Vatican

• 21 January 2011
  VATICAN - “A builder of bridges with China”, the desire of the new Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “In my new, sensitive role I would like to be a builder of bridges with China”: Fides was told by Archbishop-elect Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., new Secretary of the Congregation for the ...
• 18 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope sends 200 Neo-Catechumenal families out on mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I am especially pleased today to be able to send out in various parts of the world, more than 200 new families, who with great generosity have made themselves available and are leaving ...
• 17 January 2011
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope recalls that even “the Son of God was a refugee” and prays for the people affected by floods in Australia, Brazil, Philippines and Sri Lanka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the World Day for Migrants and Refugees, Sunday, 16 January, the Holy Father Benedict XVI invited all to reflect on his prior Address at the Angelus, on the experience “of many men a ...
• 11 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Diplomatic Corps: “that Catholic communities everywhere be guaranteed full autonomy of organization and the freedom to carry out their mission” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The religious dimension is an undeniable and irrepressible feature of man’s being and acting.... Consequently, when the individual himself or those around him neglect or deny this fu ...
• 10 January 2011
  VATICAN - The pope encourages all the faithful “to rediscover the beauty of being baptised” and recalls the earthquake in Haiti and the commitment to religious freedom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I would like to encourage all the faithful to rediscover the beauty of being baptised and belonging to the great family of God, and to give joyful witness of their faith, that they may g ...
• 3 January 2011
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - Appointment of the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Father Savio Hon Tai-Fai, SDB, Professor of Theology at the ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Our world continues to be marked by violence, especially against the disciples of Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, 26 December, Feast of the Holy Family, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square. “Jesus was born in ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - The announcement of Christmas a “cause for hope for all those whose dignity is offended and violated, because He who was born in Bethlehem came to liberate man from the root of all forms of slavery” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The announcement of Christmas is also a light for peoples, for the collective journey of humanity.... To believe in God who wanted to share our story is a constant encouragement to engag ...
• 21 December 2010
  VATICANO - “Faith is not a thing of the past, but an encounter with the God Who lives and acts now”: Benedict XVI to the Roman Curia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his Address to the Roman Curia on the occasion of exchanging Christmas greetings on 20 December, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled as usual on this occasion, the main events of the ...
• 20 December 2010
  VATICAN - Secretary General Appointed for the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has nominated Dr Baptistine Jeanne Ralamboarison, Dame of the Order of Pope St Sylvester, as Secretary Gen ...
• 18 December 2010
  VATICAN - “Freedom of religion and mission” - Fides Editorial Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his Message for the XLIV World Day of Peace, 1 January 2011, Benedict XVI assigns “an historic and prophetic mission” to religious freedom so that humanity may live in peace and sere ...
• 13 December 2010
  VATICAN - Towards the canonization of Bl Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian Missionaries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI authorized the promulgation of various Decrees, the first of which recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xave ...
• 9 December 2010
  VATICAN - Inauguration of the Missionary Museum of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The new museum tour, in the place where it was created and for the contents of the works that are exhibited, certainly makes an important contribution towards the goal of broader dissemi ...
• 6 December 2010
  VATICAN - At the Angelus Benedict XVI's invitation to pray “for all situations of violence, of intolerance, of suffering in the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian prayer of the Angelus, recited with the faithful and pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday, 5 December, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made the following appeal: � ...