Vatican

• 13 June 2011
  VATICAN-Benedict XVI: the Holy Spirit, "as intelligible Light gives strength to the evangelizing mission, it burns the hearts of those who hear the good news" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Pentecost solemnity, on Sunday, June 12, before reciting the Marian prayer of Regina Caeli, Benedict XVI illustrated the meaning of the solemnity with these words: " The Paschal ...
• 6 June 2011
  VATICAN-Benedict XVI in Zagreb: the Christian family is "called to give a specific and irreplaceable contribution to evangelization" Zagreb (Agenzia Fides) - " Christian families are a decisive resource for education in the faith, for the up-building of the Church as a communion and for her missionary presence in the most diverse situations in life" t ...
• 31 May 2011
  VATICAN -The Pope to a group of Indian Bishops, "the proclamation of God’s word is bearing rich spiritual fruit, especially through the spread of small Christian communities" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " It is a source of satisfaction that the proclamation of God’s word is bearing rich spiritual fruit in your local Churches, especially through the spread of small Christian communities ...
• 30 May 2011
  VATICAN-Benedict XVI at the Regina Caeli, "Even today, the vocation of the Church is evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The preaching of the deacon Philip in the city of Samaria was accompanied by numerous healings and, as narrated in the Acts of the Apostles, "there was great joy in that city" (Acts 8.8). F ...
• 28 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope at the General Assembly of Caritas: Caritas Internationalis is different from other social agencies because it is a body of the Church, which shares the mission of the Church " Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank God for the many graces poured out on the Church in the sixty years since the foundation of Caritas Internationalis," was the primary reason cited by the Holy Father Benedict XVI i ...
• 23 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope recalled that "the commitment to proclaim Jesus Christ is the main task of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The commitment to proclaim Jesus Christ, 'the Way, the Truth and the Life', is the main task of the Church. We invoke the Virgin Mary to always help the Pastors and those in the various mi ...
• 21 May 2011
  VATICAN-Over 20 years of commitment of the Catholic health care institutions providing assistance to victims of AIDS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in remote areas and where the average income is very low, the only ones to provide antiretroviral therapies and to intervene on behalf of ...
• 19 May 2011
  VATICAN -Benedict XVI's general audience: "The Church in China, especially now, needs the prayer of the Universal Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, May 18, held in St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI called for prayers for the Church in China, with these words: " During the Easter se ...
• 17 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope reminds the Bishops of India: the importance of working to "protect the fundamental human rights of freedom of religion and freedom of worship" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am aware of the difficult challenges you face while you carry on dialogue with members of other faiths, encouraging a more tolerant climate of interaction. Your dialogue should be charac ...
• 16 May 2011
  VATICAN -Pope's new appeal to Libya and Syria, "for the path of negotiation and dialogue to prevail over those of violence" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A new appeal was launched by Pope Benedict XVI to Libya and Syria, after the Regina Coeli prayer recited on Sunday, May 15, with the faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square. Th ...
• 14 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope at the PMS General Assembly: "Everything in the Church is at the service of evangelization ... Everyone must be involved in the missio ad gentes" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning at 11:45 in Sala Clementina at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience the participants at the Ordinary Assembly of the High Council of ...
• 13 May 2011
  VATICAN-Assembly PMS: without people motivated by faith and universal love, there can be no true and effective participation in evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in an important period of the Church that is strongly sending us back to the essentials of the Church and its evangelizing mission. This touches us deeply and personally. From the q ...
• 13 May 2011
  VATICAN-Assembly PMS: give children even more space to speak, learn how to listen to them, because the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood is theirs! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Give children even more space to speak, learn how to listen to them, because this Society belongs to them” It is the desire and commitment expressed by the new General Secretary of the ...
• 13 May 2011
  VATICAN- Assembly PMS: the Society of St. Peter the Apostle is taking root and slowly but surely consolidating in countries where it has started recently Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to notice that the Society of St. Peter the Apostle is taking root and slowly but surely consolidating in countries where it has started recently," said Mgr.Jan Dumon, General S ...
• 12 May 2011
  VATICAN-Assembly PMS : convert the decrease of economic resources in a training process, says the General Secretary of PMPF Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Last year, the fund available decreased, and this trend is expected to continue, despite the commitment and creative work of the national Directors to guarantee the same contribution and f ...