Vatican

• 27 November 2009
  VATICAN - “The Jubilee is also a special time given to us to renew the announcement of the Gospel to everyone, and to become, to an ever greater degree, a Church of communion and mission.” Benedict XVI in the Message to the Bishops of Vietnam for the Jubilee Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “"I whole-heartedly unite myself to the joy and thanksgiving of the Bishops of your country, whom I had the pleasure of meeting last June, along with all of their dioceses," writes Pope B ...
• 24 November 2009
  VATICAN - “No justice without life”: Study Conference on the death penalty in the world today Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “No justice without life" (the death penalty in the world), is the theme of a study conference which will be held in Rome, on November 25, 2009 3-5pm in the Newman Hall of the Pontifical ...
• 23 November 2009
  VATICAN - “For a more balanced and humane health care”; theme for upcoming International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care announced Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The XXIV International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care just ended at the Vatican. This year, the theme was: “Ephphatha! The Deaf Person in the Life of the ...
• 20 November 2009
  VATICAN - “It is important for everyone, professors and students, never to lose sight of the end pursued -- to be an instrument of the evangelical proclamation.” Benedict XVI addresses teachers and students of Roman Pontifical Universities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your commitment to serve the truth that God has revealed shares in the evangelizing mission of the Church: It is an ecclesial service... It is important for everyone, professors and stud ...
• 19 November 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives President of Burundi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh: reaffirming the importance of dialogue and respect for human rights, in addition to the Church's contribution to human promotion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of November 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the President of Burundi, Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza. They then had an interview with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretar ...
• 19 November 2009
  VATICAN - Pope greets Plenary of the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples and makes an appeal to international community: “that efforts will be multiplied to offer an adequate answer to the tragic problems of childhood” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience, on November 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave a special greeting to the members of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation of the Evangelization ...
• 17 November 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father tells FAO Summit: “Hunger is the most cruel and concrete sign of poverty. Opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater proportions.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Hunger is the most cruel and concrete sign of poverty. Opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater proportions.” This is what the Holy Fathe ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI's Letter to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on their Plenary Assembly Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has sent Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the following message on the occasion of the Plenary Assembly of t ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of “South 1” Region of Brazil: “speak to the heart of your people, awaken consciences, unite wills in a joint effort against the growing wave of violence and contempt for the human being” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your people harbor in their hearts great religious sentiments and noble traditions, rooted in Christianity, which are expressed in heartfelt and genuine religious and civil manifestation ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Letter from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to priests in China for Year for Priests: “despite the persisting difficulties, the information that has come from different parts of China points also to signs of hope.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – An “invitation to hope” is what opens the Letter that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, has addressed to all priests of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of Ch ...
• 14 November 2009
  VATICAN - "With the proclamation of the Gospel, the Church opens her heart to God and neighbor, and awakens consciences. With the strength of her message, she defends authentic human rights and is committed to justice” - Pope's exhortation to Pontifical Council Cor Unum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church, in her proclamation of salvation, can not be separated "from the concrete conditions of people's lives, [of those] to whom she is sent. Her efforts on improving are part of her ...
• 13 November 2009
  VATICAN - “The secularization of charity, reduced to philanthropic solidarity, is just to be as feared as the secularization of the faith”: the Superior General of Opera Don Orione tells Plenary of Cor Unum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The secularization of charity, reduced to philanthropic solidarity, is just to be as feared as the secularization of the faith, reduced to an ideology of values. In both, secularist move ...
• 13 November 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: "Catholic universities are given a significant role in fidelity to their specific identity and in an effort to provide a qualified service in the Church and society" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "Today's environment is characterized by a troubling educational emergency ... which assumes a particular relevance to the task of those who are called to teaching ... The deep economic c ...
• 12 November 2009
  VATICAN - Sixth World Congress of Pastoral Care for Migrants concludes: "We can not remain silent in the face of those who speculate on the lives of migrants and refugees”; call for adoption and ratification of international laws that protect and promote human person Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning saw the end of the sessions held at the Sixth World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees, with the approval of the Final Document which will be made public ...
• 12 November 2009
  VATICAN - November 16-18, Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples: examining “the new Areopagi” and the challenges of the mission ad gentes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Plenary Session of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples opens Monday, November 16th at 9am, in the John Paul II Auditorium of the Pontifical University Urbaniana. Starti ...