Vatican

• 13 October 2006
  VATICAN - Sunday 15 October the Holy Father Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in St Peter’s Square during which he will give the Church four new Saints Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 15 October at 10am the Holy Father Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in St Peter’s Square during which he will give the Church four new Saints: Mexican Bishop Rafael Guízar Valenci ...
• 12 October 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE rev. Nicola Bux and rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The “fundamental coordinates” for mission in Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In Germany Pope Benedict XVI spoke of his experience of meetings with Bishops from all over the world: “The bishops tell me with gratitude about the generosity of German Catholics […] N ...
• 12 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching at the Wednesday Audience: Simon the Cananaean and Juda Thaddaeus “help us rediscover again and again the beauty of the Christian faith and never tire of living it and bearing strong and serene witness to it” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The apostles Simon the Cananaean and Juda Thaddaeus were the subject of the Pope’s reflection during the weekly audience in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday 11 October where thousands of ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi -“Life cannot be understood without the Rosary” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the month traditionally dedicated to the prayer of the Holy Rosary, we are invited to turn with greater confidence to pray for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this the Ch ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World (2) AZERI: to mark the 6th anniversary of the Catholic Mission of Baku, Azerbaijan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Azerbaijan is situated in the Caucuses region of Asia. It has an area of 86,000sq km and a population of about 7,600,000. Formerly a Soviet Territory, Azerbaijan became independent in 1990 ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Social Doctrine in the formation to the Religious Life: international study seminar 12 and 13 October Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The true meaning of consecration to the religious life does not distance men and women from the world, indeed it strengthens their desire and commitment to serve society for and with the lo ...
• 10 October 2006
  VATICAN - Excavations bring to light 40 small and medium-sized mausolea, and more than 200 individual graves: new section of Roman necropolis on the ancient Via Triumphalis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 9 October, at the Vatican Museums about 200 media operators from many different countries took part in a press conference followed by a visit to present a new section of the Roma ...
• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - Thursday 12 October Cardinal Ivan Dias will inaugurate academic year 2006/2007 Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A special concelebration of the Eucharist to invoke the Holy Spirit, presided on 12 October by Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Grand Ch ...
• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - Christian Prayer in the World: new titles may be missing in Litany of Our Lady Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With regard to our Dossier of Christian Prayers in the World, we would point out that two new titles added by Pope John Paul II to the Litany of Our Lady are not always present in the vario ...
• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - “Witnesses to the joy of being Christians: may this be your choral commitment. Continue, indeed intensify ecclesial communion and be generous protagonists of the evangelising mission which the Lord entrusts to you”: Pope Benedict XVI receives Catholics from the Romagna region of Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Receiving thousands of Catholics from various dioceses of the Italian region of Romagna on Saturday 7 October in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, the Pope urged them to “Witness to the j ...
• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - “There is a need of families which are not misled by modern cultural currents inspired by hedonism and relativism, and instead are ready to live with generous dedication their mission in the Church and in society” Pope Benedict says at the XVI Angelus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Liturgy of the 27th Sunday of the Year, 8 October, proposed Jesus’ teaching on matrimony and on this subject the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dwelt in this midday reflection before t ...
• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Letter to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Papal Envoy to the imminent Asian Mission Congress in Chang Mai, Thailand Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI has addressed a Letter in Latin to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, metropolitan Archbishop of Naples, his special envoy to the Asian Mission Congress, in Chang Mai Thailand 19 ...
• 6 October 2006
  VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD by Rev. Massimo Camisasca - “Espousing God’s freedom” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom of God and the freedom of man affect the history of humanity since they are its constitutive components. God’s freedom is His continual initiative with which He never tires in ...
• 5 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI continues Audience catechesis on the Apostles: The figure of Saint Bartholomew is before us to say that we can live and bear witness as disciples of Jesus even without sensational deeds Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday morning October 4, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican after spending the Summer at Castel Gandolfo, and gave his customary general audience in St Peter’s square, where ...
• 5 October 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The Regensburg Lecture and its importance for the Church’s ‘diplomacy’ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of reaction to the Pope’s Lecture on 12 September in Germany from certain sectors of the Muslim world, the diplomacy of the Holy See, or the ‘the diplomacy of the Church ...