Vatican

• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - “From my lips I raise a heartfelt invocation for the Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon…and also for the other regions involved in a vortex of apparently inexorable violence”: Pope Benedict XVI visits Congregation for the Oriental Churches and announces the appointment of the new Prefect Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday June 9, the feast day of Saint Ephraim, a great doctor of the Syrian Church, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Congregation for the Oriental Churches where he was w ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “In life today, often noisy and distracting, it is more than ever important to rediscover the ability for inner silence and recollection ” - Appeal for all hostages, including Catholic priests, in various parts of the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The supreme mystery of the Christian faith, the real presence of the Risen Christ in the Eucharist was the subject of the brief address given by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 10 June, bef ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE- “Dialogue and comparison between Christianity and other religions in images” Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The interesting programme “God, peace or dominion?”, to be shown on RaiUno on Tuesday evening, is a successful attempt to put into images the fundamental teachings of the dearly beloved ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI appeals to world leaders at G8 Summit “not to retreat from their promises to make a substantial increase in development aid in favour of the most needy populations, especially those of the African Continent.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday June 6, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI made the following appeal to the participants at the G8 summit in Germany: “ Today in Heiligen ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi: “Like the manna for the people of Israel, for every Christian generation the Eucharist is the indispensable nourishment which sustains it as it crosses the desert of this world” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist is the food reserved for those who in Baptism have been set free from slavery and have become children; it is the food which sustains them on the long exodus across the des ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI devotes his Wednesday General Audience to Saint Cyprian "the first African Bishop to earn the crown of martyrdom" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Cyprian, an African bishop of the 3rd century, "the first African Bishop to earn the crown of martyrdom" whose fame is connected with the literary works and pastoral activity of thirt ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - “Pope Pius XII anticipated and prepared the Council” says Rev Nicola Bux, Vice Rector of the Ecumenical Institute of Bari in an interview with Fides Vatican City (Fides Service)- “The recent recognition of the heroic virtues of Pope Pius XII, in my opinion, is an eloquent sign with regard to the correct application of the Second Vatican Council” said Rev Nicola B ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - Caritas Internationalis has new president: Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga. Appeal for the Middle East Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Oscar Andrès Rodriguez Maradiaga, aged 64, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is the new president of Caritas Internationalis. He was elected to succeed 61 year old lay man Fran ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “Two Hearts, one Love” Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - With the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary we concluded the month of May, a Marian month par excellence. In this salvific event, which we frequently contemplate in the reci ...
• 5 June 2007
  VATICAN - The great legacy of Pope Pius XII: Fides interviews Father Peter Gumpel, Relator of the cause for the beatification of Pope Pius XII Vatican City (Agenzia Fides)- “Pope Pius XII played an important role in preparation for the Second Vatican Council and he encouraged the Church to reflect on issues which concerned modern men and women” Jesuit Fr Pe ...
• 5 June 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expresses his grief for the murder of a priest and three sub-deacons in Mossul Iraq: "May their sacrifice inspire in the hearts of all men and women of good will a renewed resolve to reject the ways of hatred and violence, to conquer evil with good and to cooperate in hastening the dawn of reconciliation, justice and peace in Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his grief at the tragic murder of a Chaldean Catholic priest and three sub-deacons on Sunday June 3 in Mossul, in Iraq (see Fides 4/6/2007). ...
• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - ASIA/INDONESIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Atambua and appoints Successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 2 June 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Atambua (Indonesia) presented by Bishop Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D., in c ...
• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Bishops of the Central African Republic: "I sincerely hope that Africa will no longer be forgotten in this world of profound changes and that authentic hope may be born for the peoples of that continent” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “You are called to carry out your mission at the service of the people entrusted to you by the Lord in a difficult contest…peace and national harmony are among the most urgent challenge ...
• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - On Sunday 3 June before leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict XVI greeted visitors who had come for the canonisations and he called for “renewed efforts to eliminate the new forms of slavery which afflict humanity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday June 3rd after Mass in St Peter's Square during which he had canonised four new saints, Pope Benedict XVI greeted those who had come from different countries to be present for the ...
• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI proclaims four new saints: “Let us thank God for the wonders he has worked in the Saints who are a reflection of his glory. Let us be drawn by their example to make our whole life, like theirs, a canticle of praise and glory to the Most Holy Trinity ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Sunday June 3, Pope Benedict XVI presided the celebration of Mass in St Peter's Square during which he canonised three priests and a woman religious: ...