Vatican

• 7 April 2011
  VATICAN - New website for International Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The new website for the International Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies is now live, showing the history, goals, organisation and spirituality of the four Societies (Propaga ...
• 31 March 2011
  VATICAN - Appeal by the Pope for an end to the violence and reprisal of dialogue in Côte d'Ivoire Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the General Audience on Wednesday, 30 March, in St Peter's Square, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI greeted the pilgrims in various languages and issued an appeal for the C ...
• 29 March 2011
  VATICAN - Message by the Pope: “the Church puts her trust in Christian families, calling them to play a role in evangelisation and the apostolate” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The pastoral care of families has an important place in the evangelising activity of each one of the particular Churches, promoting a culture of life and working to ensure the rights o ...
• 28 March 2011
  VATICAN - New appeal from the Pope “for the immediate launch of a dialogue” that will bring agreement and peace to Libya, to the entire northern region of Africa and to the Middle East Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the Angelus prayer with the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday, 27 March, he issued a new, urgent appeal to initiate dialogue and susp ...
• 26 March 2011
  VATICAN - “Christianity in India has long made its proper contribution to culture and society, and to its religious and spiritual expressions,” recalls the Pope to the Bishops of the Syro-Malankars, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Due to its ancient roots and distinguished history, Christianity in India has long made its proper contribution to culture and society, and to its religious and spiritual expressions. ...
• 23 March 2011
  VATICAN - Special fund established by Apostolate of the Sea to assist seafarers, fishermen and their families in Northern Japan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, which is responsible for overseeing the direction of the Apostolate of the Sea, has launched a campaign of s ...
• 22 March 2011
  VATICAN - “The Holy Land expects the brotherhood of the universal Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “the Holy Land expects the brotherhood of the universal Church and desires to reciprocate it in sharing the experience of grace and suffering that marks her journey.... The Christians o ...
• 21 March 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “that a horizon of peace and concord may dawn as soon as possible on Libya and on the entire region of North Africa” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal to guarantee the safety and security of Libyans and their access to humanitarian relief, was launched by the Holy Father Benedict XVI after the recitation of the Angelus prayer, ...
• 14 March 2011
  VATICAN - Archbishop Zago, will of God and Mission Vatican City (Fides) – “Mission was everything for Archbishop Zago. During the period in which he talked a lot about the essence of the mission and the identity of the missionary, the Mission for him, mission with a ...
• 14 March 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope prays for the earthquake victims in Japan and “for all those who are suffering due to these tremendous events” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The images of the tragic earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan have left everyone extremely shocked,” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI on Sunday, 13 March, after reciting the A ...
• 10 March 2011
  VATICAN - “We Christians must be a living message; indeed, in many cases, we are the only Gospel that the men and women of today still read” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Everyone can open themselves to the action of God, to His love; with our evangelical testimony, we Christians must be a living message; indeed, in many cases, we are the only Gospel th ...
• 7 March 2011
  VATICAN - 25 pastoral care workers killed around the world in 2010 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As always, at the end of ever year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner over the course of the last 12 months. In addit ...
• 7 March 2011
  VATICAN - At the Angelus, the Pope remembers “the moving sacrifice of the life of the Pakistani Minister Shahbaz Bhatti” along with numerous others who have died and the “growing humanitarian crisis” in Libya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I am continuously following with great concern the tensions which are currently being manifested in various countries of Africa and Asia,” said Pope Benedict XVI after reciting the A ...
• 7 March 2011
  VATICAN - Card. Tauran: “We remember in Shahbaz Bhatti the authentic hope of the Cross” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We give thanks to God for having placed an authentic martyr in our path, a witness to Christian faith, who was able to 'say' and 'do'. Shahbaz Bhatti is a reminder that in the Cross we ...
• 4 March 2011
  VATICAN - Holy Mass for Pakistani Christians in Rome to remember Minister Bhatti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Priests, sisters and Pakistani laity who live in Italy and work in various offices of the Holy See will unite in Rome, on Sunday, 6 March 2011, at 4.30 pm, for a Memorial Mass for Ministe ...