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4 April 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “ Today's liturgy for Wednesday of Holy Week already introduces us into the dramatic atmosphere of the coming days, steeped in the memory of the Passion and death of Christ ”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “ As the Lenten journey which began with Ash Wednesday nears its end, today's liturgy for Wednesday of Holy Week already introduces us into the dramatic atmosphere of the coming days, ste ...
4 April 2007
VATICAN - Presentation on 13 April of a new book by Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI "Gesù di Nazaret"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 13 April at 4pm in the Synod Hall above the Paul VI Audience Hall, there will be the presentation of a new Book written by Pope Benedict XVI with the title Jesus of Nazareth. The ...
3 April 2007
VATICAN - Diocesan stage of the Cause of Beatification of John Paul II concluded; Cardinal Ruini: “from contact with Karol Wojtyła there emerged and there continues to emerge a flood of impulse to live the Gospel”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 2 April, at 12 noon, in the Basilica of St John Lateran there was the closing of the diocesan investigation on the life, virtues and fame of holiness of the Servant of God John Paul II, t ...
3 April 2007
VATICAN - Prayers for Lent
Three temptations of Jesus
Peter denies his Lord for the third time (3)
(Mt 26, 57-75; 27, 1-2; Mc 14, 53-72;
Lk 22, 54-71, 23,1; Jn 18,12-27)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Peter denies his Lord for the third time. An hour has passed. Jesus is still being questioned. And Peter? He is still around, he wants to see what happens. Who knows…? But he is still afr ...
3 April 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides Mass on the 2nd anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II: “the intense and fruitful pastoral ministry and even more the calvary of the agony and serene death of our beloved Pope helped the men and women of our day to realise that for him Jesus Christ was ‘everything’
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Two years ago, a little later in the evening, our beloved Pope John Paul II left this world for the House of the Father. With the celebration of this Mass we wish first of all to once ag ...
2 April 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI opens Holy Week with Palm Sunday procession and Mass: “May the Lord help us to open the door of our heart, the door of the world so that in His Son the living God may come in our day, in our life.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In the Palm Sunday procession we join the crowds of joyful disciples who accompanied the Lord on his entrance into Jerusalem. Like them we greatly praise the Lord for all the wonders we ...
2 April 2007
VATICAN- Prayers for Lent
Jesus is tempted three times
Peter denies his Lord a second time (2)
(Mt 26, 57-75; 27, 1-2; Mk14, 53-72;
Lk 22, 54-71, 23,1; Jn 18,12-27)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Peter denies the Lord for the second time. Peter withdraws to the outer courtyard and here too he is recognised: “He is one of them” (Mark 14, 69). Peter denies it.
Another servant gi ...
31 March 2007
VATICAN - Prayers for Lent
Jesus is tempted three times,
Peter denies his Lord three times (I)
(Mt 26, 57-75; 27, 1-2; Mk14, 53-72;
Lk 22, 54-71, 23,1; Jn 18,12-27)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is not without significance that before beginning his ministry Jesus is tempted three times and successfully overcomes a triple assault by the Evil One. This was to show us how important ...
31 March 2007
VATICAN - Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations at Geneva speaks on the subject of religious freedom
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On March 22, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations at Geneva, delivered a talk on the subject of religious freedom during the 4th session of t ...
31 March 2007
VATICAN - Message of Pope Benedict XVI to 9th International YouthForum: “Today more than ever it is necessary and urgent to proclaim ‘the Gospel of Work, to live as Christians in the world of work and be apostles among workers”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The “ultimate reference of all human activity can only be man, created in the image and likeness of God” Pope Benedict XVI said in a special message for participants of a youth forum o ...
30 March 2007
VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - Act of Contrition (12)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Confession - “They will look upon the one whom they have pierced ” (Zachariah 12, 10; cf Jn19, 27b). Some people are genuinely surprised that confession is so easy … it is… but then ...
30 March 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI and the youth of Rome diocese: “As you leave after this Liturgy with your hearts overflowing with the experience of God’s love, be ready to ‘dare’ to love in your families, in relations with your friends and also with those who hurt you”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the 22nd World Youth Day on 1 April, which this year is a diocesan celebration all over the world celebrated by every Catholic Bishop and his young people on the occasion ...
29 March 2007
VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - The Act of Contrition (XI)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Confession - “They will look upon the man whom they have pierced” (Zachariah 12, 10; cf Jn 19, 27b). It cannot be denied that the Sacrament of Confession is in a period of crisis, altho ...
29 March 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI makes the teaching of Saint Ireneus, Bishop of Lyons the subject of his weekly catechesis: “All the Churches must be in harmony with the Church of Rome, recognising in her the measure of authentic apostolic tradition, the one common faith of the Church”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The figure of Saint Ireneus, Bishop of Lyons, “eminent person … Bishop, man of faith”, was the subject of the weekly catechesis given by Pope Benedict XVI at the general audience in ...
29 March 2007
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE “Who are you claiming to be?” (Jn 8,53)
Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The scandalised cry of the Scribes and Pharisees against Jesus of Nazareth is still heard today after two thousand years in all its inexorable drama. “Who are you claiming to be?'?” is ...
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