Vatican

• 26 March 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “Mary’s reply to the angel is prolonged in the Church … missionary martyrs bear witness to Christ’s love which is stronger than violence and hatred” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Annunciation, narrated at the beginning of the Gospel of St Luke, was a humble, hidden event - no one saw or was aware that it happened, only Mary -, but at the same time it was dec ...
• 23 March 2007
  VATICAN - The tenth anniversary of the death of Mgr. Tiziano Scalzotto, former Under-Secretary and Consultor of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - Exuberant, intelligent and jovial man of profound spirituality and charity hidden but just as deep: these few traits suffice to outline the personality of Mgr Tiziano Scalzotto who died on ...
• 23 March 2007
  VATICAN - “Christian health workers are well aware of the close and indissoluble bond that exists between their professional service and the virtue of charity to which Christ calls them”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 22 March in the Vatican Benedict XVI received participants in the plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care. In his talk to them the Pope affirmed that “healt ...
• 23 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent : The Act of Contrition (6) Vatican City (Fides Service) - God gives his people the Commandments - On Mount Sinai God gives Moses Commandments for the people of Israel on the journey towards the Promised Land. Our modern mentality tends to rejects ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - An Exhortation which convinces and admonishes Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - It is an ‘exhortation’, from the Latin etymology convincere; and it is ‘apostolic’, because it has the authority of the college of the Successors of the Apostles with Pope Benedict ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - “Sacramentum Caritatis” “Sacrament of Charity” post-synodal apostolic exhortation: 200,000 copies sold in a few days Vatican City (Fides Service) - ‘Sacramentum caritatis’ the post synodal apostolic Exhortation by Pope Benedict XVI made public last week is proving highly popular. In a few days the Vatican Publishers and Book Shop s ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - Act of Faith (5) Vatican City (Fides Service) - God, Creator and Father gives his commandments to his children. After creating man and woman in his own image a likeness God put them in the Garden of Eden where he used to visit them and s ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - “The figure and works of Justine mark the early Church’s firm decision for philosophy and reason rather than the religion of the pagans”: the Pope’s catechesis on Saint Justine the most important Christian apologist of the 2nd century Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his catechesis on the Apostolic Fathers, Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his audience teaching on Wednesday 21 March to the figure of Saint Justine, philosopher and martyr, “the mo ...
• 21 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - The Act of Contrition (4) Vatican City (Fides Service) - «O My God», «Patrem Immensae Majestatis»: in the Te Deum hymn we sing the Holy Church proclaims thy glory Father of Infinite Majesty. It is indispensable to remember Who it is we addres ...
• 21 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent: The Act of Contrition Vatican City (Fides Service) - «O My God». The Creed is a compendium of Divine Revelation. God is One God in Three Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity. «God is Love», we are told by St John ...
• 21 March 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Immersed in the silence of God, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Such was his intention when suddenly the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said to him: «Joseph son of David, have no fear about taking Mary as your wife. It is by the Ho ...
• 21 March 2007
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope speaks of the Eucharist the “Sacrament of Charity”: “in the Eucharist Christ gives us his love, that love which moved him to give his life for us on the Cross” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The source of Christian joy is the Eucharist “which Christ left us as spiritual Food while we are pilgrims on this earth … The Eucharist nurtures in believers of every epoch that deep j ...
• 21 March 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope visits Penal Institute for Minors: “we can be deprived of everything, even freedom or health, and yet if God is in our heart, we can live in peace and joy. This is the secret: giving God first place in our life” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Sunday 18 March, 4th Sunday of Lent, Pope Benedict XVI visited Rome’s Casal del Marmo Penal Institute for Minors. Welcomed by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar General for the Diocese of Ro ...
• 17 March 2007
  VATICAN - “the Christian is called to mobilise to face increasing attacks on the right to life”: final statement from 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christian Conscience to Support the Right to Life” was the theme of the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life held 23 and 24 February in the Vatican to discuss ...
• 17 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: the Act of Contrition (2) Vatican City (Fides Service) - When we make an Act of Faith, Hope, Charity and Contrition we begin with the words «O My God», we address a Person in whom we believe! «I believe in God» («credo in Deum», the Creed. ...