Vatican

• 16 December 2008
  VATICAN - Themes for the next three World Youth Days Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has chosen the themes for the next three World Youth Days so as to help build a spiritual itinerary that will culminate in the World Youth Day celebrations sc ...
• 15 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: “ecumenism calls us to a generous fraternal exchange of gifts, aware that full communion in the faith, in the sacraments, and in ministry continues to be the objective and goal of the entire ecumenical movement.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Reception and Future of Ecumenical Dialogue” was the theme for the Plenary Assembly held by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and was defined by the Holy Father, ...
• 15 December 2008
  VATICAN - In addressing the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, the Pope mentions the distinction and autonomy between Church and State: “the Church not only acknowledges and respects it, but rejoices, as it is a great progress in humanity and a fundamental condition for its freedom and fulfillment of its universal mission of salvation among all peoples.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Saturday, December 13, the Holy Father Benedict XVI payed a visit to the Italian Embassy to the Holy See. In the Embassy's Chapel, which has been recently restored, in t ...
• 15 December 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Bishops of Taiwan on their Ad Limina visit: “You and the Christian faithful in Taiwan are a living sign that, in a justly ordered society, one need not fear to be a faithful Catholic and a good citizen.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Catholic Evangelization in Taiwan is an occasion to manifest ever more eagerly your oneness with each other and with our Lord as you together ...
• 15 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus says that “no one can know the moment of the Lord's return...the "nearness" of God is not a question of space and time, but rather a question of love: Love is near!” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Third Sunday of Advent, December 14, which is called “Gaudete Sunday” - that is “rejoice” because the Lord is near - before praying the Angelus, the Holy Father Benedict XV ...
• 12 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Instruction “Dignitas personae”: a great “yes” to human life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Dignitas personae,” the Instruction published today by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on several bioethical questions - updating information contained in “Donum Vitae ...
• 12 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope presents Roman university students with Saint Paul's Letter to the Romans: “May this be substantial nourishment for your faith, leading you to believe more and better and also to reflect upon yourselves so that you might come to a ‘mature’ faith and, at the same time live this faith.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the afternoon of December 11, at the close of the Eucharistic Celebration presided by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, for Rome's university students, in preparation for Christmas, the Holy ...
• 12 December 2008
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Peace 2009: “ What the fight against poverty really needs are men and women who live in a profoundly fraternal way and are able to accompany individuals, families and communities on journeys of authentic human development.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Fighting poverty to build peace” is the theme of the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message for the World Day of Peace, January 1, 2009. Revisiting a theme addressed by Pope John Paul II i ...
• 11 December 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Anyone who does not know God is without hope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In these times of the “politically correct”, the statement: “anyone who does not know God…is ultimately without hope”, might sound strange, especially to the ears of those most ac ...
• 11 December 2008
  VATICAN - “Human rights are always in need of being defended. They are in need of fidelity on our part, because they can be lost from view, reinterpreted in a restrictive way or actually denied.” Cardinal Bertone's address at the Commemorative Act for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, a solemn act was organized by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on December 10, in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaratio ...
• 11 December 2008
  VATICAN - Pope at the General Audience speaks of Saint Paul's teachings on the sacraments: “through the Word and the Sacraments, the Lord is near in every aspect of our life” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In beginning the catechesis held during the General Audience on December 10, the Holy Father Benedict XVI repeated what he had spoke of the week before, on the beginnings of human history ...
• 11 December 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI, at the close of the Concert for the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “The rights of man are, therefore, ultimately founded in God the Creator, who has given each one the intelligence and freedom. If one ignores this solid ethical base, human rights remain fragile because deprived of a solid foundation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights “still today constitutes a very high point of reference in the intercultural dialogue on liberty and the rights of man. The dignity of every ma ...
• 10 December 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Life is expectation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ I am the voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord.” (Jn 1, 23). During Advent we hear once again the 'voice' of the Lord's precursor provoking and prodding us ...
• 10 December 2008
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI: “Intercultural and interreligious dialogue emerges as a priority for the European Union...Once diversity is received as a positive fact, it is necessary to make persons accept not only the existence of the other's culture, but also the desire to be enriched with it.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Study Day dedicated to the theme “Cultures and Religions in Dialogue,” (during the year dedicated to intercultural dialogue promoted by the European Union) that ...
• 9 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI entrusts Immaculate Mary with “the children, particularly those who are seriously ill, disadvantaged or suffering because of serious family problems... elderly people living alone, for the sick, for immigrants struggling to build a new life in a new country, for families who barely make ends meet and especially for people who cannot find a job or have lost their jobs” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Nearly three months ago, I had the great joy of traveling on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette,� ...