Vatican

• 12 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for Bishops - Archbishop Sarah describes the activity of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples to guarantee the best formation and education for clergy and religious and catechists in mission territories Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 11 September at the Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples CEP for Bishops appointed in the past two years, CEP secretary, Archbishop Robert Sarah ...
• 12 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Bavaria - “God’s harvest is great and it is waiting for workers: in Latin America, in Africa, in Asia people await heralds carrying the Gospel of peace, the message of God made man. But also in the so-called West, the harvest could be plenty. Altötting (Agenzia Fides) - In the early evening on Monday 11 September Pope Benedict XVI presided sung Vespers in the Basilica dedicated to St Anne in Altötting together with the men and women Religious and seminaria ...
• 12 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Bavaria - “Together with the great communion of Saints and at their centre, Mary is still before God to intercede for us, asking her Son to send again His Spirit into the Church and into the world to renew the face of the earth” Altötting (Agenzia Fides) - Germany’s most popular Marian Shrine Altötting was visited by Pope Benedict XVI on Monday 11 September. After a few moments of prayer in the Chapel of Graces, the Gnadenkapelle (Cappella d ...
• 11 September 2006
  VATICAN - Opening ceremony of CEP Study Seminar in Rome for 99 Bishops in mission territories appointed in the past two years: “You bishops are the builders of the Church which has started a new millennium in its history” Card Dias says Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A solemn celebration of Vespers, yesterday Sunday 10 September, opened the Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples for 99 Bishops appointed in the pas ...
• 11 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Bavaria - “I have come first of all to express my gratitude to all those who helped to form my personality in the different decades of my life. But I am also here as Successor of Peter, to reaffirm and confirm the profound ties that exist between the See of Rome and the Church here in our homeland” München (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 9 September on his arrival in Munich for a five day stay in his native Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI explained the reason for his visit “I have come first of all to express my grati ...
• 8 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI starts his apostolic visit to Bavaria where he was born, grew up, and ministered before being called to Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict entrusted his imminent 6 day visit to southern Germany to the Blessed Virgin Mary when he addressed thousands people at the Wednesday audience in St Peter’s square on Septem ...
• 8 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study Seminar in Rome for 99 recently appointed Bishops in mission territories for which the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples is responsible Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - About 99 Bishops are expected to arrive in Rome to take part in a Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples which will open with Vespers on 10 September ...
• 7 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE don Nicola Bux amd don Salvatore Vitiello - “Authentic peace” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - These times of ‘war and peace’, as Tolstoj wrote, call to mind Father Aleksandr Men’on Orthodox priest who lived his whole life sustained by the certainty that the greatness of human ...
• 7 September 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s catechesis at the general audience: “The goal to which our life must tend: to meet Jesus, as Philip met him, striving to see in Him, God, our heavenly Father” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 6 September at the general audience held in St Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on the Apostles reflecting this time on the figure of Saint Philip. ...
• 6 September 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “Mother of Priests” by don Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To contemplate the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother of Priests means first of all to dwell on the Fruit of her womb: Jesus, the eternal High Priest. Contemplating the Incarnation we discover t ...
• 4 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for the 20th anniversary of the 1986 Inter-religious Meeting of Prayer for Peace Assisi: “even when we find ourselves together to pray for peace, it is important that prayer take place according to those distinct paths proper to the various religions” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI sent a Message to Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi-Nocera-Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, for the 20th anniversary of the 1986 Inter-religious Meeting of Prayer for Peace, ...
• 4 September 2006
  VATICAN - “To enter into communion with Christ and contemplate his face, to see the face of Our Lord in that of our brothers and sisters and in the vicissitudes of everyday, we must have hands which are innocent and hearts which are pure”: Pope Benedict XVI visits the Shrine of the Holy Face at Manoppello (Chieti) Manoppello (Agenzia Fides) - ““To enter into communion with Christ and contemplate his face, to see the face of Our Lord in that of our brothers and sisters and in the vicissitudes of everyday, we must have hands whi ...
• 4 September 2006
  VATICAN - “The life of the shepherd of souls must be a balanced combination of contemplation and activity… may the example and teaching of Saint Gregory the Great be followed by the bishops and clergy of the Church and also by those responsible for civil institutions” said Pope Benedict XVI at his Sunday midday Angelus reflection Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday September 3rd before reciting the midday Angelus prayer with people gathered at his Summer Residence, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the “singular, almost unique figure” of ...
• 1 September 2006
  VATICAN - “Upendo, Kiini Cha Umisionari” Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Mission Sunday 2006 now in Swahili Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Mission Sunday, to be celebrated this year on Sunday 22 October, has been translated into Swahili. The translation of the Message “Charity, Soul o ...
• 31 August 2006
  VATICAN - 8th meeting of the Special Council for Oceania of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops on the implementation of the post synodal exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The eighth meeting of the Special Council for Oceania of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops was held in Suva, Fiji Islands 4 and 5 August on the eve of the plenary Assembly of ...