Vatican

• 21 June 2006
  VATICAN - Celebrations for the 500th Anniversary of the Vatican Museums continue with the opening of the first sections of the newly arranged Missionary Ethnological Museum. Collections contain about 100,00 artifacts Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Closed for five years for restoration work the newly arranged Missionary Ethnological Museum, part of the Vatican Museum complex was officially reopened on 20 June. Founded on November 12, ...
• 21 June 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Luciano Alimandi - “Two inseparable Hearts” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this month of June love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus is especially visible since this is the month of this special devotion. Looking at the Heart of Jesus we encounter immediately next ...
• 19 June 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: The Eucharist is the Lord Jesus who gives himself ‘for the life of the world’ ., He wishes to meet every man and woman in every time and place and give them the very life of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The mystery of the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist and its immense value was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection at the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 18 June on which some ...
• 16 June 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter” are intrinsically connected realities which live of and in each other and which can never be artificially placed in dialectic contraposition. Wh ...
• 16 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the solemnity of Corpus Christi: “The Host is our manna with which the Lord nourishes us, it is truly Bread from heaven, in which he gives Himself” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday June 15 Solemnity of Corpus Christi Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open air Mass in front of the Cathedral of Rome St John’s and then presided the Procession with the Blessed ...
• 14 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict continues his catechesis on the Apostles: “Saint Andrew the Apostle teaches us to follow Jesus promptly, to speak enthusiastically about him to those we meet and above all to establish with Him a relationship of authentic familiarity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his weekly Audience teaching on Wednesday 14 June to the Apostle Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. After reflecting on Saint Peter the Pope said he wished to � ...
• 13 June 2006
  VATICAN - Programme of Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic journey to Valencia, Spain, for the 5th World Meeting of Families Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was the itinerary of Benedict XVI's forthcoming apostolic trip to Valencia for the 5th World Meeting of Families, due to be held in that Spanish city on July 8 and 9. The ...
• 12 June 2006
  VATICAN - Feast of Corpus Christi: Pope Benedict XVI reminds Romans and visitors of the Holy Mass and Blessed Sacrament Procession, the Major Basilica of St Mary organises Forty Hours Adoration Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 15 June, solemnity of the Corpus Christi, at 7pm Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in front of his Cathedral of St John in the Lateran in Rome. Immediately after Mass the Ho ...
• 12 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Among the different analogies of the ineffable mystery of God, Three in One, which believers are able to perceive, I would mention that of the family called to be a community of love and life Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The whole of the universe, for those who have faith, speaks of God, Three in One. From inter-star space to microscopic particles, everything which exists points to a Being who communicat ...
• 8 June 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Magisterium, sole interpreter of the Word of God or just one of many opinions?” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Magisterium, sole interpreter of the Word of God or just one of many opinions?” - Dissent in the Church has taken on a new form: rather than oppose what is said by the Pope and the Bis ...
• 8 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI continues his teaching on Saint Peter: “for all times Peter must be the custodian of communion with Christ, the guide to communion with Christ, he must make sure the net does not break so universal communion may continue” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At his weekly teaching at the general audience in St Peter’s Square on June 7 Pope Benedict XVI continued his reflections on St Peter the first of the Apostles. “St John the evangelist ...
• 7 June 2006
  VATICAN - “The great eternal values of peace, mercy, justice in view of the development of the whole person, in keeping with the scale of values proposed by Jesus Christ”. Theatre discovered as a path for evangelisation. A major cultural event on Friday in Rome to return to the debate on the role of the arts in announcing the Gospel. The Church must resume her presence in an area where for centuries she was the engine of creativity and human and spiritual growth. Contribution by Bishop Mauro Piacenza Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 9 June at 9pm at the Teatro Argentina in Rome, there will be the very first performance of “The Light of the World” an opera in two acts written by Bishop Mauro Piacenza, president ...
• 6 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI opens Rome’s Annual Diocesan Church Meeting: “The more we nourish ourselves with Christ, the more we are in love with Him, the more we feel impelled to bring others to Him: in fact we cannot keep for ourselves the joy of the faith, we feel the need to share it.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The discovery of the beauty and joy of the faith is a journey which every new generation must travel for itself because the faith touches all that is ours, our most intimate thoughts, ou ...
• 5 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the Eve of Pentecost: “The Holy Spirit desires unity, totality. Therefore His presence shows itself especially in missionary impulse. A person who finds something true, beautiful and good in life runs to share it with everyone, everywhere” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In St Peter’s Square in the early evening of Saturday June 3 the eve of Pentecost, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided the celebration of the 1st Vespers of Pentecost with an estim ...
• 5 June 2006
  VATICAN - “The Holy Spirit illuminates the human spirit and revealing Christ crucified and Risen shows how we can become more like Him” : Pope Benedict XVI on Pentecost Sunday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Pentecost Sunday 4 June Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter’s Square. “At Pentecost the Holy Spirit came down upon the Apostles and this was the beginning of the Church’s u ...