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19 December 2008
VATICAN - Pope tells 11 new ambassadors: “Peace is not just a political or military situation without conflict; rather it is the sum of conditions that allow concord among all and the personal development of each.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Thursday, December 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the Letters of Credence of 11 new ambassadors to the Holy See from Malawi, Sweden, Sierra Leon, Iceland, Lux ...
18 December 2008
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Real hope for eliminating poverty
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Since the Catholic Church is not a party or a union, how can she contribute towards changing the world, especially in the fight against poverty? Simply by living her nature, a fraternal com ...
18 December 2008
VATICAN - Final Communique on the 11th Colloquium of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Islamic Call Society of Tripoli
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience held on Wednesday, December 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held a meeting in one of the rooms in the Paul VI Audience Hall with participants in the ...
18 December 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience emphasizes the need to prepare for Christmas “with humility and simplicity, readying ourselves to receive the gift of light, joy and peace that irradiates from this mystery. Let us welcome the nativity of Christ as an event capable of today renewing our existence.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Catechesis given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during his General Audience on Wednesday, December 17, was dedicated to the mystery of Christmas. “We are now in the Novena of Chris ...
17 December 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The Mystery of Joy
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “John replied: 'No one can have anything except what is given him from heaven. 'You yourselves can bear me out. I said, "I am not the Christ; I am the one who has been sent to go in front ...
16 December 2008
VATICAN - XI Colloquium organized by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Islamic Call Society
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – A statement from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue released by the Holy See Press Office stated that the XI Colloquium organized by the Pontifical Council for Interreligi ...
16 December 2008
VATICAN - Themes for the next three World Youth Days
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has chosen the themes for the next three World Youth Days so as to help build a spiritual itinerary that will culminate in the World Youth Day celebrations sc ...
15 December 2008
VATICAN - The Pope addresses the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: “ecumenism calls us to a generous fraternal exchange of gifts, aware that full communion in the faith, in the sacraments, and in ministry continues to be the objective and goal of the entire ecumenical movement.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Reception and Future of Ecumenical Dialogue” was the theme for the Plenary Assembly held by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and was defined by the Holy Father, ...
15 December 2008
VATICAN - In addressing the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, the Pope mentions the distinction and autonomy between Church and State: “the Church not only acknowledges and respects it, but rejoices, as it is a great progress in humanity and a fundamental condition for its freedom and fulfillment of its universal mission of salvation among all peoples.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Saturday, December 13, the Holy Father Benedict XVI payed a visit to the Italian Embassy to the Holy See. In the Embassy's Chapel, which has been recently restored, in t ...
15 December 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Bishops of Taiwan on their Ad Limina visit: “You and the Christian faithful in Taiwan are a living sign that, in a justly ordered society, one need not fear to be a faithful Catholic and a good citizen.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Catholic Evangelization in Taiwan is an occasion to manifest ever more eagerly your oneness with each other and with our Lord as you together ...
15 December 2008
VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus says that “no one can know the moment of the Lord's return...the "nearness" of God is not a question of space and time, but rather a question of love: Love is near!”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Third Sunday of Advent, December 14, which is called “Gaudete Sunday” - that is “rejoice” because the Lord is near - before praying the Angelus, the Holy Father Benedict XV ...
12 December 2008
VATICAN - The Instruction “Dignitas personae”: a great “yes” to human life
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Dignitas personae,” the Instruction published today by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on several bioethical questions - updating information contained in “Donum Vitae ...
12 December 2008
VATICAN - The Pope presents Roman university students with Saint Paul's Letter to the Romans: “May this be substantial nourishment for your faith, leading you to believe more and better and also to reflect upon yourselves so that you might come to a ‘mature’ faith and, at the same time live this faith.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the afternoon of December 11, at the close of the Eucharistic Celebration presided by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, for Rome's university students, in preparation for Christmas, the Holy ...
12 December 2008
VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Peace 2009: “ What the fight against poverty really needs are men and women who live in a profoundly fraternal way and are able to accompany individuals, families and communities on journeys of authentic human development.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Fighting poverty to build peace” is the theme of the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message for the World Day of Peace, January 1, 2009. Revisiting a theme addressed by Pope John Paul II i ...
11 December 2008
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Anyone who does not know God is without hope
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In these times of the “politically correct”, the statement: “anyone who does not know God…is ultimately without hope”, might sound strange, especially to the ears of those most ac ...
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