Vatican

• 5 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 10 Station: JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS Rome (Fides News Service) - 10 Station: JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew. 27:33 ...
• 5 March 2007
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope recalls “prayer is not an accessory, an optional extra, but rather a question of life and death. Only those who pray, that is, who entrust themselves to God with filial love can enter eternal life, which is God himself” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel of the second Sunday of Lent presents us with the episode of the Lord’s Transfiguration (Lk 9,28-36): Jesus went up the mountain to pray taking with him Peter, James and John. ...
• 3 March 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope and the Curia conclude Spiritual Exercises: “behind many phenomena today, apparently very distant from religion and from Christ, there exists a quest, a longing, a desire…and the only true answer to this longing, omnipresent precisely in our day, is Christ” says Pope Benedict Vatican City (Fides Service) - With Morning Prayer and the last Conference, this morning Pope Benedict XVI and his closest collaborators of the Roman Curia concluded a week of spiritual exercises with meditations given b ...
• 3 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 9th Station: JESUS FALLS FOR THE THIRD TIME Rome (Fides News Service) - 9th Station: JESUS FALLS FOR THE THIRD TIME V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Book of Lamentations. 3:27-32 It is ...
• 2 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 8th Station: JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM WHO WEEP FOR HIM Rome (Fides News Service) - 8th Station: JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM WHO WEEP FOR HIM V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according ...
• 1 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 7th Station: JESUS FALLS FOR THE SECOND TIME Rome (Fides News Service) 7th Station: JESUS FALLS FOR THE SECOND TIME V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Book of Lamentations. 3:1-2,9,16 ...
• 1 March 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Fundamental elements of the Roman Liturgy (3) Gregorian Chant, silence and … the Altar Bell Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Gregorian Chant, also because of the fact that the cantors are not the centre of attention, is in keeping with the spirit of the Roman Liturgy, as Icons are for Byzantine Liturgy. Father Ja ...
• 28 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 6th Station: VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS Vatican City (Fides News Service) 6th Station: VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah ...
• 28 February 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “A Heart in Love with God’s Will” Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Not my will but yours be done” (Lk 22, 42)! At the hour of his agony in the Garden of Olives, Jesus repeats words which had nourished him all through his life here on earth, precisely ...
• 27 February 2007
  VATICAN - “Editions of the Bible in the Context of Propaganda Fide”: the Word of God in 160 languages testifies missionary activity to spread and inculturate the faith Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Giovanni Rizzi, Docent of Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Urban University, has completed a major study on the editions of the Bible preserved in the Library of the Pontifical Urban Universi ...
• 27 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 5th Station: SIMON OF CYRENE HELPS JESUS TO CARRY HIS CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) - 5th Station: THE CYRENIAN HELPS JESUS CARRY THE CROSS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew. ...
• 26 February 2007
  VATICAN - Christians are continually called to face the many attacks to which the right to life is exposed … life is the first good received from God and the foundation of all other goods”: Benedict XVI Pontifical Academy for Life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christian conscience has a deep need to be nourished and strengthened by the many profound militant motivations in favour of the right to life. This is a right which demands to be su ...
• 26 February 2007
  VATICAN - “The conscience, sanctuary of the person, metaphorical source of water which can be polluted but which is purified by returning to the source”: Pontifical Academy for Life concludes Congress Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of about 400 participants from all over the worlds and important speakers from far away countries, the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life was held in t ...
• 26 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 4th Station: JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER Rome (Fides News Service) - V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Luke. 2:34-35,51 Simon blessed them and said to Mary his mo ...
• 26 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “The Man whom we have pierced with our sins never tires of pouring an inexhaustible torrent of merciful love on to the world. May humanity understand that only from this source can we draw the spiritual strength indispensable for building the peace and happiness so tirelessly sought by every human person” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Let us start the Lenten Season with our eyes fixed on the side of Jesus…in these days of Lent let our heart never stray from this mystery of profound humanity and lofty spirituality” ...