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  25 May 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies: the greatness of the Church is in martyrdom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Even in our time there is "greatness of the Church in martyrdom", in the testimony of those who invoke the name of Jesus while being killed for his cause. This is what Pope Francis repeated ...
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  24 May 2024
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nappa at the PMS Assembly: Countries with an ancient Christian tradition are now "mission areas" Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - The "epochal change" that is taking place in the world also calls into question the nature and specific mission of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), which are called to "carefully read w ...
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  24 May 2024
  VATICAN - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins today Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 24, the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins, whose work will continue until May 31st. The meeting is attended by the National Directors of the P ...
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  22 May 2024
  VATICAN - Between memory and prophecy. Insights from the "Council of Shanghai" documents by Gianni Valente (We publish the speech of the Director of Fides Agency on the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between history and present" - Pontifical Urbaniana University, May 2 ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the "new beginning" of the Council of Shanghai and the mission of the Church today We publish the speech of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, who concluded the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between history and present" (Pont ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Video on the 100th anniversary of the "Concilium Sinense" of Shanghai (1924): between history and present Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Shanghai, May 15, 1924: the first Council of the Catholic Church in China opens in Saint Ignatius Cathedral. It is the assembly of a Church still entirely led by foreign bishops and missi ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Bishop Shen Bin: Rooted in China, to open new horizons for the proclamation of the Gospel by Joseph Shen Bin, Bishop of Shanghai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the speech of Joseph Shen Bin, Bishop of Shanghai, on the occasion of the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinen ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin: communion with the Pope is the best guarantee of a faith free from external political interests We publish the speech of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness, at the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between history and present" (Pontifical Urbaniana University, ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis at the Conference dedicated to the "Concilium Sinense": The Lord in China has safeguarded the faith of God's people Video-Message of His Holiness Pope Francis at the International Conference "100 Years since the Concilium Sinense: Between history and present". Pontifical Urbaniana University, Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Dear broth ...
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  14 May 2024
  VATICAN - The 'Concilium Sinense' of Shanghai "between history and present": International Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Shanghai, May 15, 1924: the “Primum Concilium Sinense”, the First Council of the Catholic Church in China, begins in the Cathedral of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Bishops, Vicars General, religiou ...
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  19 April 2024
  VATICAN - The Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization to the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “'The mission is mine, not yours,' said the Lord to Saint Francis” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "If we do not have a deep awareness of the meaning and importance of mission in the Church, we would reduce the Pontifical Mission Societies to an organization for collecting and distributi ...
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  13 April 2024
  VATICAN - A new training course for the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Around 30 representatives of the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya, Cameroon, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain and Bahrain will take pa ...
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  11 April 2024
  VATICAN - Pontifical Yearbook, the title of "Patriarch of the West": Pope claims honorary title again by Nikos Tzoitis Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Pontifical Yearbook 2024, published by the “Libreria Editrice Vaticana” (LEV), available since Tuesday April 9, appears on the page with the titles dedicated to Pope ...
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  27 March 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to Catholics in the Holy Land: in these bleak times, participate in the Passion of Christ and bear witness that "the crucified Lord rose from the dead" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community of the Holy Land, over the centuries, "has constantly witnessed, through its own sufferings, to the mystery of the Lord’s Passion". Thanks to this singular proximity to th ...
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  15 March 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Only the real encounter with Jesus frees us from the temptation to "make faith a theory" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In order to be transmitted, faith in the risen Lord, requires "significant experience lived within the family and the Christian community as an encounter with Jesus Christ who changes life" ...