Vatican

• 27 November 2008
  VATICAN - Holy See Press Office issues a declaration on the two kidnapped Italian nuns in Kenya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office issued the following declaration from Director Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ “More than a fortnight has passed since the two Italian nuns, Sr. Maria Teresa Olive ...
• 27 November 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The goal of faith is the triumph of reason Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There was considerable reaction from Media communication after a recent statement of Benedict XVI, when the Pope affirmed that in actual fact, there can be no dialogue between religions, bu ...
• 26 November 2008
  VATICAN - Pope's Message to the Pontifical Academy: “our announcement of the Gospel should be perceived in its beauty and novelty, our daily mission should be an eloquent manifestation of the beauty of God's love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The urgent need for a renewed dialogue between aesthetics and ethics, between beauty, truth and goodness,” was addressed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his Message sent to the Pres ...
• 26 November 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The presence of Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him ...
• 25 November 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians: “Surely the growth in understanding, respect and cooperation which has emerged from ecumenical dialogue promises much for the proclamation of the Gospel in our time.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, November 24, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians, in an audience. After the private audience and that of the Bisho ...
• 24 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells members of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni: “May Saint Andrew help you to increasingly rediscover the importance and urgency of bearing witness to the Gospel in every part of society.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, November 22, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received a large representation from the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni, who had come to Rome on a pilgrimage with the relic ...
• 24 November 2008
  VATICAN - On the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Pope recalls that “the Kingdom of God is not a question of honors and appearances...God will accept into his eternal kingdom those who have made the effort every day to put his word into practice.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The kingship of Christ is, indeed, the revelation and the implementation of the kingship of God the Father, who governs all things with love and with justice. The Father entrusted the So ...
• 24 November 2008
  VATICAN - Agenzia Fides launches its 8th language: new on-line version in Arabic, dedicated to the Pope's Teachings Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Just days before the celebration of the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions (December 3), also Agenzia Fides' 81st birthday, its website (www.fides.org) will now feature ...
• 21 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life: “Monasticism can, for all forms of religious and consecrated life, become a reminder of what is of essential and primary importance for all the baptized: seeking Christ and placing nothing before His love.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “By virtue of the absolute primacy reserved by Christ, monasteries are called to be which room is given for celebrating the glory of God, where the mysterious yet real divine presence in ...
• 20 November 2008
  VATICAN THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Marx, freedom and the Word of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the part of the Encyclical Spe salvi devoted to “The transformation of Christian faith-hope in modern times ”, Pope Benedict XVI affirms  "Marx not only omitted to work out how this ...
• 20 November 2008
  VATICAN - “Paul knows that in the double love of God and neighbor the whole law is fulfilled”: the Pope's catechesis dedicated to Saint Paul's preaching on justification Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “How is a man just in the eyes of God?” This was the question posed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the General Audience held on Wednesday, November 19, dedicated to the preachin ...
• 19 November 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Man is not the master of eternity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - How many talents we have received and continue to receive from the Lord; who can ever count them? Beginning with the gift of life, our existence on this earth is studded with “gifts-tale ...
• 18 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells new Ambassador of Lebanon: “Particularly sensitive to the sufferings undergone for so long by the people of the Middle East, the Holy See continues with determination its commitment to peace and reconciliation in Lebanon and throughout that region so beloved to all believers.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ "In this important phase in your nation's history, the Holy See continues to follow events in Lebanon very closely and pays particular attention to the efforts made to find a definitiv ...
• 18 November 2008
  VATICAN - “The Universality of Beauty: a comparison between aesthetics and ethics,” theme for the 13th Public Conference for the Pontifical Academies, on November 25 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The 13th Public Conference for the Pontifical Academies, organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Academies coordinated by the Dicastery, will be held on Tuesday ...
• 17 November 2008
  VATICAN - “The work in the great vineyard of the Lord is in need of 'christifideles laici' who, like the Most Holy Virgin Mary, pronounce and live a 'fiat' to the plan of God in their lives,” the Holy Father tells the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Every situation, circumstance, and activity in which the unity between faith and life can shine, is entrusted to the responsibility of the faithful laity, moved by the desire to communic ...