Vatican

• 15 May 2008
  VATICAN - Telegram of condolences of the Holy Father for the death of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Upon hearing of the death of Benin’s Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals on May 13, Benedict XVI sent the following telegram to Archbishop Marcel Honorat ...
• 14 May 2008
  VATICAN - The death of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals, first African appointed by the Pope to a prominent position in the Roman Curia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Bernardin Gantin died yesterday, May 13, in a hospital in Paris, where he had been in recovery for some time. The Cardinal was a native of Benin and Dean Emeritus of the College of ...
• 14 May 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The transforming power of the Holy Spirit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Solemnity of Pentecost brings the Easter Season to a close and the Liturgy leads us back to Ordinary Time. However the change from Pentecost to Ordinary Time would seem somewhat brusque ...
• 13 May 2008
  VATICAN - Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People: “The family, vital cell of every society, can remain united even amidst mobility” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 18th Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People was opened the morning of May 13, at the Dicastery’s headquarters in Piazza San C ...
• 13 May 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells Hungarian Bishops: “the crisis of the family presents a great challenge for the Church, as it places in question conjugal fidelity and, more in general, the values on which society is based.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The first to pay the price in the spread of secularization, is the family, that in Hungary is also experiencing a serious crisis. The symptoms are evident in the declining number of marr ...
• 13 May 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pro-Life Movement: “It is necessary to bear concrete witness to the fact that respect for life is the first form of justice that must be applied. For those who have the gift of faith this becomes an imperative that cannot be deferred.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Looking back on the past thirty years and considering the present situation, we cannot but recognize that, in practical terms, defending human life has become more difficult today, becau ...
• 12 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pontifical Commission for Latin America celebrates 50 years at the service of the Church in the “Continent of Hope” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Commission for Latin America (CAL), which was created by Pope Pius XII on April 21, 1958, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Friday, May 9 with an Conference at the Pontifical Urban ...
• 12 May 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope on the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae: “At the light of new scientific discoveries, its teaching becomes more pertinent and urges us to reflect on the intrinsic value it possesses.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Servant of God Paul VI, published the Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968. That document soon became a sign of contradiction...often misunderstood and taken incorrectly, it ...
• 12 May 2008
  VATICAN - Decree from the Apostolic Penitentiary grants the faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the Pauline Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Penitentiary has issued a Decree through which the Holy Father Benedict XVI will grant the faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the two-thousandth anniversary of th ...
• 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 ...