Vatican

• 13 February 2013
  VATICAN -Thanksgiving of the CEP and of the missionary Churches to Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Mass was concelebrated in the Chapel of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, presided over by the Secretary of the Congregation, His Exc. Mgr. Hon Tai-Fai and saw th ...
• 12 February 2013
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: "my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Canonization of some Blessed, held on Monday morning, February 11, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made this announcement to the Cardinals present ...
• 12 February 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Vailankanni: following Mary's footsteps, we must "bear witness to our faith through our actions." Vailankanni (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in India is a very vibrant church with a long and deep tradition, and in the context of today’s milieu, you face many challenges in presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a c ...
• 12 February 2013
  VATICAN - The feelings of the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, His Exc. Mgr. Savio Hon Tai Fai, after the announcement of the Pope’s resignation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, His Exc. Mgr. Savio Hon Tai Fai, released to Fides Agency the following statement: "For me, this news was out of the blu ...
• 28 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Synod for the election of the new Chaldean Patriarch has started Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Synod of the Patriarchal Church of Babylon of the Chaldeans has started in Rome, convened by Pope Benedict XVI for the election of the new Patriarch. The presidency of the Synod � ...
• 26 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Church for leprosy patients: 547 leprosy centers in the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Church has a long tradition of service to leprosy patients, often abandoned even by their own families, and has always provided them, in addition to medical and spiritual ass ...
• 25 January 2013
  VATICAN - The social network, an instrument of evangelization and development factor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The challenge facing social networks is how to be truly inclusive: thus they will benefit from the full participation of believers who desire to share the message of Jesus and the values o ...
• 23 January 2013
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal for the people of Indonesia affected by the flood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made the following appeal to the people of Indonesia affected by the flood: "I am following with concern the news coming ...
• 21 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Pope's Angelus: "Let there be an end to all conflicts and violence, let there be found the courage to dialogue" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To the prayer for Christian unity I would like to add once again that for peace because, unfortunately there are various conflicts under way around the world and the slaughter of innocent ...
• 17 January 2013
  VATICAN - Pope appeals for prayers for "the great gift of unity among all the disciples of the Lord" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, January 16, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the upcoming celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, with these words: "On ...
• 10 January 2013
  VATICAN - Pauline Jaricot, fruitful fidelity to Christ and farsighted commitment to evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "If St. Franesco Xavier was the enthusiastic missionary of evangelization, Jaricot was the one who saw in the support of evangelization 'an important duty of the People of God', which called for sp ...
• 9 January 2013
  VATICAN - 150th Anniversary of Pauline-Marie Jaricot’s death-the Servant of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) The French Episcopal Conference declared in 2012, the Jubilee Year in honor of the servant of God, the venerable Pauline, who died 150 years ago in Lyon, on January 9, 1862. 2012 was also t ...
• 7 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls Missionary Childhood Day: "Dear children, bring to all the love of God!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled Missionary Childhood Day with these words: "Today in Italy is Missionary Childhood Day, dedicated to children who are committ ...
• 29 December 2012
  VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner over the course of the last 12 months. According to information ...
• 28 December 2012
  VATICAN - May peace spring up for the people of Syria, in the Land where the Redeemer was born, in the Countries of Africa and on the vast continent of Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " In this Year of Faith, I express my Christmas greetings and good wishes in these words taken from a Psalm: 'Truth has sprung out from the earth.' This is how the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...