Vatican

• 11 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “In a monastery of Benedictine spirit, the praise of God, which the monks sing as a solemn choral prayer, always has priority.” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, in the afternoon of Sunday 9 September, paid a visit to Heiligenkreuz Abbey, the largest Cistercian monastery in Europe, founded in 1135 by Leopold III. After ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “I appreciate your efforts as members of Holy Childhood. I see you are little collaborators in the service which the Pope offers the Church and the world: you help me with your prayers and with your efforts to spread the Gospel” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 9 September after the recitation of the Angelus prayer in front of the St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna Pope Benedict XVI said a few words to Austrian Catholic children members of the ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “We too need access to the Risen one, who sustains us through and beyond death. We need this encounter which brings us together, which gives us space for freedom, which lets us see beyond the bustle of everyday life to God’s creative love, from which we come and towards which we are travelling ” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 9 September, at 10am the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI presided a Celebration of the Eucharist at Vienna's St Stephen's Cathedral. In his homily the Pope illustrated the meaning of Sun ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “The heart of the mission of Jesus Christ and of all Christians is to announce the Kingdom of God. This announcement in the name of Christ means for the Church, the priests, the religious and all the baptised, commitment to be present in the world as His witnesses.” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Saturday 8 September inside the Basilica of Mariazell the Holy Father presided the celebration of Second Vespers of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict in Austria - “Show us Jesus!” It was with this plea to the Mother of the Lord that we set off on our journey here. This same plea will accompany us as we return to our daily lives. And we know that Mary hears our prayer” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 8 September the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI travelled to the Marian Shrine of Mariazell, in the Austrian Alps, where he presided an outdoor Concelebration of the Eucharist to mark the ...
• 8 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “ It should be everyone’s concern to ensure that the day will never come when only the stones of Austria speak of Christianity!” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of 7 September the Pope went to the Vienna Hofburg for teh courtesy visit to the president of Austria Heinz Fischer and a meeting with the authorities and the Diplomatic Corps, p ...
• 8 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - The first step on his pilgrimage, at Mariensäule, to reflect “on the significance of the Mother of God for Austria past and present, and her significance for each one of us ” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Immediately after the welcome ceremony at 12.45 on Friday 7 September Pope Benedict XVI went to the Mariensäule (Mary's Colomon) in the Am Hof Square in Vienna, first step on his pilgrimage to ...
• 8 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “During these three days I wish to make my pilgrimage to Mariazell… as a journey made in the company of all the pilgrims of our time” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - “ The reason for my coming to Austria is the 850th anniversary of the shrine of Mariazell. This Marian sanctuary in some way represents the maternal heart of Austria, and has always had a parti ...
• 7 September 2007
  VATICAN- Holy See Press Office communique with regard to Pope Benedict XVI's audiences with Shimon Peres, president of the State of Israel and Prince Saud Al Faisal, foreign minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - on Thursday 6 September in the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Shimon Peres, president of the State of Israel and Prince Saud Al F ...
• 7 September 2007
  VATICAN - “Prisoners easily can be overwhelmed by feelings of isolation, shame and rejection… Chaplains and their collaborators are called to be heralds of God's infinite compassion and forgiveness”: Benedict XVI addresses International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “Prisoners easily can be overwhelmed by feelings of isolation, shame and rejection that threaten to shatter their hopes and aspirations for the future. In this context Chaplains and th ...
• 7 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Laos and Cambodia: “The Christian faith is not a foreign reality for your peoples... Announcing it to all peoples the Church does not seek to impose herself, instead she demonstrates her respect for all men and women and for the society in which she lives ” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “When you return to Laos and Cambodia, carry affectionate greetings from the Successor of Peter to priests, religious, catechists and lay people in your communities. I am aware of thei ...
• 6 September 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Man's conversion towards God is the task of the Church, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus wanted the Church to speak to the world about God so man would be converted and would live. Instead increasingly we come across books written by Christians or public interventions by ...
• 6 September 2007
  VATICAN - Tomorrow the Pope starts his apostolic Visit to Austria, on the occasion of 850th anniversary of the Marian Shrine of Mariazell Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow 7 September, at 9.30am the Pope will depart from Rome's Ciampino airport for Vienna on his first Apostolic Journey to Austria. The main reason is to celebrate with the Catholics of ...
• 6 September 2007
  VATICAN - “We must not only speak of God, we must carry God in our hearts”: during his general audience Pope Benedict XVI highlights the validity of the teaching of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, recalls Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and underlines the importance of commitment to protect creation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 5 September Pope Benedict XVI flew by helicopter from Castel Gandolfo to the Vatican to give his general audience to several thousands of visitors gathered in St Peter's Square ...
• 5 September 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - In Mary's Nativity we are all born anew, Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The month of September is marked on the liturgical calendar by a special presence of the Blessed Virgin, beginning with the commemoration of her birth, on 8th September. It is a joy to thin ...