Vatican

• 28 May 2008
  VATICAN - Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, as a person and as a priest, was “a marvelous blend of the characteristics of the African soul with those of the Christian spirit, of African culture and identity with evangelical values.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the “perspective of faith and hope in the resurrection,” a Memorial Mass was celebrated in the Vatican Basilica for Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, retired Dean of the College of Cardinal ...
• 27 May 2008
  VATICAN - African Continental Congress in Nairobi Kenya June 2-5: “Towards a better pastoral care of Migrants and Refugees in Africa at the dawn of the Third Millenium.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomena of human mobility, voluntary or forced has always marked human history, but in the last few decades it has taken on an almost universal dimension and with increasingly complex ...
• 26 May 2008
  VATICAN - Congress for Catholic University Communications Departments: developing not only new technologies, but also knowledge and reflection Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “While the development of new technologies is extraordinary, no less importance should be given - in our perspective - to what we could call the development of knowledge and reflection.� ...
• 26 May 2008
  VATICAN - “God Bless China!”: Apostolic Blessing imparted by Cardinal Dias on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI at the close of the celebration for the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Tian Zhuu Jiang Fu Zhong Guo! (God Bless China!)” These were the words of Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, at the close of his homily at the M ...
• 26 May 2008
  VATICAN - “Those who eat the Bread of Christ cannot remain indifferent before those who, even in our days, lack daily bread,” the Pope said in the Angelus, while he also expressed his continued support for the Chinese people suffering the aftermath of the earthquake. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The solemnity of Corpus Domini is celebrated in Italy and in various countries today. It was observed in the Vatican and in other countries Thursday. It is the feast of the Eucharist, th ...
• 24 May 2008
  VATICAN - Archbishop Henryk Hoser, Secretary Adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, appointed by the Pope to be Archbishop of Warsaw-Praga. Bishop Vacchelli will be new President of PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed today, May 24, Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C. as Archbishop of Warsaw-Praga (Poland), remaining Archbishop. Until now, Archbishop Hoser served as Sec ...
• 23 May 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides Mass and the Procession of Corpus Domini: “Kneeling before the Eucharist is a profession of liberty. He who bows to Jesus cannot and must not bow to any earthly power” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “What is the significance of today’s feast of the Body and Blood of Christ?” the Holy Father Benedict XVI asked during his homily at the Mass he presided in the front of the Basilica ...
• 23 May 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The relationship between I and we, in the Church and in the liturgy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the well known book “Rapporto sulla fede” (1985), the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger observed that the prayer which precedes communion in the Roman liturgy, “Domine Iesu Christe… ...
• 23 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s catechesis at the General Audience dedicated to Romanus the Melodist, “who belongs to the group of theologians that have transformed theology into poetry.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his series of catechesis dedicated the Fathers of the Church, during the General Audience held on Wednesday, May 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on one of the least-known figu ...
• 21 May 2008
  VATICAN - “AVE MARIA” By Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - We are the image of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, just celebrated, we lifted up our hearts to the One who created us in His image and likeness to be, as the Greek Fathers of the Church used to sa ...
• 20 May 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: “There is an ever more urgent need to join forces in sustaining families, as much as possible, in a social, economic, juridical, and spiritual perspective.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The family, the family (cell of communion at the very foundations of society) is like a 'small domestic church' called to reveal God's love to the world. Dear brothers and sisters, help ...
• 20 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pope addresses Bishops participating in Study Seminar: “The authenticity of the new charisms is the guarantee for their willingness to submit themselves to the discernment of ecclesiastical authority.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The authenticity of the new charisms is the guarantee for their willingness to submit themselves to the discernment of ecclesiastical authority. A large number of ecclesial movements and ...
• 20 May 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope stresses the importance of interreligious cooperation and exhorts Bishops of Thailand to make “a concerted effort to uphold the spiritual and moral soul of your people.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The coexistence of different religious communities today unfolds against the backdrop of globalization... The negative aspects of this cultural phenomenon, which cause dismay to yourselv ...
• 20 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “Man does not achieve fulfillment in absolute autonomy, by fooling himself into thinking that he is God but, on the contrary, by recognizing himself as a son, a creature open to and reaching out towards God and towards his brothers.” Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - “From this central Piazza della Victoria, that welcomes us into a choral act of praise and thanksgiving to God, with which I will close my pastoral visit, I send my sincerest greeting to the ent ...
• 19 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “We need to cultivate the same missionary spirit that inspired Saint Paul, with a constant spiritual, ascetic, and pastoral formation.” Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - After the encounter with young people and the praying of the Angelus on Sunday, May 18, in Genoa's Piazza Matteotti, Benedict XVI went to the city's cathedral of St. Lawrence, where the relics of ...