Vatican

• 24 October 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said, But I say to you…” - intervention by Prof. Michele Loconsole - What is the connection between the Old and New Testament? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An important issue for relations between Jews and Christians is without a doubt the understanding of the correct connection between the sacred texts of the Israelites or Jews, and the texts ...
• 23 October 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Wisdom and pastorality. Even in homilies. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod on “The Word of God in the Life and the Mission of the Church", now at the final words, raised, even at the level of the media not only in the Fathers' discussions and study gr ...
• 23 October 2008
  VATICAN - For Saint Paul, Christ is “the standard to evaluate events and things, the purpose of every effort that he makes to announce the Gospel, the great passion that sustains his steps along the paths of the world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today I would like to speak of the teaching St. Paul left us about the centrality of the risen Christ in the mystery of salvation, about his Christology...Christ is for the Apostle the s ...
• 22 October 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Give to God what belongs to God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Give to God what belongs to God” (Mk 12, 17). When the Lord says “ Give to God what belongs to God ”, He is making no little request! In fact it is only in “giving that we receiv ...
• 21 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Pompeii recalls the “apostolic dimension” of the Rosary and that “in order to be apostles of the Rosary, it is necessary to gain a personal experience of the beauty and profundity of this prayer” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Sunday, October 19, after having venerated the remains of Blessed Bartolo Longo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI went to the Pontifical Shrine of Pompeii, where he led th ...
• 21 October 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells the Italian Surgical Society: “Every patient, even those without hope for a cure, hold an unconditional value, a dignity which must be honored, and which constitutes the necessary foundation of all medical activity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The specific mission that characterizes your medical and surgical profession holds three facets: curing the sick person, or at least trying to treat them in an efficient manner as their ...
• 21 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope entrusts the Synod of Bishops and “all those in the Church who exert their energies in service of the proclamation of the Gospel to all nations” to the care of the Virgin Mary Pompeii (Agenzia Fides) - “I have come, especially, to entrust the Mother of God, in whose womb to Word was made flesh, the Assembly of the Synod of Bishops taking place in the Vatican on the Word of God in the life an ...
• 20 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's reaction to the film “Testimony”: “the film shows the human simplicity, the firm courage and, finally, the suffering of John Paul II, which he faced to the end with his inborn hardiness and the patience of a humble servant of the Gospel” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We could say that the pontificate of John Paul II is enclosed between two expressions. The first was: 'Open the doors to Christ! Do not be afraid,' and it was dynamic, impressive to the ...
• 20 October 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's address to the Synod: “for the life and the mission of the Church, for the future of faith, this dualism between exegesis and theology must be overcome. Biblical theology and systematic theology are two dimensions of the one reality.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The historical fact is a constitutive dimension of Christian faith. The history of salvation is not a myth, but a true story and therefore to be studied with the same methods as serious ...
• 20 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus on World Mission Sunday mentions that “prayer is the first missionary duty of each one of us,” and in recalling the beatification of the parents of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, highlights the fundamental role of the family. Pompeii (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the Holy Mass celebrated in the Square at the Shrine of Pompeii, on October 19, the Holy Father led the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful present. In his introduction t ...
• 17 October 2008
  VATICAN - “Ten years later, an attentive reading of the encyclical Fides et Ratio allows us to admire its constant relevance”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses the International Congress celebrating its 10th anniversary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Ten years later, an attentive reading of the encyclical Fides et Ratio allows us to admire its constant relevance: it reveals the profound and long-sightedness of my unforgettable Predec ...
• 17 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope's Message: “an effective campaign against hunger, in order to confront climate change or to allocate agricultural production primarily to food, calls for much more than mere scientific studies. It is necessary, above all, to rediscover the significance of human beings in their individual and community dimensions, from the basis of family life, from which come the sense of solidarity and sharing.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the message sent to the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jacques Diouf, for the occasion of World Food Day, whose theme this year is: “ ...
• 17 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Bishops of Ecuador: “under the divine impulse of the Holy Spirit, the missionary zeal of the initial stages of the preaching of the Gospel, and the first proclamation of the Good News in your land, are renewed.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I note with satisfaction that one of the pastoral initiatives you consider to be most important for the Church in Ecuador is implementing the 'great mission' identified by the Latin Amer ...
• 16 October 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Living faith as hope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI in his Encyclical Spe salvi reflects on the nature of Christian hope in order to comprehend St Paul's statement that we are already redeemed. The theory is that “faith i ...
• 16 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s catechesis at the General Audience: “Paul shows he knows well and he brings us to understand that the Church is not his and is not ours: the Church is the body of Christ, it is ‘Church of God,’ ‘field of God,’ construction of God … ‘temple of God.’” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Paul’s teaching on the Church was the main focus of the catechesis given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his General Audience held on Wednesday, October 15. The Pope primarily focuse ...