Vatican

• 7 November 2008
  VATICAN -WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Hope is not individualistic, but it does depend on personal conversion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his Encyclical on hope, Pope Benedict XVI poses the question whether or not Christian hope is individualistic (cfr n 13-15). He starts from the images of “heaven” with which the ear ...
• 6 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's Catechesis at the General Audience: “We can say with Paul that the true believer obtains salvation professing with his lips that Jesus is Lord and believing in his heart that God has raised him from the dead” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The “decisive importance” that Paul gives to Christ's Resurrection was the focus for the Catechesis given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the General Audience on November 5. “On i ...
• 5 November 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Like a drop of water as it falls into the ocean Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The month of November opens with two Feast Days lived intensely by the Liturgy and by popular piety: All Saints and All Souls. These two feasts give depth to the month traditionally dedica ...
• 4 November 2008
  VATICAN - Communique from the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue on the First Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The First Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum will begin this morning in the Vatican. The Forum was established by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and by Musl ...
• 4 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Mass for deceased Cardinals and Bishops: “In the face of death all reasons for human pride fall away, and what is really worthwhile emerges. Everything passes; all of us in this world are passing through. God alone has life in Himself; He is the Life.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The day after the Liturgical Commemoration of all souls, we have come together today, in accord with a beautiful tradition, to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for our brother Ca ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - Pope tells Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences: “To state that the foundation of the cosmos and its developments is the provident wisdom of the Creator is not to say that creation has only to do with the beginning of the history of the world and of life. It implies, rather, that the Creator founds these developments and supports them, underpins them and sustains them continuously.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Receiving the members of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences in an audience on October 31, on the occasion of their Plenary Assembly on “ Scientific Insight into the Evolution of the ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Catholic Charismatic Renewal: “Safeguarding fidelity to Catholic identity and an ecclesial nature in your communities will allow you to give everywhere a living and active witness of the profound mystery of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The ecclesial movements and new communities, which have flourished since Vatican Council II, constitute a unique gift from the Lord and a invaluable resource for the life of the Church. ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - “It is extremely important that as Christians, we live our relationship with the dead in the truth of faith, and looking to death and the afterlife in the light of Revelation,” says Pope Benedict XVI on All Souls' Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is extremely important that as Christians, we live our relationship with the dead in the truth of faith, and looking to death and the afterlife in the light of Revelation...Today too ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells the students of the Pontifical Universities: “What is harmful is not knowledge in itself but rather the presumption, the “boastfulness” of what we have come to - or believe we have come to - know. It is precisely in this that revolts and discord have come from within the Church and, analogously, in society.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – All that Saint Paul writes on Christian wisdom and “false wisdom,” especially in his First Letter to the Corinthians, addressing the communities where rivalries broke out among the di ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - On All Saints' Day, the Pope at the Angelus says: “On this day we feel the attraction for heaven rekindle in us...We feel burst into flame in our hearts the desire to unite ourselves forever with the family of the saints, of which already now we have the grace to form a part.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Solemnity of All Saints, on Saturday November 1, in his address prior to the recitation of the Angelus with faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square, the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
• 31 October 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - All Saints and All Souls Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Recollection and prayer in these days devoted to the solemnity of All Saints, inseparably connected with the commemoration, often sad and mournful, of the souls of the departed, are violen ...
• 31 October 2008
  VATICAN - “Centuries after Paul, we see that the cross, and not the wisdom that opposes the cross, has triumphed. The Crucified is wisdom, because he manifests in truth who God is, that is, the power of love that goes to the point of the cross to save man.” The Pope's Catechesis from the General Audience. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In the encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul understood the central significance of the cross: He had understood that Jesus had died and risen for all and also for [Paul], h ...
• 31 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations: “In our troubled world, so frequently marked by poverty, violence and exploitation, dialogue between cultures and religions must more and more be seen as a sacred duty incumbent upon all those who are committed to building a world worthy of man.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church’s commitment to implementing the principles set forth in the historic Declaration Nostra Aetate of the Second Vatican Council, “which firmly condemned all forms of antisemi ...
• 29 October 2008
  VATICAN - Amid the sharp contrasts of his time, Pope John XXIII was “a man and pastor of peace, who opened unexpected horizons of fraternity among Christians and of dialogue with everyone”: Benedict XVI on the 50th anniversary of the election to the pontifical throne of Blessed John XXIII Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The announcement of his election to the See of Peter, “was a prelude and prophecy of the experience of fatherhood, that God was to abundantly bestow through the words, gestures, and ecc ...
• 29 October 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Message to the Congress on Vatican Council II in the Pontificate of John Paul II: “The vast doctrinal patrimony, which we rediscover in its Dogmatic Constitutions in its Declarations and Decrees, still stimulates us to a deep appraisal of the Word of the Lord in order to apply it to the Church today.” Vatican City (Agencia Fides) – “I cannot help but rejoice in light of the theme chosen, as it is one that unites two subjects which are of great importance to me: the Second Vatican Council, which I had the honor of ...