Vatican

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  7 December 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Iraq on 5-8 March 2021 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis, accepting the invitation of the Republic of Iraq and of the local Catholic Church, will make an Apostolic Journey to the aforementioned Country on 5-8 March 2021. He will vis ...
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  3 December 2020
  VATICAN - Feast of St. Francis Xavier Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church and the missionary world celebrate today, December 3, Saint Francis Xavier (Javier 1506 - Sancian Island 1552), one of the first disciples of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who was pa ...
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  2 December 2020
  VATICAN - General audience: Pope commemorates missionaries murdered 40 years ago Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, Pope Francis recalled the ordeal of four missionaries with the words: "Today is the fortieth anniversary of the death of four North American missiona ...
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  30 November 2020
  VATICAN - Three webinars promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies on missionary charity and fundraising Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The formation activity promoted by the International Secretariats of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), through the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), does not stop in time of a pand ...
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  24 November 2020
  VATICAN - The second edition of "Communication is mission" training course begins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The second edition of the multimedia training course entitled "Communication is Mission" has begun. The course is promoted by the Faculty of Institutional Social Communication of the Pontif ...
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  18 November 2020
  VATICAN - Appointment of members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as members of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples His Eminence Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., president of the Pontifical Counci ...
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  14 November 2020
  VATICAN - World Day of the Poor: in a true Christian community there are no members who give and others who receive. There are only "neighbors" who share Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to ensure that people who live in poverty can make an active contribution to building an inclusive and just society, a transforming Caritas and a welcoming Church", said the spirit ...
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  11 November 2020
  VATICAN - Family: Domestic Church, Missionary Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The latest issue of the Bulletin of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) is dedicated to the Christian family in the world today. Citing various documents of the Magisterium ...
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  29 October 2020
  VATICAN - Martyrdom of two Lebanese Capuchin missionaries recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decrees concerning the martyrdom of the Servants of God Leonardo Melki and Tommaso Saleh, of the O ...
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  28 October 2020
  VATICAN - Pope recalls violence in Cameroon: "May the guns fall silent and the safety of all be guaranteed" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, Pope Francis recalled the recent violence in Cameroon (see Fides, 26/10/2020). "I participate in the suffering of the families of the young students ...
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  26 October 2020
  VATICAN - The Pope announces a Consistory for the creation of 13 new Cardinals, 2 of whom come from territories under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At yesterday's Angelus, Sunday 25 October, the Holy Father Francis announced a Consistory for the creation of 13 new Cardinals to be held on 28 November, on the eve of the first Sunday of A ...
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  22 October 2020
  VATICAN - Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China regarding the appointment of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 22 October 2020, the Press Office of the Holy See has released the following "Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic ...
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  21 October 2020
  VATICAN - Testimony of the Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood on the involvement of children and young people in proclaiming Christ during the missionary month Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Children and young people are protagonists of the missionary month and of missionary animation in the whole world. They are the young missionary disciples who evangelize, through prayer an ...
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  19 October 2020
  VATICAN - After the Angelus, Pope Francis recalls the missionaries "who sow the Gospel in the great field of the world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian Angelus prayer, the Holy Father yesterday recalled the celebration of Mission Sunday with these words: "Today we celebrate World Mission Day, which has the theme “Here I ...
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  19 October 2020
  VATICAN - India, Panama and Honduras recipients of aid from the PMS Fund for the Covid emergency Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Church in India has reached and provided assistance to several million people, especially the poorest and those in vulnerable conditions. Indian C ...