Vatican

• 21 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (8) - The Farewell: “People of Cameroon, I urge you to seize the moment the Lord has given you!” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, March 20, at 8:45am, the Holy Father Benedict XVI left the Apostolic Nunciature and travelled to the Nsimalen International Airport in Yaounde, where a Farewell Ceremony was held at ...
• 21 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (7) - Meeting with the Special Council of the Synod for Africa: “Africa has received a particular vocation to know Christ. Let Africans be proud of this!” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The final encounter before the Farewell Ceremony in Yaounde was the Holy Father Benedict XVI's meeting with members of the Special Council of the Synod for Africa, on the evening of March 19, ...
• 20 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (6) - Meeting with the sick and suffering: “Every African who suffers, indeed every person who suffers, helps Christ to carry his Cross and climbs with him the path to Golgotha in order one day to rise again with him.” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of March 19, the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited the Cardinal Paul Emile Leger Center - Centre National de Réhabilitation des Handicapés – in Yaounde, where he met with a ...
• 20 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (5) - Mass on the occasion of the publication of the Instrumentum Laboris: “Sons and daughters of Africa, do not be afraid to believe, to hope, and to love; do not be afraid to say that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – On the Solemnity of Saint Joseph (March 19), the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided a special Mass on the occasion of the publication of the Instrumentum Laboris of the Second Special Assembly ...
• 20 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (4) - Meeting with the Muslim community: “May the enthusiastic cooperation of Muslims, Catholics and other Christians in Cameroon be a beacon to other African nations of the enormous potential of an interreligious commitment to peace, justice and the common good!” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - “May the enthusiastic cooperation of Muslims, Catholics and other Christians in Cameroon be a beacon to other African nations of the enormous potential of an interreligious commitment to peace ...
• 20 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (3) - Celebration of Vespers: the example of Saint Joseph “helps us to understand that it is only by complete submission to the will of God that we become effective workers in the service of his plan” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The First Vespers of the Solemnity of Saint Joseph were presided by the Holy Father in the Basilica of Marie, Reine des Apôtres in the Mvolyé neighborhood in Yaoundé, in the afternoon of We ...
• 20 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (2) - Meeting with Bishops: “In this year dedicated to Saint Paul, it is most opportune to recall the urgent need to proclaim the Gospel to everyone. This mandate, which the Church received from Christ, remains a priority.” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – In the Church of Christ-Roi in Tsinga, Yaounde, on the morning of Wednesday, March 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met with the Bishops of Cameroon. After recalling the motive of his visit - ...
• 20 March 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Mission: contents and method coincide. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his invaluable address to the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy, held in the Vatican 16-18 March, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, among many important indications, offer ...
• 18 March 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - “Being open to God's loving mercy ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Lent is an exceptional time of mercy. The Word of God and the prayers in daily Mass stress the primacy of love over sin: God saves through his loving mercy, manifested in the Son of God, Ou ...
• 18 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (1) - Arrival in Yaounde: “The saving message of the Gospel needs to be proclaimed loud and clear, so that the light of Christ can shine into the darkness of people’s lives.” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - “I come among you as a pastor, I come to confirm my brothers and sisters in the faith. This was the role that Christ entrusted to Peter at the Last Supper, and it is the role of Peter’s succ ...
• 17 March 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy: “The centrality of Christ brings with it the correct appreciation of the ministerial priesthood, without which neither the Eucharist nor, consequently, the mission and the Church herself would exist.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of his first apostolic trip to Africa, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held an audience with participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy on March 16. T ...
• 17 March 2009
  VATICAN - Statement from the Holy See Press Office: new Chinese-language section on www.vatican.va Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – A statement from the Holy See Press Office says that “for the occasion of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, the official websit ...
• 16 March 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father's Message: “one pastoral priority of our own times is the correct formation of believers' consciences, because in the extent to which the idea of sin is lost, so unfortunately the sense of guilt increases, which it is then sought to eliminate through inadequate palliative remedies.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “One pastoral priority of our own times is the correct formation of believers' consciences, because in the extent to which the idea of sin is lost, so unfortunately the sense of guilt inc ...
• 16 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI proclaims a “Year for Priests,” upon the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly Cure of Ars Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly Cure of Ars, St. Jean Marie Vianney, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced this morning that, there will be a special ...
• 16 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Argentina: “The episcopal ministry is at the service of the unity and communion of the entire Mystical Body of Christ. The Bishop is called to promote and defend the integrity of the faith and the common discipline of the entire Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The episcopal ministry is at the service of the unity and communion of the entire Mystical Body of Christ. The Bishop is called to promote and defend the integrity of the faith and the c ...