Vatican

• 20 June 2009
  VATICAN - Holy See Press Office Statement on the cause for the beatification of Pius XII Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 19 June the Holy See Press Office released the following statement of Father Federico Lombardi, S.J. : “Concerning statements reported by news agencies with regard to the cause for t ...
• 19 June 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI's Letter to Priests proclaiming the Year for Priests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has issued a Letter to all priests, for the opening of the Year for Priests, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 19, 2009), proclaimed by him ...
• 19 June 2009
  VATICAN - In the footsteps of Matteo Ricci, “a Jesuit in the Kingdom of the Dragon” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The reflections of Archbishop Celli, quotes from the Pope's message by Bishop Giuliodori, the dreams of Fr. Lombardi, the work of the Chinese Ambassador in the footsteps of Matteo Ricci w ...
• 18 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's catechesis: “Indeed, Cyril and Methodius are a classic example of what is today referred to with the term 'inculturation': Each people should make the revealed message penetrate into their own culture, and express the salvific truth with their own language.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on June 17, held in St. Peter's Square, to Saints Cyril and Methodius, “brothers of the same pare ...
• 18 June 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The Creator 's Love is inscribed in the human person's DNA Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "God is wholly and only love, the purest, infinite and eternal love. He does not live in splendid solitude but rather is an inexhaustible source of life that is ceaselessly given and commun ...
• 17 June 2009
  VATICAN - Statement from the Holy See Press Office on the ordinations announced by the Fraternity of Saint Pius X Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office released the following statement today: "In response to the frequent questions that have been raised over recent days concerning the priestly ordinations by the ...
• 17 June 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The Eucharist can never be just a liturgical action Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It would be splendid if our “I” were immersed in God and speeding towards Him, as its sole Beginning, the Source of Life, spontaneously, without resistance, in an impetus of eternal com ...
• 15 June 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus mentions: “'Corpus Domini' is a manifestation of God, an attestation that God is love” and “the hundreds of millions of persons who suffer from hunger...is an absolutely unacceptable reality that is hard to control” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Sunday on which several countries celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi (or 'Corpus Domini), “ the feast of the Eucharist, in which the sacrament of the Lord's Body is carried so ...
• 15 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation: “the financial crisis shows in a clear way how the economic and financial paradigms that have been dominant in recent years must be rethought” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The financial crisis that has struck the industrialized nations, the emergent nations and those that are developing, shows in a clear way how the economic and financial paradigms that ha ...
• 12 June 2009
  VATICAN - Catechesis of Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “All of the theological thought of John Scotus turns into the clearest demonstration of the attempt to express the explainable of the inexplicableness of God, basing itself solely on the mystery of the World made flesh in Jesus of Nazareth.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The thought and work of John Scotus Erigena were the focus of the catechesis give by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the General Audience on June 10, which took place in Saint Peter's ...
• 12 June 2009
  VATICAN - Pope on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi: “Nourished by Christ, as His disciples we receive the mission to be 'the soul' of our city, yeast for renewal, bread 'broken' for all, especially for those living in situations of difficulty, poverty, and spiritual and physical suffering.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, June 11, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated the Mass on the esplanade in front of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, later presidin ...
• 12 June 2009
  VATICAN - Sunday, June 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI travels to San Giovanni Rotondo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will pay a pastoral visit to San Giovanni Rotondo. The program issued by the Holy See Press Office says that at 9:15 the Pope's helicopter ...
• 12 June 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - It is the Sacrifice which makes the Banquet possible. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christ 2009, the Holy Father Benedict XVI once again warned the whole Church of the danger of “secularisation” among the Catholic faithful, eve ...
• 10 June 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Faithful to the Word and to prayer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “If we want to prevent Pentecost from being reduced to a mere rite or even an evocative commemoration but want it to be an actual event of salvation, we must prepare ourselves in devout e ...
• 9 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Venezuelan Bishops on their Ad Limina visit: “I therefore encourage you to increase initiatives that aim to make the figure and message of Jesus Christ known in all their fullness and beauty. To this end, apart from sound doctrinal formation of the People of God, it is important to encourage lives of profound faith and prayer.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The challenges you have to face in your pastoral work are increasingly numerous and difficult, and have recently been further augmented by a serious worldwide economic crisis. Nonethele ...