News

• 30 June 2008
  VATICAN - On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Benedict XVI says that, “The blood of martyrs does not call for revenge — but reconciles... it presents itself as the power of love which overcomes hate and violence.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 29, Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated the Mass in the Vatican Basilica, accompanied by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartho ...
• 30 June 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops against abortion: “Our Constitution would be polluted with inhumanity were the state to demonstrate inadmissible indifference with regard to the deliberate killing of the unborn child ” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “The Right to Life” is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ecuador expressing concern on behalf of many Ecuadorians with regard to certain articles approved ...
• 28 June 2008
  Dossier - Saint Paul “The Greatest Missionary of all times” Dossier - Saint Paul “The Greatest Missionary of all times” (Pope Benedict XVI, Message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2008) Introduction Who was Paul? geographical and chronological origin. ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, 42 new archbishops appointed in the past twelve months will receive the Pallium from the hands of Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 29 June Feast of Saints Peter and Paul the Holy Father Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in St Peter's Basilica, with the participation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Som ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - Pontifical Mission Societies' General Assembly 2008 assigns subsidies to support daily life of young Churches, formation of seminarians and priests, initiatives to help children in need Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies General at their annual general assembly held in Rome 19 to 21 May, as is the custom, assigned subsides in answer to requests for assistance. The Ponti ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses the Bishops of Honduras: “what is needed is vast and bold activity of evangelisation founded less on the effectiveness of material means and more on the power of the Word of God ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic community in Honduras has been blessed with the consecration of five new Bishops in a short period of time: may the Lord render this ad limina visit which you are making exa ...
• 27 June 2008
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Initiatives for the Year of St Paul: catechesis " Walking the Year with St Paul ", liturgical handbooks, study meetings and a travelling exhibition Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - This weekend Catholic dioceses all over Portugal will begin a variety of initiatives organised to celebrate the Year of St Paul, convoked by Pope Benedict XVI. A Bishops' Conference statement rec ...
• 27 June 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the Year of St Paul: “ imitating St Paul, we must mobiles our energies for evangelisation” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- "In communion with the universal Church, the Christians of Cameroon welcome the initiative of His Holiness Benedict XVI to indict a Year of St Paul and we render thanks to God" the Bishops of Cam ...
• 27 June 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Irradiate the spirituality of St Paul everywhere: local Church initiatives for the Year of St Paul Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “We welcome the Year of St Paul with great joy. We open our hearts and minds to the light of grace which will lead us to a better understanding of the life and writings left to us by the belo ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said, but I say to you …” - intervention by Prof. Michele Loconsole - Jesus the Jew: n authentic historic discovery or a storicist reduction? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This month Kos magazine, published by San Raffaele, Milan, and edited by don Luigi Maria Verzè, dedicated a whole issue to the figure of Jesus the Jew, with authoritative contributions. Th ...
• 27 June 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Archbishop of Quito states: “A Catholic cannot be pro-abortion" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Quito, Raúl Vera issued a statement with his auxiliary Bishops, René Cobagalarza and Danilo Echeverría, expressing profound concern for a pro-abortion banner found at the foot ...
• 26 June 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for July 2008 “May World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, fill young people with the fire of God's love that they may sow seeds of hope for a new humanity ” Comment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Clearly youth is the future of the Church and the hope of society. This is why the Church has so at heart the evangelisation of young people. It was John Paul II who, certainly inspired by ...
• 26 June 2008
  VATICAN - Message from Benedict for the publication of first issue of the Osservatore Romano weekly English edition in Malayalam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the publication of the first issue of the weekly English edition of the L'Osservatore Romano, in Maylayalam, the Holy Father addressed the following message to Catholics ...
• 26 June 2008
  THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - A call to Christocentrism Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Emphasis, at times unilateral, on the human element and its centrality, even when “doing theology”, can be traced to a erroneous understanding, almost counterposition, of the relationsh ...
• 26 June 2008
  VATICAN - “The life and the thought of Maximus are powerfully illuminated by immensely courageous witness to Christ in his whole reality, without limitation or compromise”: the Pope's catechesis dedicated to Saint Maximus the Confessor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ The life and the thought of Maximus are powerfully illuminated by immensely courageous witness to Christ in his whole reality, without limitation or compromise. This reveals who man r ...