Vatican

• 9 January 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - We cannot see God, because God is immense! Mgr. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A couple of days before the solemnity of Christmas, I had the joy of celebrating Mass with primary school children and their parents and teachers in preparation for the coming of Jesus. The ...
• 8 January 2008
  VATICAN - The Church's Missionary nature: relationship dialogue-mission - by Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Vatican II and the documents of papal teaching since the Council inaugurated a new missionary attitude which always commences with a sentiment of deep esteem for what is in every human perso ...
• 8 January 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Diplomatic Corps: “God can never be excluded from the horizon of man or of history. God’s name is a name of justice, it represents an urgent appeal for peace” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The traditional audience with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See for the presentation of new year wishes, held in the Apostolic Palace on 7 January, offered the Hol ...
• 7 January 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends a Letter to the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Kenya: “Violence is futile as a means of resolving problems… the country needs peace that is based on justice and brotherhood ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following tragic events in Kenya, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, asked Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. to address a letter to Cardinal John Njue, archbishop of Nair ...
• 7 January 2008
  VATICAN - The spiritual light of the star which guided the Three Wise Men “can guide every person to Jesus "the Pope says at the Angelus on the feast of the Epiphany and he thanks the children of Missionary Childhood who “ care for the needs of other children spurred on by the love brought on earth by the Son of God who became a child ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “After stopping ‘above the place where the child lay’, the star which guided the Three Wise Men ceased its function, but its spiritual light is always present in the word of the Gospe ...
• 7 January 2008
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of the Epiphany Pope Benedict XVI says “the Church is faithful to her mission only if she reflects the light of Christ the Lord, and thus helps all the peoples of the world on the path towards peace and true progress”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem to adore the new born Messiah, is the sign of the manifestation of the universal King to all peoples and to all men and women in search of ...
• 21 December 2007
  VATICAN - “You heard it said but I say to you…” - intervention by Prof. Michele Loconsole on: the “descendance” of Abraham and the children of the promise Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue between Jews and Christians, in the light of Vatican II, and above all after John Paul II's visits to the Synagogue of Rome and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, had taken some signif ...
• 20 December 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope's teaching: “We Christians must be the first to reaffirm with profound and genuine conviction the truth of the Nativity of Christ, to witness to all our awareness of an unheard of gift... the source of the duty to evangelise which is proper to the communication of this ‘good news" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his teaching at the general audience on Wednesday 19 December to the mystery of Christmas. “If on the one hand Christmas brings us to commemor ...
• 20 December 2007
  VATICAN Benedict XVI addresses young members of Catholic Action Italy: “ God became man to show us the way, indeed becoming a child, he became himself the 'way' also for you children” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus is the way which leads to true life, life without end. It is a path which is often narrow and uphill but, if we let ourselves be drawn by Him, it is always wonderful like a mountai ...
• 19 December 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: At Christmas you too can be born again! by Mgr Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas is almost here and the Gospel urges us to prepare the way for the Lord who comes! What does this mean? Great Saint Augustine tells us that “preparing the way” is about being ...
• 18 December 2007
  VATICAN - Concrete modalities of mission: evangelisation, inculturation, implantatio of the Church (part two) - by Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - How to speak of God in this world which has led to the loss of values which are fundamental for the Christian? First of all we must take the path of the faith, only in this way can we show ...
• 18 December 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI to the Postulators of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: “The saints, if properly presented in their spiritual dynamism and their historic reality, help render the word of the Gospel and the mission of the Church more credible and inviting ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In recent decades we have seen growing religious and cultural interest for champions of Christian holiness who show the true face of te Church, the bride of Christ 'without spot or wrink ...
• 17 December 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict addresses the Bishops of Japan: “The need to proclaim Christ boldly and courageously is a continuing priority for the Church…Your task today is to seek new ways of bringing alive the message of Christ in the cultural setting of modern Japan” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 50th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier Apostle of Japan, celebrated with joy last year by the whole Church, was recalled by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI in his addr ...
• 17 December 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI dedicates new parish church of Our Lady of Rosary of Pompei: “May this new church be a privileged place to grow in the knowledge and love of the One who in a few days time we will welcome with joy on the feast of his Nativity as the Redeemer of our world and our Saviour” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The solemn liturgy of the dedication of this church is an occasion of intense spiritual joy for the people of God living in this area. I am happy to join you in your satisfaction for hav ...
• 17 December 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “joy enters the hearts of those who put themselves at the service of the humble and the poor. In those who love in this way, God makes his home and the soul is filled with joy. If instead happiness becomes an idol, this is the wrong road and it is very difficult to find the joy of which Jesus speaks” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 3rd Sunday of Advent is called "gaudete" since it is marked by the call of Saint Paul "Gaudete in Domino semper - Always rejoice in the Lord " (Phil 4,4). “The Apostle urges Christian ...