Vatican

• 7 April 2007
  VATICAN - “This is the joy of the Easter Vigil: we are free. In the resurrection of Jesus, love has been shown to be stronger than death, stronger than evil ”: the Pope presides Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 10pm on Holy Saturday 7 April, the Pope presided the solemn Easter Vigil Mass in St Peter's starting in the Hall with the blessing of the Easter fire and the lighting of the Paschal Cand ...
• 6 April 2007
  VATICAN - “ Let us pray to the Lord that he will truly give us a heart of flesh, that he will make us messengers of his love not only with words, but with our entire life”: the Pope speaks to the people gathered at the Colosseum on Good Friday evening. Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the evening of Good Friday Pope Benedict XVI preside the devotion of the Stations of the Cross broadcast live on world television. The meditations this year were written by Mgr Gianfranc ...
• 5 April 2007
  VATICAN - “Thus, the Cross was at the centre of the new Passover of Jesus. From it came the new gift brought by him, and so it lives on for ever in the Blessed Eucharist in which, down the ages, we can celebrate the new Passover with the Apostles”: the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presides Holy Mass of the Lord's Supper . Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Afternoon of Holy Thursday 5 April, in the Basilica of St John Lateran, the Pope presided the mass of the Lord's Supper during which he washed of the feet of twelve young men members ...
• 5 April 2007
  VATICAN - “ Let us ask the Lord to keep all hostility away from our hearts, to remove from us every feeling of self-sufficiency and truly to clothe ourselves with the vestment of love, so that we may be luminous persons and not belong to darkness. ”: the Pope told his priests during the Chrism Mass in the morning of Holy Thursday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI presided this morning in St Peter's Basilica the Chrism mass with the clergy of his diocese of Rome Cardinals and Bishops also concelebrated. During the Mass th ...
• 5 April 2007
  VATICAN - Letter to Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo on the occasion of his resignation from the office of Camerlengo of Holy Roman Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI thanked Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo at the end of his service as Camerlengo of Holy Roman Church, with these words: “On the day dedicated to the So ...
• 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 ...