Vatican

• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus reminds faithful that “euthanasia is a false solution to the drama of suffering...The true answer cannot be putting someone to death, however “kindly,” but to bear witness to the love that helps us to face pain and agony in a human way.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, February 1, before reciting the Angelus with faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled that in the Sunday celebrations of this liturgical ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father tells members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches: “The world needs a visible sign of the mystery of unity that binds the three divine Persons and, that two thousand years ago, with the Incarnation of the Son of God, was revealed to us.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the Meeting held by the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Holy Father Benedict XV ...
• 30 January 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Roman Rota: “Above all, there is a need for a positive rediscovery of the capacity that normally every person has to be married, by virtue of their very nature as man or woman. We run the risk of falling into a sort of anthropological pessimism that, in light of the present cultural situation, considers it practically impossible to be married.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Above all, there is a need for a positive rediscovery of the capacity that normally every person has to be married, by virtue of their very nature as man or woman. We run the risk of fal ...
• 30 January 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope tells Bishops of Russia in their Ad Limina visit: the Catholic community is called to offer the youth a pure transmission of “the wealth of holiness and fidelity to Christ and to the human and spiritual values that are at the basis of efficient human and evangelical progress.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Communion with the Bishop of Rome, guarantee of ecclesial unity, allows the communities entrusted to your pastoral care, although minorities, to feel 'cum Petro and sub Petro,' living pa ...
• 29 January 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Revocation of excommunication: an act of real ecumenism. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed a wish in a Letter which accompanied the Motu proprio “Summorum Pontificum”, addressed to the Catholic bishops of the world, on 7 July 2007: “ I ...
• 29 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pope encourages faithful to pray to the Lord and to Saint Paul, that “as Christians, we can be ever more characterized, in relation with the society in which we live, as members of the 'family of God'...and that the pastors of the Church have increasingly more paternal sentiments, both gentle and strong, in the formation of the house of God, of the community, of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The final letters of Saint Paul, called the pastoral letters, two sent to Timothy, and one to Titus, his close collaborators, were the focus of the catechesis of the Holy Father Benedict ...
• 29 January 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's telegram to the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, Kirill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent the following telegram to the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, Kirill. “I have received with gladness the news of your election as patriarch ...
• 28 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pontifical Academy for Life: International Congress "The New Frontiers of Genetics and the Risk of Eugenics" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 15th General Assembly of its Members, the Pontifical Academy for Life will hold an International Congress on 20-21 February 2009, entitled: "The New Frontiers of Gene ...
• 27 January 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI reminds Bishops of the Chaldean Church, in their Ad Limina visit, of their fundamental role “in the establishment of a new society in which each person can live in harmony and mutual respect” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI opened his address to the Bishops of the Chaldean Church, whom he received in audience on January 24 upon their “Ad limina Apostolorum” visit, with the mo ...
• 27 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pope entrusts the youth with the task of evangelizing the “digital continent” in his Message for the 43rd World Communications Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The new digital technologies are, indeed, bringing about fundamental shifts in patterns of communication and human relationships. These changes are particularly evident among those young ...
• 27 January 2009
  VATICAN - Program for the Holy Father Benedict XVI's first apostolic trip to Africa: Cameroon and Angola (March 17 - 23) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the program for the Apostolic Journey of the the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Cameroon and Angola (March 17-23, 2009). The Pope will depart from Rome ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - “St. Paul's conversion offers us a model that shows us the way to full unity.” Benedict XVI concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Basilica of St. Paul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “St. Paul's conversion offers us a model that shows us the way to full unity. Unity in fact requires a conversion: from division to communion, from broken unity to healed and full unity. ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - An Ecumenical Week to remember Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Live in love, as Christ loved us” (Eph 5:2). This exhortation of the Apostle Paul, in this year dedicated to him, is directed to each one of us. In taking up our Savior's name, we refe ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - Remission of the excommunication “Latae sententiae” of Bishops of the Fraternity of Saint Pius X Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, “following a process of dialogue between the Fraternity of St. Pius X and the Holy See,” has accepted the request made once again by the Superior General ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells President of Catholic Union of the Italian Press: “not to give in to compromises of such important values, but to have the courage of consistency, even at personal cost: A serene conscience has no price.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Firmly foundered on principles rooted in the Gospel, your work as Catholic journalists is increasingly more challenging: along with a sense of responsibility and a sense of the spirit of ...