Vatican

• 27 February 2009
  VATICAN - “Immigration and hope are for us inseparable: in effect, there cannot be immigration without hope and desire for a better life,” says Archbishop Marchetto, Secretary of the Pontifical Council of for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Immigration and hope are for us inseparable: in effect, there cannot be immigration without hope and desire for a better life, for leaving behind the 'despair' of a job that doesn't exis ...
• 26 February 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father's Message to the Church in Brazil, for the Fraternity Campaign 2009: “Lent encourages us to never tire in the fight to do good” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a message to Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Roch of Mariana, President of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), upon the occasion of the annual Fraternity C ...
• 26 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI begins Lent: “Paul had an extraordinary experience of the power of God's grace, the grace of the Paschal Mystery which gives life to Lent itself.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 25, Ash Wednesday, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Church of Saint Anselm on the Aventine Hill and, after a moment of prayer, he proce ...
• 26 February 2009
  VATICAN - In his Lenten Message, the Pope recalls that fasting for believers “is, in the first place, a “therapy” to heal all that prevents them from conformity to the will of God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his Message for Lent 2009, entitled: “He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry” (Mt 4:1-2), the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on the meaning and ...
• 26 February 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Religious freedom and the question of “reciprocity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in two thousand years has achieved within herself the most colossal integration of peoples and cultures, from east to west, never allowing herself to be trapped by natio ...
• 25 February 2009
  VATICAN - Economic crisis: Holy See warns of the effects of recession on poor nations and children, need for ethics in economic and financial undertakings Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – The severe economic crisis, whose effects are being felt worldwide, is especially hitting developing nations and as a consequence runs the risk of placing the UN-established Millennium Goals fo ...
• 25 February 2009
  VATICAN - “AVE MARIA”: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Lent: a freeing space Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Lent should be seen not only as a season in preparation for the Passover of Our Lord Jesus, but also as a time and a path of grace, as we make our way, amidst temptation and struggle with ...
• 23 February 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father's “lectio divina” on the Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians at Rome's Major Seminary: “Paradoxically, freedom is achieved through service; we become free, we become servants of one another.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On February 20, Vigil of Our Lady of Confidence, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made a visit to the Roman Major Seminary, where he held a “lectio divina” for seminarians on the Letter o ...
• 23 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Pontifical Academy for Life: “every discrimination exercised by any power in regard to persons, peoples or ethnic groups on the basis of differences that stem from real or presumed genetic factors is an act of violence against all of humanity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Every human being, then, is much more than a singular combination of genetic information that is transmitted to him by his parents. The generation of man can never be reduced to the mere ...
• 23 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus asks that we accompany him with our prayers, “so that I may faithfully carry out this great task, entrusted to me by Providence, as successor to the Apostle Peter.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Gospel passage of the paralitic who was forgiven and healed (Ml 2:1-12) “Jesus has the power not only to heal the sick body but also to forgive sins; and indeed, the physical healin ...
• 20 February 2009
  VATICAN - “The results of the policies and projects for tourism will only be successful if they are accompanied by a social and environmental, as well as economic, vision.” Letter from the Pontifical Council for Migrants to the International Tourism Exchange (BIT) Exhibition Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Climate change has become a priority concern on a global level. It is a problem that affects all of us who live on this Earth we call home. In fact, we are all responsible in various mod ...
• 20 February 2009
  VATICAN - Economic crisis, global poverty, and vaccinations for children in poor countries were the focus of the dialogue between Benedict XVI and English Prime Minister Gordon Brown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was received in a personal audience yesterday (February 19) by the Holy Father Benedict XVI and later met with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarc ...
• 20 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI exhorts members of the Pius Pontifical Latin American College to participate in the “Continental Mission,” “that will facilitate the start of catechetical and pastoral programs destined to the formation and development of evangelized and missionary Christian communities.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The memory of days spent in Aparecida, for the Fifth General Conference of Latin American Bishops and the invitation to join in the “Continental Mission” (an initiative from Aparecida ...
• 19 February 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Relationship to suffering, true measure of humanity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The sad and well known case of Eluana Englaro has yet to be “closed”, even now that the earthly life of the woman has ended. The question is still open because still open are the wounds ...
• 19 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI speaks on the contribution of Saint Bede “to the making of a Christian Europe” and asks for prayers “that all of us are willing to rediscover our common roots, to be builders of a profoundly human and genuinely Christian Europe” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Venerable Bede was “one of the most illustrious figures of erudition of the High Middle Ages” was the argument of the catechesis of the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the General Aud ...