Vatican

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  18 November 2020
  VATICAN - Appointment of members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as members of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples His Eminence Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., president of the Pontifical Counci ...
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  14 November 2020
  VATICAN - World Day of the Poor: in a true Christian community there are no members who give and others who receive. There are only "neighbors" who share Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to ensure that people who live in poverty can make an active contribution to building an inclusive and just society, a transforming Caritas and a welcoming Church", said the spirit ...
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  11 November 2020
  VATICAN - Family: Domestic Church, Missionary Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The latest issue of the Bulletin of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) is dedicated to the Christian family in the world today. Citing various documents of the Magisterium ...
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  29 October 2020
  VATICAN - Martyrdom of two Lebanese Capuchin missionaries recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decrees concerning the martyrdom of the Servants of God Leonardo Melki and Tommaso Saleh, of the O ...
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  28 October 2020
  VATICAN - Pope recalls violence in Cameroon: "May the guns fall silent and the safety of all be guaranteed" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, Pope Francis recalled the recent violence in Cameroon (see Fides, 26/10/2020). "I participate in the suffering of the families of the young students ...
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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 ...