Vatican

• 3 September 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Peace and Creation cannot prescind from the Creator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, dedicated his Angelus reflection on the last Sunday of August to the necessity to protect creation, a theme, - he said - which, like the theme of peace, bring ...
• 3 September 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's comments after viewing the film “Saint Augustine”: “We cannot find truth on our own, but Truth, which is a Person, finds us." Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 2, in the "Sala degli Svizzeri" of the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI attended the screening of an abbreviat ...
• 2 September 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Jesus takes nothing and gives all Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "‘'Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unc ...
• 31 August 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus, mentions that “when the husband and wife generously dedicate themselves to the education of their children, guiding and orienting them in the discovery of God's design of life, they are preparing that fertile spiritual soil from which vocations” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – The importance of the educational task of parents in the birth and growth of Christian families, of vocations, and the charisms of the Holy Spirit was addressed by the Holy Father Bene ...
• 31 July 2009
  VATICAN - Sunday, September 6, Benedict XVI will make pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio. The program released by the Holy See Press Office says that at 9am, the Pope's h ...
• 30 July 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Conscience, the foundation of religion which conforms to reason (regarding a new book by Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI “Elogio della coscienza”) [In Italian] Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Conscience leads the human person to seek a covenant with God by means of worship which is “logical”, that is, religion which conforms to reason. What does this mean? The entire person ...
• 30 July 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father at the summer residence of Castel Gandolfo Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of July 29, the Holy Father Benedict XVI left the summer residence in Les Combes (Introd) in Valle d'Aosta, where he had been since July 13, and traveled by helicopter ...
• 29 July 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The power of God is mercy! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “A Roman oration, connected with the text of the Book of Wisdom, says: ‘In forgiveness and mercy you show your almighty power, o Lord'. The apex of God's power is mercy, forgiveness. I ...
• 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 ...