Vatican

• 3 January 2007
  VATICAN -The advent of the Messiah is the most important event in human history. On New Year’s Eve in Saint Peter's Pope Benedict XVI presides celebration of Vespers and Te Deum of thanksgiving Vatican City (Fides Service) - Two are the characteristics of the celebration of Vespers and the Te Deum: the conclusion of the civil year and the liturgical memory of the Mother of God. The first offers the Holy Fathe ...
• 2 January 2007
  VATICAN - Like the Blessed Virgin Mother the Church, shows Jesus the Saviour to all men and women. The Pope’s Angelus on January 1 2007, solemnity of the Mother of God. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At midday on January 1st before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer, the Pope addressed thousands of visitors in St Peter’s Square. After mentioning the celebration of th ...
• 2 January 2007
  VATICAN - The term “peace” refers to[…] “salvation” brought by Christ […] We recognise Him as the Prince of peace. Pope Benedict XVI presides Mass for the solemnity of Most Holy Mary, Mother of God. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily on January 1st during Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the solemnity of the Most Holy Mary Mother of God, Pope Benedict XVI underlined the historical dimension of the events ...
• 30 December 2006
  NAMES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE ON MISSION IN 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Once again as the year comes to a close we give the names of men and women pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner during 2006. According to the information we have this y ...
• 28 December 2006
  VATICAN - On the feast of St Stephen the Pope prays for “all who are persecuted or suffer in various ways to witness and serve the Gospel”, especially “Catholics who remain loyal to the See of Peter refusing to compromise, at times at the price of much suffering ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 26, feast of St Stephen the first martyr, from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI led the recitation of the midday Angelus with thousands of visitors ...
• 28 December 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s catechesis at the general audience: “The question continually asked in these two thousand years of Christian history has been… “why did God become Man? Love is the reason for Christ’s incarnation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Christmas atmosphere of “deep joy for the birth of the Saviour", Pope Benedict XVI made the mystery of Christmas, “a mystery of light which men and women of every epoch can reliv ...
• 28 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI Christmas message: “God becomes man in Jesus Christ, He is born of the Virgin Mary, he is born again today in the Church. He brings the love of the heavenly Father to all men and women. He is the Saviour of the world! Do not be afraid, open your hearts, welcome Him, so that His Kingdom of love and peace may be a common heritage for all mankind” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 12 noon on 25 December, Christmas Day, from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica Pope Benedict XVI delivered his Christmas Message and imparted his special Urbi et Orbi blessin ...
• 21 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (11) Vatican City (Fides Service) - God’s Temple. The Prophet of Ezekiel has a vision of the Messianic Temple (Ezekiel, chapter 47): “He brought me back to the door of the temple; and, behold, waters issued out from unde ...
• 21 December 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE- "A Year of Continuity", Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 December 2005, exactly a year ago, on the occasion of the traditional exchange of Christmas greetings Pope Benedict XVI addressed the Roman Curia. That extraordinary discourse will st ...
• 21 December 2006
  VATICAN - “Humanity today is in search of a path of renewal, salvation, in search of a Saviour and waits, at times unawares, the advent of the Saviour who renews the world and our life, the advent of Christ, the one and only Redeemer of the human person and the whole person”: Pope Benedict XVI gives catechesis at general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Does humanity in our day still await a Saviour?” Pope Benedict XVI asked during his general Wednesday Audience on 20 December in which he reflected on the mystery of Christmas. “One ...
• 21 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (10) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I am he who is”. On Horeb, the mountain of God, Moses sees the blazing bush (Exodus Chapter 3) and hears God who sends him to Pharaoh to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?… “Moses ...
• 20 December 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “The embrace of Mary” by Rev Luciano Alimandi - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the heart of Advent we find Mary! Two thousand years ago, at the fullness of time, the Word of God became a Child in the womb of the Virgin Mary, who “ab eterno” was known and loved ...
• 20 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (10) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Son of Man. The prophet Daniel, deported to Babylon by King Nabucodonosor around 597 BC had this vision: “behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he c ...
• 20 December 2006
  VATICAN - LANGUAGE IN THE ROMAN RITE LITURGY: LATIN AND VERNACULAR - Keynote Address at Gateway Liturgical Conference, St Louis, Missouri, 11 November, 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give below an address given by Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, at Gateway Liturgical Conference, St Louis, M ...
• 19 December 2006
  VATICAN - “The people of the Great Lakes region have suffered too much, too long”: Message from Pope Benedict XVI signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, to 2nd session of the international conference on the Great Lakes Region Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, through Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., sent a Message to Mwai Kibaki, president of the Republic of Kenya and current president of the International Co ...