Vatican

• 30 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “Let us pray to God so that he teaches us to see in the Church his presence, his beauty, to see his presence in the world, and that he helps us also to be transparent for his light.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI spoke of the Patriarch Germanus of Constantinople in the General Audience on April 29. As the Pontiff recalled, Saint Germanus “does not belong to the most ...
• 29 April 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Who can ever separate us from the love of Christ? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Easter Season leads us to contemplate the boundless loving mercy of God opened to us with the Resurrection of Jesus. Gone are the shadows of sin and death, put to flight by the glorious ...
• 29 April 2009
  VATICAN - Pastoral Care of Tourism today, 40 years after “Peregrinans in terra”: Meeting on Europe promoted by the Pontifical Council for for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People at San Calixto Palace in Rome, a meeting on the Pastoral Care of Tourism ...
• 29 April 2009
  VATICAN - “The identity of the lay catechist in the evangelization of peoples” Congress at the Urbaniana, for 30th anniversary of Saint Joseph Missionary College Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The figure of the lay catechist in the ad gentes mission is at the center of the Congress that was organized by the Saint Joseph Missionary College in Rome, at the Pontifical University U ...
• 29 April 2009
  VATICAN - May 24, worldwide spiritual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Sheshan, to pray for the gift of communion and reconciliation; letter from Cardinal Dias to all Bishops on the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, in his letter written on May 27, 2007 to the Catholics of the People's Republic of China, expressed his desire that May 24 of every year be a Day of Prayer f ...
• 28 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI visits Abruzzo's earthquake victims: “Dear friends, my presence among you is intended as a tangible sign of the fact that the crucified Lord is risen and does not abandon you.” L'Aquila (Agenzia Fides) – Hope for the living, prayers for the dead. In brief, this is the message that the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched to the earthquake victims of Abruzzo, in a visit that lasted a matter of ho ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI reminds Catholic religion teachers of their role in “giving soul to the school and assuring the Christian faith of a full citizenship in areas of education and culture.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “May your teaching be similar to that of Saint Paul, capable of showing your students that dimension of freedom and full appreciation of man redeemed by Christ, as is present in God's pla ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI encourages faithful to follow example of the new saints “so that our lives may be hymns of praise to God, following the footsteps of Jesus, whom we adore with faith in the mystery of the Eucharist and serve with generosity in our neighbor.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The light radiating from the countenance of the Risen Christ shines on us today, especially in the evangelical lives of the five blesseds, who in this celebration are inscribed in the li ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - Seven Cardinals as Special Envoys of the Holy Father for the concluding acts of the Year of Saint Paul in Pauline sites Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the close of the Year dedicated to the Apostle Saint Paul, which will take place simultaneously on June 29, 2009 in various “Pauline sites,” the Holy Father Benedict ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - At the Regina Caeli, Pope expresses his hope that the pilgrimage of those who have come to Rome for the canonizations “can help each one [of you] to 'run' with more joy and energy toward the final 'goal,' toward 'the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus.'” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 26, at the close of the Mass celebrated in Saint Peter's Square for the proclamation of the 5 new saints, the Holy Father Benedict XVI opened his address prior to the rec ...
• 24 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Biblical Commission: “Only within the ecclesial context can Sacred Scripture be understood as the authentic Word of God which is guide, norm and rule for the life of the Church and the spiritual development of believers.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church's life and mission necessarily rest upon the Word of God, which is the soul of theology and, at the same time, the inspiration of all of Christian life,” the Holy Father Ben ...
• 24 April 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Organizers of the VI World Meeting of Families: “Christian families are schools of obedience and environments of true freedom.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “With their domestic, simple, and joyful life of sharing daily joys, hopes, and concerns lived at the light of the faith, Christian families are schools of obedience and environments of t ...
• 24 April 2009
  VATICAN - “Memorandum of Understanding” signed between Secretariat of State and the League of Arab States Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to a communique published yesterday, April 23, the Memorandum of Understanding between the Secretariat of State and the League of Arab States was signed at the Vatican Apostolic P ...
• 23 April 2009
  VATICAN - Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church on adopting works of art damaged in the Abruzzo earthquake Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, in accordance with Italian Ministry for Cultural Activities and Heritage, has added its voice to the appeal launched on 9 ...
• 23 April 2009
  VATICAN - Holy See confirms commitment to fighting all racism and discrimination, from protection for migrants, women, and children to denouncing eugenics Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See “shares in the aspiration of the international community to overcome all forms of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia,” as they are “evils that corrode the social fa ...