Vatican

• 18 September 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Knowing how to be silent Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel tells us how Jesus walked the roads of Galilee and Judea in order to announce the Good News, to heal people suffering from all kinds of disease, to free those trapped by the evil ...
• 18 September 2009
  VATICAN - Pope conveys sorrow and prayer for victims of attack in Afghanistan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After learning the news of the bloody attack that took place on the morning of September 17 in Kabul, on an Italian contingent in Afghanistan, causing the death of 6 Italian soldiers and ...
• 17 September 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Shepherds after my own heart. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Great clamour followed the homily delivered by the Holy Father Benedict XVI, on Saturday 12 September in the Papal Basilica of St Peter, on the occasion of the Ordination of new Bishops. Cl ...
• 17 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: Symeon the New Theologian “calls us all to attention to the spiritual life, to the hidden presence of God in us, to honesty of conscience and purification, to conversion of heart, so that the Holy Spirit will be present in us and guide us.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The General Audience this week, on September 16, was held in Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, where the Holy Father came from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. In the catechesis given ...
• 16 September 2009
  VATICAN - Cardinal Van Thuan Prize to be awarded to Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg; Van Thuan Solidarity and Development Awards to be presented to Italian missionary association, a project for penitentiaries in Bogota, a center for the blind in Thailand, and educational and social initiatives for inhabitants of difficult neighborhoods in France Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, eldest son of the Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, has been chosen as the winner of the Cardinal Van ...
• 16 September 2009
  VATICAN - Taiwan hosts spiritual exercises for 450 leaders of charitable activities in the Church in Asia, promoted by the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From 6 to 11 September the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" held spiritual exercises for presidents and directors of the Church's ministry of charity throughout Asia. According to a communique ...
• 15 September 2009
  VATICAN - Papal Mass with former students: “If we reflect on the perplexity of the world in face of the great issues of the present and future, then there should also arise in us again the joy over the fact that God has freely shown us his face, his will, himself.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – The question of man's purity before God, “one of the fundamental themes of the religious history of humanity” was at the heart of the homily given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI d ...
• 14 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides Episcopal Ordination of 5 Prelates: “we pray that you become faithful, prudent and good servants and so you can one day hear from the Lord of history: Good and faithful servant, share in the joy of your master” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, September 12, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Mass in the Vatican Basilica in which he ordained 5 Prelates: Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, appointed Apostolic ...
• 14 September 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Jesus did not come to teach us a philosophy, but to show us a way, indeed, "the" way that leads to life. This way is love, which is the expression of true faith.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – The two “crucial questions” posed by the Word of God in the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 13, were the focus of the address given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI prior to ...
• 11 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells sponsors of the Holy See's Pavilion at the Expo Zaragoza 2008: “When God, through creation, gave man the keys to the earth, He wanted him to use this great gift responsibly and respectfully, making it fruitful.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “By participating in the exposition the Holy See wished to demonstrate not only the urgent need constantly to defend the environment and the natural world, but also to discover its mor ...
• 11 September 2009
  VATICAN - Presentation of Holy Father's meeting with artists from all over the world, November 21 in the Sistine Chapel, to “recover and strengthen the alliance between art and faith.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On November 21, in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Benedict XVI will meet with a group of major world artists, in an effort to give greater impetus and continuity to the dialogue between art and ...
• 11 September 2009
  VATICAN - Message from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on the conclusion of Ramadan: “Christians and Muslims: Together in overcoming poverty.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the the occasion of the end of Ramadan (‘Id al-Fitr, 1430 A.H./2009 A.D.), the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has issued a message to Muslims, signed by the President ...
• 10 September 2009
  VATICAN - Saint Peter Damian “made of monastic life an eloquent testimony of the primacy of God and a call to all to walk toward holiness, free from any compromise with evil.” Holy Father's catechesis from the General Audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “St. Peter Damian, monk, lover of solitude and, at the same time, intrepid man of the Church, personally involved in the work of reform undertaken by the popes of the time,” was the the ...
• 10 September 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The State is not the owner of life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian parliament has just resumed its activity with the debate on what is termed “the biological will”, but which we prefer to call “testament of life”. The debate has reactiv ...
• 9 September 2009
  VATICAN -AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The heart of a Witness! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Like the disciples during Jesus' life here on earth, we too often have difficulty in believing in the Lord and in trusting in his almighty power. We do not always turn to him with the simpl ...