Vatican

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  20 October 2018
  VATICAN - Share the Journey: fight fear by walking with migrants and refugees Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila and President of Caritas Internationalis, invites communities of citizens all over the world to fight hatred and fear with a million-year m ...
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  20 October 2018
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2018 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, which this year celebrates its 92nd anniversary on Sunday, October 21, 2018, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panora ...
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  19 October 2018
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies: support for the proclamation of the Gospel and for the human and cultural growth of peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies were born of young hearts as a means of supporting the preaching of the Gospel to every nation and thus contributing to the human and cultural growth of al ...
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  6 October 2018
  VATICAN - Special Fides: Young missionaries, witnesses of Christ giving their lives Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the month of October, traditionally dedicated to missions, and in the year the Synod of Bishops is dedicated to the vocational discernment of the young, Fides News Agenc ...
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  26 September 2018
  VATICAN - Pope Francis' message to Chinese Catholics and to the universal Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis at today's general audience, September 26, said: "Dear brothers and sisters, last Saturday, September 22, a Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republi ...
• 22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Erection of the Diocese of Chengde Desiring to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend with greater efficacy to its spiritual good, the Supreme Pontiff Pope Francis has decided to constitute in China the Diocese of Chengde, which wil ...
• 22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Briefing Note about the Catholic Church in China With a view to sustaining the proclamation of the Gospel in China, the Holy Father Pope Francis has decided to readmit to full ecclesial communion the remaining “official” Bishops, ordained without Pontifical Mandate ...
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  22 September 2018
  VATICAN - Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China on the appointment of Bishops The Press Office of the Holy See today released the following communiqué that we faithfully report: "Within the framework of the contacts between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China that have been underwa ...
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  10 September 2018
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of Mission territories: the Bishop is a man of prayer, a man of proclamation and a man of communion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 8 September, the Holy Father received in audience the newly appointed Bishops of Mission territories who are taking part in a Seminar organized, in Rome, by the Congregation for ...
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  3 September 2018
  VATICAN - The Study Seminar for the new Bishops of mission territories begins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, with greetings from Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and the Eucharistic concelebration presided by the Secretary of CE ...
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  23 June 2018
  VATICAN - Mgr. Bodet and the new universal impulse of Missionary Childhood, from Paris to Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Henri Bodet died in the French diocese of Angers on 19 June. He was National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France from 1978 to 1982 and Secretary General of the Pon ...
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  1 June 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Pontifical Missionary Union, International Center for Missionary Animation Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PUM), Director of the International Center for Missionary Animation (CIAM) and Director of Agenzia Fides, deliv ...
• 1 June 2018
  VATICAN - The Pope: Extraordinary Missionary Month and Synod for Amazonia, opportunities for evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod for Amazonia and the Extraordinary Missionary Month, both of which will be celebrated in October 2019, are two opportunities for evangelization, to put into practice the call to " ...
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  1 June 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Agenzia Fides Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - "Agenzia Fides, established in 1927, has just turned ninety and is facing a constantly changing world of information", said Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, Secretary General of the Pontifical Missi ...
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  1 June 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Fernando Domingues, MCCJ, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle (POSPA), introduced his annual report to the Assembly of the PMS: "We are happy to acknowledg ...