Vatican

• 29 July 2009
  VATICAN - Theme for World Day for Peace 2010: “If you want to cultivate peace, protect the creation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "If you want to cultivate peace, protect the creation" is the theme for the next message for World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on 1 January 2010. As a statement from the Holy S ...
• 27 July 2009
  VATICAN - At the Angelus in Valle d'Aosta, Benedict XVI recalls importance of priests who “become instruments of salvation for many, for all” and “the educational task of grandparents” Introd (Agenzia Fides) – From the his cottage where he has been spending some days of rest this summer, in Les Combes (Introd), in Valle d'Aosta, on Sunday, July 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the recitation of t ...
• 27 July 2009
  VATICAN - Pope's homily at Vespers in the Cathedral of Aosta: “May our lives speak of God; may our life truly be liturgy and proclamation of God, the port where the distant God becomes the near God, and true gift of ourselves to God.” Aosta (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Friday, July 24, the Holy Father Benedict XVI preisded the Celebration of Vespers in the Cathedral of Aosta. In the homily, the Pope commented on the Concluding Prayer from t ...
• 24 July 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - 'Come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while' Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Part of the Summer season is generally, if possible, devoted to holidays. A period particularly suitable not only for well earned rest and relaxation for the body, but also for restoring th ...
• 23 July 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - priests or “officials”? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of this Year of the Priesthood, inaugurated on 19 June in St Peter's, the Holy Father Benedict XVI, with his typical love for the truth and for calm, is indicating certain ...
• 21 July 2009
  VATICAN - July 27-31, annual meeting of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation's Administrative Council for financing projects for indigenous mixed race and Afro-American rural communities of Latin America and the Caribbean Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the administrative council of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation is due to be held from 27 to 31 July at the Schwerte Catholic Academy in the archdiocese of Paderbo ...
• 21 July 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father sends greetings to Tour de France in Valle d'Aosta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the following statement today from Director Fr. Federico Lombardi: “On the occasion of the passing of the Tour de France through Valle d'Aosta, th ...
• 20 July 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI prays the Angelus in Romano Canavese: “Providence always helps those who do good and dedicate themselves to justice; it helps those who do not think only of themselves but of those who are worse off.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, July 19, the Holy Father Benedict XVI left Les Combes (Introd), in Valle d'Aosta, where he was spending a brief time of rest, and traveled to Romano Canavese (Diocese of Ivrea) ...
• 17 July 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - 'priestly holiness' Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - All over the world thanks to impulse given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI with the indiction of a Year of the Priesthood, diocesan and ecclesial realities are launching initiatives to redi ...
• 17 July 2009
  VATICAN - Vatican Museums open in the evening for the first time, July 24 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time, the Vatican Museums will be open to the public in the evening hours, on Friday, July 24. On that day the Museum will remain open from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., with the last ...
• 17 July 2009
  VATICAN - Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the FAO, Monsignor Volante: “the programs for fighting hunger are fundamental in improving the conditions of the poor” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “We are supporting those who work on a daily basis to meet the basic food needs of all people. Here at the FAO, there is a lack of personnel. The staff number has been lowering for years now. How ...
• 16 July 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - God chooses what is weak Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea …” (DCE n. 1); moral outcome, although important, cannot be the only measure of truth. Since the Church is inh ...
• 15 July 2009
  VATICAN - Speech of the Permanent Observer to the Holy See to the UN Economic and Social Council: place the promotion of life at the heart of the decisions regarding health assistance Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - “Failure to place the promotion of life at the center of health care decisions results in a society in which an individual’s absolute right to basic health care and life would be limited by t ...
• 14 July 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Valle d'Aosta for a period of rest Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Since yesterday, Benedict XVI has been in the region of Valle d'Aosta, in the residence of Les Combes di Introd, where he will remain until Wednesday, July 29, for a time of rest, as he a ...
• 13 July 2009
  VATICAN - “The solutions to the current problems of humanity cannot be merely technical, but must take account of all the needs of the person, who is endowed with soul and body, and must thus take the Creator, God, into consideration,” the Pope says at the Angelus; appeal for Honduras Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Prior to the recitation of the Angelus with faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square, on Sunday, July 12, the Holy Father Benedict XVI focused his address on the recent G8 Summit and on ...