Vatican

• 9 December 2008
  VATICAN - On the Second Sunday of Advent, the Holy Father mentions that “in the Advent liturgy there resounds a message full of hope, which invites us to lift up our gaze to the ultimate horizon, but at the same time to recognize the signs of God-with-us in the present.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Second Sunday of Advent, December 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI spoke prior to the recitation of the Angelus, explaining that the liturgical season of Advent is “a time of open ...
• 5 December 2008
  VATICAN - Suffering for Christ amidst the indifference of the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - That today persecuted Christianity on many world scenes is not news, is a fact well known and repeatedly confirmed by the little media attention generally given to the issue of Christians ( ...
• 5 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells Chilean Bishops: “...mankind today feels the urgent need for examples of truly evangelical and coherent life. For this reason the saintliness of all members of the Church, and especially of her pastors, is one of the most precious gifts you can offer your brothers and sisters.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I encourage you to cultivate intense interior life and profound faith so that, through the intimate relationship with the Master in prayer, may arise the pastoral initiatives that best r ...
• 4 December 2008
  VATICAN - LXXI (2007) Volume of “Missionary Bibliography” published Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Missionary Library has published the LXXI Volume of the “Missionary Bibliography” 2007. As scholars and experts in this material know, it is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece ...
• 4 December 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Christian hope is a certainty Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Advent, the season which celebrates our waiting for the Lord's return at the end of time, and revives the memory of his first advent in the flesh, comes every year especially to declare “ ...
• 4 December 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “Christ crucified and risen, the new Adam, opposed the filthy river of evil with a river of light. And this river is present in history.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, at his General Audience held on Wednesday, December 3, focused on the relationship between Adam, the first man, and Christ in the preaching of Saint Paul. � ...
• 3 December 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The One awaited by the nations! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Advent, the season of waiting for the Lord who comes, and will not delay, has just begun! This special time of waiting is offered to the whole of humanity, because Jesus is the Saviour of e ...
• 2 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells teachers and students from the University of Parma: “Truly free, according to the Gospel and the tradition of the Church, is the person, community or institution that fully responds to its own nature and goals, and the vocation of the University is the scientific and cultural formation of the person for the progress of the entire community.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI focused on the spiritual inheritance left by the great reformer Saint Peter Damian in his address to teachers and students from the University of Parma, whom h ...
• 1 December 2008
  VATICAN - Pope tells seminarians: “the Word of God that you must sow with your hands full and that carries eternal life, is Christ Himself, the only One who can change the human heart and renew the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In addressing a group of students from the Pontifical Seminaries of the Italian regions of the Marche ("Pio XI"), Puglie ("Pio XI"), Molfetta, and Chieti (“San Pio X”) received in an ...
• 1 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass in the Parish of San Lorenzo, on the 1,750th anniversary of his martyrdom: “holiness, namely, going out to meet Christ who comes continually to visit us, does not go out of fashion” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “At this beginning of Advent, what better message to receive from Saint Lawrence than that of holiness? He repeats to us that holiness, namely, going out to meet Christ who comes continually to v ...
• 1 December 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father's homily at First Vespers for the 1st Sunday of Advent: “Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for itself and for the world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Celebrating the liturgical seasons, we actualize the mystery -- in this case the coming of the Lord -- in such a way as to be able, so to speak, to 'walk in it' toward its full realizati ...
• 1 December 2008
  VATICAN - On the First Sunday of Advent, Benedict XVI refers to the three great “hinges” of time and expresses his “horror and the disapproval of the explosion of such cruel and senseless violence” in India and Nigeria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As the First Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year, before the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square on November 30, the Hol ...
• 28 November 2008
  VATICAN - On the eve of the Doha Conference, the Holy See calls for new guidelines for financial markets that favor poor countries; the grave problem of the offshore financial centers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Intervene in the flight of capital in offshore financial centers which are an enormous diversion of resources through financial evasion; impose politics based on cooperation in favor of p ...
• 28 November 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI launches an appeal “for an end to all acts of terrorism” in a telegram to the Archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Following the series of terrorist attacks in Bombay (Mumbai), the economic capital of India, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, sent a telegram to the Archbishop of Bombay, Ca ...
• 27 November 2008
  VATICAN - General Audience, with Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians; Holy Father invites all to pray for the ecumenical path and mentions in his Catechesis: “Christian ethics is not born from a system of commandments, but rather is the consequence of our friendship with Christ.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This fraternal visit is a significant occasion for strengthening the bonds of unity already existing between us, as we journey towards that full communion which is both the goal set befo ...