by user | Jun 22, 2015 | News
Vatican City, 18 June 2015 (VIS) – The following text offers an overview of the 191 pages of the Encyclical Laudato si’ and its key points, along with a summary of each of its six chapters (“What is happening to our common home”, “The Gospel of Creation”, “The...
by user | Feb 10, 2015 | News
Vatican City, 10 February 2015 (VIS) – The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments today published the Homiletic Directory, which opens with the decree of Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the dicastery on the date on which it...
by user | Oct 21, 2014 | News
(Vatican) As Hindus worldwide celebrate Deepavali or Diwali, the festival of lights, the Vatican has called on Hindus, Christians, followers of other religions and people of good to foster together a culture of inclusion for a just and peaceful society. In a...
by user | Jul 31, 2014 | News
Vatican City, 27 July 2014 (VIS) – After today’s Angelus prayer, the Holy Father, remarking that tomorrow marks the centenary of the beginning of the First World War, launched a new appeal for peace in the Middle East, Iraq and Ukraine, and called for a...
by user | Apr 28, 2014 | News
Ottawa, Ontario 27 April 2014 Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement recognizing the canonization of Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II: “Today in Vatican City, His Holiness Pope Francis formally canonized Blessed John XXIII and...