Vatican

• 14 May 2003
  VATICAN - EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN BISHOPS, WITH PONTIFICAL COUNCIL COR UNUM, WILL VISIT COLOMBIA CARRYING PAPAL MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY AND ENCOURAGEMENT Bogota (Fides Service) – At the invitation of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference, a delegation of European and North American Bishops is visiting Colombia (12-19 May) to deliver a Message from Pope John Paul II and al ...
• 13 May 2003
  VATICAN - THE CHURCH NEEDS SCIENCE AND SCIENCE NEEDS RELIGION Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The Church reaffirms the legitimate autonomy of science and her appreciation for this eminent form of human knowledge, recognising her own errors committed in the past. Also in ...
• 12 May 2003
  VATICAN - MISSION AND THE YOUNG CHURCHES: INTERVENTION BY CARD. CRESCENZIO SEPE AT THE CONGRESS PROMOTED BY THE PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY TO MARK 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II Vatican City (Fides Service) – The work of the congress “John Paul II: 25 years of Pontificate- The Church at the service of mankind” promoted by the Pontifical Lateran University moved from the university to the P ...
• 12 May 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES DOCENTS AND STUDENTS OF LATERAN UNIVERSITY: THE GOSPEL MESSAGE - BEACON OF LIGHT AND SALVATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF EVERY RACE AND CULTURE IN WHATEVER SITUATION THEY MAY LIVE Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Friday 9 May Pope John Paul II received in audience in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, participants at the International Congress promoted by the Pontifical Lateran University on the t ...
• 12 May 2003
  VATICAN - ON VOCATIONS DAY THE POPE ORDAINS 31 NEW PRIESTS FOR HIS OWN DIOCESE: THE PRIEST, MAN OF THE WORD, MAN OF THE EUCHARIST, MINISTER OF DIVINE MERCY Vatican City (Fides Service) – In St Peter’s Basilica on 11 May, Good Shepherd Sunday, 4th of Easter, traditionally the Church’s annual day of prayer for vocations, Pope John Paul II presided Mass during which he o ...
• 9 May 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL LETTER TO ARCHDIOCESE OF KRAKOW AND THE CHURCH IN POLAND FOR 750TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANONISATION OF SAINT STANISLAUS Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Grow in holiness! Build the house of your life on the rock of divine grace, so that its solidity is founded on fidelity to God and to his commandments!” With these words Pope John Pa ...
• 9 May 2003
  VATICAN - CARDINAL SEPE TO THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES GENERAL ASSEMBLY: OUR DUTY OF MISSIONARY ANIMATION IS TODAY AS IMPORTANT AND URGENT AS EVER IN THE FACE OF THE CHALLENGES AWAITING US Rome (Fides Service) – “If the work of a national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies is exciting and rewarding, it is also delicate and important for the entire missionary life of the particular Churches an ...
• 9 May 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL AUDIENCE: THE PRINCIPLE TASK OF BISHOPS AND PRIESTS IS TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH THROUGH PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD OF GOD AND THE TEACHING OF CATECHISM Vatican City (Fides Service) – “As the first catechist of the community, the priest, especially if he is the parish priest, is called to be the first believer and disciple of the Word of God and to devote assiduous c ...
• 8 May 2003
  VATICAN - PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM ON POPE JOHN PAUL 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE: THE CHURCH AT THE SERVICE OF MANKIND Rome (Fides Service) – “John Paul II: 25 years of Pontificate – The Church at the Service of Mankind” is the theme of a three day symposium which opened on May 8 at the Pontifical Lateran University. Among those ...
• 8 May 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL AUDIENCE: MY APOSTOLIC VISIT TO SPAIN CONFIRMED MY PROFOUND CONVICTION THAT THE ANCIENT NATIONS OF EUROPE STILL HAVE A CHRISTIAN HEART Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the general audience of Wednesday 7 May in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II spoke of his recent visit to Spain (3 and 4 May): “From the moment of my arrival I had the opport ...
• 7 May 2003
  VATICAN - A NEW ERA IN RELATIONS NOT ONLY BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY BUT ALSO BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THE CHURCH Vatican City (Fides Service) – Yesterday (6 May) a project entitled “Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest”, fruit of the personal commitment of Pope John Paul II to overcome misunderstandings been the Churc ...
• 5 May 2003
  VATICAN - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OPENS WITH SPECIAL SESSION FOR NEW NATIONAL DIRECTORS Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies opened on May 5 at Pala Cavicchi in Ciampino (Rome) with a special Session for new National Directors. Participants at the m ...
• 2 May 2003
  VATICAN - ROSARY AND MISSION: AT THE START OF THE MARIAN MONTH OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY WE PRESENT A REFLECTION BY REV. FERNANDO GALBIATI, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY UNION Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The meditation of the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (RVM) offers several points for missionary reflection. Indeed it opens the mind to the universal dimension that the myst ...
• 2 May 2003
  VATICAN - ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES OPENS MAY 5: HOW TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITY? Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Monday 5 May, with a welcome speech by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, the annual assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 2 May 2003
  VATICAN - POPE AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: MODEL OF POLITICAL LEADER SHOULD BE: DIVINE INTERVENTION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD Vatican City (Fides Service) – After two Wednesday catechesis on the significance of the Liturgical Celebrations of Easter, during the general audience on April 30, in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II resumed his ...