Vatican

• 29 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope's catechesis dedicated to the figure of Saint Ephrem, “still relevant for the life of the different Churches”: “his is a theological reflection expressed with images and symbols taken from nature, from daily life and from the Bible” - Appeal for World AIDS Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a widespread opinion today that Christianity is a European religion which exported the culture of this continent to other countries. But the truth is much more complex since the Ch ...
• 28 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - Osservatore Romano interview with president of Italian Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco: “A Church loved by her people in a country in need of systematic re-evangelisation” - Sr Teresa Karottukunnel, FMA and her work to help drug addicts in India: Interview - Cardinal Bertone attends Pontifical Lateran University academic act to mark 70th anniversary of new premises Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In Italia there is a Church which is not interested in the life of political parties or how politics are run, it desires simply to love and serve the people speaking out clearly and firmly, ...
• 28 November 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - "With Jesus, history will never be the same again" , Mgr. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The personal story of every believer from the first real encounter with Jesus, undergoes a profound change, it will never be the same again: it becomes a story of salvation! It is no longer ...
• 27 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - Forum of Catholic NGOs starts on November 30 in Rome - In India about 500 delegates will attend CCI Catholic Council of India Meeting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A summit of Catholic NGOs proposed by the Holy See's Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone ,will start on 30 November in Rome. The Delegations, representing Caritas internationalis, ...
• 27 November 2007
  VATICAN - The missionary nature of the Church in post-council Magisterium (part one) Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the post-council period we saw, in the name of religious pluralism, a sort of levelling: Christ was presented as one of many mediators of salvation and the Church as one of many ways to ...
• 27 November 2007
  VATICAN - Sunday 2 December Pope Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to the San Giovanni Battista Hospital run by the Order of Malta Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, December 2, Benedict XVI is due to visit the Roman hospital of St. John the Baptist, which belongs to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and specializes in the treatment and rehabilit ...
• 27 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope tells new Cardinals: “I rely on your invaluable assistance to enable me to better carry out my ministry at the service of the whole people of God. I need this support ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “While I assure you of my prayers, I ask you to accompany me always with your appreciated human and pastoral experience. I rely on your invaluable assistance to enable me to better carry ...
• 26 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI meets the College of Cardinals on the occasion of the Consistory: ecumenical dialogue in the light of the Lord's prayer and mandate “Ut unum sint” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of 23 new cardinals was preceded - on November 23 - by a meeting of prayer and reflection of the College of Cardinals, to take place in the V ...
• 26 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus calls for prayers for the Holy Land, “to implore the Spirit of God to grant peace to that region so dear to us”, and he entrusts the new members of the College of Cardinals to the Blessed Virgin Mary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Eucharistic Celebration with the new Cardinals in St Peter's Basilica on Sunday 25 November, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI went outside to the steps of the Basilica to ...
• 26 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope consigns to the Cardinals the ring impressed with the Cross: “this will remind you always of the King you serve and of the Throne upon which he was lifted up and was faithful to the end, in order to conquer sin and death” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This year the solemnity of Christ, King of the universe, crowning feast of the liturgical year, is enriched by the inclusion in the College of Cardinals of 23 new members who, according ...
• 26 November 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses new Cardinal: “Be apostles of God who is Love and Witnesses of evangelical hope: this is what the Christian people expects of you ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 24 November, in St Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI held a public Consistory for the creation of 23 new Cardinals, in the form of a Celebration of the Word. In ...
• 23 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - World Conference of Church Bodies working for Justice and Peace (22-24 Nov.) - Diocese of Mongu in Zambia marks ten glorious years Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 2nd World Conference for Church Bodies working for Justice and Peace, on Friday 23 November, will focus on present day challenges to development - the person and the concept of “human ...
• 23 November 2007
  VATICAN - Over one billion people in the world regarded as 'homeless' : First International Meeting on the Pastoral Care of the Homeless Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the 26th and 27th of November, the First International Meeting on the Pastoral Care of the Homeless on the theme: “In Christ and with the Church at the service of the homeless (clochar ...
• 23 November 2007
  VATICAN - Today, College of Cardinals meets for prayer and reflection on the eve of the Consistory Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 24 November, at 10.30, in St Peter's Square the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will hold a public Consistory for the creation of twenty three new Cardinals (see Agenzia Fides 17/ ...
• 23 November 2007
  VATICAN - Friday 30 November presentation of Pope Benedict XVI's second encyclical "Spe salvi" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The new Encyclical of Benedict XVI, "Spe salvi," will be presented at the Holy See Press Office at 11.30 a.m. on Friday, November 30. The document will be presented by Cardinal Georges Mari ...