Vatican

• 16 July 2010
  VATICAN - Administrative Council of the Populorum Progressio Foundation in Santo Domingo: 230 projects in support of indigenous, mixed race, African-American communities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Administrative Council of the Populorum Progressio Foundation will meet from 20 - 23 July to deliberate the financing of projects in support of poor indigenous, mixed race, African-Amer ...
• 13 July 2010
  VATICAN - "Religious freedom, the path to peace" theme for 44th World Day for Peace (1st January 2011) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – - "Religious freedom, the path to peace" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the celebration of the 2011 World Day of Peace. A statement issued by the Holy See Press Office prese ...
• 13 July 2010
  VATICAN - Cardinal Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, sends a message to Bishop Julio Jia Zhiguo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has sent a message to Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, legitimate unofficial Bishop of the diocese of Zhengding ...
• 6 July 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's trip to United Kingdom for Beatification of Cardinal Newman announced Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has announced that His Holiness Benedict XVI will make an apostolic trip to the United Kingdom from 16 to 19 September, for the occasion of the Beatification of ...
• 5 July 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Sulmona: “The characteristics of the brief and trying pontificate of Celestine V are also the characteristics of the missionary activity of the Church in every age.” Sulmona (Agenzia Fides) – St. Peter, although he lived as a hermit, was not “closed in on himself” but was filled with passion to bring the good news of the Gospel to his brothers. And the secret of his pastoral fr ...
• 30 June 2010
  VATICAN - God frees his faithful servants from every evil and frees the Church from negative powers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “God is close to his faithful servants and frees them from all evil, and frees the Church from negative powers.” This was the theme of the biblical texts proclaimed on the Solemnity of ...
• 30 June 2010
  VATICAN - “The universal Church faces the challenge of the new evangelization” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “There are regions in the world that still wait for a first evangelization; others that received it but need more profound work; others still in which the Gospel put down roots a long tim ...
• 30 June 2010
  VATICAN - Note from the Press Office regarding the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The following is the entire text of the statement published by the Holy See Press Office on June 28, 2010. Faced with news reports which, for some time now, have been circulating with ...
• 26 June 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI desires “for the Holy Land, Iraq and the Middle East the gift of a stable peace and solid coexistence” born from respect for rights and overcoming discrimination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We all desire for the Holy Land, Iraq and the Middle East the gift of a stable peace and solid coexistence. These are born from respect of human rights, of families, communities and peop ...
• 21 June 2010
  VATICAN - “Never tire of nourishing in the faithful a sense of belonging to the Church and the joy of brotherly communion ”: the Pope addresses Brazilian Bishops from the Leste 2 region. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As teacher and doctors of the faith, your mission is to boldly teach the truth which must be believed and lived, presenting it in an authentic manner”. This recommendation was addres ...
• 21 June 2010
  VATICAN - During his Angelus address the Pope appeals for peace and security in Kyrgyzstan and recalls World Day for Refugees Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I wish to make a pressing appeal that peace and security may be speedily restored in southern Kyrgyzstan, after the serious clashes in recent days" said the Holy Father, Pope Benedict ...
• 16 June 2010
  VATICAN - To effectively reduce the tragic rates of maternal mortality respect for the right to health and access to medications must not only be spoken about, but also put into action Geneva (Agenzia Fides) –. The 'shocking' number of 350,000 maternal deaths that continue to occur every year – most especially among the poorest and most marginalized and disenfranchised populations, the 3 million ba ...
• 14 June 2010
  VATICAN - “Economy and finance cannot be an end to themselves, they are simply a means, a tool. Their only goal is the human person and the full realisation of the human person in dignity ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Today the world and Europe are experiencing a period of particularly serious economic and financial crisis. This period should not produce restrictions based solely on a strictly finan ...
• 10 June 2010
  VATICAN - Cardinal Hummes tells priests: “We must be very conscious of the present missionary urgency. It is necessary that we rise and go on mission everywhere.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "The great objective of the Year for Priests was to renew in every priest the awareness and concrete carrying out of their true priestly identity and their specific spirituality in order ...
• 9 June 2010
  VATICAN - Nearly 2 billion people without access to basic medicine Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church provides a major contribution to health care in all parts of the world – through local churches, religious institutions and private initiatives, which act on their own re ...