Vatican

• 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 ...
• 16 March 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship: “in the Eucharist, adoration must become union: union with the living Lord and with His mystical Body” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On March 13, the Holy Father received participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, who have been meeting to consider t ...
• 16 March 2009
  VATICAN - “I depart for African with the awareness of having nothing else to propose and give to those whom I will meet if not Christ and the Good News of His Cross”; at the Angelus, Benedict XVI asks all to accompany him on his missionary journey with their prayers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Just before setting off for his first apostolic journey to Africa (March 17-23), in which he will visit Cameroon and Angola, the Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his address prior to th ...
• 13 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses representatives of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel: “that Jews and Christians and also Muslims may live in peace and harmony in this Holy Land!” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “As you know, I am preparing to visit the Holy Land as a pilgrim. My intention is to pray especially for the precious gift of unity and peace both within the region and for the worldwide ...
• 12 March 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI's Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four Bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the Holy See Press Office published the Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Bishops of the Catholic Church, on the remission of the excommunication of the four Bishops conse ...
• 12 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI dedicates his General Audience to the “great missionary who spread Christianity in Central Europe,” Saint Boniface, and launches an appeal for Northern Ireland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we pause to consider a great missionary of the 8th century, who spread Christianity in Central Europe, precisely in my homeland as well: St. Boniface, who has been recorded in hist ...
• 12 March 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Primacy at the service of a united Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Seventy years ago, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, a Roman, was elected Pope with the name Pius XII. In those days, no one could imagine that the college of cardinals or the college of bishops w ...
• 11 March 2009
  VATICANO - AVE MARIA: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - “ It is possible to speak to Providence ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When we read the Gospel as believers, and faith tells us, we enter living history, the history of Salvation which is taking place epoch after epoch, from one person to the next, when with a ...
• 10 March 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father's visit to the Convent of the Oblate Sisters of Santa Francesca Romana, highlighting the need to “bring the spiritual dimension back to the heart of civil living, to give full meaning to the many activities of the human person” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – After his visit to Rome's Town Hall, a little after 12 noon, on March 9, the Holy Father Benedict XVI travelled to the nearby Convent of the Oblate Sisters of Santa Francesca Romana at Tor de'Spe ...