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12 November 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Never lose sight of Jesus!
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Christian spiritual life is founded on communion with the Lord Jesus: desired, sought, invoked, celebrated, proclaimed. In other words, the more we empty ourselves and make room for Jesus w ...
11 November 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI advises Bishops of Bolivia to promote “systematic, widespread and incisive catechesis is needed, catechesis that teaches the Catholic faith clearly and completely. This Year of St. Paul that we are celebrating, is a special occasion to imitate the apostolic and missionary vigor of this great Apostle.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I know well of the difficult circumstances affecting the faithful and citizens of your country, which at the current time seem to be becoming even more marked. These certainly cause conc ...
11 November 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See, December 13
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Embassy of Italy to the Holy See has released a statement saying that this December 13, his holiness Benedict XVI will make a visit to the Embassy itself. It will be the fourth time that a Po ...
10 November 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells participants in the Congress on the magisterium of Pius XII: “His magisterium was characterized by its vast and widespread beneficence, as well as for its exceptional quality, and thus it could be described as a valuable heritage to which the Church has always given, and continues to give, great importance.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In recent years, when Pius XII has been spoken of, much of the attention on his person has focused on one particular issue, too often treated in a rather unilateral manner. This has impe ...
10 November 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the new Ambassador from the Republic of China: “The Holy See is pleased to work together with all those who seek to promote peace, prosperity and development, and appreciates the Republic of China’s commitment to that noble cause.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father received His Excellency Mister Wang Larry Yu-yuan, the new Ambassador of the Republic of China to the Holy See, in an audience on Saturday, November 8, in which he accepte ...
10 November 2008
VATICAN - “Organ donation is a unique testimony of charity,” says the Pope, asking “that the multiplication of transplant petitions do not change around the ethical principles upon which it rests...the body can never be considered as a mere object.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Organ donation is a unique testimony of charity,” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 7, in addressing the participants in the international congress "A Gift for Life. Consi ...
10 November 2008
VATICAN - On the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Pope mentions that “the temple of stones is a symbol of the living Church, the Christian community,” recalls the need “to fight against every form of anti-Semitism and discrimination,” and makes an appeal for North Kivu
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, “mother and head of all the churches of the city and the world,” on Sunday, November 9, the Holy Father Benedict XV ...
7 November 2008
VATICAN - Final Declaration from the First Seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The first Seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum was held in Rome from 4-6 November 2008. Twenty-four participants and five advisors from each religion took part in the meeting. The theme o ...
7 November 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells participants in the first Seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum: “We are challenged to demonstrate, by our words and above all by our deeds, that the message of our religions is unfailingly a message of harmony and mutual understanding.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the conclusion of the first Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum, established by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the representatives of the 138 Musli ...
7 November 2008
VATICAN -WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Hope is not individualistic, but it does depend on personal conversion
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his Encyclical on hope, Pope Benedict XVI poses the question whether or not Christian hope is individualistic (cfr n 13-15). He starts from the images of “heaven” with which the ear ...
6 November 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI's Catechesis at the General Audience: “We can say with Paul that the true believer obtains salvation professing with his lips that Jesus is Lord and believing in his heart that God has raised him from the dead”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The “decisive importance” that Paul gives to Christ's Resurrection was the focus for the Catechesis given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the General Audience on November 5. “On i ...
5 November 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Like a drop of water as it falls into the ocean
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The month of November opens with two Feast Days lived intensely by the Liturgy and by popular piety: All Saints and All Souls. These two feasts give depth to the month traditionally dedica ...
4 November 2008
VATICAN - Communique from the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue on the First Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The First Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum will begin this morning in the Vatican. The Forum was established by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and by Musl ...
4 November 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Mass for deceased Cardinals and Bishops: “In the face of death all reasons for human pride fall away, and what is really worthwhile emerges. Everything passes; all of us in this world are passing through. God alone has life in Himself; He is the Life.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The day after the Liturgical Commemoration of all souls, we have come together today, in accord with a beautiful tradition, to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for our brother Ca ...
3 November 2008
VATICAN - Pope tells Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences: “To state that the foundation of the cosmos and its developments is the provident wisdom of the Creator is not to say that creation has only to do with the beginning of the history of the world and of life. It implies, rather, that the Creator founds these developments and supports them, underpins them and sustains them continuously.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Receiving the members of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences in an audience on October 31, on the occasion of their Plenary Assembly on “ Scientific Insight into the Evolution of the ...
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