Vatican
20 April 2009
VATICAN - Pope, at the Regina Caeli: “it is the merciful love of God that solidly unites the Church, today as yesterday, and that makes humanity a single family,” calling for firm and concrete action to prevent and eliminate every form of discrimination and intolerance
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 19, Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday), and the fourth anniversary of his election as Pontiff, the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Regina ...
16 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “Let us allow ourselves to be enlightened by the Risen Lord. Let us receive Him with faith and generously adhere our lives to His Gospel, as did the privileged witnesses of His Resurrection.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This year, Easter once more resounds ever the same and ever new, in every corner of the world with this great news: Jesus who was crucified has risen and He lives in glory because he has ...
16 April 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Christians are called to renounce the world, even within the Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There is a “file rouge” which connects the Holy Father's homily during the Easter Vigil and the now famous meditations for the Way of the Cross 2005, to that of the 22 February 2006 on ...
16 April 2009
VATICAN - Happy Birthday, Holy Father! And here's to many more!
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, April 16, is the birthday of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, who was born in Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau (Germany) on April 16, 1927 (Holy Saturday) and was baptized the same da ...
15 April 2009
VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The faith of Mary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him. And very early in the morning on the first day of the wee ...
13 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Regina Cæli: “ The whole Church rejoices, expressing her sentiments by singing: "This is the day of Our Lord Jesus Christ”
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Monday 13 April, the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Regina Cæli with the faithful gathered in the courtyard of his Summer Residence at Castel Gandolfo: ...
12 April 2009
VATICAN - On Easter Sunday the Pope says: “ let us open our spirit to Christ, who has died and is risen in order to renew us, in order to remove from our hearts the poison of sin and death, and to pour in the life-blood of the Holy Spirit: divine and eternal life”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Sunday, 12 April, Pope Benedict XVI in his homily reflected on St Paul's words ‘Christ, our Passover,, has been immolated!’(1 Cor 5,7), which “ already contain, in an impr ...
12 April 2009
VATICAN - “From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote Saint Augustine, “Resurrectio Domini, spes nostra - the resurrection of the Lord is our hope” (Sermon 261:1).” : the Pope's Easter Greetings
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Sunday the Holy Father Benedict XVI addressed an Easter Message to the whole world, a message of hope: “Jesus rose again so that we, though destined to die, should not despair ...
11 April 2009
VATICAN - “ The Lord’s saving hand holds us up, and thus we can already sing the song of the saved, the new song of the risen ones: alleluia!”: Benedict XVI during the Easter Vigil Mass
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At 9pm in St Peter's Basilica on Saturday 11 April the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the solemn Mass of the Easter Vigil. During his homily the Pope dwelt on the Gospel and the Apost ...
10 April 2009
VATICAN - The Pope's Message at the beginning of the funeral Mass for the Abruzzo earthquake victims
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the day of the funeral of some of the Abruzzo earthquake victims, on 10 April, Benedict XVI expressed his closeness to the Archbishop of L'Aquila with a message read by the Pope's pers ...
10 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Colosseum presides the Way of the Cross: “The anguish of the Passion of the Lord Jesus cannot fail to move to pity even the most hardened hearts, as it constitutes the climax of the revelation of God’s love for each of us. ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the Way of the Cross which the Holy Father presided at the Colosseum in the evening of Good Friday April, 10, the Pope reflected on the Roman Soldier who believed in the Son ...
9 April 2009
VATICAN - The Holy Father says during the Mass of the Chrism: “The bath in which the Lord immerses us is himself - the Truth in person. Priestly ordination means: being immersed in him, immersed in the Truth”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Holy Thursday, 9 April, the Holy Father Benedict XVI renewed his priestly vows with cardinals, bishops and priests present for the Chrism Mass: “In the Upper Room, [ ...
9 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI says during the Mass of the Lord's Supper: “It was “today” that He did this: he gave himself to us for ever in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. ”.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his homily during the Mass ‘in Coena Domini’, presided in his Cathedral Saint John in the Lateran on Holy Thursday , 9 April, Pope Benedict cited the Canon of the Mass for Holy Thu ...
8 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI leads the faithful into Holy Week: “Dear brothers and sisters, let us prepare to live the Holy Triduum intensely, in order to share ever more deeply in the Mystery of Christ”.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the General Audience on Wednesday 8 April, the Holy Father centred his meditation on the Holy Triduum, central moment when Christians “ relive the Paschal Mystery, th ...
7 April 2009
VATICAN - International Encounter for World Youth Day organizers: “WYD is not magic. Preparations should be taken seriously and be placed at the service of evangelization.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On April 3-5, Rome hosted an “International Encounter for Youth Ministry Coordinators: Sydney 2008 to Madrid 2011” sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. It was attended by delega ...
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