Vatican

• 12 May 2011
  VATICAN-Visit to Japan of the President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum two months after the earthquake Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Two months after the terrible earthquake that struck the Japanese people, Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, from May 13 to 16 will go on behalf of the Pop ...
• 11 May 2011
  VATICAN-" Mission is not our project, we should feel servants of God's mission, not protagonists": said Archbishop Vacchelli at the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Mission is not our project, we should feel servants of God's mission, not protagonists. To the whole Church and to us in particular we are asked to choose and live the main priorities of ...
• 10 May 2011
  VATICAN-Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Filoni Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI today appointed Archbishop Fernando Filoni, titular Archbishop of Volturno, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples of Volturno, until now Deputy Sec ...
• 9 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope in Venice: "The Gospel is the greatest force for transforming the world, it is not utopia, nor ideology" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - By inviting representatives from the cultural, art and economy world not to be afraid of the Gospel, symbolically contained in the coat of arms of San Marco, the patron saint of Venice, bec ...
• 9 May 2011
  VATICAN-Benedict XVI in Aquileia: faced with new challenges it is necessary to "promote the Christian meaning of life through the explicit proclamation of the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Aquileia and Venice began on the afternoon of Saturday, May 7. In the Basilica of Aquileia, the Pope met with representatives of the dioceses of Triveneto ...
• 6 May 2011
  VATICAN-Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies, May 9 to 14 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –With the welcome greeting of Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, Assistant Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 2 May 2011
  VATICAN-John Paul II is blessed! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –At last, the day we have been waiting for has arrived, it arrived soon, because it seemed good to the Lord: John Paul II is blessed!” Exclaimed the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his homil ...
• 30 April 2011
  VATICAN -"John Paul II, a missionary Pope" exhibition at the Missionary Museum of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "From the day of his election as Bishop of Rome, October 16, 1978, I urgently felt the command of Jesus: 'Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature '. I felt so compell ...
• 27 April 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: "The Easter alleluia still contrasts with the cries and laments that arise from so many painful situations: deprivation, hunger, disease, war, violence" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The radiance that emanates from the Resurrection of Christ gives strength and meaning to all human hope, to all expectations, desires, projects”, said Pope Benedict XVI in his message de ...
• 18 April 2011
  VATICAN - Appeal of the Pope's Angelus: "No more violence in Colombia!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the liturgical celebration on Palm Sunday and Passion of the Lord, that the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided in Saint Peter's Square Sunday, April 17, the Pope introduced th ...
• 16 April 2011
  VATICAN - The love for the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The love for the Church in China, exhausted for internal and external causes, was the element that inspired members of the homonym Commission , which guided their reflections in three da ...
• 15 April 2011
  VATICAN - Commission for the Catholic Church in China: Message to Chinese Catholics Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 11 – 13 April, the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Commission, instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 to study the questions of major importance concerning the life of Church in China, ...
• 11 April 2011
  VATICAN - Commission on the Catholic Church in China begins today in the Vatican Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The commission instituted in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI to study the most important issues in the life of the Catholic Church in China is meeting from 11 to 13 April in the Vatican. The Va ...
• 9 April 2011
  VATICAN - “In pursuing the new evangelisation in Latin America, one cannot disregard the many manifestations of popular piety,” recalls Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Impact of popular piety on the process of evangelisation in Latin America” was the theme of the Plenary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, at which were received by the ...
• 8 April 2011
  VATICAN - Pope to Bishops from the Syro-Malabar Church in India: “I encourage you to do everything you can to promote communion amongst yourselves and with all Catholic Bishops around the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Each Bishop, for his part, is called to be a minister of unity in his particular church and within the universal Church. This responsibility is of special importance in a country like ...