Vatican

• 25 November 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI inaugurates academic year at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: “This is the great challenge: to give life to a true Catholic university, one that excels for the quality of its research and teaching and, at the same time, for its faithfulness to the Gospel and to the Church's Magisterium” Rome (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI was present for the ceremony to inaugurate the new academic year at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome. “I would like the entire ...
• 25 November 2005
  VATICAN - “True progress is that alone which integrally safeguards the dignity of the human being and which enables each people to share its own spiritual and material resources for the benefit of all” the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI addresses 33rd UN Food and Agriculture Organisation Conference Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI has voiced “sincere appreciation” for the programmes which the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has carried out in the past sixty years “defe ...
• 25 November 2005
  VATICAN - “A very special day to be remembered in the years to come … a visible sign of continuity with a tradition so dear to the heart of our college: from Benedict XV to John Paul II”, Prof. Ornaghi welcomes Benedict XVI to the Università Cattolica for the inauguration of the academic year Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI went to the Medicine and Surgery Faculty of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on the occasion of the inau ...
• 24 November 2005
  VATICAN - 350 priests from mission countries sent to Rome to study at pontifical universities reside at Propaganda Fide colleges Vatican City (Fides Service) - Every year a good number of priests in mission territories are sent by their respective bishops to study in Rome at one of the pontifical universities. These student priests reside at the t ...
• 24 November 2005
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will attend ceremony to open academic year at Rome’s Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow 25 November the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will attend a ceremony to open the academic year at Rome’s Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Mass in the University chapel wi ...
• 23 November 2005
  VATICAN - A hymn to praise God, celebrated by Christian faith as “Father of the Lord Jesus Christ”: Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching at general audience Vatican City (Fides Service) - A solemn hymn at the beginning of the Letter to the Ephesians read once a week at vespers (cfr Eph 1,3-10), a hymn to praise God, celebrated in Christian faith as “Father of the Lord Jesu ...
• 22 November 2005
  VATICAN - “The Church’s teaching is based on the fact that God created man and woman in his own image and likeness and granted them a superior dignity and a shared mission towards the whole of creation” : Pope Benedict XVI visits Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 21 November Pope Benedict XVI visited the offices of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, located in the Casina Pio IV in the Vatic ...
• 21 November 2005
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Christ the King at the Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI recalls the Gaudium et Spes constitution : “The Mission of the Church yesterday, today and always is to announce and bear witness to Christ so that every man and woman may live the fullness of his or her vocation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, at the midday Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI focused once again on the Second Vatican Council which closed 40 ...
• 19 November 2005
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at the Conference on the Human Genome : “May every new scientific discovery serve for the whole good of the person with respect for human dignity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today, particularly in the field of new contributions from medical science, the Church has a chance to offer its precious work of illuminating consciences so that each new scientific di ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “Human Genome - biological, medical and human prospects”: 20th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Fides Service) - Some 700 experts from 81 different countries will attend the 20th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care in the Vatican 17- 19 November. The t ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “We realise we are being given responsibility: we want to give a voice to the voiceless:” say young Africans in Rome to study in Management for Development Vatican City (Fides Service)- The group of young Africans from 17 different countries who have come to Rome to study for a Master’s Degree in Management of Development are enthusiastic and excited. “We want to help b ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - Official inauguration of Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in collaboration with the Catholic University Sacro Cuore Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning at the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in Rome a new Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congr ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “With this new Master’s Degree in Management of Development we accept the challenge to make Africa the continent of hope moving from a concept of mere assistance to one of education, valorising the gifts and resources of young Africans ” says Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This project aimed at offering these young men an opportunity to follow a special spiritual, human and cultural itinerary so they may be put at the service of their respective countries ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI weekly Catechesis: “Certainly the Lord is transcendent as creator and arbiter of the being; but he is also close to his creatures and enters space and time, indeed his presence among us reaches its apex in the Incarnation of Christ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At his weekly audience this morning in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the second part of Psalm 135 (verses 10-26, “Thanksgiving for God’s work of salvation”, vesp ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Rome’s University students prepare for Christmas with Pope Benedict XVI on 15 December Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 15 December in St Peter’s Basilica students at Rome’s universities will have their first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The tradition of meeting university students before ...