Vatican

• 14 May 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Esperanto Movement renews consecration to Blessed Virgin Mary via Vatican Radio Vatican City (Fides Service) - Sunday 13 May members of the Catholic Esperanto Movement all over the world tuned in toVatican Radio to renew together their consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The first act of c ...
• 14 May 2007
  VATICAN - The month of Mary Il - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at a Lourdes in 1858 (11) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 28 February 1858: Despite fine persistent rain and gelid cold, one or two thousands people gathered early in the morning at the Grotto. Bernadette arrived at 7 o'clock. As she knee ...
• 12 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict in Brazil - “With your silent prayerful self-offering, an eloquent silence that the Father hears, proclaim the message of love that conquers sorrow, drugs and death ” Guaratinguetà (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 May, after celebrating Mass in the Chapel of the Bom Jesùs Seminary in Aparecida, Pope Benedict XVI went to visit the Fazenda da Esperança at Guaratinguetá which cares for young ...
• 12 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict in Brazil - "It is Our Lady who teaches us to pray. She helps us to open our minds and hearts to the power of the Holy Spirit who comes to be shared with the whole world ” Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily after the recitation of the Holy Rosary on Saturday 12 May at the vast Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil, the Holy Father used intense words and moving contents to turn ...
• 12 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Brazil - “ It is not enough to care for the body, we must adorn the soul with the most precious divine gifts acquired through Baptism.” Guaratinguetà (Agenzia Fides) - After meeting a community of Poor Clare Sisters and celebrating Mass at the Fazenda da Esperança in Guaratinguetá, Pope Benedict XVI had a meeting with the community gathered with Brot ...
• 12 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (10) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 27 February 1858: silence, 10ª apparition. “ At half past six in the morning, a crowd of at least 800-900 people await the arrival of Bernadette at the Grotto. For fifteen minu ...
• 12 May 2007
  VATICAN - International Congress 50th anniversary Encyclical Fidei Donum - Conclusion: "Fidei Donum priests and lay person are truly the Lord's gift to his Church for new impulse to mission at this beginning of the 21st century " Rome (Fides Service) - “This was truly an international Congress with the participation of delegations from 50 Bishops' Conferences from all over the world which meant a broad sharing of experience. Great attention was ...
• 12 May 2007
  VATICAN - International Congress 50th anniversary Encyclical Fidei Donum - “scarcity of structures in young Churches for formation, sending and support of their own Fidei Donum” Rome (Fides Service) - The President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Henryk Hoser, on the final day of the Congress Friday 11 May, intervened on the scarcity of structures in young Churches for the format ...
• 11 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Brazil - “Let us give thanks to God for the lasting benefits obtained through the powerful evangelising influence that the Holy Spirit impressed upon so many souls through Frei Galvão” Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - At an open air Mass at the Campo de Marte, in Sao Paulo in the morning of Friday 11 May Pope Benedict XVI canonised the first Brazilian born saint Friar Antonio di Sant'Anna Galvão and he sa ...
• 11 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Brazil - “Starting afresh from Christ in every area of missionary activity; rediscovering in Jesus the love and salvation given to us by the Father through the Holy Spirit: this is the substance and lifeline of the bishop's mission” São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - In the evening of Friday 11 May Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Vespers with 400 Brazilian bishops in the Cathedral of Sao Paulo Catedral da Sé dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation. In his ...
• 11 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (9) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Thursday 25 febbraio 1858: water from the source, “for sinners”, 9ª apparition. “Immaculate Mary on that day wanted Bernadette to humble herself. For those who cared to watch and lis ...
• 11 May 2007
  VATICAN -The Bible in the Cultures of Peoples: International Conference at Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I find it most opportune that you faculty has chosen to reflection in the “The Bible in the Cultures of Peoples”, to demonstrate the riches of the sacred text in the encounter with t ...
• 11 May 2007
  VATICAN - International Congress 50th anniversary Encyclical Fidei Donum - “With continual encouragement from the magisterium may there rise up in the younger Churches a new wave of enthusiastic Fidei Donum missionaries”, although this form will never become the norm for missio ad gentes in the future” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Hubert Bucher of the diocese of Bethlehem, South Africa, intervened on the second day of the Congress, 10 May with a paper on “Elements to reshape the identity of Fidei Donum priests” an ...
• 11 May 2007
  VATICAN - International Congress 50th anniversary Encyclical Fidei Donum - “Fifty years on we belive the Fidei Donum mission still has much to say and give to our communities” Rome (Fides Service) - On the second day of the International Congress 50th anniversary Encyclical Fidei Donum (see Agenzia Fides 21/4/2007) the participants listened to a conference by the secretary general of the Ital ...
• 11 May 2007
  VATICAN - International Congress 50th anniversary Encyclical Fidei Donum - “ If we stop being concerned for the mission to evangelise and stop sharing our resources to meet the needs of the people of God, we stop being the Church of Jesus Christ”” Rome (Fides Service) - Starting from the Most Holy Trinity, the heart and source of mission, Cardinal Gaudencio B. Rosales, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines intervened on 9 May at the International Congress to mark the ...