Vatican

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  17 May 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Equatorial Guinea to ordain three Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will depart for a pastoral visit to Equatorial Guinea tomorrow, May 18, where on 20 May he will pres ...
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  8 May 2017
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal to Venezuelans: "Do not fall into mistrust and despair" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis urged Venezuelan Bishops to build bridges between the government and the opposition to resolve the country's current problems of uncertainty and violence. In a letter dated May ...
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  4 May 2017
  VATICAN - The heroic virtues of Cardinal Francesco Saverio Nguyên Van Thuân have been recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was received this morning in audience by the Holy Father who authorized the Congregation to promulgate ...
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  24 April 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: “The Church is Church if she is a Church of martyrs” Roma (Agenzia Fides) – “The memory of these heroic, early and recent witnesses confirms us in the awareness that the Church is a Church of martyrs… and martyrs are those who had the grace to confess Jesus until the ...
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  19 April 2017
  VATICAN - Tadeusz Wojda, Under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Archbishop of Bialystok Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Białystok, Poland, Rev. Tadeusz Wojda S.A.C., Under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The announcemen ...
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  28 March 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at Urbaniana: "Open to the world in which we are called to work" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This feast of the Pontifical Urbaniana University is an event that we gladly celebrate as a family celebration. In this institution, students, professors and staff spend the best hours of ...
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  24 March 2017
  VATICAN - The martyrdom of a nun engaged in providing assistance to women and respect for their rights has been recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree on the martyrdom of the Servant of God Sister Regina Maria Vattalil (nee Maria), professed nun ...
• 21 March 2017
  VATICAN - Pope meets with the President of Rwanda: pain for the genocide and for the failings of the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, March 20, at the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, received in Audience His Excellency Mr Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda. Subsequently, the Pr ...
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  17 March 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: "To advance firmly towards this process of listening, understanding, discernment and action" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Urbaniana University dedicated its main moment of scientific reflection of the academic year, to the deepening of the meaning of "discernment" in the Church and in the world ...
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  23 February 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the College of St Peter Apostle: "Have a great love for your mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Bishops, in entrusting you to our Congregation, felt that here you would have had an adequate «knowledge» of Christ and here you would have learned the meaning of that great and yet ...
• 22 February 2017
  VATICAN - Pope's Appeal for South Sudan: commit not to stop at making statements Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the general audience today in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father launched an appealed for the tragic situation in South Suda, with these words: "Of particular concern is the painful ...
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  21 February 2017
  VATICAN - Death of Fr. Galbiati, PIME: he was Secretary General of the PMU and POPF Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Saturday, February 18, Father Fernando Galbiati died in Lecco. He was a missionary in China, twelfth Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), Gene ...
• 20 February 2017
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal for the victims of violence in Congo, Pakistan and Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian prayer of the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square yesterday, Sunday, February 19, the Holy Father invited to pray for the people who suffer violence in ...
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  15 February 2017
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the seminar on Laity and Mission: "When a person feels loved, he opens to the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – A seminar on "Laity and Mission", organized by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) and the International Centre for Missionary Animation (CIAM), with th ...
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  13 February 2017
  VATICAN - "Omnis Terra" magazine of culture and mission of the Pontifical Mission Societies, again online Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The publications of "Omnis Terra", the magazine of culture, mission and news analysis published by the International Secretariats of the Pontifical Mission Societies resumes today, Februa ...