Vatican

• 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 ...
• 25 June 2008
  VATICAN - Papal Letter addressed to participants of the Seventh General Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation on the theme “The Word of God - Source of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ The theme of your General Assembly draws attention to how God's word can restore humanity in reconciliation, justice and peace. This is the word of life that the Church has to offer to ...
• 25 June 2008
  VATICAN - “AVE MARIA” by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Only God frees us from fear Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Fear is a natural dimension of life. From childhood we experience forms of fear which prove to be imaginary and later disappear; others emerge which have precise roots in reality: these ...
• 24 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father appoints President-Delegates for the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has appointed the following President-Delegates for the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place at the Vatican on October ...
• 24 June 2008
  VATICAN - “The Eucharist is our most beautiful treasure”: the Pope’s homily via satellite connection with Quebec, for the Closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress, announcement on Dublin 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 22, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave the homily via satellite connection, at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec (Canada), during the concluding Mass for the 49th Internation ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - The identity and mission of Catholic radio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Over 60 representatives from Catholic radio broadcasters from all over the world gathered in Rome on June 19-21 for a congress organized by the Pontifical Council for Social Communication ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - “Do not be afraid to preach Christ among your peers”: exhortation of the Holy Father in his video-message to the youth gathered at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I encourage you to continually meditate on this ‘great mystery of faith,’ as we proclaim it in every Mass, following the consecration.” This was the invitation of the Holy Father ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, on his 25th anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father wrote a Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, which was read during the Mass presided by Cardinal Ruini on the evening of Saturday, ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells directors of Catholic radio stations: “The radio participates in the mission and visibility of the Church, but it also creates a new way of living, of being and of making the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Dear friends, as you work in Catholic radio stations you are at the service of the Word. The words that you broadcast each day are an echo of that Eternal Word which became flesh. Your ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - “Evil and the irrational do not have the last word, and Christ alone is the Lord of the world and life, the Incarnate Word of God,” the Pope said at the Angelus, encouraging all faithful “to celebrate with faith this Pauline Year” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The difference “between human fears and the fear of God” was the focus of reflection for the Holy Father Benedict XVI prior to the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered ...
• 20 June 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s appeal asking that “the Middle East and especially the Holy Land, Lebanon, and Iraq may be offered long-awaited peace and social stability in respect of the fundamental rights of the person, including authentic religious freedom.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his gratitude for the substantial support offered “to the specific mission of the Bishop of Rome in overseeing universal charity” through loving ...
• 20 June 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells Pakistan’s Bishops: “...you exercise a special mission as preachers of the Gospel and as agents of love and peace in the Church and in society.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The seeds of the Gospel, sown in your region by zealous missionaries in the sixteenth century, continue to grow despite conditions that sometimes hinder their capacity to take root,” ...
• 19 June 2008
  VATICAN - Communique from the Holy See Press Office on the Holy Father’s visit from the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “This morning Joseph Kabila Kabange, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was received in audience by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the apostolic palace. The president a ...
• 19 June 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Pius XII and Catholic doctrine: if we cannot promote and defend it, we cannot diffuse it Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We are approaching the 50 anniversary of the death a great Pope, Pius XII in Castelgandolfo on 9 October 1958. The Catholic Church owes him no less than it owes Pope John XXIII. “What rem ...
• 19 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father’s catechesis focuses on the lessons that Saint Isidore of Seville “leaves us, Christians of today, called to witness to Christ at the beginning of a new millennium.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Isidore of Seville, younger brother of Leander, bishop of Seville, and great friend of Pope Gregory the Great, is considered the last of the ancient Christian Fathers. Continuing hi ...