Vatican

• 22 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope presides the first Lenten ‘station’ Mass at the basilica of Santa Sabina: “Works of charity (almsgiving), prayer and penance (fasting), and other sincere efforts for conversion find their highest significance and values in the Eucharist, source and summit of the life of the Church and the history of salvation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Ash Wednesday is considered the ‘gateway’ to Lent. In fact today’s Liturgy and its distinctive actions anticipate in a synthetic form the very physiognomy of the Lenten Season. In ...
• 22 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- « STABAT MATER » Rome (Agence Fides) - STABAT MATER Stabat Mater is a thirteenth-century Roman Catholic hymn attributed to Jacopone da Todi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, Stabat mater dolorosa ("The sorrowful mother ...
• 22 February 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - de facto couples and homosexual persons (2) Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Since some Catholics have adopted an individualistic ‘liberal’ idea of conscience, rejecting the idea of communion of conscience, in which the individual Christian and the Church are on ...
• 22 February 2007
  VATICAN - “This Lent, by a more fervent participation in the Eucharist, may we learn to enter more deeply into the Paschal Mystery and to “re-give” Christ’s love to others, especially the suffering and those in need”: the Pope’s teaching at the general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again, given the large number of visitors for the General Audience on Wednesday 21 February, Ash Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI gave his audience in two stages. First to St Peter’s Bas ...
• 21 February 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Mary, Queen of the Beatitudes Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “They came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of ...
• 21 February 2007
  VATICAN - “Indicate the foundation, specificity and duties of a conscience, illuminated by the faith, but aware of the necessity to dialogue with the secular and pluralist world of cultures” aim of 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Christian conscience supports the right to life” is the theme of the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life PAV to be held 23-24 February in the Vatican. The Assemb ...
• 21 February 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard visits Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Imam of al-Azhar al-Sharif Vatican City (Fides Service) - On February 20 Cardinal Paul Poupard visited Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Imam of al-Azhar al-Sharif, in Cairo.The Holy See Press Office released the following communique: "Cardinal ...
• 21 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) The STATIONS OF THE CROSS (or Way of the Cross; in Latin, Via Crucis; also called the Via Dolorosa or Way of Sorrows, or simply, The Way) refers to the depiction of the final hours (or Passion) ...
• 20 February 2007
  VATICAN - “Christ has chosen us, dear priests, to be the only ones with the power to pardon sins in His name. This then, is a specific ecclesial service to which we must give priority.” Pope Benedict XVI addresses confessors of the four Roman Basilicas Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the late morning of February 19 Pope Benedict XVI received Cardinal James F. Stafford, major penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, prelates and officials of that tribunal, and fat ...
• 20 February 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent: Ave Regina Caelorum Hymn Hail, Queen of heaven; Hail, Mistress of the Angels; Hail, root of Jesse; Hail, the gate through which the Light rose over the earth. Rejoice, Virgin most renowned and of unsurpassed beauty, and pray for ...
• 19 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses his Apostolic Nuncios to Latin American countries: “Faced with the challenges of the present day our communities must consolidate their belonging to Christ in order to live a mature and joyous faith … truly enormous is the spiritual potential from which Latin America can draw” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 17 February Pope Benedict XVI received in audience Papal Nuncios from Latin American countries in Rome for a meeting organised by the Holy See in view of CELAM 5, the 5th Genera ...
• 19 February 2007
  VATICAN - “Non violence for Christians does not mean resigning oneself to evil, but rather responding to evil with good, this breaks the chain of injustice” Pope Benedict XVI recalls during his Angelus meditation; an appeal for dialogue to end Guinean crisis Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 18 February in his meditation before the midday Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Sunday Gospel passage “one of the most typical and powerful statements of Jesus ...
• 19 February 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Lent is an opportune time for Christians to convert themselves ever more deeply to Christ” Pope Benedict XVI recalled at the Angelus on Sunday 18 February. To help Catholics live this ...
• 16 February 2007
  VATICAN - The challenges to the faith experienced by peoples both Africans and Christians: Message from the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples to a Colloquium, on the theme “Evangelisation, theology and salvation in Africa” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of the post-synodal Exhortation Ecclesia in Africa which underlines the important role of Catholic universities and institutes in the mission to evangelise, the UCAO/UUA (Univ ...
• 16 February 2007
  VATICAN - “For over fifty years, the Korean people have suffered the consequences of division. Families have been split, close relatives have been separated from one another. Please let them know that I am spiritually close to them in their suffering. On compassionate grounds, I pray for a speedy solution to the problem which impedes so many from communicating with one another.”: Pope Benedict XVI President of the Republic of Korea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 15 February received in audience the President of the Republic of Korea. Mr Roh Moo-hyun, accompanied by his consort and entourage. After the audience ...