Vatican

• 21 January 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope's Angelus: “The Church's evangelising mission is part of her ecumenical path”; “I am bound to the university world by love for the quest for truth, for discussion, frank dialogue, respectful of reciprocal positions. All this is also part of the Church's mission ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 20 January the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his midday Angelus reflection to the issue of ecumenism, this being the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and to his pl ...
• 18 January 2008
  VATICAN - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 100th edition. This year's theme “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5,17) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From the 18 to 25 January we celebrate the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which marks its 100th anniversary in 2008. The theme chosen for reflection this year are St Paul's words ...
• 17 January 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said, but I tell you…” - intervention by Prof Michele Loconsole on the annual Day for Dialogue between Catholics and Jews on the theme “Thou shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain” (Es 20,7) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - For more than a decade every year the 17 January has been celebrated as the Day of reflection to promote the development of Catholic-Jewish dialogue: inaugurated in 1990 by the Italian Bish ...
• 17 January 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE, Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The king is naked (fake “secular tolerance” shows its face) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Now the king would appear to be really naked (and ‘king’ is purposely small-case). Fake ‘secular tolerance' has shown its face: champions of human rights will have to explain the mean ...
• 17 January 2008
  VATICAN - Discourse prepared by Benedict XVI for his visit to La Sapienza University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See has issued the discourse which the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI was due to give during a visit to the La Sapienza University in Rome on Thursday 17 January, a visit which w ...
• 17 January 2008
  VATICAN - “In Saint Augustine, who speaks to us, we see the ongoing relevance of his faith fede; faith which came from Christ… and that this is not yesterday's faith, even though it was preached yesterday, it is today's because Christ really is - yesterday, today and forever - the Way, the Truth and the Life”: Pope Benedict XVI continues his catechesis on St Augustine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the general audience on Wednesday 16 January, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dwelt again on the great figure of St Augustine Bishop of Hippo, highlighting how, four years before h ...
• 16 January 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: True greatness is to make oneself small Mgr Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of John the Baptist accompanied us through the season of Advent and we met him again on our liturgical and spiritual journey on the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. The figure of ...
• 16 January 2008
  VATICAN - Holy See Press Office statement with regard to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the La Sapienza University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of 15 January the Holy See Press Office issued the following statement in Italian: “Following incidents known to all with regard to the Holy Father's visit to La Sapienza ...
• 14 January 2008
  VATICAN - Thursday 17 January the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Chapel at Rome's La Sapienza University on the 60th anniversary of its foundation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 17 January at midday the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI will pay a visit to the Chapel of Rome's La Sapienza University. The programmes includes a meeting with the Chaplains, ...
• 14 January 2008
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope says: pray that all Christians “may come to an ever deeper understanding of the gift of Baptism and strive to live it which consistency, bearing witness to the love of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,”. He also mentioned the International Day Migrants and Refugees Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The entire mission of Christ can be summarised in this: to baptise us in the Holy Spirit, in order to free us from the slavery of death and ‘open us to heaven', give us access to true ...
• 14 January 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI administers the sacrament of Baptism: “at Baptism this tiny human person receives a new life, the life of grace, which enables the child to enter into a personal relationship with the Creator, which will last for ever, for all eternity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 13 January, on the Feast of the Lord's Baptism, Pope Benedict XVI Mass in the Sistine Chapel during which he administered the Sacrament of Baptism to 13 children. In his homily ...
• 11 January 2008
  VATICAN - In the wake of recent attacks the Holy Father sends message of solidarity to Christian communities in Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has sent a telegramme expressing solidarity in the wake of recent attacks against Christian communities in Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk on 6 and 9 January. The te ...
• 11 January 2008
  VATICAN - Education emergency, support for the family based on matrimony, spreading poverty, penalisation of Catholic hospitals: Pope Benedict XVI addresses administrators of the Lazio Region and Rome Municipality and Province Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The times and situations change, but the Pope's love and concern for those who live in this land, distinguished by a great living heritage of Christianity, never weakens”. With these s ...
• 10 January 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: “Jesus was not Spartacus” (Spe salvi 4), Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The second Encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI Spe salvi, contains various concise and effective judgements passages which facilitate the reader's comprehension. Even those who are less familia ...
• 10 January 2008
  VATICAN - “The greatest Father of the Latin Church, Saint Augustine: a man of passion and of faith, keen intelligence and tireless pastoral concern” subject of Pope Benedict XVI teaching at the Wednesday general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Christmas festivities, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI resumed his reflections on the Church Fathers during his Wednesday general audience on January 9: “The greatest Father ...