Vatican

• 5 July 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope tells people about the recent visit of Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I: “Christians can and should always collaborate even when there are divisions and conflict. This is an eloquent manner of announcing the Gospel of peace to a world marked sad to say by unbalance and violence.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday July 4, during his address before the Angelus prayer, once again Pope John Paul II reminisced about the recent visit he received by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantin ...
• 2 July 2004
  VATICAN “May the international community be ever bolder, more generous, more creative, more energetic in its struggle to finally end the division of the world into areas of poverty and plenty”. Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, president of the Pontifical Academy for Social Science addresses UN Economic and Social Council Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) - On June 29 in New York, Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, President della Pontifical Academy of Social Science and Head of the Delegation of the Holy See to the ECOSOC 2004 High Level Segment on Least ...
• 2 July 2004
  VATICAN - “May Christians and Churches live in peace and harmony to bear witness together to the message of the Gospel in a credible and convincing manner”: John Paul II and Bartholomew I issue Joint Declaration Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of visit made by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople to Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, John Paul II and Bartholomew I signed ...
• 1 July 2004
  VATICAN - On the continent of Internet criminal motorways connect paedophiles around the world. Numbers, data, profits, soon in a Fides Dossier Vatican City (Fides Service) - A business of 5 billion dollars a year, 30.000 paedophile-pornographic, web sites 12 million images, 2.5 million children aged 10-12 affected. This, and much more in a Dossier which Fides w ...
• 30 June 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II: “the unity we search for is first of all a gift of God. We are aware however that to hasten the hour of its full realisation depends also on us, on our prayer, our conversion to Christ.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 6pm on Tuesday 29 June, feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope John Paul II, with the participation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, celebrated the Eucharist in St Peter’s Square. ...
• 30 June 2004
  VATICAN - At his general Audience the Pope explains the significance of the Pallium: “it expresses the fundamental principle of communion, it recalls that this communion is organic and hierarchical, it shows that the Church, to be one, needs the special service of the Church of Rome and its Bishop, the head of the College of Bishops, lastly it emphasises the Catholicity of the Church” Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the audience this morning 30 June in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II explained to those present the significance of the Pallium which he imposed on the shoulders of the new Me ...
• 30 June 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II receives in audience His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople: may the memory of the history making encounter between Patriarch Athenagoras I and Pope Paul VI in 1964 “prompt a leap forward in dialogue and restoration mutual brotherly relations” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We give thanks to God commemorating together that blessed encounter forty years ago between my venerable predecessor Pope Paul VI, and the venerable Patriarch Athenagoras I. It took plac ...
• 28 June 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls history-making meeting of Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagora I of Constantinople in 1964 and urges Catholics to pray “for full unity of Christians”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “On 29 June we celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul and for the occasion I will have the joy of welcoming once again to the Vatican His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarc ...
• 28 June 2004
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Saint Peter and Paul Pope John Paul II will impose the Pallium on 44 newly appointed metropolitan Archbishops: Fides spoke with four of the new Metropolitan Archbishops from Taipei, Manila, Calabar and Antequera,Oaxaca Vatican City (Fides Service) - In keeping with tradition on the solemn feast of Saint Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome, Pope John Paul II will impose the Pallium, symbol of Church unity on 44 new Archbishops of the ...
• 26 June 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses European Symposium of University Docents: “The family is the future of Europe. We can say that the family is the mirror of society and therefore also of the new Europe which is being built ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The family is the future of Europe. We can say that the family is the mirror of society and therefore also of the new Europe which is being built. The evolution of the family is and will ...
• 25 June 2004
  VATICAN - “Tourism at the service of the meeting of peoples”: 6th Congress on Pastoral of Tourism Vatican City (Fides Service) - The 6th International Congress on Pastoral of Tourism organised by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples will be held 5 to 8 July 2004 in Bangkok, ...
• 25 June 2004
  VATICAN - “Sport and Tourism, two Vital Forces at the Service of Reciprocal Understanding”: Pope John Paul II issues Message for the Church’s 25th World Tourism Day Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The event tourism should be seen not as one of many events of human activity but as a phenomenon inserted in a unitary and community understanding of humanity and society”, a projectio ...
• 24 June 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives participants at a meeting of the Union of Aid Agencies for Eastern Catholic Churches: “Your visit brings to mind the situation of the Christian communities in the Churches of the East, in our times sorely tried because of wars, terrorism and other difficulties ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Your visit brings to mind the situation of the Christian communities in the Churches of the East, in our times sorely tried because of wars, terrorism and other difficulties.” Receivin ...
• 23 June 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly Wednesday teaching: “ Expectation for judgement present in every culture, the need for truth and love felt by every spirituality contain a tending towards the Lord which only on reaching Him is placated ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Canticle “Hymn of adoration and praise” (cfr Rev 15,3-4 - Vespers Friday Week one) was the subject of Pope John Paul II’s teaching during the weekly general audience this morning ...
• 22 June 2004
  VATICAN - On the feast day of Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome, the Pope will preside a solemn Mass in St Peter’s Square. This year a most welcome guest will be Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Vatican City (Fides Service) - In St Peter’s Square at 6pm, on Tuesday 29 June, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome, Pope John Paul II will preside a solemn Mass, attended by the Orthodox Ecumenic ...