Vatican

• 26 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Sinhalese (Sinhala) and Tamil - Sri Lanka (2) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Religions, Evangelisation: Buddhism 73%, Hinduism 15%, Christianity 5%, Islam 7%. Chronology of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka 1332: Franciscan Oderico da Pordenone stays for a short w ...
• 26 July 2007
  VATICAN - During Benedict XVI's meeting with the clergy of Belluno-Feltre and Treviso, with regard to the 50th anniversary of the Fidei donum encyclical, the Pope said “Reciprocity is always very important and precisely the experience that we are Church sent to the world and we all know and love one another is most necessary and is also the power behind our proclamation” Auronzo di Cadore (Agenzia Fides) - In the morning of Tuesday 24 July Pope Benedict XVI went to the church of Santa Giustina Martire ad Auronzo in Cadore, to address the clergy of Belluno-Feltre and Treviso, accompanie ...
• 26 July 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI's Message for 23rd World Youth Day Mission: “you must be holy and you must be missionaries since we can never separate holiness from missio… Be prepared to put your life on the line in order to enlighten the world with the truth of Christ; to respond with love to hatred and disregard for life; to proclaim the hope of the risen Christ in every corner of the earth.” Lorenzago (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia from 15 - 20 July 2008 on the theme: “ You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses” ...
• 25 July 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “The better part” is listening to Jesus, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In the course of their journey he came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to h ...
• 25 July 2007
  VATICAN - “Compendium Orationum Quotidianarum ad usum fidelium” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In August Fides will publish a Compendium of daily prayers for the faithful in 34 languages. The Compendium, sent by per e-mail will have six section plus a Compendium on the Assumption of ...
• 25 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Sinhalese (Sinhala) and Tamil - Sri Lanka (1) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Sri Lanka has two official languages: Sinhalese, spoken by 68% of the population and Tamil spoken by 28%. English is used in government and tourist environments. Sinhalese or Sinhala is th ...
• 24 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: Bodo (Boro) - Diocese of Bongaigaon Assam State, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bodo language (pronounced Bo-ro) of Tibetan-Burmese ethnic-linguistic origin, is one of various official languages spoken in India by about 600,000 people: in the state of Assam, on th ...
• 24 July 2007
  VATICAN - Message of deepest sympathy to Archbishop Robert Sarah, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples upon the death of his mother Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To Archbishop Robert Sarah Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples whose mother Mrs Claire Sarah, passed away on Saturday 21 July, Fides expresses deepest sympathy a ...
• 23 July 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI leads Angelus prayer from Cadore mountains: “From this place of peace… I renew my appeal to pursue with tenacity the path of rights, to refuse with determination the arms race, to reject more in general the temptation to face new situations with old systems Lorenzago di Cadore (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of midday Angelus prayer from the northern Italian mountain town of Cadore, where is spending a brief period of rest, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, ...
• 19 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Hungarian (3) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Hungary, a deeply Christian nation, was historically known as Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae "Kingdom of Mary the Patroness of Hungary". Its national anthem is "Isten, áldd meg a magyart" ...
• 19 July 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI's telegramme of condolence following death of 200 people in air accident in Brazil Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In a telegramme sent on his behalf by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expressed condolences to Archbishop Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Pa ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Love dispels all fear - Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Love is always patient and kind; love is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited, it is never rude and never seeks its own advantage, it does not take offence or store up grieva ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - Care for elderly patients: theme of 22nd International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Pastoral City (Agenzia Fides) - Experts from all over the world will meet in the Vatican from 15-17 November for the 22nd International Conference on the theme Care for elderly partients theme of 22nd International Conference or ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Nicora, Papal Legate for the Papal Basilicas of Assisi, a month after the visit by Pope Benedict XVI: “The Pope reminded us that the ‘mystery’ of Francis can only be understood in Jesus and starting from Jesus” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A month ago on June 17 Pope Benedict XVI made a one day pastoral visit to Assisi. In a preface to a collection of the Pope's addresses on that occasion Cardinal Attilio Nicora, Legate for t ...
• 17 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Hungarian (I) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Magyar tradition holds that the Country of the Magyars (Magyarország) was founded by Árpád, who led the Magyars into the Pannonian plain in approximately 896 AD, and - according to the ...