Vatican

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  6 April 2026
  Leo XIV: Even in the age of 'Fake News', may the Light of Christian witness shine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In an age when the construction of “narratives” is sometimes used to obscure or manipulate the reality of facts, Christian witness can, as always, “dispel every shadow,” illuminatin ...
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  22 March 2026
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Leo XIV's dismay at the wars tearing the world apart: "We cannot remain silent" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The death and pain caused by these wars fueled in the Middle East and throughout the world "is a scandal for the entire human family and a cry that rises to God." And "We cannot remain sile ...
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  15 March 2026
  Pope Leo XIV, Laetare Sunday, and the new wars: “God cannot be enlisted by darkness” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – For two weeks, “the peoples of the Middle East have been suffering the horrific violence of war. Thousands of innocent people have been killed, and countless others have been forced to flee the ...
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  8 March 2026
  VATICAN - Online Seminar on March 11: Missionary Animation and Formation in Times of Artificial Intelligence Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary formation initiatives planned to mark the 110th anniversary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) continue. These initiatives are part of a broader a program of activiti ...
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  1 March 2026
  Pope Leo XIV on the attack on Iran: “halt the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with the “possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions,” only one thing remains to be done: “halt the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm.” The wor ...
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  1 March 2026
  VATICAN - English-language training course for the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins on March 2 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Participants from Africa, North America, Asia, and Europe are attending the English-language missionary training course for the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies, whic ...
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  21 February 2026
  The Pope to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles: docility to the Spirit and ecclesial charity make the mission fruitful Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Every new apostolic and missionary work that flourishes in the Church can become fruitful not through the effectiveness of human strategies, but "through docility to the inspirations of the ...
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  30 January 2026
  VATICAN - Message for World Mission Day 2026: Pope Leo XIV invites everyone to collaborate with the Pontifical Mission Societies with gratitude Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We thank the Pope for his explicit invitation to all to collaborate with the Pontifical Mission Societies with a spirit of gratitude,” said Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, Secretary Gen ...
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  25 January 2026
  “One in Christ, united in mission.” Leo XIV’s Message for the 100th World Mission Day by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord," writes Paul of Tarsus in his Second Letter to the Corinthians. On Sunday, January 25, the day on whi ...
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  15 January 2026
  VATICAN - "The Missionary Union, the Second Vatican Council, and the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV": liturgical commemoration of Blessed Manna Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Missionary Union, the Second Vatican Council, and the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV” is the title of the initiative taking place on Friday, January 16 (7:00 p.m.), at the Pontifical Ur ...
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  12 January 2026
  “Delicta Graviora”: Course on the “grave delicts” reserved to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are delicts against the Sacrament of the Eucharist (such as sacrileges committed during satanic rituals) and against the Sacrament of Penance; delicts committed by priests who acquire ...
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  9 January 2026
  Leo XIV, Saint Augustine, and the two Cities by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his traditional New Year's address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Leo XIV today observed the current state of the world t ...
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  8 January 2026
  VATICAN - Mission "by attraction" at the center of the Extraordinary Consistory convened by Leo XIV Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Mission and Synodality. These are the “urgent issues” considered as priorities for the Church’s present situation and the focus of discussions among the 170 Cardinals who gathered in ...
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  6 January 2026
  VATICAN - Missionary Childhood Day: Leo XIV's "thank you" to children and young people who "pray for missionaries in many parts of the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I greet and thank all the children and young people who, in many parts of the world, pray for missionaries and are committed to helping their less fortunate peers. Thank you, dear frie ...
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  2 January 2026
  Leo XIV: Mission is born from the encounter with Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Mission is born from the encounter with Christ. And the encounters of Jesus with his first disciples forever reveal the path, simple yet mysterious, by which Christ's salvation is communi ...