Vatican

• 1 July 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses Metropolitan Archbishops after the consignment of the Pallium: “may the Apostle of the nations assist you in your efforts to help the communities entrusted to your care to be ever more united and missionary, in harmony in coordinated pastoral activity filled with constant apostolic impulse” Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday 30 June, in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI in a special audience received, with members of their respective families, Metropolitan Bishops from all ...
• 30 June 2008
  VATICAN - On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Benedict XVI says that, “The blood of martyrs does not call for revenge — but reconciles... it presents itself as the power of love which overcomes hate and violence.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 29, Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated the Mass in the Vatican Basilica, accompanied by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartho ...
• 30 June 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI address the Bishops of Hong Kong and Macau: “Christ is also for China a Teacher, Pastor and loving Redeemer. The Church must never allow this good news to remain unspoken. ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ The Lord has given every man and woman the right to hear the proclamation that Jesus Christ “loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal 2:20). Corresponding to this right is the duty to ...
• 30 June 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI welcomes Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: “May the Year of St Paul help Christians to renew their ecumenical efforts and intensify common initiatives on the path towards communion among all the disciples of Christ ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "May the Year of St Paul help Christians to renew their ecumenical efforts and intensify common initiatives on the path towards communion among all the disciples of Christ ” the Holy Fa ...
• 30 June 2008
  VATICAN- The Pope opens the Year of Saint Paul: “We thank the Lord for calling Paul and making him the light of the nations and our teacher and we pray: give us today witnesses of the resurrection, filled with your love and able to carry the light of the Gospel in our times” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI went on Saturday 28 June at 6pm to the Roman Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls to preside First Vespers of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on the occasion of t ...
• 30 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Today, in a world which has become a little smaller, but still many people have yet to encounter the Lord Jesus, the jubilee of Saint Paul is a call to all Christians to be missionaries of the Gospel” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of Mass celebrated in St Peter's Basilica on Sunday 29 June, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, in his reflection before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer, Pop ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said, but I say to you …” - intervention by Prof. Michele Loconsole - Jesus the Jew: n authentic historic discovery or a storicist reduction? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This month Kos magazine, published by San Raffaele, Milan, and edited by don Luigi Maria Verzè, dedicated a whole issue to the figure of Jesus the Jew, with authoritative contributions. Th ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses the Bishops of Honduras: “what is needed is vast and bold activity of evangelisation founded less on the effectiveness of material means and more on the power of the Word of God ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic community in Honduras has been blessed with the consecration of five new Bishops in a short period of time: may the Lord render this ad limina visit which you are making exa ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - Pontifical Mission Societies' General Assembly 2008 assigns subsidies to support daily life of young Churches, formation of seminarians and priests, initiatives to help children in need Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies General at their annual general assembly held in Rome 19 to 21 May, as is the custom, assigned subsides in answer to requests for assistance. The Ponti ...
• 27 June 2008
  VATICAN - Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, 42 new archbishops appointed in the past twelve months will receive the Pallium from the hands of Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 29 June Feast of Saints Peter and Paul the Holy Father Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in St Peter's Basilica, with the participation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Som ...
• 26 June 2008
  VATICAN - Sea Sunday 2008: Protect fishing communities from the effects of globalisation, safeguard the oceans and fight piracy Vatican City (Fides) - Protecting fisher communities from the effects of globalisation which affect the fishing sector, safeguard the Oceans for future generations, the danger of maritime piracy, were some of the issues ...
• 26 June 2008
  VATICAN - “The life and the thought of Maximus are powerfully illuminated by immensely courageous witness to Christ in his whole reality, without limitation or compromise”: the Pope's catechesis dedicated to Saint Maximus the Confessor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ The life and the thought of Maximus are powerfully illuminated by immensely courageous witness to Christ in his whole reality, without limitation or compromise. This reveals who man r ...
• 26 June 2008
  THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - A call to Christocentrism Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Emphasis, at times unilateral, on the human element and its centrality, even when “doing theology”, can be traced to a erroneous understanding, almost counterposition, of the relationsh ...
• 26 June 2008
  VATICAN - Message from Benedict for the publication of first issue of the Osservatore Romano weekly English edition in Malayalam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the publication of the first issue of the weekly English edition of the L'Osservatore Romano, in Maylayalam, the Holy Father addressed the following message to Catholics ...
• 25 June 2008
  VATICAN - Saturday 28 June the Pope will preside Vespers at St Paul's for the opening of the Year of St Paul; Sunday 29 June, feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Mass with the imposition of the Pallium on the shoulders of 46 new archbishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday 28 June, eve of the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, Benedict XVI will preside at first Vespers in the Roman basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls at 6 p.m. for ...