Vatican

• 2 July 2012
  VATICAN - "The primary mission for the Church of Congo is the promotion of reconciliation, justice and peace": Cardinal Filoni’s pastoral visit in Congo has begun Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great joy that I am among you this morning for this Eucharistic celebration, which marks the beginning of my apostolic visit in your beautiful and great country. I am pleased to beg ...
• 30 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Filoni, pays a pastoral visit in the Democratic Republic of Congo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As of today, from June 30 to July 6, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will be in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a pastoral visi ...
• 28 June 2012
  VATICAN - On the Solemnity of the Sts. Peter and Paul Apostles, the Holy Father will impose the Pallium on 46 metropolitan Archbishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Apostles, on June 29, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will impose the Pallium on 44 metropolitan Archbishops, and two others will receive it in their me ...
• 26 June 2012
  VATICAN - Mgr.Rugambwa appointed as Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation presented, upon having reached the age limit, by His Exc. Mgr. Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, Titular Archbishop of Minturno, as Adjunct Secre ...
• 25 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of Colombia: "It is indispensable to revive in all the faithful their awareness of being disciples and missionaries of Christ" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia is not a stranger to the consequences of forgetfulness God. Hence, it is indispensable to revive in all the faithful their awareness of being disciples and missionaries of Christ, ...
• 22 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to R.O.A.C.O.: "Every effort should be made to bring Syria out of the present situation of violence and crisis" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Assembly of the Reunion Of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO), which was held yesterday, his holiness Benedict XVI reaffirmed his closeness "to the suff ...
• 21 June 2012
  VATICAN - "New evangelization, that is, new proclamation of the message of Jesus, which brings joy and frees us.": the instrumentum laboris of the Synod Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Handing on the Faith" is the title of the third chapter of laboris the XIII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: "The new evangelization for the transmission of the Chris ...
• 21 June 2012
  VATICAN - Pope’s appeal: "to immediately end the killing in Nigeria" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the general audience on Wednesday, June 20, Holy Father Benedict XVI launched the following appeal "to an immediate end to the killing of innocents " in Nigeria: "I am following with ...
• 20 June 2012
  VATICAN - "The new evangelization is the call of the Church to its original missionary goal": the instrumentum laboris of the Synod Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "New methods and new forms of expression are needed to convey to the people of today the perennial truth of Jesus Christ, forever new and the source of all newness... This renewed dynamism ...
• 19 June 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni for the 150th anniversary of the Missionaries of Scheut: "That seed today is a plant that has spread its branches in 23 countries across 4 continents" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Just 150 years ago, a group of Belgian priests volunteered to Propaganda Fide to work in missions. With them Theophile Verbist founded in Scheut, Brussels, Your Congregation and went to th ...
• 18 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope for World Refugee Day: "I hope their rights are respected and that they may soon be reunited with loved ones" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "World Refugee Day sponsored by the United Nations will be celebrated on Wednesday, 20 June, - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Angelus on Sunday, June 17 -. The Day wants to a ...
• 14 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope's general audience: "In prayer we open our hearts to the Lord so that He comes to dwell in our weakness, turning it into force for the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St. Paul’s attitude makes us understand that "all the difficulties we meet in following Christ and bearing witness to His Gospel can be overcome by opening ourselves trustingly to the act ...
• 12 June 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni urges the community in Azerbaijan to become "Church-in-Mission" Baku (Agenzia Fides) – The need to pray for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life, the need to take good care of the family as a basic unit of society and the Church, the need to generate greater spirit of a ...
• 11 June 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Azerbaijan for the 10th anniversary of Blessed John Paul II's visit Baku (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy to be here with you today in Baku, presiding this Eucharistic Celebration and joining you in thanking the Lord on the occasion of the tenth Anniversary of the historic and unforget ...
• 11 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands: "In the work of evangelization ... continue to apply the eternal truths of the Gospel to the customs of the people whom you serve " Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The attention for the poor, the marginalized and the sick, especially those suffering from HIV/AIDS, and speaking publicly "as an objective moral voice on behalf of those in need ... in ord ...