Vatican

• 7 March 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello 'Idea of man' central to Catholic commitment in politics Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When two months ago an Italian Catholic weekly said that Catholics did not wish to be mortified within a political party, immediately one of them hastened to contradict; however recent even ...
• 6 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the General Audience: "Let us learn with Saint Leo Magno, to believe in Christ, true God and true Man, and to renew this faith every day in our efforts for peace and in love for our neighbor." Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that all may live this time of study as a unique opportunity for an authentic integral formation. I encourage you to strengthen your adherence to the Gospel, so that you may always ...
• 6 March 2008
  VATICAN - Statement from the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue on the Catholic-Muslim Forum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, through the Holy See Press Office, issued the following statement on the Catholic-Muslim forum: In the light of the open letter "A Commo ...
• 6 March 2008
  VATICAN - Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Rome, in honor of the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical Oriental Institute Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for Eastern Churches has announced that the Ecumenical Patriarch, His Holiness Bartholomew I, has accepted the invitation of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, on the occas ...
• 5 March 2008
  VATICANO - Benedict XVI will preside the March 9th opening celebration for the 25th anniversary of the “San Lorenzo” International Youth Center Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Sunday 9 March, the Pope will celebrate the Eucharist in the Roman church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus. The church is part of the San Lorenzo International Youth Center whic ...
• 5 March 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Msgr. Luciano Alimandi - Looking at reality through Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus reveals to the blind man whom he had healed that he had come into the world for judgement, to separate the blind who can be healed from those who do not allow themselves to be hea ...
• 4 March 2008
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father for the Salesian General Chapter: “evangelization must be the principal and priority frontier of their mission today” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Following the example of your beloved Founder, the Salesians should be inflamed with apostolic zeal. Evangelization should be the principal and priority frontier of their mission today. ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Reply from the Doctrine of the Faith on the Baptismal formulae Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public by the Holy See Press Office, February 29, were the responses of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to two questions concerning the validity of Baptism conferred wit ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Cardinal Dias, Holy Father’s Special Envoy for the celebrations of the New Christian Millenium in Ethiopia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as his Special Envoy for the celebrations of the New Christian Mil ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Speaking to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum,” the Pope reminded them that the charitable activity of the Church “must never be reduced to mere philanthropy but must be a tangible expression of evangelical love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Those who work in the many forms of charitable activity of the Church cannot, then, content themselves just with offering technical services or resolving practical problems and difficult ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Pope tells University Students: “Today God is calling on you European and American young people to cooperate with your contemporaries throughout the world so that the lifeblood of the Gospels can renew the civilization of these two continents and all of humanity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, March 1, there was a prayer vigil held in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, in commemoration of the 6th European Day for University Students, promoted by the Co ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s appeal for the release of the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, Iraq; an end to violence in the Holy Land; caring for the world’s children Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, March 2, the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched three appeals. “With profound sadness, I have followed the events surrounding the kidnapp ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI, in the Angelus: “the tendency in man to construct an ideological system of security is strong,” with an exhortation to allow Jesus to heal us, “Jesus who can and wants to give us the light of God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this Sunday of Lent, the Gospel of John, from the reading Cycle A, we find “a true and real baptismal itinerary,” Pope Benedict XVI said, prior to the recitation of the Angelus with ...
• 29 February 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said but I say to you …” - an intervention by Prof. Michele Loconsole on Pope Benedict XVI's new prayer "for the Jews" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following the annual Day for Catholic-Jewish Dialogue on 17 January, virulent polemic broke out in Italy and the rest of the world with regard to a new version, in Latin, of the customary P ...
• 29 February 2008
  VATICAN - Presentation of Pontifical Yearbook 2008 to the Holy Father Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, February 29, the Pontifical Yearbook 2008 was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. A communique regarding the presentation highlights some of the salient facts contained ...