Vatican

• 17 May 2010
  VATICAN - Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sends message to Buddhists for feast of Vesakh: “May we together promote a healthy relationship between human beings and the environment.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the feast of Vesakh, the most important for Buddhists, in which they commemorate major events in the life of Buddha, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has sent a m ...
• 17 May 2010
  VATICAN - Pontifical Mission Societies open Annual General Assembly: new paths for an efficient missionary promotion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Building Ecclesial Communion is the Key to Mission” is the title of the International Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies 2010, which opened today in Rome. The event is attend ...
• 15 May 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Portugal: “The field of the mission ad gentes appears much broader today, and no longer to be defined on the basis of geographic considerations alone.” Porto (Agenzia Fides) - “My brothers and sisters, you need to become witnesses with me to the resurrection of Jesus. In effect, if you do not become his witnesses in your daily lives, who will do so in your place? Chri ...
• 14 May 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: “I have come to Fatima to pray, in union with Mary and so many pilgrims, for our human family, afflicted as it is by various ills and sufferings...in order to entrust to Mary’s maternal protection priests, consecrated men and women, missionaries...” Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - “I have come to Fatima, because today the pilgrim Church, willed by her Son as the instrument of evangelization and the sacrament of salvation, converges upon this place. I have come to Fatima ...
• 14 May 2010
  VATICAN - May 17-21: Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – With a welcome greeting and a summary report from Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, Secretary Adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifica ...
• 29 April 2010
  VATICAN - New diocesan bishop in Haimen (Nantong), Jiangsu (China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, April 21, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Nantong, was the episcopal ordination of Bishop Joseph Shen Bin, of the diocesan clergy, age 41. He has been a priest for 14 ...
• 28 April 2010
  VATICAN - Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2008: increase in Catholics, slight increase in priests, increase in permanent deacons, decline in male and female religious Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican Publishing House (Libreria Editrice Vaticana) has recently released a new edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, comprising information on the main aspects of Cathol ...
• 21 April 2010
  VATICAN - New Diocesan Bishop in Hohot, Inner Mongolia (China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 18, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Hohot hosted the episcopal ordination of Bishop Paul Meng Qinglu. Bishop Meng, of the diocesan clergy, is age 48 and has been a p ...
• 20 April 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Malta: recalling the many priests and religious who imitated the missionary zeal of Paul, leaving the island “to bring the Gospel to distant shores” La Valletta (Agenzia Fides) - “The occasion of my visit to these islands is the nineteen hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Saint Paul’s shipwreck off the island of Malta,” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the ...
• 15 April 2010
  VATICAN - Clandestine Bishop recognized by Government: Bishop Mattia Du Jiang officially installed as Bishop of Bameng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Du, born in 1963, a native of Inner Mongolia, was ordained a bishop in 2004 with the approval of the Holy See. The civil authorities, despite having acknowledged his being chosen b ...
• 12 April 2010
  VATICAN - “This is the mission of the Church perennially assisted by the Paraclete: to bring to all the glad tidings, the joyous reality of the merciful Love of God.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – “This is the mission of the Church perennially assisted by the Paraclete: to bring to all the glad tidings, the joyous reality of the merciful Love of God, 'so that,' as St. John say ...
• 7 April 2010
  VATICAN - Pope recalls suffering nations in Easter Message: “The Christian people, having emerged from the waters of baptism, is sent out to the whole world...to bring to all people the fruit of Easter.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christian people, having emerged from the waters of baptism, is sent out to the whole world to bear witness to this salvation, to bring to all people the fruit of Easter, which consi ...
• 26 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's Message for the 84th World Mission Sunday: the missionary mandate received by all the baptized and the entire Church, “cannot be fulfilled in a credible manner without a profound personal, communal, and pastoral conversion” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is only from this encounter with the Love of God that transforms our existence, that we can live in communion with Him and among ourselves and offer our brethren a credible testimony, ...
• 26 March 2010
  VATICAN - Conclusions from the Meeting of the Commission on the Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released a statement saying that March 22 to 24, for the third time, the Commission that Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study the issues of greates ...
• 25 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope blesses an pilgrimage image of Our Lady, a gift to the people of Chile, destined to visit earthquake-stricken communities first Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the General Audience on Wednesday, March 24, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a statue of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, patroness of Chile, which will be offered as a gift to the Chilean ...