Vatican

• 21 February 2011
  VATICAN - Three Founders to be canonised on Day of Missions: Guido Maria Conforti, Luigi Guanella and Bonifacia Rodríguez de Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace at midday today (21 Feb.), the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided at an ordinary public consistory for the Canonisation of the follow ...
• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - Pope presented with 2011 Pontifical Yearbook: revised statistics of the Catholic Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning the Pontifical Yearbook was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. From reading this book we may gain an update about the life of the Catholic Church around the world. Th ...
• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - “New initiatives in evangelisation will only be fruitful if... those proposing them are people who truly believe and live the message of the Gospel themselves”: Pope to the Bishops of the Philippines Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “While the Philippines continues to face many challenges in the area of economic development, we must recognise that these obstacles to a life of happiness and fulfilment are not the on ...
• 18 February 2011
  VATICAN - The relevance of St Paul for the life of the Church in her mission of evangelisation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pauline Year was “like a strategic moment in the life of the Church. It was strategic because it helped to bring to light not only the many-sided richness of thought by the Apostle ...
• 12 February 2011
  Vatican - Vocations: the Pope calls for increasing “priestly and religious vocations, especially missionary” and to ensure “an equitable distribution of priests around the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I address a particular word to you, my dear Brother Bishops, to provide continuity and to spread your mission of salvation in Christ. It is important 'to increase priestly and religious ...
• 8 February 2011
  VATICAN - Internet “may serve not only for studies, but also for pastoral care activities by future priests in various areas of the Church, such as evangelisation, missionary work and catechesis,” recalls the Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The internet, with its capacity to overcome distances and put people in contact, also presents great possibilities for the Church and her mission. With the necessary discernment to ens ...
• 7 February 2011
  VATICAN - Episcopal Ordination: “It is time for mission: the Lord sends you, dear friends, into his harvest” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, 5 February, in St Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father Benedict XVI conferred Episcopal Ordination upon the following five priests: Msgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, of the Salesian Society ...
• 7 February 2011
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope hopes that Egypt “may rediscover tranquillity and peaceful coexistence, in a shared commitment for the common good” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his Address prior to reciting the Angelus on Sunday, 6 February, taking his cue from Sunday's Gospel passage, the Holy Father Benedict XVI emphasised how Jesus, through these words dir ...
• 3 February 2011
  VATICAN - “Consecrated men and women are in fact given the chance to express primacy of God and passion for the Gospel, practised in life and announced to the poor and to the weakest of the earth” Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – “The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is an eloquent symbol of complete donation of life, for all those men and women who are called to reproduce, in the Church and the world, via the eva ...
• 2 February 2011
  VATICAN - Pope's Message: “The great task of evangelisation requires an ever increasing number of people to respond generously to the call of God” Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church, in its depths, has an implicit vocational dimension in its etymological meaning: 'assembly convoked' by God. The Christian life takes its turn in the same vocational dimension w ...
• 1 February 2011
  VATICAN - The Intentions entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Following are the Intentions that the Holy Father Benedict XVI has entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for 2012. January General: That the victims of natural disasters may receive ...
• 31 January 2011
  VATICANO - In light of the Beatitudes “the Church does not fear poverty, humiliation or persecution in a society often attracted by material wellbeing and worldly power” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Beatitudes are a new programme for life, to free ourselves from the false values of the world and open ourselves to true goodness, now and in the future, said the Holy Father Pope ...
• 29 January 2011
  VATICAN - Unite efforts to guarantee justice and love to people suffering from Hansen's disease: World Leprosy Day, 30 January Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Unite our efforts in order to better express Justice and Love to people suffering from Hansen’s disease.” This is the title of the Message of Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, President ...
• 29 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Church's commitment to those sick with leprosy: 529 lepers around the world Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary Church has a long tradition of helping those sick with leprosy, often even abandoning their own families and always giving them, apart from medical help and spiritual assistance ...
• 27 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Message of the Pope for World Mission Day 2011 in various languages Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the website of Agenzia Fides (www.fides.org), the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message for World Mission Day, to be held on 23 October 2011, may be found in various languages: Italian, E ...