Vatican

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  29 October 2023
  VATICAN - “The Church is mission”. The Synod Report reaffirms the missionary dynamism of the synodal Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Rather than saying that the Church has a mission, we affirm that the Church is mission. ‘As the Father has sent me, so I send you’ (Jn 20:21)". Thus begins the eighth Chapter of the "Synthesis ...
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  25 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Gospel "is not written on water". Pope Francis re-proposes the missionary work of Cyril and Methodius, "Apostles of the Slavs" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Christ's message of salvation can reach every people and every human being only if he speaks in his "mother tongue". Only in this way does the Christian faith show that it is not "foreign" to any p ...
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  22 October 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: may the People of God participate "actively" in Mission Day 2023 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation addressed to the people of God for everyone to participate "actively" in World Mission Day 2023, celebrated as every year on the penultimate Sunday of October. The appeal was ...
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  20 October 2023
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2023 Vatican City - (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 97th anniversary on Sunday, October 22, 2023, Fides News Agency offers some statistics chosen to give a pano ...
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  18 October 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Saint Charles de Foucauld, a witness of Christ before the tabernacle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I have lost my heart to Jesus of Nazareth", is how the young Charles de Foucauld, who lived as a monk in the desert and was canonized by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022, describes to a friend ...
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  18 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies on the "path" towards World Mission Day with "burning" hearts Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - There are many different World Mission Month initiatives that the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) around the world have launched in these mo ...
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  16 October 2023
  "C'est la confiance". The missionary soul of Therese of Lisieux in Pope Francis' new apostolic Exhortation by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) - "It is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to Love." The phrase taken from a letter of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, quoted in the ...
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  11 October 2023
  VATICAN - "Forgiveness liberated her" Pope's Catechesis on Josephine Bakhita, the slave proclaimed a saint Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The "vocation" of the oppressed, he said, is to liberate also their oppressors through the miracle of forgiveness, "opening paths of hope and making change possible". Pope Francis stres ...
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  10 October 2023
  VATICAN - The missionary charism of the New Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla as Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is an appointment with a missionary touch. Si ...
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  4 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Christian realism of "Laudate Deum" by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) - " Praise God” is the title of this letter. For when human beings claim to take God’s place, they become their own worst enemies." These words conclude the new Apostolic ...
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  4 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Synod seen by Bishops from territories of First Evangelization Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "We look forward to seeing the fruits of this Synod, of the themes we have talked about and discussed in these months of preparation. We have a desire to understan ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Missionary October, the Pope announces an Apostolic Exhortation on the message of Theresa of Lisieux Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 15, Pope Francis Pope Francis will publish an Apostolic Exhortation dedicated to the message of Saint Therese of Lisieux, co-Patron of the missions together with Saint Francis ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Message of Pope Francis to mark the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the message of Pope Francis to "children and young people, parents, formators and friends" of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood, which celebrated the 180th anniversary of its foun ...
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  29 September 2023
  VATICAN - "Good Christians and good citizens". Pope Francis writes to the Catholics of Viet Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the Letter of Pope Francis to the Catholic community of Viet Nam on the occasion of the adoption of the Agreement on the Status of the Resident Papal Representative and the Offic ...
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  21 September 2023
  VATICAN/CHINA - Two bishops from mainland China at the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a great and very positive compromise between the Vatican and China. Thanks to the patience and foresight of Pope Francis", said a priest from Beijing to Fides, shortly after the pu ...