Vatican

• 9 September 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope invites Indian Bishops "to pay close attention to the quality of education in schools and to ensure that they are genuinely Catholic" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In your region, a special place is held by the schools which are an outstanding witness to your commitment to the education and formation of our dear young people ... I encourage you to co ...
• 25 August 2011
  VATICAN - The missionary mandate of Jesus theme of World Youth Day 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general hearing on Wednesday, August 24, held in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced the themes for the next t ...
• 8 August 2011
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI launches a new appeal for peace and reconciliation in Syria and Libya Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am following with great concern the dramatic and growing violence in Syria, which have caused numerous deaths and severe suffering" - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI, yesterday, Aug ...
• 25 July 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope renews the appeal "to abandon forever the path of hatred and to escape from the logic of evil" Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again, unfortunately, we hear news of death and violence - said Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, July 24, after the Angelus prayer he recited from the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandol ...
• 19 July 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope's solidarity for the victims of famine in the Horn of Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - A statement of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum informs that the Holy Father Benedict XVI has sent an initial sum of € 50,000 to His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Apostolic Administrator of Mo ...
• 18 July 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope hopes that " international mobilization increases" to help the people of the Horn of Africa Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - An appeal for the humanitarian catastrophe that is affecting the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia, was launched on Sunday, July 17 by Pope Benedict XVI after the Angelus prayer, w ...
• 16 July 2011
  VATICAN-Declaration of the Holy See with reference to the Episcopal Ordination in the Diocese of Shantou (Province of Guangdong, Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The following clarifications are issued with reference to the episcopal ordination of the Rev. Joseph Huang Bingzhang, which took place on Thursday, July 14. l) The Rev. Joseph Huang B ...
• 15 July 2011
  VATICAN - Meeting of the Populorum Progressio Foundation in Brazil: 216 projects in favor of indigenous communities, mestizos and Afro-American are to be examined Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From July 19 to 22, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Populorum Progressio, entrusted since its foundation in 1992 to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, will tak ...
• 14 July 2011
  VATICAN-Archbishop Schleck has died, President of the PMS from 1995 to 2001 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Charles A. Schleck, C.S.C, died shortly before dawn on July 12 at Holy Cross House on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. He had turned 86 years old just da ...
• 13 July 2011
  VATICAN- The blog "Being Catholics in China" has been set up Vatican City (Fides Service) - Fides Agency thought it necessary to set up the blog "Being Catholics in China" as a means of information and training for Chinese Catholics of this great continent. It is a good moment of ...
• 11 July 2011
  VATICAN-"Sea Sunday": the Pope prays for seamen kidnapped by pirates Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – On Sunday, July 10, on the occasion of the celebration of the so-called "Sea Sunday", that is to say the Day for the apostolate in the maritime environment, during the Angelus the Holy ...
• 9 July 2011
  VATICAN -The tourist visit "platform to realize the clear and explicit announcement of Jesus Christ" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – It is on the importance of tourism for the encounter between different cultures of the world and as an opportunity for "clear and explicit announcement of Jesus Christ", that the Message ...
• 9 July 2011
  VATICAN - Declaration on behalf of the Holy See Press Office Director concerning the new Republic of South Sudan Vatican City (Fides Service) - Yesterday, July 8, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, released the following declaration: "Tomorrow July 9, the New Republic of South Sudan will be proclaime ...
• 6 July 2011
  VATICAN- The new edition of the Atlas hierarchicus on the Church's presence in the various continents was presented to the Pope Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, July 6, at 11am, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, accompanied by Rev. P. Giancarlo Girardi, SVD, Editor of the pu ...
• 4 July 2011
  VATICAN-Statement of the Holy See: episcopal Ordination in the Diocese of Leshan (Province of Sichuan, Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican press office issued the following statement today: "With regard to the episcopal ordination of the Rev. Paul Lei Shiyin, which took place on Wednesday 29 June la ...