Vatican
18 February 2009
VATICAN - Martyrdom is a joyful testimony to the Savior
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The recent Nairobi killing of Italian missionary Father Giuseppe Bertaina, a man who dedicated his life to the despised of this earth, in a nation torn apart by wars and poverty, leads us ...
17 February 2009
VATICAN - The Holy Father's condolences for the death of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, first Korean Cardinal
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to the Archbishop of Seoul (Korea), Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jinsuk, immediately following the death of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou ...
16 February 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI: from the heart of the Vatican State, “where the Pope lives near the tomb of St. Peter, an incessant message rises of genuine social progress, of hope, of reconciliation and of peace.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Vatican State, contains treasures of faith, of history and of art, is custodian to a precious heritage for all humanity. From within it, where the Pope lives near the tomb of St. Pet ...
16 February 2009
VATICAN - Holy Father's appointment for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office reported on February 14 that the Holy Father has appointed the presidents delegate, relator general and special secretaries for the Second Special Assembly for A ...
16 February 2009
VATICAN - Pope tells Nigerian Bishops: “Expansion in the Church calls for special care in diocesan planning and the training of personnel through ongoing activities of formation in order to facilitate the necessary deepening of the faith of your people.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The extensive spread of the Church in Nigeria in recent years, the many new baptized Christians, the abundance of priestly and religious vocations are all reasons to give thanks to God an ...
16 February 2009
VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus mentions that “we might see in leprosy a symbol of sin, which is the true impurity of heart, distancing us from God” and to rediscover the “value and importance” of the Sacrament of Confession
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We might see in leprosy a symbol of sin, which is the true impurity of heart, distancing us from God. It is not, in effect, physical malady that distances us from him, as the ancient nor ...
13 February 2009
VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Miracles and faith in Him
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Mark's Gospel, proclaimed in our churches in this Season, leads us to contemplate the marvellous work of Jesus the Redeemer who heals all sorts of illnesses, frees those possessed by ...
13 February 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “The Church is profoundly and irrevocably committed to reject all anti-Semitism and to continue to build good and lasting relations between our two communities.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The two-thousand-year history of the relationship between Judaism and the Church has passed through many different phases, some of them painful to recall. Now that we are able to meet in ...
12 February 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Prestige of 'giudaizzanti' or “folly” of Apostles?
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Augustine commenting the Letter to the Galatians recalls Paul's amazement with regard to members of the community who were disturbed or captivated by the prestige of 'giudaizzanti', t ...
12 February 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the 17th World Day of the Sick: “for us Christians, the reply to the enigma of suffering and death is in Christ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This Day invites us to make sick people more intensely aware of the spiritual closeness of the Church...At the same time, today we have the opportunity to reflect on the experience of si ...
12 February 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI begins a new series of catechesis on John Climacus and his treatise on the spiritual life, the “Scala” with its thirty steps
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After 20 catecheses dedicated to the Apostle Paul, as it is the Year of St. Paul, the Holy Father Benedict XVI once again took up the presentation of the great writiers of the Church of Eas ...
9 February 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI's Message for the 17th World Day of the Sick: “our attention turns particularly to children, the most fragile and defenseless of all, especially sick and suffering children...A silent cry of pain is heard from all these children; it is a cry that reaches our conscience as persons and believers.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Within the mark of the Year of St. Paul, the Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the 17th World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2009 (celebrated on a diocesan level), invites the fa ...
9 February 2009
VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus says: “man's truest and deepest illness is the absence of God, who is the fount of truth and love. And only reconciliation with God can give us true healing, true life” - Appeal for Madagascar
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, February 8, in his brief address prior to the recitation of the Angelus, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on the Gospel proclaimed in the liturgy of the day (cfr Mk 1:29- ...
6 February 2009
VATICAN - John Paul II and the “Theology of Communication”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - During the launch of a new book from Vatican publisher Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), entitled “John Paul II: Development of a Theology of Communication,” retired papal theologian Georges Ma ...
5 February 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello -
Suffering: learning to Hope
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Rejection of suffering, all suffering, by our present day culture, is the most serious symptom of the desperation into which it has fallen. In front of the mystery of suffering, especially ...
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