Vatican

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  6 September 2024
  VATICAN - Jubilee 2025: The Pontifical Missionary Union offers an online itinerary of prayer and reflection Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The prayer journey of Christ's missionary disciples" is the title of the itinerary of four online meetings in English on prayer, organized and promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union ( ...
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  3 September 2024
  Pope Francis’s trip to ‘Southeast Asia’ and the mission of the Church today by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival in Jakarta of the flight that took off from Rome, Pope Francis' 45th international apostolic journey has begun. The Bishop of Rome, at almost 88 years of age, ...
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  2 September 2024
  Pope Francis Enforcing Four Principles for Social Harmony During Asia-Pacific Apostolic Mission by Victor Gaetan*   Rome (Fides News Agency) - Pope Francis’s ambitious 4-country pilgrimage, September 2-13, will include countless, colorful encounters as young countries greet the pontiff and he, in turn, ...
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  30 August 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The Pontifical Urban University "has an identity of its own" and should not be "blended" with other universities Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "We do not live in a Christian society, but we are called to live as Christians in today’s pluralistic society." And a historical and prestigious institution such as the Pontifical Ur ...
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  29 August 2024
  VATICAN - The future of the Pontifical Urbaniana University at the center of the Extraordinary Plenary Assembly of the Missionary Dicastery by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) - The Pontifical Urbaniana University is approaching an important crossroads in its long and unparalleled history. Today and tomorrow, August 29 and 30, the members of the ...
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  28 August 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: "Systematically turning migrants away is a grave sin" Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "This must be said clearly: there are people who work systematically and with every means to turn migrants away. And this, when done with cognizance and responsibility, is a grave sin. ...
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  27 August 2024
  Cardinal Tagle: the Pope's journey to Asia and Oceania is an "act of humility and obedience to the mission" by Gianni Valente and Fabio Beretta Rome (Fides News Agency) - Four nations in two continents, for a total of almost 40 thousand kilometers to cover. The papal plane will take off from Fiumicino airport on September ...
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  21 August 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - The Pope: Christians spread the fragrance of Christ, not the stench of their own sins Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "We are, before God, the fragrance of Christ". Pope Francis quotes Saint Paul and asks Catholics to commit so people may feel "the fragrance of the Spirit of Christ" surrounding each be ...
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  18 August 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS Pope Francis: "The Eucharist is necessary, Jesus saves us by nourishing our lives with His" Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – "The Eucharist is necessary, for everyone. Jesus takes care of our greatest need: he saves us, nourishing our lives with his, and does it forever". These are the words of Pope Francis ...
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  15 August 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - The Pope: our destination is Heaven, "Mary precedes us on this journey" by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The goal of every Christian is Heaven. And Mary "precedes" us on this "journey". Pope Francis said it this morning overlooking a sweltering St. Peter's Square for t ...
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  8 August 2024
  VATICAN - Cancelation of debts to achieve peace: Pope Francis' dream for the Jubilee Year by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cancelation of debts as a path to peace. This is what Pope Francis, like his predecessors, had called for for the upcoming Jubilee Year. The Pontiff also formulates t ...
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  7 August 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis at the Genreal Audience: "Without the Holy Spirit the Church cannot move forward" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Without the Holy Spirit the Church cannot move forward", said Pope Francis at the first general audience after the summer break in July. During the meeting with pilgrims from all over the ...
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  8 July 2024
  VATICAN - A precious tool: The Catalogue of Chinese Documents in the Propaganda Fide Historical Archives Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A precious and invaluable historical resource for everyone, the Church, academics, scholars included, is what the Catalogue of Chinese documents in the Propaganda Fide Historical Archives ( ...
• 8 June 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches: the Reverend Fathers Ferr ...
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  28 May 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle to the Pontifical Mission Societies: seek new ways to "go out and invite everyone" to the Lord’s banquet Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Church is to ‘go out’ into the main roads of the world and ‘invite’ to the feast whomever you find. The Pontifical Mission Societies are also called to show through ...