Vatican

• 1 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Magnificat "is the song that denounces the illusion of those who think themselves masters of the history and arbiters of their fate," recalls Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We all have something to learn from our heavenly Mother: her faith invites us to look beyond appearances and to believe firmly that the daily difficulties prepare a spring that has alread ...
• 31 May 2012
  VATICAN - "Despite the weakness of man, the difficulties and trials, the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The events of recent days involving the Curia and my collaborators have brought sadness to my heart, but I have never lost my firm certainty that, despite the weakness of man, the difficul ...
• 28 May 2012
  VATICAN - Pope at Pentecost: "Jesus sends his Spirit to the Church so that every Christian can become his effective witness in the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus, risen and ascended into heaven, sends his Spirit to the Church, so that all Christians can participate in his divine life and become his effective witness in the world. The Holy Spi ...
• 14 May 2012
  VATICAN - "Thank you Father Massimo for your example and for your service to God, to the Church, to Missions and to our Congregation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Thank you Father Massimo for your example and for your service to God, to the Church, to Missions and to our Congregation. Thank you for your loving care towards us; and now that you are ...
• 14 May 2012
  VATICAN - 4 priests and 17 deacons of the Urban College ordained in St. Peter’s: "The Prince of the Apostles, by looking at you in the eyes, renews his wonder for the fidelity with which Christ loves, sanctifies and renews his Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in truth, is a memorable day for all of you: both for the seventeen that with the diaconate become part of the clergy, consecrating their lives to the service of the Church, and, es ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The funeral of Father Massimo Cenci, Undersecretary of the CEP will be held on Monday: "an enthusiastic missionary of the mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, May 14, at 11 a.m, in the parish of "Regina Pacis" in Monteverde (Rome), the funeral of Father Massimo Cenci, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), Undersecr ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ordains in St. Peter’s: 4 priests and 17 deacons of the Urban College from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside this afternoon at 3pm, in the Vatican Basilica, a Mass with the ordinations of Priests ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope receives the General Assembly of the PMS and encourages " worldwide campaign, which, through the prayer of the Holy Rosary, accompany the work of evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI received the National directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in audience on Friday, May 11, during their annual Assembly of the Board of Governors, ...
• 8 May 2012
  VATICAN - Year of the Faith: Dare more for the proclamation of the Gospel and expand missionary cooperation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelization is an activity that lies in the heart of the Church. It is not the work of solitary navigators, on the contrary it accompanies and is associated to the path of God's people ...
• 3 May 2012
  VATICAN - From May 7 to 12 the annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday May 7 the Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins. In the House of the Salesians, in via della Pisana 1111 in Rome, the Directors of the national ...
• 26 April 2012
  VATICAN-Statement from the press office of the Holy See on the plenary meeting of the Commission for the Catholic Church in China VATICAN-The Commission which Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study questions of major importance regarding the life of the Catholic Church in China met in the Vatican for the fifth time from 23 to 25 April. Wit ...
• 23 April 2012
  VATICAN - Meeting on the Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From April 23 to 25, the Commission Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study the issues of great importance for the life of the Catholic Church in China will meet at the Vatican. The ...
• 11 April 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's Easter Message: "Christ is hope and comfort to the Christian communities suffering most for their faith on account of discrimination and persecution ... is close to all human situations of suffering and injustice" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "If Jesus is risen, then - and only then - has something truly new happened, something that changes the state of humanity and the world. Then He, Jesus, is someone in whom we can put absolu ...
• 4 April 2012
  VATICAN - Christians and Buddhists: common responsibility able to guide the young people to become instruments of justice and peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The message that the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sent to Buddhists on the occasion of Vesakh, which commemorates the principal events of Buddha's life, is dedicated to ...
• 2 April 2012
  VATICAN - WYD 2013 in Rio de Janeiro "aims at increasing young people's faith in the world for mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This World Youth Day (WYD) 2013 in Rio is situated in the context of the Continental Mission wanted in the meeting of the Bishops of CELAM in Aparecida in 2007. At the universal Church lev ...