Vatican
12 February 2008
VATICAN - The Pope tells FIES: "in an age in which there is an ever stronger influence of secularisation, and on the other hand, in which there is experienced a widespread need to find God, we should never lack the possibility of dedicating time to an intense listening to his Word in silence and prayer."
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI reaffirmed the importance of spiritual exercises in his address to the participants of the National Assembly of the Italian Federation of Spiritual Exercises, whom he received ...
12 February 2008
VATICAN - Holy Father expresses his condolences for the death of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has sent a telegram expressing his condolences to the lieutenant ad interim of the order, for the death of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of ...
12 February 2008
VATICAN - Announcement of Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Trip to the United States of America
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office released a communique announcing that from 15 to 21 April, the Holy Father will make an apostolic trip to the United States of America and to the headquarters of t ...
12 February 2008
VATICAN - The Pope in the Angelus: “The message that the Virgin continues to spread in Lourdes reminds us of Jesus’ words at the start of His public ministry, words that we frequently hear in these days of Lent: ‘Convert and believe in the Gospel.’”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ ‘Entering into Lent’ means beginning a time of particular commitment to the spiritual fight against the evil present in the world, in each one of us, and in our surroundings. It mea ...
8 February 2008
VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (first part)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “L’Osservatore Romano” has made it possible for Agenzia Fides to publish the entire text of the speech given by Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine ...
7 February 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI General Audience: Lent “keeps alive the understanding that being a Christian is a path that constantly demands renewed effort.” - Appeal for Chad
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We are entering into an “intense” liturgical season that, as we prepare for the celebration of Easter - the heart and centre of the liturgical year and of our entire existence - invi ...
7 February 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - The Gospel, banner of true peace
Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Rémi Brague, professor of Arab Philosophy at the Sorbonne, in an interview with the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire (Brague: Rather than values, I prefer benefits”, 13 December 2007, p 2 ...
7 February 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides First Station of Lent on the Aventine Hill: “prayer of supplication filled with hope is the leit motiv of Lent, and enables us to experience God, as our only anchor of salvation”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “At the beginning of this penitential itinerary I would like to reflect briefly on prayer and suffering as qualifying aspects of the Liturgical Season of Lent”: with these words the Hol ...
6 February 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Lent: a season for God's work
Mgr. Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Evangelists give us testimony of many miracles worked by Jesus and we are amazed to see how God's power cures the sick, frees those possessed by demons, brings the dead back to life, co ...
6 February 2008
VATICAN - The Holy Father's Letter on the occasion of Brazil's Fraternity Campaign 2008: all threats to life must be fought”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has addressed a Letter to Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, Archbishop of Mariana and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil, on the occasio ...
5 February 2008
VATICAN - Mission continues - Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary activity, today as always, requires courage. It is one thing to talk about it, but to live it is much more demanding. Being present in the world as it is today with its religious ...
4 February 2008
VATICAN - The Pope's Angelus: “May every person, each according to his or her possibilities and professional competence, feel bound to love and serve human life from beginning to natural end” - Appeal for Kenya, Iraq and Colombia
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Several different prayer intentions were the subject of Pope Benedict XVI's reflection before his midday Angelus reflection on Sunday 3 February. First of all, recalling the Day of Consecra ...
4 February 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at Rome's Major Seminary: “God calls you to be saints, that holiness is the secret for the success of your priestly ministry ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the evening of 1 February, on the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Trust to whom Major Seminary of Rome is dedicated, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the college whe ...
4 February 2008
VATICAN - The Pope urges men and women religious to testify “how important it is to make the Word of God the centre of everything, especially for those whom the Lord calls to more intimate discipleship”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Word of God in the Life of the Church is the theme of the next ordinary session of the Synod of Bishops: I ask you dear brothers and sisters to offer your contribution to this eccles ...
1 February 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses Plenary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “the Church feels her duty to illuminate all consciences so that scientific progress mat be truly respectful of every human being whose dignity as a person must be recognised ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Receiving in audience on 31 January the participants at the Plenary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI began by expressing sentime ...
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