Vatican

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  6 June 2020
  VATICAN - The pandemic does not stop the missionary spirit of children and young people of Missionary Childhood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In this time of pandemic, we have joyfully found that the presence of the other, the relationship with the other, proximity and sharing is important and essential to everyone's life. We ha ...
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  4 June 2020
  VATICAN - POPF Secretary General: "Every emergency in mission lands is always a concern for the Pontifical Mission Societies" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I was very happy to receive the news that the Holy Father established a special Covid-19 emergency fund for the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). Pope Francis has a deeply missionary hea ...
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  2 June 2020
  VATICAN - Other aid from the PSM Fund for the Covid emergency in Sao Tomé and Principe, Sierra Leone, Chad and Guinea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Emergency Fund set up by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) to support the Churches of mission countries facing the Covid-19 pandemic (see Fides, 6/4/2020), continue ...
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  1 June 2020
  VATICAN - "Here I am, send me": Pope Francis' Message for World Mission Sunday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis released his annual Message for World Mission Sunday 2020 on Pentecost Sunday. It’s theme is taken from Isaiah: “Here am I, send me” (6:8). World Mission Sunday is celebr ...
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  28 May 2020
  VATICAN - The Secretary General of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith: Pauline Jaricot, a lay woman with a heart turned towards evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decree by which the Church recognizes the miracle attributed to the intercession of our beloved and v ...
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  28 May 2020
  VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: "The contribution of the PMS to the universal mission of the Church is precious to the Pope" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The heart of the Pontifical Mission Societies beats where the heart of the Church beats": with this expression Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  27 May 2020
  VATICAN - Pauline Jaricot's miracle recognized: the joy of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a moment of great joy for the Pontifical Mission Societies all over the world. We are extremely happy because the Congregation for the Causes of Saints has made known the recognition ...
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  26 May 2020
  VATICAN - PMS Covid emergency Fund sends support to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, South Africa, Liberia, Botswana and Morocco Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Through the Emergency Fund established by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) to support local churches in mission countries (see Fides, 6/4/2020), contributions have alr ...
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  25 May 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis entrusts Pastors and faithful of the Catholic Church in China to Our Lady Help of Christians Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Regina Caeli prayer from the Library of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father yesterday remembered the "World Day of Prayer for the Church in China" with these words: "Dea ...
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  22 May 2020
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father to the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below is the full text of the Pope's Message to the Pontifical Mission Societies sent on May 21, feast of the Ascension of the Lord. When they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ...
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  18 May 2020
  VATICAN - The missionary anxiety of Saint John Paul II, "Pastor close to the people" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - While World Mission Day was celebrated around the world, on Sunday 22 October 1978, the new Pope, John Paul II, began his ministry as universal Pastor in St. Peter's Square with a vigorous ...
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  12 May 2020
  VATICAN - In times of pandemic, "the missionary creativity of animators and children" and aid from the Special Fund of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI), or Missionary Childhood (POIM), has never stopped intervening in the communities of mission countries. In particular in this period, in ...
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  6 May 2020
  VATICAN - COVID 19: Caritas Internationalis joins Pope Francis' request for the promotion of a 'global creative solidarity' Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware that we are facing an atypical emergency in which the countries that are normally among the largest donors are the most affected by the virus", said Secretary General of Carit ...
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  27 April 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis invites to pray the Rosary: "Our Mother will help us overcome this trial" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of May will begin in a few days, dedicated in a particular way to the Virgin Mary. With a brief Letter — published yesterday — I invited all the faithful to pray the Holy Ros ...
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  17 April 2020
  VATICAN - The mission of the Church at the service of the most vulnerable and of the entire human family: a visible sign of the solidarity of the universal Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Internationalis is in the Commission for Covid-19 wanted by Pope Francis and, together with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD), will coordinate the first ...