Vatican

• 27 March 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope in Cuba: "reinvigorate your faith, and armed with peace, forgiveness and understanding, you may strive to build a renewed and open society" Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - "Standing here among you, I cannot but recall the historic visit to Cuba of my predecessor, Blessed John Paul II, who left an indelible mark on the soul of all Cubans", said Holy Father ...
• 27 March 2012
  VATICAN-Cardinal Filoni at the Pontifical Urban university: "Whoever is the bearer of glad tidings, that is Christ, must have the enthusiasm and joy, and be like Maria architect of consolation and grace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Urban University celebrates its patron saint's day on the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, when the liturgy recalls the twice said "yes": "Of Jesus who enters the ...
• 26 March 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope in Mexico: following the example of the excellent and generous missionaries " The ideal of putting the Lord first and making God’s word effective in all" Leon (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday afternoon, March 24, the Pope traveled to Guanajuato, for a courtesy visit to the Constitutional President of the United States of Mexico, after which he appeared from the central balco ...
• 12 March 2012
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus recalls that "violence never serves humanity, it only dehumanizes" and launches an appeal for Madagascar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Commenting on the Gospel passage of the third Sunday of Lent, the story of Jesus’ action throwing out of the temple animal sellers and money-changers from the temple of Jerusalem (cf. Jn ...
• 8 March 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope encourages Pastors and faithful of the Middle East "not to lose hope, even in hardship" that beset them Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the general audience Wednesday, March 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI greeted the Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics and the Bishops attending the Synod of the A ...
• 5 March 2012
  VATICAN - Appointment of the members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has included among the Members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divin ...
• 5 March 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope’s visit to a Roman parish, "become missionaries of Christ to your brothers wherever they live, work, study or spend their leisure time" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The position of your church placed on the highest spot in the neighborhood reminds you that the Gospel must be communicated and announced to everyone. Wait not for others to bring you diff ...
• 20 February 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope and Cardinals: "This is your task in particular: to bear witness to the joy of Christ's love" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your mission in the Church and the world always be 'in Christ' alone, responding to his logic and not that of the world, and may be illumined by faith and animated by charity which comes t ...
• 17 February 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to the African and European Bishops: the Church in the two continents "is alive, she is growing, and is not afraid to carry out her evangelizing mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your symposium has given you the chance to reflect upon the problems of the Church on the two continents.Certainly, they is no lack of difficulties, and some of them are great; yet they ar ...
• 13 February 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal "to end violence and bloodshed" in Syria and for the people of Sahel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "An urgent appeal for an end to violence and bloodshed" in Syria was launched by the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the end of the Angelus on Sunday 12 February, with these words: "I am follow ...
• 10 February 2012
  VATICAN - The story of Jesus of Nazareth, in whose name even today many believers face suffering and persecution, cannot remain confined in a distant past Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The story of Jesus of Nazareth, in whose name still many believers in different countries of the world face suffering and persecution, cannot therefore be confined in a distant past, but i ...
• 8 February 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's Message published for Lent Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lenten season offers us once again an opportunity to reflect upon the very heart of Christian life: charity". This is how the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message for Lent begins, whose ...
• 30 January 2012
  VATICAN - Poverty and social exclusion, the real causes of the persistence of leprosy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 29, World Leprosy Day, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled during the Angelus the annual anniversary with these words: "On greeting the 'Italian Association friends o ...
• 26 January 2012
  VATICAN-Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for the World Mission Day 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Fides publishes Pope Benedict XVI's Message for World Mission Day, which this year will be celebrated on Sunday, October 21on the theme "Called to radiate the Word of truth": HOLY FATHE ...
• 24 January 2012
  VATICAN - Out of contemplation springs forth, with all its inner power, the urgent sense of mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Learning to communicate is learning to listen and contemplate as well as speak, and this is especially important for those engaged in the task of evangelization: both silence and word are ...