Vatican

• 18 January 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI visits Jewish Community of Rome: “when we succeed in uniting our hearts and our hands in response to the Lord’s call, his light comes closer and shines on all the peoples of the world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians and Jews share to a great extent a common spiritual patrimony, they pray to the same Lord, they have the same roots, and yet they often remain unknown to each other. It is our ...
• 18 January 2010
  VATICAN - Pope at Angelus: “Our proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus will be much more credible and effective the more that we are united in his love.” New appeal for Haiti. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Day of the Migrant and Refugee, religious dialogue with the Jews, and Christian unity were the three main themes addressed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his discourse at the Ange ...
• 14 January 2010
  VATICAN - Holy Father makes appeal for Haiti, “that these our brothers and sisters who are experiencing a moment of need and suffering may not lack our concrete solidarity”; support of the Church in Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience on Wednesday, January 13, the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched the following appeal for Haiti: “I now wish to make an appeal for the dramatic situa ...
• 13 January 2010
  VATICAN - February 9-11: Jubilee for the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and the XVIII World Day of the Sick Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in the Service of Love for the Suffering” is the theme chosen for the celebration of the XXV Anniversary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and the XVIII Worl ...
• 12 January 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: “protection of creation is not principally a response to an aesthetic need, but much more to a moral need” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The denial of God distorts the freedom of the human person, yet it also devastates creation. It follows that the protection of creation is not principally a response to an aesthetic need ...
• 11 January 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus recalls that the immigrant is “a person to be respected with rights and duties” and that “there cannot be violence in the name of God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, January 10, the Holy Fahter Benedict XVI administered the Sacrament of Baptism to a group of infants in the Sistine Chapel. Then, at Noon, he reci ...
• 9 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Whenever our Christians suffer unjustly it is a wound to the Body of Christ in which all believers share.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has sent the following message to His Holiness Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of ...
• 7 January 2010
  VATICAN - Pope at Angelus on the Epiphany, greets “affectionately all the little missionaries present in the five continents” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the feast of the Epiphany, on January 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the day for the Holy Childhood Association at the Angelus, expressing his greeting and encouragement to a ...
• 3 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...
• 3 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...
• 22 December 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Curia: “For the Church and for myself personally, the year now drawing to a close passed largely under the sign of Africa” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Another year rich in important events for the Church and for the world comes to an end. For the Church and for myself personally, the year now drawing to a close passed largely under the ...
• 21 December 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus: “the mystery of Christmas, the prophecy of peace for all mankind,” leads Christians to become “instruments and messengers of peace everywhere” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Taking up the invitation made in the liturgy, to turn our gaze towards Bethlehem, “the little town of Judea that is witness to the great event,” the Holy Father Benedict XVI began his ...
• 18 December 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Belarus: “It is of particular importance that you announce the perennial message of the Gospel with renewed enthusiasm, in a society which is not immune from the temptations of secularization...” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is of particular importance that you announce the perennial message of the Gospel with renewed enthusiasm, in a society which is not immune from the temptations of secularization, hed ...
• 18 December 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells eight new diplomatic representatives: "At this moment in history religions must, through open and sincere dialogue, seek the path of purification in order to conform ever more closely to their true vocation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Religions lived according to their profound essence have been, and still are, a force for reconciliation and peace. At this moment in history religions must, through open and sincere dia ...
• 16 December 2009
  VATICAN - Pope's Message for World Day of Peace, January 1, 2010: “Respect for creation is of immense consequence... and its preservation has now become essential for the pacific coexistence of mankind.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The theme for the Message written by the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the 43rd World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on January 1, 2010, is entitled “If You Want to Cultivate Pea ...