Vatican

• 20 February 2009
  VATICAN - “The results of the policies and projects for tourism will only be successful if they are accompanied by a social and environmental, as well as economic, vision.” Letter from the Pontifical Council for Migrants to the International Tourism Exchange (BIT) Exhibition Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Climate change has become a priority concern on a global level. It is a problem that affects all of us who live on this Earth we call home. In fact, we are all responsible in various mod ...
• 20 February 2009
  VATICAN - Economic crisis, global poverty, and vaccinations for children in poor countries were the focus of the dialogue between Benedict XVI and English Prime Minister Gordon Brown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was received in a personal audience yesterday (February 19) by the Holy Father Benedict XVI and later met with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarc ...
• 20 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI exhorts members of the Pius Pontifical Latin American College to participate in the “Continental Mission,” “that will facilitate the start of catechetical and pastoral programs destined to the formation and development of evangelized and missionary Christian communities.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The memory of days spent in Aparecida, for the Fifth General Conference of Latin American Bishops and the invitation to join in the “Continental Mission” (an initiative from Aparecida ...
• 19 February 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Relationship to suffering, true measure of humanity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The sad and well known case of Eluana Englaro has yet to be “closed”, even now that the earthly life of the woman has ended. The question is still open because still open are the wounds ...
• 19 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI speaks on the contribution of Saint Bede “to the making of a Christian Europe” and asks for prayers “that all of us are willing to rediscover our common roots, to be builders of a profoundly human and genuinely Christian Europe” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Venerable Bede was “one of the most illustrious figures of erudition of the High Middle Ages” was the argument of the catechesis of the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the General Aud ...
• 18 February 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The saints: masterpieces of the Holy Spirit! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Saints, holy men and women, who accompany us through the Liturgical Year as we commemorate them on their feast days, tell us clearly that the Gospel, which they proclaimed not only in w ...
• 18 February 2009
  VATICAN - Martyrdom is a joyful testimony to the Savior Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The recent Nairobi killing of Italian missionary Father Giuseppe Bertaina, a man who dedicated his life to the despised of this earth, in a nation torn apart by wars and poverty, leads us ...
• 17 February 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's condolences for the death of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, first Korean Cardinal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to the Archbishop of Seoul (Korea), Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jinsuk, immediately following the death of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou ...
• 16 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: from the heart of the Vatican State, “where the Pope lives near the tomb of St. Peter, an incessant message rises of genuine social progress, of hope, of reconciliation and of peace.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Vatican State, contains treasures of faith, of history and of art, is custodian to a precious heritage for all humanity. From within it, where the Pope lives near the tomb of St. Pet ...
• 16 February 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father's appointment for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office reported on February 14 that the Holy Father has appointed the presidents delegate, relator general and special secretaries for the Second Special Assembly for A ...
• 16 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Nigerian Bishops: “Expansion in the Church calls for special care in diocesan planning and the training of personnel through ongoing activities of formation in order to facilitate the necessary deepening of the faith of your people.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The extensive spread of the Church in Nigeria in recent years, the many new baptized Christians, the abundance of priestly and religious vocations are all reasons to give thanks to God an ...
• 16 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus mentions that “we might see in leprosy a symbol of sin, which is the true impurity of heart, distancing us from God” and to rediscover the “value and importance” of the Sacrament of Confession Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We might see in leprosy a symbol of sin, which is the true impurity of heart, distancing us from God. It is not, in effect, physical malady that distances us from him, as the ancient nor ...
• 13 February 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Miracles and faith in Him Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Mark's Gospel, proclaimed in our churches in this Season, leads us to contemplate the marvellous work of Jesus the Redeemer who heals all sorts of illnesses, frees those possessed by ...
• 13 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “The Church is profoundly and irrevocably committed to reject all anti-Semitism and to continue to build good and lasting relations between our two communities.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The two-thousand-year history of the relationship between Judaism and the Church has passed through many different phases, some of them painful to recall. Now that we are able to meet in ...
• 12 February 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Prestige of 'giudaizzanti' or “folly” of Apostles? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Augustine commenting the Letter to the Galatians recalls Paul's amazement with regard to members of the community who were disturbed or captivated by the prestige of 'giudaizzanti', t ...