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12 May 2008
VATICAN - Seminar for Bishops organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity: “I ask you to approach movements with a great deal of love.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From May 15 - 17, Bishops from 53 countries from among all the continents, along with founders and leaders of ecclesial movements and new communities, theologians and scholars, have all bee ...
12 May 2008
VATICAN - On the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled that: “the Church can be a ferment of that reconciliation that comes from God...only if she remains docile to the Spirit and bears witness to the Gospel.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “On Pentecost, the Church is constructed not by human will, but by the power of the Spirit of God. It is immediately evident how this Spirit gives life to a community that at the same tim ...
12 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope’s exhortation in the Regina Caeli on Pentecost: “Let us rediscover the beauty of being baptized in the Holy Spirit; let us be aware again of our Baptism and of our Confirmation, sources of grace that are always present”; appeal for Lebanon.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, the ancient Hebrew feast that commemorated the Covenant of God with His people on Mount Sinai. It became a Christian feast on account of al ...
9 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Paul VI’s Encyclical “Humanae Vitae” continues being relevant after 40 years
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pope’s University could not let the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae pass without a word being spoken.” These were the opening words of an introductory address given ...
9 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells pilgrims from the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate that the Pauline Year should involve “an intense pastoral outreach to awaken in the faithful a new impetus to know ever more closely the person of Christ, thanks to a renewed reading of Paul's writings.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Thursday, May 8, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received a group of pilgrims from the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, led by Patriarch Gregorios III Laham. A ...
9 May 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitello - Since Pentecost the universal Church precedes every particular Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The three Persons act together according to what is proper to them: the Father manifests his power; the Son “takes again” the life which he freely offered (John 10:17), reuniting his so ...
8 May 2008
VATICAN -Schedule of Benedict XVI’s Pastoral Visit to Savona and Genova
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See's Press Office has publicized the schedule for Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Savona and Genoa (Italy) that will take place this 17-18 May.
The Pope will depart from Ciampi ...
8 May 2008
VATICAN - Vatican Concert given by the China Philharmonic Orchestra: an unprecedented event that confirms the universal value of the music as the language of peace and dialogue
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The prolonged, unending applause of the audience that resounded yesterday evening in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican has been the declaration of the immense success that this histo ...
8 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the General Audience greets Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, and speaks of the “work of the Holy Spirit towards unity.” Appeal for Myanmar.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At this week’s General Audience on May 7, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, was present on his official visit and at the beginning of the cateche ...
8 May 2008
VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI at the close of the Concert in his honor, given by the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Opera House Chorus: “Music, and art in general, can serve as a privileged instrument for encounter and reciprocal knowledge and esteem between different populations and cultures.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, May 7, at 6pm in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, there was a Concert given by the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Opera House Chorus in honor of the Ho ...
7 May 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi: “Veni Sancte Spiritus, Veni per Mariam”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today, together we confirm that the Holy Rosary is not a pious practice banished to the past, like prayers of other times thought of with nostalgia. Instead, the Rosary is experiencing a ...
7 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends a telegram expressing his condolences to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a telegram expressing his condolences, via Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to the President of the Bishops Conference of Myanmar, Archbishop ...
6 May 2008
VATICAN - Cardinal Dias appointed by the Holy Father as Member of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Member of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. The other m ...
6 May 2008
VATICAN - “The Migrant and Itinerant Family,” theme for the 18th Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 18th Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People will take place May 13-15 at the Dicastery headquarters in Piazza San Calisto, Vati ...
6 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Swiss Guards: “Your historic uniforms speak to the pilgrims and tourists, from every part of the world, of your commitment to serve God by serving the 'servant of his servants.’”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Five centuries after the foundation of the Corps, the spirit of faith remains unchanged which encourages young Swiss to leave their beautiful land to come and serve the Pope in the Vatic ...
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