Vatican

• 31 January 2011
  VATICANO - In light of the Beatitudes “the Church does not fear poverty, humiliation or persecution in a society often attracted by material wellbeing and worldly power” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Beatitudes are a new programme for life, to free ourselves from the false values of the world and open ourselves to true goodness, now and in the future, said the Holy Father Pope ...
• 29 January 2011
  VATICAN - Unite efforts to guarantee justice and love to people suffering from Hansen's disease: World Leprosy Day, 30 January Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Unite our efforts in order to better express Justice and Love to people suffering from Hansen’s disease.” This is the title of the Message of Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, President ...
• 29 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Church's commitment to those sick with leprosy: 529 lepers around the world Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary Church has a long tradition of helping those sick with leprosy, often even abandoning their own families and always giving them, apart from medical help and spiritual assistance ...
• 27 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Message of the Pope for World Mission Day 2011 in various languages Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the website of Agenzia Fides (www.fides.org), the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message for World Mission Day, to be held on 23 October 2011, may be found in various languages: Italian, E ...
• 25 January 2011
  VATICAN - Holy Father's Message for World Mission Day 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (Jn 20:21) is the theme for the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message on the occasion of World Mission Day 2011, which will be celebrated on 23 ...
• 24 January 2011
  VATICAN - “It is also true in the digital world that a message cannot be proclaimed without a consistent witness on the part of the one who proclaims it”: Message for the World Day of Social Communications Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As with every other fruit of human ingenuity, the new communications technologies must be placed at the service of the integral good of the individual and of the whole of humanity. If ...
• 21 January 2011
  VATICAN - “A builder of bridges with China”, the desire of the new Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “In my new, sensitive role I would like to be a builder of bridges with China”: Fides was told by Archbishop-elect Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., new Secretary of the Congregation for the ...
• 18 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope sends 200 Neo-Catechumenal families out on mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I am especially pleased today to be able to send out in various parts of the world, more than 200 new families, who with great generosity have made themselves available and are leaving ...
• 17 January 2011
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope recalls that even “the Son of God was a refugee” and prays for the people affected by floods in Australia, Brazil, Philippines and Sri Lanka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the World Day for Migrants and Refugees, Sunday, 16 January, the Holy Father Benedict XVI invited all to reflect on his prior Address at the Angelus, on the experience “of many men a ...
• 11 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Diplomatic Corps: “that Catholic communities everywhere be guaranteed full autonomy of organization and the freedom to carry out their mission” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The religious dimension is an undeniable and irrepressible feature of man’s being and acting.... Consequently, when the individual himself or those around him neglect or deny this fu ...
• 10 January 2011
  VATICAN - The pope encourages all the faithful “to rediscover the beauty of being baptised” and recalls the earthquake in Haiti and the commitment to religious freedom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I would like to encourage all the faithful to rediscover the beauty of being baptised and belonging to the great family of God, and to give joyful witness of their faith, that they may g ...
• 3 January 2011
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - Appointment of the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Father Savio Hon Tai-Fai, SDB, Professor of Theology at the ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Our world continues to be marked by violence, especially against the disciples of Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, 26 December, Feast of the Holy Family, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square. “Jesus was born in ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - The announcement of Christmas a “cause for hope for all those whose dignity is offended and violated, because He who was born in Bethlehem came to liberate man from the root of all forms of slavery” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The announcement of Christmas is also a light for peoples, for the collective journey of humanity.... To believe in God who wanted to share our story is a constant encouragement to engag ...