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23 June 2008
VATICAN - Holy Father’s Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, on his 25th anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father wrote a Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, which was read during the Mass presided by Cardinal Ruini on the evening of Saturday, ...
23 June 2008
VATICAN - The Pope tells directors of Catholic radio stations: “The radio participates in the mission and visibility of the Church, but it also creates a new way of living, of being and of making the Church.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Dear friends, as you work in Catholic radio stations you are at the service of the Word. The words that you broadcast each day are an echo of that Eternal Word which became flesh. Your ...
23 June 2008
VATICAN - “Evil and the irrational do not have the last word, and Christ alone is the Lord of the world and life, the Incarnate Word of God,” the Pope said at the Angelus, encouraging all faithful “to celebrate with faith this Pauline Year”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The difference “between human fears and the fear of God” was the focus of reflection for the Holy Father Benedict XVI prior to the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered ...
20 June 2008
VATICAN - Pope’s appeal asking that “the Middle East and especially the Holy Land, Lebanon, and Iraq may be offered long-awaited peace and social stability in respect of the fundamental rights of the person, including authentic religious freedom.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his gratitude for the substantial support offered “to the specific mission of the Bishop of Rome in overseeing universal charity” through loving ...
20 June 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells Pakistan’s Bishops: “...you exercise a special mission as preachers of the Gospel and as agents of love and peace in the Church and in society.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The seeds of the Gospel, sown in your region by zealous missionaries in the sixteenth century, continue to grow despite conditions that sometimes hinder their capacity to take root,” ...
19 June 2008
VATICAN - Communique from the Holy See Press Office on the Holy Father’s visit from the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “This morning Joseph Kabila Kabange, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was received in audience by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the apostolic palace. The president a ...
19 June 2008
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Pius XII and Catholic doctrine: if we cannot promote and defend it, we cannot diffuse it
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We are approaching the 50 anniversary of the death a great Pope, Pius XII in Castelgandolfo on 9 October 1958. The Catholic Church owes him no less than it owes Pope John XXIII. “What rem ...
19 June 2008
VATICAN - The Holy Father’s catechesis focuses on the lessons that Saint Isidore of Seville “leaves us, Christians of today, called to witness to Christ at the beginning of a new millennium.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Isidore of Seville, younger brother of Leander, bishop of Seville, and great friend of Pope Gregory the Great, is considered the last of the ancient Christian Fathers. Continuing hi ...
18 June 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - God alone saves us
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are? Can any of you, however much y ...
18 June 2008
VATICAN - A Congress and photographic display in memory of Servant of God Pius XII, 50 years after his death
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Universities of the Gregoriana and Lateranense will host a Congress on the Magisterium of Pope Pius XII, , November 6-8, 2008, and a photographic display entitled, “Pius ...
18 June 2008
VATICAN - Statement on the visit of a Holy See delegation to Vietnam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office released the following communique on June 17, concerning the visit of a delegation of the Holy See to Vietnam.
"The Holy See delegation - made up of Msgr. Pietro ...
17 June 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Santa Maria di Leuca and Brindisi - “Dear brother priests, in order to ensure your faith is always strong and vigorous, it is important, as you well know, to nourish it with assiduous prayer.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the afternoon, on June 15, at the Cathedral of St. Lawrence, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met with the priests of the area, before returning to the Vatican. “Here, in the Cathedral ...
17 June 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Santa Maria di Leuca and Brindisi - “The sanctity and the missionary nature of the Church are two sides of the same coin. Only in as much as she is saintly - that is, full of divine love - can the Church achieve her mission”
Brindisi (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 15, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Mass at the Port of Brindisi in the “Banchina di Sant’Apollinare.” Various Bishops and a numerous group of priests from the ...
17 June 2008
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Effective and affective harmony with the Pope
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Masochism or self-mutilation, has marked the life of the Church for two millennia. The first was Judas, who thought it might be a good idea to make the person and the message of Jesus Chris ...
16 June 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Santa Maria de Leuca and Brindisi - “I want therefore to renew the Christian message of cooperation and of peace between all peoples, especially between those nations who crown this sea, ancient cradle of civilization, and those of the Near and Middle East.”
Brindisi (Agenzia Fides) – After the Mass celebrated at the “Banchina di Sant’Apollinare” at the Port of Brindisi, the Holy Father lead the recitation of the Angelus. After thanking all those who had prepared and ...
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