Vatican

• 12 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the 17th World Day of the Sick: “for us Christians, the reply to the enigma of suffering and death is in Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This Day invites us to make sick people more intensely aware of the spiritual closeness of the Church...At the same time, today we have the opportunity to reflect on the experience of si ...
• 12 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI begins a new series of catechesis on John Climacus and his treatise on the spiritual life, the “Scala” with its thirty steps Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After 20 catecheses dedicated to the Apostle Paul, as it is the Year of St. Paul, the Holy Father Benedict XVI once again took up the presentation of the great writiers of the Church of Eas ...
• 9 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's Message for the 17th World Day of the Sick: “our attention turns particularly to children, the most fragile and defenseless of all, especially sick and suffering children...A silent cry of pain is heard from all these children; it is a cry that reaches our conscience as persons and believers.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Within the mark of the Year of St. Paul, the Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the 17th World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2009 (celebrated on a diocesan level), invites the fa ...
• 9 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus says: “man's truest and deepest illness is the absence of God, who is the fount of truth and love. And only reconciliation with God can give us true healing, true life” - Appeal for Madagascar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, February 8, in his brief address prior to the recitation of the Angelus, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on the Gospel proclaimed in the liturgy of the day (cfr Mk 1:29- ...
• 6 February 2009
  VATICAN - John Paul II and the “Theology of Communication” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - During the launch of a new book from Vatican publisher Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), entitled “John Paul II: Development of a Theology of Communication,” retired papal theologian Georges Ma ...
• 5 February 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Suffering: learning to Hope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Rejection of suffering, all suffering, by our present day culture, is the most serious symptom of the desperation into which it has fallen. In front of the mystery of suffering, especially ...
• 5 February 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Lord, you are all we need! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - For all of us life has its trials when the 'sea' on which we are sailing becomes stormy and waves threaten to submerge us and we, in the boat with the sleeping Jesus, cry out, as the apostl ...
• 5 February 2009
  VATICAN - Note from the Secretariat of State Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Here is the text from the Note from the Secretariat of State, released by the Holy See Press Office: In the wake of reactions provoked by the recent Decree from the Congregation for Bish ...
• 5 February 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope concludes his Catecheses on Saint Paul: “there remains luminous before us the figure of an extremely fruitful and deep apostle and Christian thinker, from whose closeness, every one of us can benefit” - Appeal for Sri Lanka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his General Audience on February 4, the Holy Father Benedict XVI concluded his series of catecheses on the Apostle Saint Paul, focusing on his death and his legacy. “Ancient Christia ...
• 3 February 2009
  VATICAN - On the 13th Day of Consecrated Life, the Pope tells religious that imitating Saint Paul in following Christ, is “the best way to respond fully to your vocation of special consecration in the Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Monday, February 2, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple and 13th Day of Consecrated Life, Cardinal Franc Rode, Prefect of the Congregation for Institut ...
• 3 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of Turkey it is important “for Christians and Muslims to work together to promote humanity, life, peace and justice, The distinction between the civil and the religious sphere is clearly a value that deserves to be protected.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your visit, that is providentially taking place in the year dedicated to St. Paul, assumes particular importance as you are pastors in the land where the Apostle of the Gentiles was born ...
• 3 February 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message to His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, upon his enthronement Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, February 1, in Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ Savior, there was a special ceremony of enthronement for the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. T ...
• 3 February 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's Intentions for 2010 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Here we publish the list of Pope Benedict XVI’s prayer intentions for the year 2010. JANUARY Young people and Social Communications Media General: That young people may learn to us ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells leaders from the Italian CISL Trade Union: “In order to overcome the economic and social crisis we are currently experiencing...what is needed is to overcome individual and sectorial interests, and unite to confront the difficulties affecting all areas of society, and particularly the world of work.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In order to overcome the economic and social crisis we are currently experiencing, we know that free and responsible efforts must be made by everyone. In other words what is needed is to ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - February 2, World Day of Consecrated Life: a treasure for the ecclesial community, in the variety of charisms and institutions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Vita Consecrata,” published on March 25, 1996, gathering together the fruits of the Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops celebrated in ...