Vatican

• 7 March 2011
  VATICAN - Card. Tauran: “We remember in Shahbaz Bhatti the authentic hope of the Cross” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We give thanks to God for having placed an authentic martyr in our path, a witness to Christian faith, who was able to 'say' and 'do'. Shahbaz Bhatti is a reminder that in the Cross we ...
• 4 March 2011
  VATICAN - Holy Mass for Pakistani Christians in Rome to remember Minister Bhatti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Priests, sisters and Pakistani laity who live in Italy and work in various offices of the Holy See will unite in Rome, on Sunday, 6 March 2011, at 4.30 pm, for a Memorial Mass for Ministe ...
• 4 March 2011
  VATICAN - “Dialogue with other religions remains a high priority, especially in the southern areas of your Country,” states the Pope to the third group of Bishops from the Philippines Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Dialogue with other religions remains a high priority, especially in the southern areas of your Country,” emphasised the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 3 March, receiving a group o ...
• 4 March 2011
  VATICAN - Lineamenta presented for 2012 Synod on the New Evangelisation Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, this morning presented in the Holy See Press Office the “Lineamenta” (Guidelines) for the XIII General Ordinary Assembl ...
• 2 March 2011
  VATICAN - Statement by the Director of the Press Office of the Holy See on the murder of the Pakistani Minister for Minorities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In response to questions by journalists, the Director of the Press Office, Fr Federico Lombardi, issued the following statement this morning: “The murder of the Pakistani Minister for Min ...
• 21 February 2011
  VATICAN - Three Founders to be canonised on Day of Missions: Guido Maria Conforti, Luigi Guanella and Bonifacia Rodríguez de Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace at midday today (21 Feb.), the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided at an ordinary public consistory for the Canonisation of the follow ...
• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - Pope presented with 2011 Pontifical Yearbook: revised statistics of the Catholic Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning the Pontifical Yearbook was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. From reading this book we may gain an update about the life of the Catholic Church around the world. Th ...
• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - “New initiatives in evangelisation will only be fruitful if... those proposing them are people who truly believe and live the message of the Gospel themselves”: Pope to the Bishops of the Philippines Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “While the Philippines continues to face many challenges in the area of economic development, we must recognise that these obstacles to a life of happiness and fulfilment are not the on ...
• 18 February 2011
  VATICAN - The relevance of St Paul for the life of the Church in her mission of evangelisation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pauline Year was “like a strategic moment in the life of the Church. It was strategic because it helped to bring to light not only the many-sided richness of thought by the Apostle ...
• 12 February 2011
  Vatican - Vocations: the Pope calls for increasing “priestly and religious vocations, especially missionary” and to ensure “an equitable distribution of priests around the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I address a particular word to you, my dear Brother Bishops, to provide continuity and to spread your mission of salvation in Christ. It is important 'to increase priestly and religious ...
• 8 February 2011
  VATICAN - Internet “may serve not only for studies, but also for pastoral care activities by future priests in various areas of the Church, such as evangelisation, missionary work and catechesis,” recalls the Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The internet, with its capacity to overcome distances and put people in contact, also presents great possibilities for the Church and her mission. With the necessary discernment to ens ...
• 7 February 2011
  VATICAN - Episcopal Ordination: “It is time for mission: the Lord sends you, dear friends, into his harvest” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, 5 February, in St Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father Benedict XVI conferred Episcopal Ordination upon the following five priests: Msgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, of the Salesian Society ...
• 7 February 2011
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope hopes that Egypt “may rediscover tranquillity and peaceful coexistence, in a shared commitment for the common good” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his Address prior to reciting the Angelus on Sunday, 6 February, taking his cue from Sunday's Gospel passage, the Holy Father Benedict XVI emphasised how Jesus, through these words dir ...
• 3 February 2011
  VATICAN - “Consecrated men and women are in fact given the chance to express primacy of God and passion for the Gospel, practised in life and announced to the poor and to the weakest of the earth” Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – “The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is an eloquent symbol of complete donation of life, for all those men and women who are called to reproduce, in the Church and the world, via the eva ...
• 2 February 2011
  VATICAN - Pope's Message: “The great task of evangelisation requires an ever increasing number of people to respond generously to the call of God” Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church, in its depths, has an implicit vocational dimension in its etymological meaning: 'assembly convoked' by God. The Christian life takes its turn in the same vocational dimension w ...