Vatican

• 9 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 14th Station: JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB Rome (Fides News Service) - 14th Station: JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:59-61 Jos ...
• 8 March 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE: The urgency of “theology of persecution” Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Roman Liturgy affirms that the sacrifice offered by the Son of God is the “source from which all martyrdom springs” (cfr. Roman Missal: prayer over the offerings Mass of Saints Cosm ...
• 8 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 13th Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND GIVEN TO HIS MOTHER Rome (Fides News Service) - 13th Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND GIVEN TO HIS MOTHER V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel ac ...
• 8 March 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI starts new cycle of catechesis on the apostolic Fathers: Pope Saint Clement’s Letter to the Corinthians expounds the Church’s identity and mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This week too the Pope’s weekly audience on March 7 was held first in St Peter’s and then in the Paul VI Hall. In St Peter’s the Pope addressing Italian Bishops from Piedmont accompan ...
• 7 March 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Mary and ‘our dear Sister Death’ Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Season of Lent is particularly appropriate for meditating on the “Novissima” or “newest things” (Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell), especially on death, not only on the significan ...
• 7 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) - 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20 Pilate ...
• 6 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11th Station: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) - 11th Station: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:37-42 ...
• 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 ...