Vatican

• 28 April 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope sends telegramme of sympathy for Italian troops killed in Nassiriya, Iraq: “firm condemnation for yet another act of violence in Iraq which is another obstacle on the path to harmony and recovery of that tormented country.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI , through the Holy See’s secretary of state Cardinal Angelo Sodano, addressed to the Military Ordinary for Italy Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, a telegram ...
• 27 April 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - “Church membership and Charity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Church membership and Charity”. A priest, a missionary, indeed a Christian is authentic only if he or she operates as a member of the Body of Christ, the Church. What must a Christian ...
• 27 April 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s meditation at the weekly Audience: “Tradition is not the transmission of things or words, a collection of things long dead…it is a living river which connects us to the origins, the great river which leads us to the door of eternity” - Appeal for peace on the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Communion in time: Tradition”. This was the theme Pope Benedict XVI chose for his meditation at the weekly general audience on Wednesday 27 April in St Peter’s Square. “Ecclesial C ...
• 26 April 2006
  VATICAN - Programme of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Poland 25 to 28 May Vatican City (Fides Service) - The programme of Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming apostolic journey to Poland May 25 and 28 was made public today at the Holy See Press Room. The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Fiumicin ...
• 25 April 2006
  VATICAN - May missionary zeal continue to fill you and your beloved people, strengthening you in your efforts to spread the Gospel: Pope Benedict XVI tells Catholic Bishops of Ghana on ad limina visit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 April in the apostolic palace Pope Benedict XVI received a group of Catholic Bishops from Ghana on their five year ad limina visit: “My dear Brothers, the Pope told the Bishops, I a ...
• 25 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples sends condolences through Papal Nuncio in Egypt after terrorist attacks at Dahab Vatican (Fides Service) - The Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, addressed the following telegramme of sympathy to the papal nuncio in Cairo Archbishop M ...
• 25 April 2006
  VATICAN - Presentation of ‘Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine’ at Zaghreb, Budapest and Vienna Rome (Fides Service) - The capitals of Croatia, Hungary and Austria are the next stops for the five day tour undertaken by Cardinal Renato Martino President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 23 to 27 ...
• 24 April 2006
  VATICAN- Pope Benedict XVI recalls “the mystery of the loving mercy of God ” the centre of the Pontificate of John Paul II: “Divine Mercy is no secondary devotion, it is an integral dimension of Christian faith and prayer ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The apparitions of the Risen Jesus to the disciples and devotion to Divine Mercy central to the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II were the themes illustrated by the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
• 20 April 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitello - “Unity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Unity”. Reflection on God “One” and “Only One” leads us to dwell on the value and interpretation of the term unity and its proper use in the different ecclesial environments. F ...
• 20 April 2006
  VATICAN - ‘Easter is the heart of our faith and it is on this announcement that the Church is founded and grows’ Pope Benedict XVI said during the general audience asking Catholics to pray that “God may help me be a meek and firm shepherd for His Church.” An appeal for the Middle East Vatican City (Fides Service) - “At the beginning of the general audience today in this joyous spirit of Easter, together with you I wish to thank the Lord who called me exactly one year ago to serve the Church as the S ...
• 11 April 2006
  VATICAN - Planning and building God’s house. Contribution by Bishop Mauro Piacenza, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church. “The Baptistery” Vatican City (Fides Service). “The Baptistery” - Excavations in the oldest Domus Ecclesiae in Doura Europos (Syria), dating to the mid-third century, brought to light a room used for the celebration of the Eucharist ...
• 11 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses young participants at UNIV 2006: “A person who discovers Christ feels impelled to carry Him because a joy so great cannot be hidden it demands to be shared” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Paul VI Hall this morning, addressing participants at the UNIV international congress of university students, accompanied by members of their families Benedict XVI said “Dear young ...
• 10 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI celebrates first Holy Week Rite: “Palm Sunday tells us that the real important "yes" is the Cross, that precisely the Cross is the true tree of life. We find our life not by living it jealously for ourselves but by living it for others. Love is giving of self, this is why the Cross symbolises the path of true life” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Palm Sunday April 9 Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in a sun-flooded St Peter’s Square filled with visitors in Rome for Holy Week and Easter many of them young people since the day was ...
• 10 April 2006
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Youth Day Cross and Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary change hands from Cologne Germany to Sydney Australia: “Most Holy Mary was the first ‘believer’ who carried her own cross like her Son and then lived with him the joy of his resurrection” Vatican City (Fides Service) -Palm Sunday Mass presided by Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Square closed with the official hand-over of the Youth Day Cross and icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary from young Catholics of Co ...
• 10 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI is to visit Poland 25 to 28 May Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 8 April the director of the Holy See press office Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls released the following announcement: “From 25-28 May 2006 the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI will ...