Vatican

• 23 November 2007
  VATICAN - “Peace, prosperity, and respect for human rights are inseparably linked. The time has come to ensure, for the sake of peace, that no man, woman and child will ever be hungry again!”: Benedict XVI addresses FAO Conference Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy See has always maintained a keen interest in every effort made to rid the human family of famine and malnutrition, in the awareness that resolving these problems requires not on ...
• 22 November 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - To achieve justice , Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The themes of peace, justice, solidarity and human rights and ecology, are given increasing emphasis in the media and in what is commonly referred to as “public opinion”, and then cleve ...
• 22 November 2007
  VATICAN - “Realty, Light, Action”: a summary of the 22nd International Conference on “Pastoral Care for Elderly Sick Persons” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the 22nd International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, this time on the theme “Pastoral Care for Elderly Sick People”, the preside ...
• 22 November 2007
  VATICAN - According to Afraate the wise one “prayer comes about when Christ lives in the heart of the Christian and urges him to coherently live charitable commitment for neighbour”: the Pope's catechesis at the general audience. Appeal for Somalia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The great figure of Afraate the Wise, “one of the most important and at the same time most enigmatic personages of Syrian Christianity of the 4th century”, was the subject of Pope Bened ...
• 21 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - Osservatore Romano: Nuns in the cloister, the Internet breaks the silence - Schoenstatt diversely-able priest evangelises via the Internet. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “With time the cloister has changed. Today the silence is broken by the Internet. In the past only the bell marked the passing of time. The convent walls seemed impassable. Today computer ...
• 21 November 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - How great is Mary! Mgr. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Next Sunday we will celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King, and today is the feast of the Presentation of Our Lady at the Temple: the purest of creatures is offered to God, she is conse ...
• 21 November 2007
  VATICAN - Consecrated persons and lay men and women together in the great adventure of Christian education: Congregation for Catholic Education presents new document Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The purpose of the document “Educating together in Catholic Schools. Shared Mission of Consecrated Persons and Lay Faithful”, issued by the Congregation for Education, is to “offer po ...
• 21 November 2007
  VATICAN - Pro Orantibus Day- “Contemplative life, a treasure and a gift”: a contribution by the Benedictines of Santa Maria in Rosano Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pro Orantibus Day was instituted by Pope Pius XII on 21 November 1953, the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Temple, as a day for all the faithful to thank God for ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - Pro Orantibus Day- “Contemplative life, a treasure and a gift”: a contribution by the Benedictines of St. Maria in Rosano Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pro Orantibus Day was instituted by Pope Pius XII on 21 November 1953, the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Temple, as a day for all the faithful to thank God for ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET: -Papal Message to Social Weeks in France - Caritas Peru and BBVA rebuild schools in Ica destroyed by earthquake - Gregorian University promotes Virtual Radio Course Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The theme chosen for the 2007 session of Social Weeks of France “Living differently to promote sustainable development and solidarity” reflects the organisers' concern for the “evils" ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Missionary nature of the Church in the teaching of the Council, Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Vatican II affirms clearly in the documents Lumen Gentium and Ad Gentes, that mission is intrinsic to the Church. The basic statement is: “ The pilgrim Church is missionary by her very nat ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Bishops of Kenya on ad limina visit: “as you guide your people into the unity for which Christ prayed, do so with ardent charity and firm authority, unfailing in patience and in teaching” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Every Bishop has a particular responsibility to build up the unity of his flock, mindful of our Lord’s prayer” the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI reminded the Bishops of Kenya, recei ...
• 19 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET- Interview with Cardinal Bertone, Holy See Secretary of State: in Argentina the Gospel meets Cultures - VE Multimedios Catholic Association offers virtual Course on Vatican II - School of Evangelisation in Venice Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An interview with Cardinal Bertone who just returned from Argentina, is published in the Italian daily edition of the Osservatore Romano of 18 November. Among the questions: “What did yo ...
• 19 November 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Societies of Apostolic Life, dependent on Propaganda Fide: “ mission ad gentes is still only beginning, and the Lord is summoning us, all of us, to be committed wholeheartedly to its service ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on November 16 received in audience participants at a Meeting for General Superiors of Missionary Societies of Apostolic Life, promoted by the Congregatio ...
• 19 November 2007
  VATICAN - “In the face of suffering and illness believers are called not to lose hope because nothing, not even death, can separate us from Christ's love”: the Pope's address to the International Conference on the pastoral care of elderly sick people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “If it is true that in every stage human life deserves maximum respect, in some ways it deserves it even more when it is weighed down by old age and illness. Old age is the final lap of o ...