Vatican

• 5 November 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE UNITY OF CHRISTIANS: “TOGETHER WE WISH TO OVERCOME DISPUTES AND DIFFICULTIES TOGETHER WE WISH TO RECOGNISE FAILINGS AND DELAY WITH REGARD TO UNITY, WE WISH TO RESTORE THE DESIRE FOR RECONCILIATION WHEREVER IT APPEARS TO BE IN DANGER” Vatican (Fides Service) – “Certainly the ecumenical path is no easy one way. As we progress gradually obstacles are more easily perceived and difficulties are more keenly felt. The goal declared by the various theolo ...
• 3 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES INTERNAL MINISTERS OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES: “GUARANTEE AND PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ARE THE TEST OF RESPECT FOR THE OTHER RIGHTS AND THIS IS REALISED THROUGH PREVISION OF ADEQUATE JURIDICAL DISCIPLINE FOR THE DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS CONFESSIONS AS A GUARANTEE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE IDENTITY AND FREEDOM” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Despite failure in peace initiatives we must continue to hope. Dialogue at all levels - economic, political, cultural, religious – will bear fruit. The trust of believers is founded ...
• 3 November 2003
  VATICAN - ON ALL SAINTS DAY THE POPE SAYS: “THE SAINTS AND BLESSEDS IN PARADISE REMIND US PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH THAT WE FIND SUPPORT EVERY DAY NEVER TO LOSE SIGHT OF OUR ETERNAL DESTINY FIRST OF ALL IN PRAYER ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – The feast of All Saints “turns our eyes to the immense multitude of those who have already reached the heavenly homeland, and it points to the way which leads to this destination”. Th ...
• 3 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS PRAYER: “IT IS IMPORTANT AND DUTIFUL TO PRAY FOR THE DEAD BECAUSE EVEN THOSE WHO DIE IN GOD’S GRACE AND FRIENDSHIP MAY STILL NEED PURIFICATION BEFORE ENTERING THE JOY OF HEAVEN ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – At midday on Sunday 2 November, All Souls Day, Pope John Paul II recited the Angelus prayer with people gathered below his window in St Peter’s Square offering his intention for “the ...
• 31 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ENCOURAGES FILIPINO BISHOPS’ COMMITMENT TO RENEWED INTEGRAL EVANGELISATION AND WITNESS TO JESUS CHRIST’S GOSPEL OF SALVATION AND LIBERATION THROUGH WORDS, DEEDS AND LIVES Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The pledge of the Church in the Philippines to engage in renewed integral evangelisation demonstrates her desire to ensure that Christian faith and values permeate every aspect of soci ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - NEW RECTOR OF URBAN UNIVERSITY SPEAKS WITH FIDES: “THE SEARCH FOR GOD MUST NEVER DIVIDE RATHER IT MUST UNITE OVERCOMING EVERY FORM OF INTOLERANCE” Vatican City (Fides Service) – At the beginning of the academic year at the pontifical Urban University Fides interviewed the newly appointed Rector Mgr Giuseppe Cavallotto, former dean of the Faculty of Missiology. ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR 20th WORLD YOUTH DAY 2005 IN COLOGNE, GERMANY: ORGANISERS PRESENT POPE WITH WYD LOGO AND WYD OFFICIAL HYMN CONTEST IS LAUNCHED Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Preparations for World Youth Day in Cologne are going well: we have regular monthly meetings with the organisers in Cologne to plan the organisation of the event - said Rev. Francis Ko ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE HOLY FATHER APPOINTS FIVE NEW ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II has appointed today five new ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy of Science: Prof. Antonio García-Bellido, from Spain, Professor of Genetics at the Severo Ochoa ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES IN SPAIN BISHOP PEREZ GONZALEZ APPOINTED MILITARY ORDINARY Vatican City (Fides Service ) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has appointed, today 30 October 2003, Military Ordinary in Spain, Bishop Francisco Pérez González until now Bishop Osma-Soria. The Bishop is a membe ...
• 29 October 2003
  VATICAN - TOMORROW “PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY INAUGURATES A NEW CHAIR GLORIA CRUCIS” THE VALUE OF THE CROSS FOR EVERY PERSON AND FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD Vatican City (Fides Service) – Instituted on June 13 this year, at the Pontifical Lateran University a new Gloria Crucis Cathedra will be officially inaugurated tomorrow 30 October is the framework of a Study Seminar p ...
• 29 October 2003
  VATICAN - DURING WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE THE POPE ENCOURAGES ALL CHRISTIANS TO WALK WITH THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY THE PATH OF HOLINESS, CONTEMPLATING JESUS AND MEDITATING WITH THE ROSARY THE MYSTERIES OF SALVATION Vatican City (Fides Service) – Due to heavy rain in Rome this morning, Wednesday 29 October, the Holy Father held his audience in two parts, first he addressed thousands of visitors gathered inside St Peter’s and the ...
• 27 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS PRAYER: “I RENEW MY THANKS TO GOD, RICH IN MERCY, FOR THESE 25 YEARS OF MINISTRY AT THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH…I RENEW THE ENTRUSTMENT OF MY LIFE AND MY MINISTRY TO THE VIRGIN MARY” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Still vivid in my soul are the intense emotions of recent days, during which so many people gathered around me on the occasion of my 25th year of Pontificate. I renew my thanks to God, ...
• 25 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS STUDENTS OF CHURCH UNIVERSITIES: “NEVER LET YOUR HEARTS BE DISTRACTED FROM CONTEMPLATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE EVENTS IN THE WORLD AND IN HISTORY!” Vatican (Fides Service) – “If on the one hand, your hearts must never cease from contemplating the mystery of God, on the other it is necessary to keep your eyes on events in the world and in history. The Second Vati ...
• 24 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE CALLS US TO “OPEN THE DOORS TO CHRIST” AND TO MARY: A MARIAN REFLECTION ON 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I like to reflect on the pontificate of Pope John Paul looking at his crest, at the great Cross and capital M for Mary, Most Holy, the Mother of Jesus at the foot of the Cross of her s ...
• 24 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE BISHOPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES: IN THE FACE OF THE PERVASIVE ADVANCE OF SECULARISM WHICH DESTROYS ALSO SOCIAL LIVING, THE EVANGELISATION OF CULTURE, A CENTRAL ASPECT OF NEW EVANGELISATION, IS EVER MORE URGENT Vatican Service (Fides Service) – “England and Wales, despite being steeped in a rich Christian heritage, today face the pervasive advance of secularism. At the root of this situation is the attempt to promote a visi ...