Vatican

• 19 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Let us accept Christ's call to face daily events trusting in His Providential love. Let us not fear for the future, even when it appears gloomy” - Solidarity appeal for Bangladesh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Since the beginning, the Church has lived in prayerful waiting for the return of her Lord, watching for the signs of the times and warning the faithful to beware of recurrent messianisms ...
• 16 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum is “a sign for the whole Church with regard to certain theological-disciplinary principles to be safeguarded in view of the profound renewal, so desired by the Council.” - Interview with Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum promulgated by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 July 2007 came into force on 14 September. The document treats the Rite of Saint Pius V revised in 1962 by Pope Jo ...
• 15 November 2007
  TODAY ON THE INTERNET - - “And Pius XII enlisted the Jew to save him from the Nazis” by Andrea Tornielli - “Latin, a bond of unity among peoples and cultures”, Uwe Michael Lang traces the historical evolution of the liturgical language in the Roman rite - The 9th “Catholics and Public Life” Congress in Madrid, “God in public life. The Christian proposal”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The life of Bruno Ascoli, a Roman of, “Jewish race” according to the racial laws promulgated by Mussolini in 1938. Ascoli was baptised a month after the racial laws but it was too late ...
• 15 November 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - The Church: between fact and ideology. Rev Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the 4th century Saint Cyril Bishop of Jerusalem. Warned pilgrims visiting the Holy Places: “…do not ask where the Church is, ask specifically for the Catholic Church” (PG 33,1048). ...
• 15 November 2007
  VATICAN - 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care on the theme: " Pastoral Care for Elderly Sick People" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today in the world there are 390 million over the age of 65 and the number is expected to rise to 800 million by the years 2025. Five hundred million live in countries where life expecta ...
• 15 November 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI continues his catechesis on Saint Jerome: “he placed at the centre of his life and his activity the Word of God, which shows man the path to life and reveals to him the secrets of holiness” - After the audience the Pope's prays in front of the relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, at his general audience on Wednesday 14 November, continued his presentation of the figure of Saint Jerome who dedicated his life to studying the Bible an ...
• 14 November 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA- The Restlessness of the Human Heart , Rev Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If our happiness depended only on creatures of created things, it would inevitably fall into momentary, short lived relativity; every joy linked only with today, passes, as it is lived, car ...
• 14 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops offer Ten Tools for family media use - More high ranking prelates of the Roman Curia protest against scandal of illegal vendors on Via della Conciliazione - “Jesus of Nazareth" by Benedict XVI best seller in Peru Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops statement "Families and Advertising: Ten Tools by Canadian Bishops", to help families use the various forms of home media. - More high ranking prela ...
• 14 November 2007
  VATICAN - Updated after forty years the Organisation of the Synod of Bishops: Archbishop Eterovic, underlines the importance of next Synod of Bishops on the Word of God City (Agenzia Fides) - After forty years the Synod of Bishops has been re-organised on the basis of experience accumulated in this time and in response to indications from Pope Benedict XVI. First of all it was urgent to ...
• 13 November 2007
  VATICAN - December 8, beginning of Celebrations for 150th anniversary of the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - December 8, will mark the beginning of Celebrations for 150th anniversary of the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes. This jubilee year 2008, the third since he Jubilee of 190 ...
• 13 November 2007
  VATICAN - Mission, the divine mandate , Fr Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The call to mission has its initiative in God himself, who from all eternity decided to call men and women to live his very own life. The implementation of this plan involves various stages ...
• 13 November 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives new Indonesian Ambassador: “Dialogue, respect for the convictions of others, and collaboration in the service of peace are the surest means of securing social concord” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ Indonesia, as a multi-religious country with the largest Muslim population of any nation in the world, plays an important and positive role in promoting interreligious cooperation, both ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - “Pastoral Care for elderly sick persons ”: presentation of 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pastoral Care for elderly sick persons” is the theme of the 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care which will be presented on 14 Novemb ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's grief at the death of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has sent a telegrammes to Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura of Yokohama, Japan, for the death, at the age of 77, of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, president emeritus of the Pont ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - Italian Federation of Catholic Universities “FUCI has contributed towards the formation of whole generations of exemplary Christians, who put into practice and spread the Gospel at the cultural, civil, social and ecclesial level ” Pope Benedict XVI recalls Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on November 9 received in audience a delegation of the Italian Federation of Catholic Universities F.U.C.I., on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of ...