Vatican

• 25 October 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI closes Synod for Middle East, says to “never resign ourselves to the absence of peace” and to promote “an authentic freedom of religion and conscience” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Conflicts, wars, violence and terrorism have gone on for too long in the Middle East. Peace, which is a gift of God, is also the result of the efforts of men of goodwill, of the national ...
• 21 October 2010
  VATICAN - Diocesan phase of cause for beatification of Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuân opens tomorrow in Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, October 22 at 12 noon, in the Hall of Conciliation of the Lateran Palace, Cardinal Vicar Agostino Vallini will open the diocesan session of the cause for beatification of Vietn ...
• 21 October 2010
  Pontifical Mission Societies support younger Churches, formation of seminarians and priests, poor children, and missionary activities for entire People of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Collections taken up for World Mission Sunday, gifts from individual benefactors, and contributions that come in thanks to various missionary projects, are all sent first to the respectiv ...
• 20 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pope announces consistory for creation of 24 new Cardinals Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience today, October 20, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a consistory for the creation of 24 new cardinals, who will be elevated to the ranks of the College ...
• 20 October 2010
  VATICAN - Msgr. Jacques Masson, French Translator for Agenzia Fides for 29 years, has passed away Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On October 16, Msgr. Jacques Masson died in his home in Rome. Masson served as the French Translator of Fides from 1978 to 2007, when he left the office for reasons of age. Born October 20, 1937 in ...
• 20 October 2010
  VATICAN - World Mission Sunday 2010: “We are all missionaries and together we can make a difference.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As Catholics, we have a wonderful responsibility, by reason of our baptism, to bring about change for the good in our world. But in order to do that, we need to become aware of the necessit ...
• 19 October 2010
  VATICAN - Synod for the Middle East: “Our Churches need to reawaken our missionary zeal and to renew in us the meaning, significance, ardor, enthusiasm and dynamism of our being missionary.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus did not only command the apostles to proclaim the Gospel, but to proclaim it to the whole world. This is the Church’s mission. To be “Christian” is to be “missionary”. We ...
• 18 October 2010
  VATICAN - Among 6 new saints is Australian Sister Mary of the Cross MacKillop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is clear, in fact, that prayer has to be an expression of faith, otherwise it is not real prayer. If one does not believe in the goodness of God, one cannot pray in a truly appropriate m ...
• 15 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's Message: we should all make eliminating hunger a priority, in support of the human family Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In a message sent today to the Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr. Jacques Diouf, on the occasion of World Food Day 2010, celebrated today, ...
• 15 October 2010
  VATICAN - LXXII (Year 2009) version of “Missionary Bibliography” published Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Library of the Pontifical Urban University has published the LXXII volume of "Bibliography Mission" for the Year 2009. This book, unique in its kind, provides a rich documentation of ...
• 12 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization instituted: “The whole Church presents herself to the contemporary world with a missionary thrust capable of promoting a new evangelization.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church has the duty to proclaim always and everywhere the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” These are the opening lines of the Apostolic Letter written in “motu proprio” entitled “Ubi ...
• 11 October 2010
  VATICAN - Synod for the Middle East opens: “living in a dignified manner in one's own country is above all a fundamental human right: therefore, the conditions of peace and justice” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Despite the difficulties, the Christians in the Holy Land are called to enliven their consciousness of being the living stones of the Church in the Middle East, at the holy Places of our ...
• 8 October 2010
  VATICAN - Task of Catholic press: “to help contemporary man to orient himself to Christ, only Savior, and to keep burning the flame of hope in the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your task, dear members of the Catholic press, is to help contemporary man to orient himself to Christ, only Savior, and to keep burning the flame of hope in the world, to live worthily ...
• 7 October 2010
  VATICAN - Archbishop Robert Sarah appointed President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Robert Sarah, previously Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum." Tod ...
• 5 October 2010
  VATICAN - “The call to mission...is addressed to all the baptized, an essential element of their vocation,” Benedict XVI tells Brazilian Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The call to mission is not directed exclusively to a restricted group of members of the Church; rather, it is an imperative addressed to all the baptized, an essential element of their v ...