Vatican

• 6 July 2009
  VATICAN - Appointment of new Consultors and Members of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 4 July 2009, appointed as Consultors of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples: Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S. A. C. Archbishop of Warsaw-Prague ( ...
• 3 July 2009
  VATICAN - Programme of the apostolic visit of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the Czech Republic (26-28 September) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Press Office of the Holy See has made public the programme of the apostolic visit of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the Czech Republic, which will take place from 26-28 September. ...
• 3 July 2009
  VATICAN - Italian Army Band concert closes the Year of St Paul, exposition of a Carolingian Bible extended to 27 September 2009 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With a concert yesterday evening, July 1, by the famous Italian Army Band, positioned in the apse of the Basilica, St Paul's outside the Walls said farewell to the Year of St Paul. The Band, conduc ...
• 3 July 2009
  EUROPE - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “A Suitcase with String”: Who is raiding the villages of profound poverty to auction plundered meat? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today it is almost as if we were ashamed of our models, our cultures our civilisations based on democracy. Almost as it we were weighed down by a complex of the mistakes, or better, the horrors, th ...
• 2 July 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope dedicates his catechesis to the Year of the Priesthood: “if the ‘diptych’ consecration-mission is not taken into account, it becomes very difficult to understand the identity of the priest and of his ministry in the Church ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As a precious legacy of the Year of St Paul, we can heed the Apostle's call to deepen our knowledge of the mystery of Christ, so He may be the heart and the core of our personal and c ...
• 2 July 2009
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The necessary activity of Peter Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Clemente Romano, narrating of the death of the apostles Peter and Paul, observes that it was facilitated by the envy of certain members of the Christian community. Two thousand years later, ...
• 1 July 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI to Metropolitan Archbishops: “In the Year of the Priesthood, may the Pallium be also for priests a symbol and a challenge to build communion with their own bishop, among themselves and with the faithful.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Tuesday 30 June in the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI received in audience the new Archbishops on whom he had imposed the Pallium the day before the solemnity of Saints Peter ...
• 1 July 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's condolences and prayers for the victims of the accident at the railway station of Viareggio (Italy) and the air crash off the coast of the Comoros. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent telegrammes of condolence and closeness, through the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, for the victims of the accident at the railway statio ...
• 1 July 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Faith cannot be only theory Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him ...
• 30 June 2009
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul the Pope imposes the Pallium on 34 new metropolitan Archbishops: “To render ever present the word of God and thus provide nourishment for men, this is the duty of the upright shepherd ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 29 June, the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, presided a Concelebration of the Eucharist with 34 new Archbishops to whom ...
• 30 June 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope before the Angelus prayer expresses the hope that shared veneration of the Martyrs Peter and Paul may be a "pledge of ever fuller and ever more sincere communion among Christians all over the world ” and announces his third Encyclical, “Caritas in veritate” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, patrons saints of the Church of Rome, in his Angelus reflection on 29 June, the Pope addressed the diocese of Rome, citizens and visitors in Rom ...
• 30 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI closes the Year dedicated to St Paul who “ remains the ‘teacher of the nations, anxious to carry to all men and women the message of the Risen Lord, because Christ knows and loves them all and died and rose again for them ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the early evening of Sunday June 28, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI went to the Basilica of Saint Paul to preside First Vespers of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to close the Year ...
• 30 June 2009
  VATICAN - At the Angelus on June 28 the Holy Father underlines that “Saint Paul is an example of a priest totally identified with his ministry - as the saintly Cure of Ars would be in later times -, aware that he carries an inestimable treasure, that is the message of salvation, but that he carries it within a vessel of clay " Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The closing of the Year of St Paul and the recent opening of the Year of the Priest were the subject of the Holy Father Benedict XVI's reflection before leading the recitation of the Ange ...
• 30 June 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope invites the delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to thank God “for the fruits and benefits brought by the celebration of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of St Paul” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – With the words of the Apostle Paul - “Grace to you and peace from God, our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ ” (Eph 1, 2) - the Holy Father Benedict XVI welcomed the delegation of ...
• 30 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI to the Bishops of Vietnam on ad limina visit: “religions never represent a threat to national unity because they aim to help individuals to sanctify themselves and desire to put their religious institutions generously and disinterestedly at the service of others ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “A few days ago we opened the Year of the Priesthood. This year will help highlight the beauty and the greatness of the ministry of priests. I would be grateful if you would thank the d ...