Vatican

• 23 May 2003
  VATICAN - NEW WORLD ORDER IN KEEPING WITH CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING: ARCHBISHOP MARTINO OPENS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON “THE CHURCH AND WORLD ORDER”. Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The centrality of the human person and the natural relation between individuals and nations are the fundamental indications of the social doctrine of the Church for the international c ...
• 23 May 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS TO ITALIAN BRANCH OF PRO-LIFE: THERE CAN BE NO AUTHENTIC PEACE WITHOUT RESPECT FOR LIFE, ESPECIALLY THE INNOCENT AND HELPLESS LIFE OF THE UNBORN CHILD Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Never be discouraged and never tire of proclaiming and bearing witness to the Gospel of Life; be close to families and mothers in difficulty. Especially to women I renew my call to def ...
• 22 May 2003
  VATICAN -“THE INJUSTICE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IS NOT IN THE LEAST SUSTAINABLE,» SAYS PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF HEALTH WORKERS AT THE 56TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION Vatican City (Fides Service) – Addressing the 56th plenary assembly of the World Health Organisation in Geneva, the President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Health Workers, Archbishop Javier Lozano Barr ...
• 22 May 2003
  VATICAN - DEVELOP INTELLIGENCE METHODS, RESTORE ROLE TO POLITICS, EMPOWER THE UNITED NATIONS, FIGHT INJUSTICES IN ORDER TO STOP THE SPIRAL OF TERROR: AN EDITORIAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF VATICAN RADIO Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Terrorism is anything but weakened and it demonstrates that it is able to attack, destroy and kill choosing its objectives through which to transmit its messages regardless of any side ...
• 22 May 2003
  VATICAN - POPE’S WEEKLY CATECHESIS: ONLY WITH GOD’S HELP CAN WE OVERCOME THE DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES WITH WHICH EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE IS STUDDED Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the general Wednesday audience on 21 May, Pope John Paul II continued his teaching on the Psalms and Canticles taken from the book of Morning and Evening Prayer commenting Psalm 14 ...
• 21 May 2003
  VATICAN - PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES: THEME, FORMATION IN MISSION TERRITORIES Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples starts its Plenary Assembly today 22 May at the John Paul II Hall, Pontifical Urban University. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the ...
• 21 May 2003
  VATICAN - POPE ASKS ITALIAN BISHOPS FOR STRONG COMMITMENT TO NEW EVANGELISATION AND HANDING ON THE FAITH TO THE NEW GENERATIONS Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The formation of the Christian and the handing on of the faith to the new generations are of decisive importance, made all the greater in the present social and cultural context, in wh ...
• 19 May 2003
  VATICAN - ON HIS 83rd BIRTHDAY POPE CANONISES 4 NEW SAINTS: “OUR LIFE IS CHRIST, LIVING AND PRESENT IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD, TODAY AND FOR EVER” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Sunday 18 May, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass in St Peter’s Square and canonised four new saints, two Poles and two Italians; Bishop Józef Sebastian Pelczar, fou ...
• 16 May 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES: “DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY DIFFICULTIES, REMIND EVERYONE THAT COOPERATION, INDISPENSABLE FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF THE WORLD, IS A DUTY AND A RIGHT FOR ALL THE BAPTISED" Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 11.30 on 16 May in the Sala Clementina in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, Pope John Paul II received in Audience the participants at the General Assembly of the Supreme Council of ...
• 16 May 2003
  VATICAN - POPE RECEIVES 12 NEW AMBASSADORS: CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUALS AND NATIONS, INTEREST FOR DIALOGUE AND SOLIDARITY AT THE BASIS OF DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF BUILDING PEACE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Our world is living difficult times, marked by many conflicts of which you are attentive witnesses: this is a cause of concern for many people and prompts the leaders of nations to be ...
• 15 May 2003
  VATICAN - POPE RECEIVES SYRO-MALABAR AND SYRO-MALANKARA BISHOPS: BE LEAVEN OF EVANGELISATION FOR A NEW INDIA Vatican City (Fides Service) – Working in communion and unity for evangelisation to meet the challenges of secularism: this is the encouragement made by Pope John Paul II when on 13 May he received in audience Bishops ...
• 15 May 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE AT GENERAL AUDIENCE SAYS: THE SACRIFICE MOST PRECIOUS AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD IS A CONTRITE HEART AND HUMBLE SPIRIT During the general audience on Wednesday 14 May, held in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II resumed his teaching on the Psalms used in Morning and Evening Prayer of the Church, commenting the Canticle in Daniel 3,26 ...
• 14 May 2003
  VATICAN - EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN BISHOPS, WITH PONTIFICAL COUNCIL COR UNUM, WILL VISIT COLOMBIA CARRYING PAPAL MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY AND ENCOURAGEMENT Bogota (Fides Service) – At the invitation of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference, a delegation of European and North American Bishops is visiting Colombia (12-19 May) to deliver a Message from Pope John Paul II and al ...
• 13 May 2003
  VATICAN - THE CHURCH NEEDS SCIENCE AND SCIENCE NEEDS RELIGION Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The Church reaffirms the legitimate autonomy of science and her appreciation for this eminent form of human knowledge, recognising her own errors committed in the past. Also in ...
• 12 May 2003
  VATICAN - MISSION AND THE YOUNG CHURCHES: INTERVENTION BY CARD. CRESCENZIO SEPE AT THE CONGRESS PROMOTED BY THE PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY TO MARK 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II Vatican City (Fides Service) – The work of the congress “John Paul II: 25 years of Pontificate- The Church at the service of mankind” promoted by the Pontifical Lateran University moved from the university to the P ...