Vatican

• 9 November 2009
  VATICAN - “May the Church be a shining beacon of hope for humanity in the third millennium”: Benedict XVI on Pastoral Visit to Brescia to pay tribute to Paul VI Brescia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is a real spiritual body that prolongs in space and time the sacrifice of the Son of God, a sacrifice seemingly insignificant compared to the size of the world and of history, but a ...
• 4 November 2009
  VATICAN - 6th World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees: “A pastoral response to the phenomenon of migration in the era of globalization.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – November 9-12, the Vatican will be hosting the 6th World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees on the theme: “A pastoral response to the phenomenon of migration in the ...
• 3 November 2009
  VATICAN - Press Release of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, news has circulated regarding the situation of the Diocese of Baoding (Hebei), mainland China, especially regarding Coadjutor Bishop Francis An Shuxin. These news speak of ...
• 30 October 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran: “The Holy See trusts that the Iranian authorities will be able to reinforce and guarantee to Christians the liberty to profess their faith and to ensure for the Catholic community the essential conditions for its existence.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “By your presence in international entities and bilateral relations with numerous countries, the Holy See wishes to defend and promote human dignity. It also wishes to be at the service o ...
• 30 October 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope encourages those working in communications and pastoral guidance in the Church to “to take up the challenges that these new technologies pose to evangelization.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Modern culture arises, even before the contents, from the very fact that new ways of communication exist with new languages, new techniques, new psychological behavior. All this constitu ...
• 26 October 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus recalls the dynamism of the local African Churches: “We are grateful to God for the missionary élan that has found fertile ground in numerous dioceses and that is expressed in the sending of missionaries to other African countries and different continents.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the three weeks of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops. “the Synod Fathers, who have come from every country in Africa, have presented the rich reality of ...
• 26 October 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI concludes Synod for Africa: “Courage! Get on your feet, continent of Africa...As she offers the bread of the Word and the Eucharist, the Church dedicates herself also to work, with every means available, so that no African will be without daily bread” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Get up, Church in Africa, family of God...Take the journey of a new evangelization with the courage that comes from the Holy Spirit...Courage! Get on your feet, continent of Africa. Welc ...
• 24 October 2009
  VATICAN - “Africa is not helpless. Our destiny is still in our hands. Africa is already moving; and the Church is moving with her, offering her the light of the Gospel.” Message to the People of God at the Conclusion of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the 18th General Congregation, held on October 23, the Synodal Fathers approved the Message for the conclusion of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops. The text i ...
• 22 October 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the General Audience calls for support for African Church that “faith in Christ may not only spread and grow, but also to help those who suffer” and recalls that “the month of October invites us to renew our active cooperation with the mission of the Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Synod for Africa is about to end. As you know, the Church in that continent, in spite of various difficulties, is continually growing. May faith in Christ may not only spread and gro ...
• 21 October 2009
  VATICAN - October 28, inauguration of 2009-2010 Academic Year of the Urbaniana Pontifical University; address from Archbishop of Kinshasa on “Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa: Missionary Challenge for the Universal Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Grand Chancellor of the Urbaniana Pontifical University, will preside a Mass “De Spiritu Sancto” ...
• 21 October 2009
  VATICAN - Synod Fathers express their “deepest sentiments of fraternal communion” to the Bishops of the Dioceses of the Great Lakes Region, for the “inhuman suffering” suffered by innocent peoples, “imploring that the language of arms be replaced with that of dialogue and negotiation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Synod Fathers have sent a Letter to the Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Sudan, Uganda, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic, signed by th ...
• 19 October 2009
  VATICAN - On Mission Sunday, Cardinal Ivan Dias presides Closing Mass for 400th anniversary of the death of St. John Leonardi, who “never left Italy and yet lived an intense missionary life” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saint John Leonardi “with his luminous life made God present to mankind. This is the meaning of his missionary life.” These were the words of Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congre ...
• 16 October 2009
  VATICAN - Message from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to Hindus, for the feast of Diwali: “Hindus and Christians: Committed to Integral Human Development” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “And Pope Benedict XVI wrote recently that "integral human development presupposes the responsible freedom of the individual and of peoples" (Caritas in veritate, no. 17). Such authentic ...
• 13 October 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father to visit FAO Headquarters and Synagogue in Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has issued a statement saying that on the morning of Monday, November 16, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will travel to the FAO Headquarters (Rome), for the openin ...
• 12 October 2009
  VATICAN - “In this time of grace the whole of the Christian community is called to rediscover the beauty of the priestly vocation and thus to pray for priests.” Letter to the sick, suffering, and health care workers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Year for Priests, which His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI declared beginning with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, this past June 19, 2009, the Pontifical C ...