life, and peace" Arua (Agenzia Fides) - "I cannot help but express to you, dear brothers and sisters, all of my appreciation for the selfless service that you render so well to Christ and to the Church through your teaching of the catech ...
• 12 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Uganda for the centenary of the faith in Arua and in the ecclesiastical province of Gulu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The conclusive celebrations for the centenary of the arrival of the faith in the diocese of Arua, northern Uganda, thanks to the Comboni missionaries, will be presided by Cardinal Fernando ...
• 10 December 2012
  VATICAN - Pope: the encounter with the living Jesus Christ "is the decisive force which will transform the American continent" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Secularism and different religious groups are spreading at all latitudes, giving rise to many problems. Education and the promotion of a culture of life is urgently important ... How can o ...
• 7 December 2012
  VATICAN - From 9 to 12 December the Congress on the Church in America: problems and challenges faced by the mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Congress promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (Cal) and the Knights of Columbus in collaboration with the Institute for Guadalupani Studies, from December 9 to 12 t ...
• 6 December 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal "regarding the grave humanitarian crisis" in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A new appeal for Congo was launched by Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the general audience on Wednesday, December 5. These are his words: " Troubling news continues to arrive regarding the ...
• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - Day of the Disabled: "The world of rights cannot be the privilege for the few, the strong and successful" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are over one thousand million people with disabilities around the world, 15% of the entire population in the world. Of these, nearly 200 million suffer from very severe disabilities a ...
• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - Fides Agency: 85 years of service to the missionary world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To get the people of God to know the missions through the press, with the aim to elicit missionary cooperation through vocations, spiritual communion and materials: This is the purpose that ...