Vatican

• 30 September 2006
  VATICAN - Missionary Month of October starting tomorrow will culminate with Mission Sunday. Comment on the Holy Father’s mission prayer intention for October by Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Church’s Missionary Month of October starting tomorrow will culminate with the annual recurrence of Mission Sunday on the last but one Sunday of the month, this year 22nd October, a d ...
• 29 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Malawi in visita ad limina: “a priest is called to live for others and not for himself, in imitation of Christ” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI received the Bishops of Malawi, together as a conference for the ad limina visit after meeting each one individually over the past few days. The Pope remar ...
• 29 September 2006
  VATICAN - Christian Prayers in the Languages of the World: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be in Turkmen: Turkmenistan Catholic Mission marks 9th anniversary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -- To continue the urgent task of new evangelisation launched by Pope John Paul II, Fides News Service is working on a section on Christian Prayers in as many languages as possible (see Fides ...
• 28 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - “The threat of secularism and Christian missionaries” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “First fill their bellies and then speak about Christ”. This slogan heard in various missionary circles in recent decades has led no few missionary operators to think that funds collect ...
• 27 September 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Wednesday Audience teaching: St Thomas’ words to Jesus “remind us of the full meaning of mature faith and encourage us to go ahead despite the difficulties on our path to follow Him”: Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During his weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square this morning Pope Benedict XVI addressed some 30,000 visitors resuming his catechesis on the twelve men Jesus chose to be his Apostles. ...
• 27 September 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi - “Where there is Jesus, there is also his Mother Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” at paragraph 57 treats with the truth of the presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary at every Mass; a truth which gives joy to the heart and light t ...
• 25 September 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses Bishops from Chad: “Following the example of Christ the Good Shepherd you are sent to be missionaries of the Good News. Continue this task with faithfulness and courage! Your holiness of life will render you authentic signs of God’s love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning at his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo the Pope received a group of Bishops from Chad on their ad limina visit. “I am happy to welcome you whom the Lord has chosen to gui ...
• 25 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus recalls the testimony of countless Christians “who dedicate their lives to serving others out of love for the Lord Jesus, operating as servants of love and therefore "artisans" of peace. Some are asked to give the supreme witness of blood, as it happened a few days ago for Sr Leonella Sgorbati” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - In his midday reflection on Sunday 24 September before leading the recitation of the Angelus with visitors gathered in the courtyard of his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Bene ...
• 25 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses members of Muslim communities: “the relations of trust which have developed between Christians and Muslims over several years, will not only continue, but will develop further in a spirit of sincere and respectful dialogue, based on ever more authentic reciprocal knowledge which, with joy, recognises the religious values that we have in common and, with loyalty, respects the differences.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - This morning at his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI received envoys of Muslim countries accredited to the Holy See and leading members of the Muslim communities in ...
• 23 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops at the end of Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples: “In your ministry it is your duty to give primary importance to prayer and unceasing striving for holiness” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 23 September Pope Benedict XVI received in a special audience recently appointed Bishops from mission territories in Rome to take part in a three week Seminar organised by the C ...
• 22 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for Bishops - “Social Doctrine and Evangelisation” theme presented by Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church’s Social Doctrine is at the heart of her mission to evangelise. Social Doctrine and Evangelisation was the subject of the address given by Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, pre ...
• 22 September 2006
  VATICAN - “The hoped-for renewal of the parish cannot arise only from pastoral initiatives, useful though they are, or from programmes worked out at a theoretical level. … the parish 'rediscovers' itself in the encounter with Christ. ... especially in the Eucharistic” Pope Benedict XVI tells plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - This morning in the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, the Pope received participants in the 22nd plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which is presided by Archbish ...
• 22 September 2006
  VATICAN - On Monday 25 September Pope Benedict XVI will receive Cardinal Poupard and a few representatives of Muslim communities in Italy and ambassadors of Muslim majority countries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office has made it known that in Castelgandolfo at 11.45 a.m. on Monday, September 25, the Holy Father will receive Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Cou ...
• 21 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study-Seminar for Bishops - “The Bishop and Consecrated Life”: conference by Cardinal Franc Rodé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years the relationship between the Bishop and Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has often been the subject of reflection and discussion. Especially si ...
• 21 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - “THEO-LOGY: logical discourse according to the Logos on God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The “new times” of Christian thought, of which we have spoken already, inaugurated with the Election to the See of Peter of Pope Benedict XVI has a particularly interesting implication ...