Vatican

• 24 May 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI calls for prayer “for all the ministers of the Gospel, that the message of salvation be announced to all the nations” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Fifty days after Easter we celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost, in which we recall the manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit, who – as wind and as fire – descended upon the ...
• 22 May 2010
  VATICAN - Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples: “Pastoral Ministry of Mobility Today, in the Context of Corresponsibility Among States and International Organizations” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – May 26-28, the headquarters of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples (Piazza San Calisto, Vatican City) will host the XIX Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery. It will be ...
• 21 May 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pontifical Mission Societies: “The preaching of the Gospel is the call to the freedom of the children of God, also for the building of a more just society in solidarity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning, May 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received participants in the Ordinary General Assembly of the Superior Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies, and gave the followi ...
• 20 May 2010
  VATICAN - Development, Progress and Common Good Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Development, Progress and Common Good are the three key words that form the title for the International Conference sponsored by the Scientific Committee of “Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontif ...
• 20 May 2010
  VATICAN - “Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will make this apostolic journey fruitful, and animate in the whole world the mission of the Church”: Pope recalls trip to Portugal and greets priests from International College of St. Paul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience on Wednesday, May 19, the Holy Father Benedict XVI greeted Italian-speaking pilgrims, offering a special greeting to the priests of the International ...
• 18 May 2010
  VATICAN - Superior General of Society of African Missions, Fr. O'Reilly, appointed Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the Holy Father Benedict XVI has appointed Fr. Kieran O'Reilly, SMA, until now Superior General of the Society of African Missions, as Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland). Fr. O'Reilly wa ...
• 18 May 2010
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias: “We need priests and missionaries in 3D” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The world needs priests and missionaries in 3D, people who maintain Doctrine, Discipline, Devotion." This was the appeal made by His Eminence Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for th ...
• 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 ...