Vatican

• 15 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching at the general audience: “The Church on earth harmonises her song of praise with that of the just who already contemplate the glory of God. This builds a channel of communication between history and eternity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his address to visitors who had come for the general audience on September 15, Pope John Paul II continued his comment on the liturgy and he said: “The Church on earth harmonises her s ...
• 14 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives a group of Bishops from New Zealand: “pressing need for Christ’s liberating message in a society experiencing the tragic consequences of the eclipse of the sense of God” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “New Zealanders look to you to be men of hope, preaching and teaching with passion the splendour of Christ’s truth which dispels the darkness and illuminates the true path of life”. T ...
• 13 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for newly appointed Bishops - Cardinal Nicora illustrates duties and risks of service in administration “to guarantee material means so that the mission Jesus entrusted to his Church may continue” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Worship, pastoral, charity, ecclesiastic personnel: are the four constitutive ends of the possession and use of ecclesial resources as such. The Church may possess resources only for the ...
• 13 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s reflection at the midday Sunday Angelus prayer: “May Mary watch over humanity suffering today from distressing explosions of violence. May she watch over the young generations especially who desire to build a future of hope for all”. Castel Gandolofo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 12 September, before reciting the Angelus prayer with visitors gathered in the courtyard of his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo outside Rome, Pope John Paul II recalled th ...
• 11 September 2004
  VATICAN - Chinese priests and lay persons arrested: the Holy See denounces “serious violation of freedom of religion, fundamental human right” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 11 September the Holy See announced that during the month of August the Chinese authorities arrested several members of the local Catholic clergy and laity: “this is a serious ...
• 10 September 2004
  VATICAN - “A unique opportunity for getting to know one another as brothers”: Study Seminar for newly appointed Bishops of mission territories rounds the mark Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Study Seminar organised for newly appointed Bishops of mission territories by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples is almost half way through its work. It opened on Sunday ...
• 10 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for newly appointed Bishops - Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, Secretary of State Substitute for General Affairs, illustrates the bishop’s relations with the Curia and the Bishops’ Conferences Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Bishop’s relations with the Curia and Bishops’ Conferences was the subject of a talk given today by Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, the Holy Father’s Secretary of State Substitute for ...
• 9 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for newly appointed Bishops - “Faced with dramatic and persistent divisions and lacerations in the world the Church is called, through her Bishops, to explain the reasons for the hope she bears”: address by Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Faced with dramatic and persistent divisions and lacerations in the world the Church is called, through her Bishops, Successors of the Apostles, to explain the reasons for the hope she b ...
• 8 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope leads prayers for the children killed in Beslan and all innocent children abused by adults: This is the “anguished cry of childhood offended in its dignity”. Prayers for justice and peace in the world include the safe return of Italian women social workers taken hostage yesterday Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today, the liturgical feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, during his general audience in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, Pope John Paul II said once again that it is the duty ...
• 7 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for newly appointed Bishops - The Pontifical Mission Societies, “a central pillar of the bridge which the Church is building towards peoples and religions through evangelisation and dialogue”: Father Fernando Galbiati, PIME Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The existence and the activity of the Pontifical Mission Societies are an important reality in the Church today” said Father Fernando Galbiati, PIME, Secretary General of the Pontifica ...
• 7 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for new Bishops - “The Good News of Jesus Christ can and must be proclaimed through the press, radio, television and the Internet” says Archbishop John P. Foley Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The proclamation of the Good News of Jesus Christ is the most important communication which human beings can receive and so our main responsibility is to communicate this news in the bes ...
• 7 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for new Bishops - Archbishop Mons. Nikola Eterovic Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops illustrates the institution: “The Synod of Bishops is a valuable fruit of the Council” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The post synodal exhortation ‘Pastores gregis’: an example of synodal method”: was the subject of a talk which the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, Archbishop Nikola Ete ...
• 6 September 2004
  VATICAN - 118 Newly appointed Bishops from mission territories start seminary organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. Cardinal Sepe says “You Bishops are the builders of this Church which has begun a new millennium of her history ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This encounter is expression of the Congregation’s sincere communion with each of your particular Churches as well as providing an opportunity to meet you personally. The aim of our Se ...
• 6 September 2004
  VATICAN - Contemplation, communion, and mission: John Paul II assigns tasks to Catholic Action in a Loreto. “Today, through the event of the beatification of these three Servants of God, the Lord says to you: the greatest gift you can give to the Church and the world is holiness.” Vatican City (Fides) - On Sunday 5 September Pope John Paul II left his Summer residence in Castel Gandolfo by helicopter to fly to Montorso valley near Loreto, where he presided a Concelebration of Mass on the occasion ...
• 3 September 2004
  VATICAN - On Sunday the Pope will beatify a Spanish priest, assistant to Catholic Action in Spain and two lay members of the Association: Alberto Marvelli and Pina Suriano Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 5 September Pope John Paul II will travel to Loreto for the conclusion of a meeting-pilgrimage organised by Catholic Action where he will celebrate Mass and beatify a Spanish prie ...