Vatican

• 1 December 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: yesterday as today, the blood of the martyrs touches the human heart and makes it fruitful Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The announcement of the Christian news, of the beauty of faith in Christ needs people who with their lives, consistent with their loyalty, testified if necessary to the giving of oneself, ...
• 29 November 2011
  VATICAN - The pain and the Pope's prayer for the nun and the volunteer killed in Burundi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a message, through the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to the Bishop of Ngozi, to the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Brescia, to M ...
• 29 November 2011
  VATICAN - Fr. Lombardi: "The episcopal ordination that will take place on 30 November in China is approved by the Holy See" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the news that on November 30 the episcopal ordination of rev. Luo Xuegang, in the Diocese of Yibin, Sichuan Province will take place in China, the Director of the Vatican ...
• 29 November 2011
  VATICAN - Pope: "respect for the environment cannot overlook recognition for the importance and inviolability of human beings" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "If, human activity forgets to collaborate with God, it can do violence to the creation and cause damage which always has negative consequences, also for mankind. Today more than ever it is ...
• 25 November 2011
  VATICAN - "The gap between the north and south of the world and the wounded human dignity of so many people, call for to a charity able to expand in concentric circles": the Pope to Caritas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the Christian distinctive: faith that becomes active in charity. Each of you is called to give his contribution so that the love with which we are always and forever loved by God b ...
• 21 November 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI consigned Africae munus: "I hope that this Exhortation will guide you in the proclamation of the Good News of Jesus in Africa" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "After having signed yesterday the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Africae munus, I am happy today to be able to deliver to all the particular Churches, through you, the Presidents of the nat ...
• 19 November 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Benin: "Modernity need not provoke fear, but neither can it be constructed by neglecting the past" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - The 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the Holy See and the 150th anniversary of the evangelization; the sighning of the African Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Africae munus; tr ...
• 16 November 2011
  VATICAN - The Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops - file Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Hasn’t the time come, as many African pastors urge, to deepen this African Synodal experience? The exceptional growth of the Church in Africa, the rapid turnover of Pastors, the new chal ...
• 15 November 2011
  VATICAN - The First Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops - file Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 1989, Pope John Paul II announced his intention to convoke a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, the first in the history of Church ...
• 14 November 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI seeks prayers for his trip to Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - From November 18 to 20, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will visit Benin, for the signing and publication of the post-synodal apostolic Exhortation of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of ...
• 10 November 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI close to all those who have been affected by natural disasters Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time, various parts of the world, from Latin America - and especially Central America - to Southeast Asia, have been hit by floods and landslides which have caused many deaths and ...
• 7 November 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope follows the "tragic events" that occurred in Nigeria and calls for "an end to all violence" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After reciting the midday Angelus with the pilgrims and the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, on Sunday, November 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI invited "to put an end to all violen ...
• 3 November 2011
  VATICAN - Pope's Appeal: may the G-20 summit promote "a truly humane and complete development" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, November 2, the Holy Father Benedict XVI delivered this appeal on the eve of the G-20 summit: “The 3rd and 4th of November - tomorrow and ...
• 31 October 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Angolan Bishops: "We are strongly committed to continuing the proclamation of the Gospel to the people of Africa" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are committed to continue vigorously the proclamation of the Gospel to the peoples of Africa, because 'life in Christ is the primary and most important factor of development ... In fact ...
• 28 October 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope in Assisi: "Struggle for peace must engage us all in a new way" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-five years have passed since the blessed Pope John Paul II first invited representatives of the world’s religions to Assisi to pray for peace, "unfortunately we cannot say that fr ...