Vatican

• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Martino celebrates 50th anniversary of priestly ordination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “A long period of ministry, enriched by praiseworthy activity”: this was how Pope Benedict XVI described the 50 years of priesthood of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino who celebrated hi ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI dedicates general audience to Saint Athanasius, “one of the most important and venerated Fathers of the early Church, enthusiastic theologian of the incarnation of the Logos” - appeal for World Refugee Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The general audience on Wednesday 20 June was held in two parts, first in St Peter's and then in the Paul VI Audience Hall. In his address to the visitors in St Peter's Pope Benedict XVI sa ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses Meeting of Aid Agencies for the Eastern Catholic Churches (ROACO): “The Holy Land, Iraq and Lebanon are present, with urgency and constancy they deserve in the prayer and activity of the Apostolic See and the whole Church ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The presence of the venerable Eastern Bishops allows me to share the pain and concern for the delicate situation in vast areas of the Middle East. Peace, so implored and longed for, is s ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “Letting oneself be captured by Christ”, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - «'You see this woman? I came into your house, and you poured no water over my feet, but she has poured out her tears over my feet and wiped them away with her hair. You gave me no kiss, bu ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - “Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road”: mobility a characteristic of present day societies all over the world is a new horizon for evangelisation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The necessity to write a document on “Pastoral Care of the Road ” emerged during the 1st European Meeting for National Directors of Pastoral Care of the Road held in February 2003 at t ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - Celebrations at the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul: Benedict XVI will call as “Pauline Year” to mark the 2000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle of the Gentiles Rome (Agenzia Fides) - As every year on the 26, 27, 28 and 29 June the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls will hold three days of celebrations in honour of Saints Peter and Paul, the founders of the Church in ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - “I place these 25 years of Episcopal ministry in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, because Mary has sealed the whole of my Episcopate, and with her I say again to the Lord: I am your servant” - Cardinal Dias celebrates Mass for the Silver Jubilee of his Episcopate Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples presided a solemn concelebration of the Eucharist in the chapel of the Pontifical Urban College on June ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - Message from the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to Cardinal Ivan Dias for Silver Jubilee of his ordination as a Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to His Eminence Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of the 25th anni ...
• 19 June 2007
  VATICAN - "The Human Family: Community of Peace" is the theme of the 41st World Day for Peace on 1 January 2008 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Human Family: Community of Peace" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the annual Day for Peace on 1 January next year. The choice stems from the conviction that the perceptio ...
• 19 June 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples marks the 25th anniversary of his ordination as Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Grand chancellor of the Pontifical Urban University is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his ordin ...
• 19 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi: “It is time for young people like Francis to take Jesus seriously and build a personal relationship with Him. It is time to look at the history of the third millennium which has just started as a history more than ever in need of the leaven of the Gospel ” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope's last appointment in Assisi on Sunday 17 June was a meeting with young people in front of the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. “This is a special moment of my pilgrimage- the Pop ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi - “Francis is a man for others, because to the core he is a man of God. If in his message we separate the ‘horizontal’ and the ‘vertical’ dimension we render Francis unrecognisable” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Sunday June 17in the cathedral of Assisi, dedicated to Saint Rufino, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI had a meeting with the priests, men and women religious, and the super ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi - “Every Friar must be an authentic contemplative, with his eyes set on the eyes of Christ. Like Francis with the leper, he must see the face of Christ in our brothers and sisters who suffer, and offer to all the announcement of peace.” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Sunday June 17 during his day's visit to Assisi, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the community of German Poor Clare Sisters at Holy Cross Convent in Assisi ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi - “I feel it is my duty to launch from here a pressing appeal for an end to all the armed conflicts which bloody the earth. May weapons be silent, and everywhere may hatred give way to love, offence to forgiveness and discord to union!” Assisi (Fides Service) - On Sunday 17 June at the end of Mass in front of the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi Pope Benedict XVI sent greeting to the members of other Christian confessions and other religions who accepte ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi- “Assisi tells us that loyalty to one's religious convictions, loyalty above all to Christ, crucified and risen, is expressed not with violence or intolerance, but rather with sincere respect for others, with dialogue, and with proclamation which appeals to freedom and reason, and with commitment for peace and reconciliation” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 17 June, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to Assisi on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the Conversion of Saint Francis of Assisi. The Pope travelled by helicopte ...