Vatican

• 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 ...
• 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 ...