Vatican

• 9 May 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - God's glory is resplendent in Mary , Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the month of May the Church is especially attentive to the words of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, “do whatever he tells you” (Jn 2, 5). These were the last of the few words of Mary reco ...
• 8 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (6) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 21 February 1858: 6th Apparition. “The Lady appears early in the morning to Bernadette who is accompanied by about a hundred people. The local doctor tells the story: «Bernadette ...
• 8 May 2007
  VATICAN - PMS Annual General Assembly: new impulse for Pontifical Missionary Union called to be the "soul of the PMS ” Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union, Fr. Vito del Prete, PIME, was the last to give his annual report on the past year's activity which included to important events: the 50º ...
• 8 May 2007
  VATICAN - PMS Annual General Assembly: Pontifical Mission Society of Holy Childhood receives more offerings to help children in need Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After a day's rest on Sunday, the work of the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies at the Fraterna Domus in Sacrofano just outside Rome, resumed on Monday 7 May with a repor ...
• 8 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Superiors General: “ in you I thank the immense army of witnesses to Christ's love who operate on the frontiers of evangelisation, education and social charity”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Addressing Superiors General, representing 794 families of women religious operating in 85 different countries all over the world Pope Benedict XVI whom he received in audience on Monday 7 ...
• 7 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pontifical Council for Culture presents first four books of the project Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday 8 May there will be the presentation of the first four books in the series of Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest, STOQ. The first of a long series the books treat mathem ...
• 7 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (5) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 20 February 1858: in silence, 5th Apparition. “With her mother, her aunt Basila, after Mass Bernadette went down to the Grotta. This time there are about thirty witnesses. Berna ...
• 7 May 2007
  VATICAN - PMS Annual General Assembly - Pontifical Mission Society St Peter Apostle supports Formation of 81.323 seminarians in mission territories Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 4 May it was the turn of Mgr Jan Dumon, Secretary General of the Pontifical Mission Society St Peter Apostle to report on the Society's activity in the past year. The charisma of the Soc ...
• 7 May 2007
  VATICAN - PMS Annual General Assembly: the Pontifical Mission Society for the Propagation of the Faith offers decisive contribution to the missionary world helping to fund some 6,000 projects. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies May 3 to 8 continues at the Fraterna Domus di Sacrofano just outside Rome. On May 3rd the National Directors listened to the annual r ...
• 7 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses Superior Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies and participants at Congress of Fidei donum Missionaries: “Although many are the challenges to evangelisation in our day, many too are the signs of hope which testify all over the world to encouraging missionary vitality among the Christian people ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Especially to Africa… Pius XII was looking when, with prophetic intuition, he thought of that new missionary "agent", named after the first words of his encyclical Fidei donum. He wish ...
• 7 May 2007
  VATICAN - Letter from the Cardinal Secretary of State to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the encyclical Fidei Donum: “This method in time could become the norm for missionary co-responsibility ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 21 April, to mark the 50th anniversary of the encyclical Fidei domum issued by the Servant of God Pope Pius XII, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Secretary of State, sent a letter to the Prefe ...
• 7 May 2007
  VATICAN - The month of May, coinciding with the Easter Season “can be an opportunity to return to the faith of the early Church and, united with Mary, realise that still today our mission is to courageously and joyfully announce and bear witness to Christ crucified and risen”: Pope Benedict XVI at the Regina Cæli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 6 May in his reflection before the recitation of the midday Marian hymn Regina Caeli, Pope Benedict XVI dwelt on traditional devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the month of Ma ...
• 5 May 2007
  VATICAN - Month of Mary, Month of May - «QUÉ SOY ERA IMMACULADA COUNCEPCIOU» 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (4) Vatican City (Fides Service) - 4th Brief and silent Apparition FRIDAY 19th FEBRUARY. After mass about 7 in the morning we saw Bernadette, her mother, her aunt Bernarda Castérot, Mrs Millet and a few other women at the G ...
• 4 May 2007
  VATICAN - Month of Mary, Month of May - «QUÉ SOY ERA IMMACULADA COUNCEPCIOU» 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (3) Vatican City (Fides Service) - 3rd Apparition THURSDAY 18th FEBRUARY «The third time was the following Thursday: some important people said I should take with me paper and pen and ask the Lady if she had something t ...
• 4 May 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Division among Catholics does not help religious freedom. Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - In Turkey Christians are murdered, in Italy the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference receives threats, in Rome during at a massive May 1 pop music show, a rock star offends the Pop ...