Vatican

• 7 December 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Chastity and Truth Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The recent debate, smouldering for two thousand years, with regard to the discipline of ecclesiastical celibacy for priests, is an opportunity for reflection not limited exclusively to the ...
• 6 December 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Bertone speaks at Urban University on the occasion of 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier: “his apostolic zeal is a combination of desire to proclaim the Gospel and his openness to the Spirit” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 December on the occasion of an academic act at Urban University to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier patron saint of missions, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, ...
• 6 December 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA Our Lady of Tenderness by Rev Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Advent is a season charged with divine tenderness, the unconceivable love of a God for His creatures, a love so tender that He becomes an Infant in the womb of a woman, the Blessed Virgin M ...
• 5 December 2006
  VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS, COLOURS OF GOD’S HOUSE” Ecclesiastic Archives (3) Bishop Mauro Piacenza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archives promote growth of sensus ecclesiae. The use of an ecclesiastic history archive fosters growth of sensus ecclesiae. First place in the life of the Church is given to the Christifide ...
• 5 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pontifical Urban University celebrates 500 years since the birth of Saint Francis Xavier, patron saint of missions: “Missionary spirit is born and grows only if it is deeply rooted in Christ, who died and rose from the dead for us” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, opened a solemn academic act with which the Pontifical Urban University paid homage to Saint ...
• 5 December 2006
  VATICAN - “A well guided visit to a work of art or historical memorial can be natural catechesis”: final document after Meeting of the National Directors of the Pastoral Care of Tourism in Europe promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Tourism, A Transversal Reality: Pastoral Aspects: With this central theme, the Meeting of the National Directors of the Pastoral Care of Tourism in Europe took place with the participation ...
• 4 December 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples presides Mass on the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier at the Church of Gesu Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the First Sunday of Advent December 3, the feast of Saint Francis Xavier patron of the missions, in this 500th year since his birth, (1506-1552), Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation ...
• 4 December 2006
  VATICAN - The Holy Father presides first Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent: “Awake! Remember God comes! Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today, now! The one true God, "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob", is not a God up in heaven with no interest for us and our history, he is a God-who-comes.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “At the beginning of a new Liturgical Year, the Liturgy calls the Church to renew its announcement to the nations, in two words: "God comes"… Not in the past - God came -, or in the fut ...
• 4 December 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus gives thanks for the “unforgettable spiritual and pastoral experience” of his journey to Turkey and urges Christians to live an authentic and fruitful Season of Advent Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During his Angelus reflection on Sunday 3 December Pope Benedict XVI said “I wish with you to thank God for my apostolic journey to Turkey in which I felt I accompanied and sustained by t ...
• 4 December 2006
  VATICAN - NOVENA OF PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DAY NINE: 7th DECEMBER Rome (Fides Service) - 7 DECEMBER 2006 DAY NINE: 7th DECEMBER O Divine Son of Mary Immaculate, O Sweet Redeemer! Just as you granted Mary the grace to be assumed into heaven and be seated beside You, we humbly beg y ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - Holy See Statement with regard to the irregular ordination of a bishop in Xuzhou, Peoples Republic of China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See issued the following statement in Italian with regard to the ordination as bishop of Giovanni Wang Renlei, on Thursday, 30 November in Xuzhou Jiangsu province, China. 1) The ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - This evening the Pope will preside the First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent. On Thursday 14 he will meet university students in preparation for Christmas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 2 December 2006, in St Peter’s Basilica Pope Benedict XVI will preside the First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent. On Thursday 14 December the Pope will address universi ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - “Today it is more than ever necessary to reiterate the sacred nature of the Lord's day and the need to participate in Sunday Mass!” - Pope Benedict XVI’s message to Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of a Study Day on the theme: "Sunday Mass for the Sanctification of the Christian People", promoted by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrame ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey - Holy Mass in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit: “The Church’s mission consists not in defending power, or obtaining riches, but rather in giving Christ, sharing the very Life of Christ, mankind’s most precious treasure which God gives us in His Son.” Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In the morning of Friday 1 December Pope Benedict XVI went to the Holy Spirit Cathedral Istanbul to preside the celebration of Mass in Latin. Among those present, representatives of the Catholi ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - NOVENA IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Rome (Fides Service) - 5 DECEMBER 2006 DAY SEVEN: 5th DECEMBER O Divine Son of Mary Immaculate, O Sweet Redeemer! Just as you gave Mary, the purest of Virgins, among other virtues, purity and holy chastity grant us ...