Vatican

• 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: ...
• 2 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI's Message for World Mission Sunday 2007: "All the Churches for all the World" Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give below the text of the Message of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI for the 81st World Mission Sunday celebrated on the penultimate Sunday in the month of October, this year Sunday ...
• 1 June 2007
  VATICAN - June, the Month of the Sacred Heart: Saint Margherita Maria Alacoque Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (22 July 1647-17 October 1690) was a French Catholic nun and mystic, who originated the Catholic devotion of the Sacred Hear ...
• 1 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI closes the month of May: “We pray for all Christians that with St Paul they may say: ‘the love of Christ urges us on', and with Mary's help may they spread the dynamism of charity throughout the world ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Vatican Gardens in the evening of 31 May, the Feast of the Visitation, the traditional procession with the recitation of the Rosary made its way from the little ancient church of St ...
• 31 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary- «Meryemana»: the House of Mary at Ephesus Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Gospels we read that shortly before he died on the cross Jesus entrusted his Mother Mary to the care of St John the evangelist. John is said to have taken the Blessed Virgin Mother w ...
• 31 May 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Authentic participation in the Liturgy Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - So far we have reflected on the sense of authentic participation in the Liturgy. The Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis dedicates a conspicuous part to the subject because it has b ...
• 31 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy See and the United Arab Emirates establish Diplomatic Relations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A communique made public today announced that the Holy See and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), "being desirous of promoting bonds of mutual friendship and of strengthening international coo ...
• 31 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict at the general Audience: in the writings of Tertullian “we find numerous themes which still today we are called to face. They involve us in a rich interior quest to which I exhort all the faithful ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing along the gallery of great figures of the early Church Pope Benedict XVI devoted his teaching at the Wednesday general audience on 30 May to Tertullian, known as the African, � ...
• 30 May 2007
  VATICAN - “God: peace or dominion” - Tomorrow in the presence of members of the Curia, Church Movements and religious institutions the chairman of the Italian Senate will present a television programme on the connection between religions for peace and harmony among peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - It has taken three years to collect documentation on the coexistence of peoples through situations, opinions and unreachable realities some unknown or some manipulated one against the other ...