Vatican

• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - 2 February, Day for Consecrated Life: “Like lighted candles, always and everywhere shine with the love of Christ, Light of the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We are all aware of the treasure which the gift of the consecrated life in the variety of its charisms and institutions represents for the ecclesial community. Together let us thank God ...
• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE -Ministers, in other words, servants of the Church Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We recently saw yet another attempt by some clumsy “news man”, to invent a scoop anonymously recording and diffusing answers given by priests in the confessional. The recorded answers a ...
• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - Barnabas, Silvanus and Apollos, co-workers of St Paul, “shine in the host of witnesses to the Gospel, bright examples of selflessness and generosity”: the Pope’s weekly catechesis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St Paul “was a man who welcomed collaboration” and in the Church “rather than try to do everything himself”, he relied on the help of many companions: some of these “who played an ...
• 31 January 2007
  AVE MARIA - “Mary, anchor of our faith” Rev Luciano Alimandi - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Then it began to blow a great gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped. But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep. They woke him and s ...
• 30 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Tribunal of the Roman Rota: “The indissolubility of marriage does not derive from the definitive commitment of the two parties involved; rather it is intrinsic to the nature of the 'potent bond established by the Creator.'" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the dean, judges, promoters of justice, defenders of the bond, officials and lawyers of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, for the occasion o ...
• 29 January 2007
  VATICAN - “Authentic Christian faith never mortifies human freedom and reason” Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflection; appeal for peace in Lebanon and Gaza Strip Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The ever pertinent word of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an appeal for peace in Lebanon and Gaza Strip, World Leprosy Day and the month of peace celebrated by Catholic Action were the themes on wh ...
• 27 January 2007
  VATICAN - Intentions entrusted by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to the Apostleship of Prayer for the year 2008 Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give below the General and Missionary Prayer Intentions entrusted by Pope Benedict XVI to the Apostolate of Prayer for the year 2008. JANUARY General: That the Church may strengthe ...
• 26 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI concludes Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “We must ask ourselves: have we Christians become too silent? Do we perhaps lack the courage to speak out and bear witness like those who witnessed the healing of the deaf and dumb man? Our world needs this witness; it waits especially for the common witness of Christians” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Division and incommunicability, consequences of sin, are contrary to God’s plan for humanity… "speaking" and "listening are essential conditions for building the civilisation of love ...
• 26 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI hopes coming Synod will help “rediscover the importance of the Word of God in the lives of all Christians, and of all ecclesial and civil communities and rediscover the missionary dynamism contained in the Word of God”: Audience to members of the ordinary Council of the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Fides Service) - “On 25 January Pope Benedict XVI received the members of the ordinary council of the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops. The Council is currently preparing the 12th Ordinary Gen ...
• 26 January 2007
  VATICAN - Holy See Press Office Statement: Pope Benedict XVI receives Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viêt Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning the Holy See Press Office issued the following statement: “This morning, Thursday January 25, 2007, Nguyen Tan Dang, prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, was ...
• 25 January 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - The Name of Jesus Christ Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The ministers of the Church speak less and less about Jesus and ever more frequently about peace, justice, solidarity and dialogue …they are not convinced of the effectiveness of the Name ...
• 25 January 2007
  VATICAN - “The path of ecumenism is slow and uphill, as every path of repentance. However it is a path which after the initial difficulties and precisely because of them, presents many occasions for joy, refreshing stops, and allows us now and then to inhale deeply the pure air of communion”: Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching at the General Audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The “marvellous flourishing of efforts to restore unity among Christians” particularly in the past 40 years was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching during the weekly audience ...
• 25 January 2007
  VATICAN - “Your prayers and participation in Holy Childhood initiatives will help support the vocation and mission of many priests, religious and lay men and women. They need you” says Cardinal Dias in a special Holy Childhood Day message to Catholic children in Spain Vatican City (Fides Service) - In a special message to Catholic children in Spain who will celebrate their annual Holy Childhood Day on Sunday 28 January (see Fides 24/1/2007), Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congreg ...
• 24 January 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mother of Unity Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. Now the body is not a single part, but ...
• 24 January 2007
  VATICAN - Following the death of Abbé Pierre, founder of the Emmaus Movement, Pope Benedict XVI sends telegrame of condolence to the Archbishop of Bordeaux France Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Given below is the text of a telegramme sent on behalf of the Holy Father, by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., to Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, Fr ...