(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is celebrating the 47th anniversary of his priestly ordination on Tuesday 13th December. He will soon mark another milestone, when he ...

(Vatican Radio) The spirit of clericalism is an evil that is present in the Church today, Pope Francis said, and the victim of this spirit ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to participants in the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a letter to the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, through Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, appealing for ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is calling for a renewed culture of nonviolence to inform global politics today, saying military responses to conflicts only breed more ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday invited the faithful to rejoice of a joy that is not ‘superficial’ or purely ‘emotional,’ of a joy that ...

(Vatican Radio) The Third Sunday of Advent is the traditional day when the children of Rome bring the Baby Jesus statues from their Nativity Scenes ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday spoke about the beatification of a group of martyrs which took place earlier in the day in Vientiane, Laos ...

(Vatican Radio) Monsignor Janusz Urbańczyk, the Holy See’s Permanent Respresentative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) participated in Wednesday’s ...

(Vatican Radio) Monsignor Antoine Camilleri, Under-Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States, on Wednesday gave the keynote address at the Conference on Combating ...

(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Thursday announced the Cardinals Commission of Vigilance of the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican ...

(Vatican Radio) The Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, on Wednesday called ...

(Vatican Radio) The Council of 9 Cardinals met this week in the Vatican, from Monday, December 12^th, to Wednesday, December 14^th. The Director ...

(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See  to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva has delivered a statement ...

(Vatican Radio) European Mayors meeting in the Vatican concluded a two-day meeting on the refugee crisis by issuing a statement on Saturday evening calling for ...

(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Peter Turkson made an introductory address to a conference reviewing how the Holy See’s response to the Ebola outbreak in West ...

(Vatican Radio)  The Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy has issued an updated instrument for the formation of priests.

The document, entitled Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis ...

Pontifical Acts in the Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office

Bangui - "Since August 2016 we have noted an alarming increase in human rights violations", said a statement from the UN Mission in the Central African ...

Bishkek - Kyrgyzstan is preparing to create an anti-terrorism state program that will in particular aim to increase both preventive and repressive measures to fight the ...

Ciudad Guayana - Since September 28 the main hospital in Ciudad Guayana, in eastern Venezuela, has been admitting among pediatric emergencies only possible cases of diphtheria ...

Throughout the country’s history, Burmese officials have maintained control “through a divide and rule strategy, pitting Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims against each other,” said ...

Cairo - Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, led the high-level delegation of the largest Sunni theological center, who yesterday paid a visit at ...

New Delhi - New violence against Christians, carried out in view of Christmas, cause concern in the Indian Christian community. According to information gathered by Fides ...

Jakarta - The Christian governor of Jakarta shed tears yesterday, 13 December during the hearing in court, on the first day of the trial in which ...

Sydney - "Fill your senses with the sights, sounds and smells of Cambodia, with its changing landscapes and colourful culture cycling along the dusty roads of ...

The Indian Catholic Church on Monday, has officially released a policy document to build a truly inclusive community as an ethical imperative. The Indian Bishops ...

Indian Sister Valsa John Malamel, a 53-year old member of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and ‎Mary congregation, was brutally murdered on the night ...

Catholic Women from Mtima Woyera and Maula Deaneries in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe on Saturday and Sunday last week respectively donated assorted items including sugar ...

Neuquén - In their message for Christmas, the Bishops of the Region of Patagonia-Comahue ask to reflect on the violence that the country lives. "Everything seems ...

Bangkok - In Thailand every home, office, factory, farm and public space exposes a giant poster of the King or the royal family, especially in this ...

Johannesburg - "We as the Church in Southern Africa are in solidarity with the Coptic Orthodox Church in mourning the death of our beloved brothers and ...

Port of Spain - "No to the death penalty". This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Port of ...

(Vatican Radio) Brazilian Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns died on Wednesday morning, aged 95,  after a long struggle with lung and kidney problems.

The Archbishop Emeritus ...

The Indonesian Bishops have officially asked the government for a moratorium on the death penalty. As reported to Fides by Fr. Paulus Christian Siswantoko, executive ...

La Plata - The Archdiocese of La Plata has decided not to renew its sponsorship of the "Scouts of Argentina" because they "are conducting a process ...