Vatican

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  2 September 2019
  VATICAN - Consistory for 13 new Cardinals: "their origin expresses the missionary vocation of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus Address the Pope yesterday, Sunday, September 1, the Holy Father announced a Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals with these words: "On Oct. 5 I will hold a consis ...
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  12 August 2019
  VATICAN - On the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the Pope reminds "Everyone is required to observe the limits imposed by international humanitarian law" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian prayer of the Angelus, the Holy Father reminded the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, that today is the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, with these words: ...
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  29 July 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: "The new College in Macau, fruit of apostolic creativity and the desire to be a Church that goes forth" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The new Redemptoris Mater College for Evangelization in Asia, based in Macao, is "the fruit of apostolic creativity that looks to evangelization in that continent and expresses a will of de ...
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  29 July 2019
  VATICAN - The Congregation of “Propaganda Fide” establishes a “Redemptoris Mater” College in Macao for evangelization in Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has officially established the Redemptoris Mater College for Evangelization in Asia, based in Macau, entrusting it to the Neocatechumenal ...
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  17 July 2019
  VATICAN - Spiritual motherhood and fatherhood of the missionary animator of children and adolescents of today Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Taking the responsibility of the other and taking care of him/her is the gift of spiritual fatherhood and motherhood that characterize Christianity as faith in the Trinitarian God, which i ...
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  8 July 2019
  VATICAN - Bishop Sheen, announcer of the Gospel on radio and TV, director of the Propagation of the Faith will be blessed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis on July 5 authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate several Decrees, and also authorized a decree recognizing a miracle through the intercession of Ven ...
• 28 June 2019
  VATICAN - Pastoral guidelines of the Holy See concerning the civil registration of clergy in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Below is the full text published by the Holy See Press Office on the pastoral guidelines of the Holy See concerning the civil registration of the clergy in China. "For some time reques ...
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  28 June 2019
  VATICAN - The Pope will hand over the Pallium to 31 Metropolitan Archbishops, 13 of the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the celebration that will preside in the Vatican Basilica for the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Saturday, June 29, the Holy Father Francis will bless and hand over the P ...
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  28 June 2019
  VATICAN - Vocations increase in mission territories, their formation is the responsibility of the whole Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Priestly and religious vocations continue to blossom in the so-called 'mission' countries, as a sign and fruit of the vitality of faith, and these regions are already turning into missiona ...
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  13 June 2019
  VATICAN - The first African American Catholic priest and a PIME missionary among the new venerables Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - American priest Agostino Tolton (1854-1897), the first African American Catholic priest, and the lay religious of PIME Felice Tantardini (1898-1991), a missionary in Myanmar, are among the ...
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  10 June 2019
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father for World Missionary Day 2019 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of Pentecost, Sunday 9 June, the Vatican released the message of Pope Francis for this year’s World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated on Sunday 20 October, in the ...
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  6 June 2019
  VATICAN - "A minute for peace": a minute of prayer or reflection for a more fraternal world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Saturday, June 8, will be the fifth anniversary of the meeting of the Israel and Palestinian Presidents with me and Patriarch Bartholomew here in the Vatican. At 1 p.m. we are invited to d ...
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  1 June 2019
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "After three years of meetings, visits, listening, study and research of ecclesial elements that could help us in an attempt to formulate proposals for reform concerning the Pontifical Missionary U ...
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  1 June 2019
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Society of the Holy Childhood or of Missionary Childhood favors a human and Christian education; helps children develop a missionary spirit, urges them to share faith and material means, espec ...
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  31 May 2019
  VATICAN - Pope's Message to the PMS Assembly: a renewed commitment to the Church's missionary action Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis sent a message to the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), underway in Rome (see Fides, 24/05/2019). Below is the full text of the message. " ...