Vatican

• 4 October 2010
  VATICAN - “In this difficult time of crisis and conflict, religions are called to realize their special vocation of service to peace and coexistence”: Papal Message for Barcelona Prayer Meeting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In this difficult time of crisis and conflict, worsened by the increasing extent of the globalization, religions are called to realize their special vocation of service to peace and coex ...
• 2 October 2010
  VATICAN - Diocesan phase of cause for beatification opened for Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuân Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This October 22, there will be a solemn ceremony to mark the opening of the diocesan study of the life, virtues, and fame of holiness of the Vietnamese Servant of God Cardinal Francois Xa ...
• 30 September 2010
  VATICAN - Holy Father recalls Haiti and Nigeria at General Audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the General Audience held on Wednesday, September 29, the Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his spiritual closeness to the people of Haiti and launched an appeal for the humanitarian ...
• 29 September 2010
  VATICAN - Another Bishop in Shanxi (Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Five days after the episcopal ordination of the Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, on September 21, the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, Bishop Peter Wu Junwei was consecrat ...
• 22 September 2010
  VATICAN - Holy Father's appeal for the consolidation of peace and harmony among the baptized, to offer the world “an ever more authentic evangelical testimony” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience held today, Wednesday, September 22, during which he spoke of his recent apostolic journey to the United Kingdom, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made an ...
• 22 September 2010
  VATICAN - New Coadjutor Bishop for the Archdiocese of Taiyuan in Shanxi (China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Thursday, September 16, the episcopal consecration of Bishop Paul Meng Ningyou, as Coadjutor Bishop of Taiyuan, took place in the cathedral. Bishop Meng is a member of the diocesan cle ...
• 20 September 2010
  VATICAN - Mass in Thanksgiving for the beatification of Cardinal Newman in the Propaganda Fide Chapel, where he was ordained a Catholic priest Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – It was in thanksgiving to God for the beatification of a former pupil of Propaganda Fide and the successful outcome of the apostolic visit of Pope Benedict XVI in the UK that Cardinal Iva ...
• 20 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI beatifies Cardinal Newman: “The definite service to which Blessed John Henry was called involved applying his keen intellect and his prolific pen to many of the most pressing 'subjects of the day.'” Birmingham (Agenzia Fides) - “It is right and fitting that we should recognize today the holiness of a confessor, a son of this nation who, while not called to shed his blood for the Lord, nevertheless bore eloquent wi ...
• 18 September 2010
  VATICAN - Feedback from the Seminar for newly appointed bishops from mission territories: “It helped me see and live the Catholicity of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "It has been a wonderful initiative, very rich opportunity for sharing experiences and learning," Fides was told by Bishop Mario Flanders, SDB, Apostolic Vicar of El Petén, Guatemala, in ...
• 18 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the United Kingdom: “cooperation and dialogue between religions calls for mutual respect, the freedom to practice one’s religion and to engage in acts of public worship, and the freedom to follow one’s conscience” London (Agenzia Fides) – “Ever since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church has placed special emphasis on the importance of dialogue and cooperation with the followers of other religions.” These were the ...
• 17 September 2010
  VATICAN - Pope defines Cardinal Newman as “a figure of a doctor of the Church for us and for all, and a bridge between Anglicans and Catholics” Edinburgh (Agenzia Fides) – During his flight to the United Kingdom, for his 17th Apostolic Journey for the Beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, Pope Benedict XVI met with journalists aboard the papal aircraft. ...
• 17 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the United Kingdom: “Let it not obscure the Christian foundation that underpins its freedoms...”; “the evangelization of culture is all the more important in our times” Edinburgh (Agenzia Fides) – Encouraging the United Kingdom, in its effort to become a modern and multicultural society, to “always maintain its respect for those traditional values and cultural expressions that more ...
• 15 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI makes appeal for respect for religious freedom, reconciliation, and peace in South Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After the General Audience today, Wednesday, September 15, held in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI issued the following appeal for respect for religious freedom, reconc ...
• 13 September 2010
  VATICAN - Seminar for new bishops of Propaganda Fide territories “rekindles the flame of the missionary spirit, making it more alive, stronger” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "This seminar is very important, because when you are a newly appointed bishop, you need an additional training in order to carry out the mission entrusted to you by the Church, addressin ...
• 11 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells bishops participating in seminar of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples: “The Bishop is called to serve the Church in the fashion of the God made man.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – This morning, in the Swiss Hall of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the recently appointed bishops participating in the seminar organized ...