Vatican

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  6 May 2025
  VATICAN - Conclave: More and more Cardinals from the countries entrusted to the Dicastery for Evangelization gather in the Sistine Chapel by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the image of Christ and the Last Judgment painted by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, the Cardinals are gathering in Conclave to elect the suc ...
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  4 May 2025
  Mission, Pope Francis' "main road" By Stefania Falasca* We publish extensive excerpts from the chapter dedicated to the mission in Stefania Falasca's book “Papa Francesco. La Via maestra” (Pope Francis, the Main Road. Edizioni San Paolo, 2025). The ...
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  29 April 2025
  Dialogue, negotiations, disarmament: the Church's path to peace according to Pope Francis Vatican City (Fides Agency) - Three chairs, which soon became two, placed in front of the baptistery in St. Peter's Basilica. Facing each other, Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky - for a quarter of an hour a ...
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  27 April 2025
  Cardinal Parolin to young people at the “Jubilee for Adolescents”: may Pope Francis' legacy become a way of life Vatican City (Fides Agency) - In times of darkness, “the Lord comes to us with the light of the Resurrection to illuminate our hearts.” This is what happened to Jesus' disciples when they encountered the Risen One, w ...
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  26 April 2025
  “Pope Francis, now we ask you to pray for us” by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Fides Agency) - “The Easter sun shines brightly” on the day when the Church and the whole world bid farewell to Pope Francis, the 265th Successor of Peter, who passed away six days a ...
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  25 April 2025
  Cardinal Tagle: Pope Francis, Successor of Peter and Beloved Disciple by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Fides Agency publishes the homily delivered by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle today, Friday, April 25, during Holy Mass—which he presided over—celebrated with the working co ...
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  24 April 2025
  “Without Him we can do nothing.” The teaching of Pope Francis on mission by Gianni Valente Rome ( Fides Agency) - “I joined the Jesuits because I was struck by their missionary vocation, their constant movement towards the frontiers.” This is what Pope Francis said about himself. Then, ...
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  21 April 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis 1936-2025 Vatican City (Fides Agency) - At 9:47 this morning, Monday, April 21, Easter Monday, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced with sorrow the death of Pope Francis with these words: � ...
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  21 April 2025
  Thank you forever, Pope Francis by Gianni Valente Rome ( Fides Agency) - “Remember your leaders, who preached the word of God to you, and as you reflect on the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith."This passage from the Letter to the Hebrew ...
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  16 April 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis and the parable of the Prodigal Son: "Wherever we are lost, and however we are lost, God always comes looking for us" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After meditating on Jesus' encounters with some figures from the Gospels, Pope Francis, continuing the cycle of catechesis dedicated to the life of Christ read in the light of the themes of ...
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  13 April 2025
  VATICAN - Palm Sunday, the Pope: like Simon of Cyrene, he who carries the cross of Christ shares his redemptive love Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "Faced with the appalling injustice of evil, we never carry the cross of Christ in vain; on the contrary, it is the most tangible way for us to share in his redemptive love." Under a gray ...
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  12 April 2025
  Cardinal Parolin: A Christian perspective on the encounter between the Gospel and China by Cardinal Pietro Parolin* Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish Cardinal Pietro Parolin's preface to the book by the missionary and priest Antonio Sergianni, "The journey of the Gospel in China. In the footsteps ...
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  9 April 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: Jesus' love is free Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Eternal life is not "an inheritance, something that is obtained by right", but Jesus' "free love." Pope Francis recalled this during his third week of convalescence at Santa Marta in the Va ...
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  9 April 2025
  VATICAN - Subsidies and support to achieve financial autonomy: How the Dicastery for Evangelization supports local Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - How much funding does the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches) allocate to help the dioceses in the territories under its jurisdic ...
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  7 April 2025
  VATICAN - A study day on subsidies for new particular Churches at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Subsidies and financial autonomy of the Churches subject to the Dicastery for Evangelization will be the focus of a study day of shared reflections and insights to be held on Tuesday, Apr ...