Vatican

• 28 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (5) - Eucharistic Celebration: “Only Christ can be our certain hope. This is the message that we Christians are called to spread every day, through our witness.” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Sunday, September 27, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Eucharistic Celebration in the Brno Airport. At the beginning of his homily, he greeted all those present, espe ...
• 28 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (4) - Celebration of Vespers: “may the Lord in his goodness make you like the salt spoken of in the Gospel, salt that gives savour to life, so that you may be faithful laborers in the Lord’s vineyard” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – At 6pm on Saturday, September 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Celebration of Vespers with Bishops, priests, religious, seminarians, members of lay movements, and members of the Ca ...
• 28 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (3) - Meeting with Authorities: “The faith of Christians, from the time of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the early missionaries, has in fact played a decisive role in shaping the spiritual and cultural heritage of this country. It must do likewise in the present and into the future.” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Saturday, September 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Prague Castle for a Courtesy Visit to the President of the Czech Republic, and a meeting with the author ...
• 28 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (2) - In the Church of Our Lady Victorious: “Every human being is a child of God and therefore our brother or sister, to be welcomed and respected. May our society grasp this truth!” Prague (Agenzia Fides) - After the Welcoming Ceremony held at the airport in Prague, that same morning of September 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Church of Our Lady Victorious, which holds the statue o ...
• 28 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (1) - Welcoming Ceremony: “I call upon all the citizens of this Republic to rediscover the Christian traditions which have shaped their culture, and I invite the Christian community to continue to make its voice heard” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI began his 13th Apostolic Journey, this time to the Czech Republic, with a Welcoming Ceremony held at the Stara Ruzyne International Airport in Prague, at 11:30 on S ...
• 25 September 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI sends video-message to UN Summit on Climate Changes: “the natural environment is given by God to everyone, and so our use of it entails a personal responsibility towards humanity as a whole, particularly towards the poor and towards future generations” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The video-message sent to participants in the UN Summit on Climate Changes, held in New York on September 22, is taken from words spoken by the Holy Father Benedict XVI on this issue, dur ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The anthropological turning point: the primacy of 'receiving' over 'acting' Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI's latest encyclical Caritas in Veritate, occupied the newspaper columns for several days: with attention mainly on any possible economic and social indications the text mi ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - New Board of Superintendence and President of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has issued the following statement. The Commission of Cardinals which oversees the activities of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), chaired by Cardin ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - New Members, Experts, and Auditors for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed the members of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place October 4-25 in the Vatican. Among them are: Ca ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “may the love of truth and the constant thirst for God, which marked the whole life of St. Anselm, be a stimulus for every Christian to seek without ever tiring an ever more profound union with Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Monk of intense spiritual life, excellent educator of youth, theologian with an extraordinary speculative capacity, wise man of government and intransigent defender of the 'libertas Eccl ...
• 22 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells recently appointed bishops: “The time that the priest and bishop dedicate to God in prayer is always the best employed, because prayer is the soul of pastoral activity...the inexhaustible source of missionary fervor.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “One of the essential tasks of the bishop is precisely to help priests, by example and with fraternal support, to follow their vocation faithfully, and to work with enthusiasm and love ...
• 22 September 2009
  VATICAN - 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, June 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The next International Eucharistic Congress (which is the 50th), will take place in Dublin (Ireland), from 10 to 17 June 2012 in Dublin, Ireland, on the theme: "The Eucharist: Communion w ...
• 21 September 2009
  VATICAN - Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father for Italian soldiers killed in terrorist attack in Kabul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence for the Italian soldiers who were victims in the terrorist attack in Kabul (Afghanistan), to Military Bishop of Italy, His Excel ...
• 21 September 2009
  VATICAN - In the encounter with Patriarchs and Major Archbishops of the Eastern Churches, Benedict XVI announces Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, October 10-24, 2010 Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “In speaking of peace, our thought turns, in the first place, to the regions of the Middle East. For this reason I will take this occasion to announce the Special Assembly of the Synod ...
• 21 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “to 'do' works of peace we need to 'be' men of peace, entering the school of 'the wisdom that comes from above,' to assimilate its qualities and produce its effects,” and expresses sorrow for the attack in Afghanistan Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – The “true wisdom” described by Saint James in the readings from the Sunday Liturgy (3:16-4:3) was the theme chosen by the Holy Father Benedict XVI for his address given prior to th ...