Vatican

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  13 October 2017
  VATICAN - The cause of beatification of Cardinal Celso Costantini opens Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 October, on the day of his death 59 years ago, the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification and canonization of Cardinal Celso Costantini (1876-1958) opens in the Cathedral of Concordia S ...
• 28 September 2017
  VATICAN - Appointments at Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples announced the following appointments: The Holy Father has appointed as Apostolic Nuncio in Gre ...
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  4 August 2017
  VATICAN - The Holy See demands full respect for human rights and the suspension of new Constituent in Venezuela Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Fides gives here the unabridged text of a statement issued by the Holy See’s Secretary of State office regarding the situation in Venezuela: The Holy See reiterates its profound concer ...
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  31 July 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: human trafficking "is an aberrant plague and a modern form of slavery" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis recalled the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons promoted by the United Nations, Sunday, July 30, with these words during the Angelus: "Each year, thousands of men, women ...
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  7 July 2017
  VATICAN - Recognized the martyrdom of Mgr. Jesús Jaramillo Monsalve, first Bishop of Arauca Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorized the promulgation of several decrees, in ...
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  30 June 2017
  VATICAN - Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul: "The Lord is always at our side, walking with us, never leaving us" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Fathers of the Church liked to compare the holy Apostles Peter and Paul to two columns, on which the visible building of the Church rests. Both sealed with their own blood their testim ...
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  26 June 2017
  VATICAN - Statement of the Director of the Press Office on the case of Mgr. Peter Shao Zhumin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In response to questions from journalists regarding the case of Mgr. Peter Shao Zhumin, Bishop of Wenzhou (Continental China), the Director of the Holy See's Press Office, Greg Burke, today ...
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  26 June 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "There is no Christian mission in the name of tranquility!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no Christian mission in the name of tranquility! Difficulties and tribulations are part and package of evangelization", said the Holy Father before the Angelus prayer with the fai ...
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  21 June 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Dias: "Our Lady was the godmother of my priesthood" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The first Eucharistic Concelebration in the Chapel of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, after his appointment as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was presided by ...
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  21 June 2017
  VATICAN - The missionary zeal of Cardinal Dias, recalled by Pope Francis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The contribution to the spiritual and physical reconstruction of the suffering Church in Albania and the missionary zeal demonstrated in his work as Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
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  20 June 2017
  VATICAN - "Laity and Mission": a theological reflection on a growing phenomenon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From 13 to 18 February 2017, a seminar on the relationship between Laity and Mission was held at the International Center for Missionary Animation (CIAM) in Rome. The initiative was born in ...
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  20 June 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, passes away Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, (81) Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples from 20 May 2006 to 9 May 2011, passed away in Rome on Monday 19 June, 2017. He had been ill ...
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  13 June 2017
  VATICAN - Now online Omnis Terra new issue : giving voice to mission, missions and missionaries Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Omnis Terra, the multilingual publication of culture and mission from the Pontifical Mission Societies, is on line with its second edition. The opening article “Le Laos et le ...
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  10 June 2017
  VATICAN - Migrants and Refugees. Meeting for delegates from all over the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This coming 12 and 13 June the Migrants and Refugees Sector of the Vatican Office for Integral Human Development will host a Working Seminar in Rome with the participation of Bishop dele ...
• 9 June 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope deeply saddened by the events of the diocese of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received a Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria, in a private Audience, which has been living a painful situation for years (see Fides, 8/6/2017). The me ...