Vatican

• 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 ...
• 18 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses second group of Bishops of Brazil for Ad Limina visit: “The particular identity of priests and laity must be seen in the light of the essential difference between priestly ministry and the 'common priesthood'.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “With her faithful and ministers, the Church is on earth the priestly community organically structured as the Body of Christ, to efficiently carry out in union with her head, the histo ...
• 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 ...