Vatican

• 10 March 2004
  VATICAN - “There is no rise in the number of atheists in the world”, according to survey on ‘non belief and religious indifference’ carried out by Pontifical Council for Culture in preparation for annual Plenary 11-13 March in the Vatican Vatican City (Fides Service) - To fulfil the mission entrusted to it by the Holy Father to be at the heart of profound changes at the beginning of this new millennium, the Pontifical Council for Culture felt the need to ...
• 10 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope address participants at Plenary Meeting of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications: may the Inter Mirifica document give inspiration “to continue your mission of helping those who work in this vast field to animate it with a humane and Christian spirit" Vatican City (Fides Service ) - As the last item on the agenda of his morning’s work on Tuesday 9 March, Pope John Paul II granted an audience to the participants at the Plenary Meeting of the Pontifical Council for So ...
• 9 March 2004
  VATICAN - “The Christian faith at the dawn of the new millennium and the challenge of non belief and religious indifference”: Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture Vatican City (Fides Service) - About sixty participants from all over the world will attend the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture, in the Vatican 11-13 March, presided by Cardinal Paul Poupard. The t ...
• 8 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Ethics is not a restriction for business, it is an opportunity which qualifies its efficiency and objectivity”: said Cardinal Martino at the end of an international Conference for Christian Business Executives. Soon available, Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching and Report on Poverty in the Era of Globalisation. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Moral values - such as social responsibility, solidarity, justice, a sense of the common good, protection of the environment, respect for human rights, valorisation of human capital - ar ...
• 8 March 2004
  VATICAN - Vatican II Decree “Inter Mirifica” 40 years on: Pontifical Council for Social Communications Annual Plenary Assembly Vatican City (Fides Service) - A Concelebration of Mass in the German College Church inside Vatican City on Monday March 8, opened a four day Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The Mass ...
• 8 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope says at the Angelus: ‘Total trust and confidence in God gives the interior light which transfigures the human person making him a witness of the Resurrection’. The Pope appealed for Africa, the Middle East, the Holy Land and Iraq: “I would once again urge all to take the path of forgiveness and reconciliation”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Lent calls us to follow Christ in the mystery of his prayer, source of light and strength in the hour of trial. To pray, in fact, means to lose oneself in the spirit of God in an attitud ...
• 6 March 2004
  VATICAN - The challenge to harmonise profit and solidarity underlined by the Pope in his message to Christian executives attending a Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Christians charged with responsibility in the business world are challenged to combine the legitimate pursuit of profit with a deeper concern for the spread of solidarity and the elimina ...
• 5 March 2004
  VATICAN - Pressing appeal from the Congregation for the Oriental Churches to help the Church in the Holy Land in urgent need of prayer and concrete solidarity “to sustain the presence of the Christian community in the Holy Land ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - As customary at the beginning of Lent, Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches made an appeal to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on behalf o ...
• 3 March 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar on the social responsibility of businessmen and globalisation, promoted by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on the eve of the publication of a compendium of the fundamental principles of Catholic Social Teaching. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Corruption in business and politics, destination of company profits i, the cultural impact of advertising and marketing policies are some of the subjects for discussion during a Study Semin ...
• 1 March 2004
  VATICAN - Papal Message for 19th World Youth Day: “If we want to see Jesus we must let ourselves be seen by him! Dear young people, let Jesus look into your eyes so that you have will have an ever greater longing to see the Light to savour the splendour of Truth.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The year 2004 is the final lap before the important appointment of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005. I therefore ask you to intensify your spiritual preparation by studying th ...
• 1 March 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope says “Lent calls us to make a special effort on our spiritual journey” urging those present to make Lent “a generous competition in showing solidarity” with children especially those in most danger and difficulty Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the first Sunday of Lent, 29 February, from his study window overlooking St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II prayed the customary Angelus prayer with visitors gathered for the occasi ...
• 27 February 2004
  VATICAN - Papal Message for Fraternity Campaign 2004 in Brazil: “A gift of God, water is a vital element, indispensable for life and therefore a right for every person” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II sent a Message for the annual Lenten Fraternity Campaign organised by the Church in Brazil. The message was addressed to Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Archbishop of Sa ...
• 26 February 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s annual meeting with his priests of Rome diocese: “Marriage and the family cannot be considered simply a product of circumstances or a superstructure imposed on human love from outside … We must see our apostolate with families as a source of grace, a gift given to us by God” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “To give the family a central place or, better still, to recognise the family’s centrality in God’s plan for mankind and hence in the life of the Church and society, is a task which c ...
• 25 February 2004
  VATICAN - Catechesis and Communication: integrating the Christian message in the new culture of the third millennium: a reflection by Prof. Pighin Vatican City (Fides Service) - Father Claudio Pighin, member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME and Director of the Communications Centre of the Pontifical Urban University reflects on a very topical s ...
• 25 February 2004
  VATICAN - “Catholic moral teaching cannot accept artificial procreation whatever methods are used ”, said Archbishop Elio Sgreccia at the end of the 10th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Life Vatican City (Fides Service) - Archbishop Elio Sgreccia had this to say at the end of the 10th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Life: “The assembly this year was unique because it marked the 10th annivers ...