Vatican

• 16 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses second group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit to Rome: “As a missionary Church we are called to understand the challenges posed by post-modern culture to new evangelisation” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Mexico is faced with the challenge of transforming its social structures to render them more corresponding to the dignity and fundamental rights of every human person … and Catholic ...
• 14 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Weekly General Audience: “God and humanity walk together through history and the temple serves as a visibile sign of this communion” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI held his general weekly audience in St Peter’s Square. The Holy Father flew into Rome by helicopter from his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo to address ...
• 13 September 2005
  VATICAN - Tomorrow the Pope will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed along with sculptures of Saints and Founders of religious Orders in outside niches of St Peter’s Basilica Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow Wednesday 14 September immediately after the General Audience Pope Benedict XVI will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed in one of the outside niches of St Peter’s Ba ...
• 12 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection : “The Eucharist is a mystery of death and glory, like the Cross which was not accidentali but rather the passage for Christ to enter his glory and reconcile all humanity”. Special mention of victims of terrorism everywhere in the world. Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Next Wednesday 14 September, we celebrate the feast of the Exhaltation of the Cross. In this Year dedicated to the Eucharist this recurrence acquires special significance and invites ...
• 10 September 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends president of Pontifical Council "Cor unum" to New Orleans with a message of solidarity and material aid for hurricane victims Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has charged Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum with a message of solidarity and material help for the people affect ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - Catholic health pastoral care and pro-life promotion: up-coming initiatives in India, New Zealand, and Australia Vatican City (Fides Service) - Catolic activity in the fields of pastoral care for healthcare workers and the sick, formation for health workers to help prevent disease and assist the sick in the poorest areas of the pla ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - “Mission remains the Church’s most pressing urgency”: Cardinal Sepe sends message to Meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops Conferences in Maputo Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Mission remains the most pressing urgency for the Church and there is nothing to show that the time for mission ad gentes is over. Indeed at this time in history, more than ever it is ne ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope reminds first group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit to Rome that “present day society questions and observes the Church, demanding coherence and courage in the faith Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Meetings among bishops are precious opportunities to experience and deepen unity. In this sense the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico is called to be a bright sign of ecclesial communio ...
• 7 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general Wednesday audience: “Christ is the principle of unity, the mediator, the final destination towards whom all creation converges. He is the Son par excellence in the great family of the children of God in which Baptism inserts us ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Christ is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead” (vespers Wednesday week 3; reading: cfr Col 1,3.12.15.17-18): this Canticle was the subject of the teaching given by Pope Benedict ...
• 5 September 2005
  VATICAN “Achieving full communion among Christians must be a goal for all who profess faith in the Church, one, holy, catholic and apostolic” Pope Benedict says in a message to 9th Inter-Christian Symposium Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI sent a message addressed to Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity on the occasion of the 9th Sympos ...
• 5 September 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI calls the entire Church to be involved in preparation for the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist “with prayer and reflection, giving value to every opportunity, event and meeting”. He also has a special word for hurrican victims in the United States and people in Iraq Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - In his reflection before the Angelus prayer on Sunday 4 September Pope Benedict XVI called the entire Church to feel involved in preparation for the Synod of Bishops 2-23 October on the ...
• 2 September 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe presides ordination of new Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait: “the duty to proclaim the Gospel belongs in a special way to the bishop who assumes it as a primary duty on the day of his Ordination”. Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) - “I turn to you dear Father Camillo, and I wish to thank you for having accepted the Holy Father’s decision in faith - in Verbo Tuo - as your motto indicates, and for wanting to be ordain ...
• 1 September 2005
  VATICAN - «Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church»: International Congress on 40th anniversary of the promulgation of «Dei Verbum» Constitution by Vatican II Vatican City (Fides Service) - Over 400 participants from 98 different countries including about a hundred cardinals and bishops, will gather in Rome 14 to 18 September at the Aurelia Convention Centre for an Internation ...
• 31 August 2005
  VATICAN - “A sound society is the result certainly of commitment from all its members, but it needs the blessing and help of God who, unfortunately, is instead often excluded or ignored”: the Pope’s teaching at the general audience Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 126, “Without the Lord, all our efforts will ultimately fail”(vespers Wednesday week 3), was the subject of the teaching given by Pope Benedict XVI during the weekly Wednesday aud ...
• 29 August 2005
  VATICAN - Mgr Giuseppe Cavallotto Rector of the Pontifical Urban University appointed Bishop of Cuneo and Fossano Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedixt XVI has appointed Bisahop of the dioceses of Cuneo and Fossano (Italy), united “in the person of the bishop”, Mgr Giuseppe Cavallotto a member of the cl ...