Vatican

• 1 June 2004
  VATICAN - Papal message at the end of the Marian Month of May: “Be light in your homes, in every place and under every circumstance of life. Be light with your faithful witness to the Gospel, learning day after day from Mary the perfect disciple of her Divine Son.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The month of May closes with the liturgical feast of the Visitation: the second joyful mystery which fills hearts with ever new hope. The encounter between Mary and Elisabeth is animated ...
• 31 May 2004
  VATICAN - For thirty years the International Centre for Missionary Animation (CIAM) has served the Church “to reawaken the desire for holiness in all the agents of mission”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “CIAM is at the service of the Church for the spiritual renewal of missionary pastoral workers and to promomte the spirit of mission throughout the Church”: this was how Father Romeo Ba ...
• 31 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope presides 1st Vespers Pentecost: "it is my hope that the spirituality of Pentecost will spread in the Church giving new impulse to prayer, holiness, communion and mission ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 29 May in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II presided the celebration of Vespers for Pentecost. “Veni, creator Spiritus! From the Church everywhere on the solemnity of Pent ...
• 31 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope says at the Regina Cæli prayer: “Conformed by the Spirit to Christ the new Adam, believers become his witnesses, sowing hope, spreading mercy and peace.” Vatican City (Fides) - “Today the Church celebrates the Feast of Pentecost which recalls the miraculous effusion of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles in the Upper Room”, Pope John Paul II said to crowds gath ...
• 28 May 2004
  VATICAN - New challenges for ecumenical, interreligious and intercultural dialogue in the world of human mobility: 16th plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Plenary Assembly confirmed the conviction that dialogue is the indispensable path to enable every person to become really alive, in the search for the truth about God, mankind and th ...
• 26 May 2004
  VATICAN - Renewal in the Spirit movement welcomes call to pray with the Pope to invoke copious outpouring of the gifts of the Spirit upon the whole Church Vatican City (Fides Service) - Last Sunday during the Regina Caeli prayer Pope John Paul II invited those who will be present in Rome on Saturday May 29 to join him for Solemn celebration of Vespers on the vigil of the F ...
• 26 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching at the general audience: God is Judge, but he is also Saviour; he condemns evil and rewards fidelity and justice but above all love.. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In this prayer we hear the pulsing hearts of the just who await in hope the coming of the Lord to render more luminous the vicissitudes of humanity often immersed in the shadows of sin, ...
• 24 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope urges families and institutions to “use the media with prudence and wisdom” so the they may provide “opportunities for education, cultural enrichment and spiritual growth”. He also invited those who will be in Rome to a special Vigil of Pentecost in St Peter’s next Saturday evening. Vatican City (Fides Service) - From his window on St Peter’s square where he came to pray the “Regina Cæli” hymn with visitors gathered for his Sunday blessing, the Pope spoke about the solemnity of the Ascension ...
• 22 May 2004
  VATICAN - “Africa: a extraordinary resource of good for humanity” says Cardinal Martino at the end of a Conference on Africa and globalisation promoted by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Vatican City (Fides Service)- “The many seedbeds of violence in Africa, AIDS and other pandemics, tragedies like poverty and injustices still weigh on the future of the continent producing negative effects which preven ...
• 22 May 2004
  VATICAN - “Train qualified personal, build new health structures, guarantee medicines” Angola’s health minister Ms Albertina Nahosse Henrique Hamurkwaya illustrates her programme Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of a day of study on the theme “Economic and social development of Africa in the era of globalisation”, organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome ...
• 21 May 2004
  VATICAN - “A new forum for proclaiming the Gospel”: interview with Father Claudio Pighin, author of “Pastorale della Comunicazione” Pastoral of Communication published recently Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pastoral of communications, formation of priests, religious and laity involved in the media workers and the need to guarantee correct use of the means of communications from a point of view ...
• 19 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching: “Blessed the man whose guilt is removed and whose sins are forgiven!”: a call to live with our eyes set on heaven putting first the "things of heaven". Vatican City (Fides Service) - A comment on Psalm 31 (“Gratitude for the forgiveness of sins” - Vespers Thursday week 1) was the subject of Pope John Paul II’s teaching at the General audience today 19 may in St Pe ...
• 18 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples: “ Integration at the social level and interaction at the cultural level are therefore the necessary presupposition for authentic peaceful co-existence among individuals and nations ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Christian community today is called to face situations very different from the past. One of them is certainly the massive migratory phenomenon which often takes the form of tragedies ...
• 18 May 2004
  VATICAN - Day of Study organised by Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace 21 May to reflect on Social and economic development of Africa in the era of globalisation: Vatican City (Fides Service) - A day of study on the economic and social development of Africa in the era of globalisation will be held at the initiative of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on 21 May at the C ...
• 18 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Courage of Mercy "Modern man often anxiously wonders about the solution to the terrible tensions which have built up in the world and which entangle humanity. And if at times he lacks the courage to utter the word "mercy," or if in his c ...