Vatican

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  30 January 2017
  VATICAN - To fight leprosy but also the discrimination it engenders Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 29, 64th World Day of Leprosy, during the Angelus Pope Francis recalled the anniversary with these words: "Today we celebrate the World Day of Leprosy. This disease, al ...
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  28 January 2017
  VATICAN - The Church's solidarity with leprosy sufferers: 612 centers around the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has a long tradition of assistance towards leprosy patients, especially in mission territories, which is expressed not only with medical care and spiritual assistance, but also o ...
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  23 January 2017
  VATICAN - The Pope's greetings to those celebrating the Lunar New Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After praying the midday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis sent greetings to all people who celebrate the Lunar New Year, with these words: "In the Far ...
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  10 January 2017
  VATICAN - Proclaim the Gospel with gentleness and firmness Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Here is the missionary style of Jesus, and also the style of the disciples of Christ: to proclaim the Gospel with gentleness and firmness, without arrogance or imposition". This is what Po ...
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  30 December 2016
  VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2016 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2016, 28 Catholic pastoral care workers were killed worldwide. For the eighth consecutive year, the place most affected, with an extremely elevated number of pastoral care work ...
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  13 December 2016
  VATICAN - Death of Mgr. Irigoyen, a life to spread the knowledge of the missions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr Jesus Irigiyen Urtasun died in the early afternoon of Saturday, December 3, on the feast of St. Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions, to whom he was particularly devoted. He had dedic ...
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  5 December 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: St. Francis Xavier is at the origin of modern missionary Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Francis Xavier is at the origin of the nature of modern missionary that opened to new worlds and that asserted itself during the XV and XVI centuries", highlighted the Prefect of the Congregation ...
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  2 December 2016
  VATICAN - Heroic virtues of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja, among the greatest missionaries of the nineteenth century Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 1 December, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorized the Congregation to promulgate severa ...
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  21 November 2016
  VATICAN - Pope Francis closes the Jubilee of Mercy: let us always open "possible pathway of hope" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This Year of Mercy invites us to rediscover the core, to return to what is essential. This time of mercy calls us to look to the true face of our King, the one that shines out at Easter, a ...
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  11 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni concludes his visit to Zambia: "Where the cross is, there is Jesus" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of his pastoral visit to Zambia, Cardinal Fernando Filoni celebrated Mass with the Missionaries of Charity in Lusaka yesterday. "With the Canonization of Mother Teresa still fre ...
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  10 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni opens the National Catholic Forum in Lusaka: "The Church here is still young but certainly growing" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church here is still young but certainly growing. May your efforts today and always produce fruit in vocations and in the effective proclamation of the Gospel. The Holy Father is near to you ...
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  9 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the seminarians in Lusaka: "do not be afraid to follow Jesus" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - As part of his pastoral visit to Zambia, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, yesterday morning, November 8, dedicated his time at the Seminars ...
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  8 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Poor Clares: the contribution of prayer for evangelization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "This Monastery is a guiding-light and a beacon of spirituality, a flowering of local vocations with the mission to provide prayerful support each day for the work of evangelization that takes ...
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  8 November 2016
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Zambia, a Church characterized by a strong missionary spirit Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni ended his pastoral visit to Malawi, and arrived in Zambia yesterday afternoon, November 7, and immediately met the Bishops' Conference, in Lusaka, conveying Pope Francis� ...
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  7 November 2016
  VATICAN - Lay members: "indispensable for evangelization in Malawi" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his pastoral visit to Malawi, Cardinal Fernando Filoni celebrated Mass in the parish of St. Patrick, in Lilongwe, on the afternoon of Sunday, November 6th, and then gave a brief spee ...