Vatican

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  26 October 2020
  VATICAN - The Pope announces a Consistory for the creation of 13 new Cardinals, 2 of whom come from territories under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At yesterday's Angelus, Sunday 25 October, the Holy Father Francis announced a Consistory for the creation of 13 new Cardinals to be held on 28 November, on the eve of the first Sunday of A ...
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  22 October 2020
  VATICAN - Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China regarding the appointment of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 22 October 2020, the Press Office of the Holy See has released the following "Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic ...
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  21 October 2020
  VATICAN - Testimony of the Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood on the involvement of children and young people in proclaiming Christ during the missionary month Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Children and young people are protagonists of the missionary month and of missionary animation in the whole world. They are the young missionary disciples who evangelize, through prayer an ...
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  19 October 2020
  VATICAN - After the Angelus, Pope Francis recalls the missionaries "who sow the Gospel in the great field of the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian Angelus prayer, the Holy Father yesterday recalled the celebration of Mission Sunday with these words: "Today we celebrate World Mission Day, which has the theme “Here I ...
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  19 October 2020
  VATICAN - India, Panama and Honduras recipients of aid from the PMS Fund for the Covid emergency Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Church in India has reached and provided assistance to several million people, especially the poorest and those in vulnerable conditions. Indian C ...
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  17 October 2020
  VATICAN - Video message from Cardinal Tagle: "where the most vulnerable and needy are, there are also the missionaries" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In a video message for World Mission Sunday, released by the Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States of America, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for th ...
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  16 October 2020
  VATICAN - World Mission Day: mission challenges every baptized person, called to give a concrete answer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of World Mission Day "is a source of joy for the universal Church, even if within the local Churches it will be celebrated in a different way this year, due to the particula ...
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  16 October 2020
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2020 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, which this year celebrates its 94th anniversary on Sunday, October 18, 2020, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panora ...
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  14 October 2020
  VATICAN - Interview with the Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith on the eve of World Mission Day Vatican City - "The Pontifical Mission Societies are entirely dependent on God's Providence, through the free offerings of the faithful. We help the life of the local Churches of mission territories, dependent on the Con ...
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  14 October 2020
  VATICAN - PMS Fund for the Covid emergency: aid to pastoral operators and diocesan mass media in Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Although the Covid-19 pandemic does not stop, causing suffering and death on all continents, the Church continues its work of assistance and charity, especially in those areas of the world ...
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  13 October 2020
  VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Mission belongs to every baptized person: lay people and missionary families are on the rise" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The profound meaning of World Mission Day (WMD) is to keep the meaning of mission in all the baptized alive. In this historical moment, the element of the universality of the Church, which ...
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  9 October 2020
  VATICAN - Archbishop Rugambwa: "The release of Father Maccalli, seed of peace and sign of hope for the mission of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The release of Father Pierluigi Maccalli, missionary of the Society for African Missions is a special sign of hope for all of us, for Africa and for the Universal Church, in the month trad ...
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  1 October 2020
  VATICAN - Towards Mission Sunday: amidst the pandemic, mission continues Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the first day of the Missionary Month of October, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the International Secretariats of the Pontifical Mission Societies, recall that t ...
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  21 September 2020
  VATICAN - International Day for Peace: the human person above all interests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Peace cannot be attained without the courageous selfless act of putting the human person and the human condition above any other vested interests", reads the note from Caritas Internation ...
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  3 September 2020
  VATICAN - Aid from the PMS Fund to parishes, families, poor children and Catholic schools for the Covid emergency in Africa and Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic has exposed the difficult situation for the poor and the great inequality that reigns in the world - Pope Francis recalled at the general audience on 19 August -. The virus, ...