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• 3 January 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “Mary: Mother, custodian of our hearts”, Rev Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The civil year opens with greetings and all the rest, overlooking the fact that the Church calls the whole world to look towards an horizon which will one day be eternal. From this horizon ...
• 2 January 2007
  VATICAN - The term “peace” refers to[…] “salvation” brought by Christ […] We recognise Him as the Prince of peace. Pope Benedict XVI presides Mass for the solemnity of Most Holy Mary, Mother of God. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily on January 1st during Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the solemnity of the Most Holy Mary Mother of God, Pope Benedict XVI underlined the historical dimension of the events ...
• 2 January 2007
  VATICAN - Like the Blessed Virgin Mother the Church, shows Jesus the Saviour to all men and women. The Pope’s Angelus on January 1 2007, solemnity of the Mother of God. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At midday on January 1st before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer, the Pope addressed thousands of visitors in St Peter’s Square. After mentioning the celebration of th ...
• 2 January 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somalia’s difficult transition to peace after last Islamic Courts Union stronghold falls Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The future remains uncertain for Somalia, since Government and Ethiopian troops took the last stronghold of the Union of Islamic Courts. Government troops moved into Chisimaio (500 km south of ...
• 30 December 2006
  NAMES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE ON MISSION IN 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Once again as the year comes to a close we give the names of men and women pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner during 2006. According to the information we have this y ...
• 29 December 2006
  A Collection of the Prayers of The Bible With its “world prayer campaign”, Fides Agency is glad to present this PRAYER COLLECTION on the occasion of the Christmas Celebration, of the coming of the Saviour of mankind. The “New Evangelization” means getti ...
• 28 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI Christmas message: “God becomes man in Jesus Christ, He is born of the Virgin Mary, he is born again today in the Church. He brings the love of the heavenly Father to all men and women. He is the Saviour of the world! Do not be afraid, open your hearts, welcome Him, so that His Kingdom of love and peace may be a common heritage for all mankind” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 12 noon on 25 December, Christmas Day, from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica Pope Benedict XVI delivered his Christmas Message and imparted his special Urbi et Orbi blessin ...
• 28 December 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s catechesis at the general audience: “The question continually asked in these two thousand years of Christian history has been… “why did God become Man? Love is the reason for Christ’s incarnation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Christmas atmosphere of “deep joy for the birth of the Saviour", Pope Benedict XVI made the mystery of Christmas, “a mystery of light which men and women of every epoch can reliv ...
• 28 December 2006
  VATICAN - On the feast of St Stephen the Pope prays for “all who are persecuted or suffer in various ways to witness and serve the Gospel”, especially “Catholics who remain loyal to the See of Peter refusing to compromise, at times at the price of much suffering ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 26, feast of St Stephen the first martyr, from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI led the recitation of the midday Angelus with thousands of visitors ...
• 28 December 2006
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The clan mentality must be put aside if peace is to be restored in Somalia” says Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, Bishop Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a new chapter in Somalia’s chaos which will never end unless the international community makes more effort and the Somalis put aside the clan mentality once and for all” Bishop G ...
• 21 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (10) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I am he who is”. On Horeb, the mountain of God, Moses sees the blazing bush (Exodus Chapter 3) and hears God who sends him to Pharaoh to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?… “Moses ...
• 21 December 2006
  VATICAN - “Humanity today is in search of a path of renewal, salvation, in search of a Saviour and waits, at times unawares, the advent of the Saviour who renews the world and our life, the advent of Christ, the one and only Redeemer of the human person and the whole person”: Pope Benedict XVI gives catechesis at general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Does humanity in our day still await a Saviour?” Pope Benedict XVI asked during his general Wednesday Audience on 20 December in which he reflected on the mystery of Christmas. “One ...
• 21 December 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE- "A Year of Continuity", Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 December 2005, exactly a year ago, on the occasion of the traditional exchange of Christmas greetings Pope Benedict XVI addressed the Roman Curia. That extraordinary discourse will st ...
• 21 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - A community gathered in faith and prayer following murder of Catholic lay man Chennai (India) - “The Catholic community is united in prayer and faith and sympathy. The faithful were shocked by the murder of layman Jacob Fernandez but reaction has not been violent, only a call to the authorities ...
• 21 December 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - It’s Christmas! Only after adoring Emmanuel in the stable at Bethlehem can we return to our normal surroundings to bring hope to the hopeless, sharing with them the joy of Christmas - A reflection by the Abbess of the Poor Clares Community, Otranto, Italy Otranto (Fides Service) - The annual recurrence of Christmas is an invitation to meditate anew on the extraordinary event of the incarnation of the Son of God. Although our attention may be drawn to many other things, as ...