Vatican
23 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides Mass and the Procession of Corpus Domini: “Kneeling before the Eucharist is a profession of liberty. He who bows to Jesus cannot and must not bow to any earthly power”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “What is the significance of today’s feast of the Body and Blood of Christ?” the Holy Father Benedict XVI asked during his homily at the Mass he presided in the front of the Basilica ...
23 May 2008
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The relationship between I and we, in the Church and in the liturgy
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the well known book “Rapporto sulla fede” (1985), the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger observed that the prayer which precedes communion in the Roman liturgy, “Domine Iesu Christe… ...
23 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope’s catechesis at the General Audience dedicated to Romanus the Melodist, “who belongs to the group of theologians that have transformed theology into poetry.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his series of catechesis dedicated the Fathers of the Church, during the General Audience held on Wednesday, May 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on one of the least-known figu ...
21 May 2008
VATICAN - “AVE MARIA” By Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - We are the image of God
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, just celebrated, we lifted up our hearts to the One who created us in His image and likeness to be, as the Greek Fathers of the Church used to sa ...
20 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI: “There is an ever more urgent need to join forces in sustaining families, as much as possible, in a social, economic, juridical, and spiritual perspective.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The family, the family (cell of communion at the very foundations of society) is like a 'small domestic church' called to reveal God's love to the world. Dear brothers and sisters, help ...
20 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope addresses Bishops participating in Study Seminar: “The authenticity of the new charisms is the guarantee for their willingness to submit themselves to the discernment of ecclesiastical authority.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The authenticity of the new charisms is the guarantee for their willingness to submit themselves to the discernment of ecclesiastical authority. A large number of ecclesial movements and ...
20 May 2008
VATICAN - The Pope stresses the importance of interreligious cooperation and exhorts Bishops of Thailand to make “a concerted effort to uphold the spiritual and moral soul of your people.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The coexistence of different religious communities today unfolds against the backdrop of globalization... The negative aspects of this cultural phenomenon, which cause dismay to yourselv ...
20 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “Man does not achieve fulfillment in absolute autonomy, by fooling himself into thinking that he is God but, on the contrary, by recognizing himself as a son, a creature open to and reaching out towards God and towards his brothers.”
Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - “From this central Piazza della Victoria, that welcomes us into a choral act of praise and thanksgiving to God, with which I will close my pastoral visit, I send my sincerest greeting to the ent ...
19 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “We need to cultivate the same missionary spirit that inspired Saint Paul, with a constant spiritual, ascetic, and pastoral formation.”
Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - After the encounter with young people and the praying of the Angelus on Sunday, May 18, in Genoa's Piazza Matteotti, Benedict XVI went to the city's cathedral of St. Lawrence, where the relics of ...
19 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “May the Gaslini Institute be an authentic ‘sanctuary of life’ and ‘sanctuary of the family,’ where along with the professionality of workers in every area, there is also affection and personal attention.”
Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - At 9am on Sunday, May 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Guard in Cerànesi-Campomorrone. After adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, the Pope ...
19 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “Each one of you, dear young people, if you remain united to Christ and the Church, can achieve great things.”
Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, May 18, after his visit to the Gaslini Hospital, the Pope held an encounter with young people in Genoa’s Piazza Matteotti. “You are the youth of Genoa! I embrace you with the Heart ...
19 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Pontifical Mission Societies: “The mission is a task and duty for all Churches, that as communicating vessels share the persons and resources for fulfilling it.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, May 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received participants in the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies in an audience in the Clementine Hall (in the Vati ...
19 May 2008
VATICAN - General Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: interview with Archbishop Henryk Hoser, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies is taking place in Rome from 5 to 21 May (see Fides 4/4/2008). The pastoral-formative session on the 15 and 16 May closed on ...
19 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - At the Angelus, he recalled the many missionaries who had set off from the Port of Genoa for America and other far-off lands, and the Conference on cluster bombs
Savona (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI lead the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, May 18, in Genoa's Piazza Matteotti, at the close of an encounter held with young people. Prior to the prayer, the Holy ...
19 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “The example of serene fortitude given by Pope Pius VII invites us to firmly maintain our trust in God in the midst of trials, aware that even when He allows the Church to experience difficult moments, He never abandons her.”
Savona (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, May 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI began his pastoral visit to Savona and Genoa paying homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary with a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of ...
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