Vatican

• 14 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope's general audience: "In prayer we open our hearts to the Lord so that He comes to dwell in our weakness, turning it into force for the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St. Paul’s attitude makes us understand that "all the difficulties we meet in following Christ and bearing witness to His Gospel can be overcome by opening ourselves trustingly to the act ...
• 12 June 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni urges the community in Azerbaijan to become "Church-in-Mission" Baku (Agenzia Fides) – The need to pray for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life, the need to take good care of the family as a basic unit of society and the Church, the need to generate greater spirit of a ...
• 11 June 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Azerbaijan for the 10th anniversary of Blessed John Paul II's visit Baku (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy to be here with you today in Baku, presiding this Eucharistic Celebration and joining you in thanking the Lord on the occasion of the tenth Anniversary of the historic and unforget ...
• 11 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands: "In the work of evangelization ... continue to apply the eternal truths of the Gospel to the customs of the people whom you serve " Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The attention for the poor, the marginalized and the sick, especially those suffering from HIV/AIDS, and speaking publicly "as an objective moral voice on behalf of those in need ... in ord ...
• 1 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Magnificat "is the song that denounces the illusion of those who think themselves masters of the history and arbiters of their fate," recalls Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We all have something to learn from our heavenly Mother: her faith invites us to look beyond appearances and to believe firmly that the daily difficulties prepare a spring that has alread ...
• 31 May 2012
  VATICAN - "Despite the weakness of man, the difficulties and trials, the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The events of recent days involving the Curia and my collaborators have brought sadness to my heart, but I have never lost my firm certainty that, despite the weakness of man, the difficul ...
• 28 May 2012
  VATICAN - Pope at Pentecost: "Jesus sends his Spirit to the Church so that every Christian can become his effective witness in the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus, risen and ascended into heaven, sends his Spirit to the Church, so that all Christians can participate in his divine life and become his effective witness in the world. The Holy Spi ...
• 14 May 2012
  VATICAN - "Thank you Father Massimo for your example and for your service to God, to the Church, to Missions and to our Congregation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Thank you Father Massimo for your example and for your service to God, to the Church, to Missions and to our Congregation. Thank you for your loving care towards us; and now that you are ...
• 14 May 2012
  VATICAN - 4 priests and 17 deacons of the Urban College ordained in St. Peter’s: "The Prince of the Apostles, by looking at you in the eyes, renews his wonder for the fidelity with which Christ loves, sanctifies and renews his Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in truth, is a memorable day for all of you: both for the seventeen that with the diaconate become part of the clergy, consecrating their lives to the service of the Church, and, es ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The funeral of Father Massimo Cenci, Undersecretary of the CEP will be held on Monday: "an enthusiastic missionary of the mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, May 14, at 11 a.m, in the parish of "Regina Pacis" in Monteverde (Rome), the funeral of Father Massimo Cenci, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), Undersecr ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ordains in St. Peter’s: 4 priests and 17 deacons of the Urban College from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside this afternoon at 3pm, in the Vatican Basilica, a Mass with the ordinations of Priests ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope receives the General Assembly of the PMS and encourages " worldwide campaign, which, through the prayer of the Holy Rosary, accompany the work of evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI received the National directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in audience on Friday, May 11, during their annual Assembly of the Board of Governors, ...
• 8 May 2012
  VATICAN - Year of the Faith: Dare more for the proclamation of the Gospel and expand missionary cooperation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelization is an activity that lies in the heart of the Church. It is not the work of solitary navigators, on the contrary it accompanies and is associated to the path of God's people ...
• 3 May 2012
  VATICAN - From May 7 to 12 the annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday May 7 the Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins. In the House of the Salesians, in via della Pisana 1111 in Rome, the Directors of the national ...
• 26 April 2012
  VATICAN-Statement from the press office of the Holy See on the plenary meeting of the Commission for the Catholic Church in China VATICAN-The Commission which Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study questions of major importance regarding the life of the Catholic Church in China met in the Vatican for the fifth time from 23 to 25 April. Wit ...