Vatican

• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - “Ethnic and social differences lived in a spirit of reciprocal respect and love, become a common enrichment rather than a motive for division”: Benedict XVI addresses Bishops of Congo on ad limina visit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “May our meeting, expression of communion with the Successor of St Peter, be a source of ever more intense communion among yourselves and among your diocesan Churches, filling you with co ...
• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Naples - “With respect for the differences of the various religions, we are all called to work for peace and to concrete commitment to promote reconciliation among peoples” Naples (Agenzia Fides) - In Naples on Sunday 21 October after the Mass in Piazza del Plebiscito, Pope Benedict XVI went to the Aula Magna of the Archdiocesan Seminary at Capodimonte, where he greeted the leaders of Dele ...
• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Naples - “Today we pray in a special way for missionaries. May we never fail to offer spiritual and material help to those working on the frontiers of mission ” Naples (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 21 October at the end of Mass celebrated in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Pope Benedict XVI thanked those present, “dear ...
• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Naples - “The power, which in silence and without clamour changes the world and transforms it into the Kingdom of God, is faith, and the expression of this faith is prayer … The Church's mission is to nourish continually the faith and hope of the Christian people” Naples (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 21 October the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, made a pastoral visit to Naples. On his arrival at the Stazione Marittima, at the Port of Naples the Pope was welcomed by Cardinal Crescen ...
• 19 October 2007
  VATICAN - “The daily chronicle reveals that society of our day faces many ethic and social emergencies which can undermine its stability and seriously jeopardise its future” Pope Benedict XVI says in a Message to Italy's 45th Catholic Social Week Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The importance of the theme chosen for the 45th Catholic Social Week being held in Pistoia and Pisa from the 18 to the 21 October - “The common good today: a commitment which comes from a ...
• 18 October 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE From the “spirit” to the “ghost” of the Council, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If, when the Lord sent his disciples into the world, he had given them an agenda of problems with regard to the relationship they should have with societies and cultures, the poor men woul ...
• 18 October 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI catechesis on St Eusebius of Vercelli: “he governed the diocese with the testimony of his life” - Appeal “to increase efforts to eradicate the causes of poverty and its tragic consequences ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St Eusebius of Vercelli, the first Bishop of northern Italy of whom we have reliable information, was the theme of the catechesis given by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI during his Wed ...
• 17 October 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Created for Heaven! , Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I come from Heaven”! These were the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when, appearing in an apparition to the three shepherd children in Fatima, she replied to Lucia who asked where s ...
• 17 October 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI announces Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of his general audience this morning the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI announced that there will be a Consistory on 24 November during which he will appoint new cardinals. The Po ...
• 16 October 2007
  VATICAN - The social and ecclesial situation in the countries of the continent of America in the light of Ecclesia in America: 12th meeting of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops' Special Council for America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The post synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America makes several references to the centrality of the Word of God in the life and mission of the Church. This topical issue in view of ...
• 16 October 2007
  VATICAN - Programme of Pope Benedict XVI's Pastoral Visit to Naples on Sunday 21 October Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) - The programme of Pope Benedict XVI's Pastoral Visit to Naples on Sunday 21 October was made public today. The Holy Father will travel by helicopter from the heliport in Vatican City to the S ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - Mgr Boarotto appointed Delegate for the Ordinary Section of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI appointed Delegate of the Ordinary Section of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (A.P.S.A.) Rev. Mgr. Massimo Boarotto, until now official at the Congrega ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - “Without peace between Christians and Muslims, there can be no peace in the world”: leading members of almost all Muslim countries, Shiite and Sunni, address a Letter to Christian leaders Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Among those who signed a Letter (written a year after the Letter addressed to Benedict XVI by 38 leading Muslims in answer to the Pope's “lecture” in Regensburg) is the secretary general of the ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - Religions committed to defending human dignity, promoting peace and unity in the human family: International Course in Humanitarian Law for Catholic Military Chaplains Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Defence of human dignity is the only ray of light in the darkness of war, a light which can illuminate the mind, a little flame that can dissolve hatred and resentment, a fine red thread ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music called by Pope Benedict XVI to contribute to “an ‘aggiornamento’ suited to our times of the precious traditions of which sacred music is rich” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I have come gladly to see the completely renovated didactic see of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. My visit inaugurates and blesses the major work of restoration undertaken in ...