Vatican

• 7 November 2006
  VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS, COLOURS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD: The Vocation of the Artist (1) by Bishop Mauro Piacenza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Letter to Artists written on the occasion of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Pope John Paul II made a bold comparison between the creative activity of God and that of artists. Af ...
• 7 November 2006
  VATICAN - The Church “feels in duty bound to insist that science's ability to predict and control must never be employed against human life and its dignity”: Pope Benedict XVI tells participants at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At midday on Monday November, the Pope received participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, headed by the president of that institution, Nicola Cabibbo. They ...
• 7 November 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Martino purchases on behalf Pope Benedict XVI first International Financing Facility for Immunisation bond an initiative guaranteed by various governments to save the life of millions of people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following a project presented by UK chancellor Gordon Brown during a Meeting on “Poverty and globalisation: funding development” organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Pe ...
• 7 November 2006
  VATICAN - Pontifical Urban University for Mission: formation four hundred years old new every year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 August 1627 Pope Urban VIII with the Bull "Immortalis Dei Filius" created Urban College, first nucleus of the system of education of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide which with pass ...
• 6 November 2006
  VATICAN - Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, writes a letter to the president of Social Weeks in Spain for XL edition Vatican City (Fides) - The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, sent a letter to Prof. José Tomás Raga Gil, president of Social Weeks in Spain on the occasion of the opening of the XL edition on the t ...
• 6 November 2006
  VATICAN - “How to announce Christ to European tourists, to visitors to Europe, to those in any way connected with the world of Tourism?” -Meeting for European National Directors for Pastoral Care of Tourists Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Tourism, Transversal Reality: Pastoral Aspects” is the theme of a Meeting for European National Directors for Pastoral Care of Tourists organised by the Pontifical Council for the Pasto ...
• 6 November 2006
  VATICAN - “To have meaning in relation to the Kingdom of God, the fatigue of study and teaching, must be sustained by the theological virtues” the Pope recalls during his visit to the Pontifical Gregorian University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the morning of Friday 3 November Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the Pontifical Gregorian University. After a moment of personal prayer in the university chapel the Holy Father wen ...
• 6 November 2006
  VATICAN - The Holy Father celebrates Mass for the repose of the souls of the cardinals and bishops who died during the past year: “Each was called in the Church to make his own and put into practice the words of the Apostle Paul “Life to me, of course, is Christ,” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we have gathered around the Lord’s altar to celebrate Mass for the repose of the souls of the cardinals and bishops whom God called from this life during the past year. As we hea ...
• 6 November 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus says there is no need to fear the death of the body “because it is sleep from which one day we will reawaken. Whereas the death to be feared is that of the soul” - Appeal for peace in the West Bank: may bloodshed be stopped, may efforts to provide humanitarian aid be intensified and may negotiations resume immediately Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again on Sunday November 5, following the commemoration of all the dead on All Souls Day, death seen with the eyes of faith was the subject of Pope Benedict’s midday Angelus reflecti ...
• 3 November 2006
  VATICAN - On November 1st before the Angelus prayer the Pope says: “let us revive our happiness in the communion of saints and let ourselves be drawn by them towards the goal of our existence: the meeting with God face to face” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The solemnity of All Saints and the commemoration of All Souls offered the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI an opportunity before reciting the Angelus with the crowds gathered in St Peter’s ...
• 3 November 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: TAHITIAN Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Tahiti is part of French Polynesia. In 1774-1775 two Franciscans from Peru made an unsuccessful attempt at evangelisation. 1883: creation of Apostolic Vicariate of East Oceania entrusted to the PI ...
• 3 November 2006
  VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD by Mgr Massimo Camisasca - “Called to be fathers in the Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Paternity is imitation of God. Since Jesus Christ revealed the last word of history that God is Father and therefore the essence of the Being is paternity, the likeness of God in man is pre ...
• 31 October 2006
  VATICAN - PRAYER (2) «Lord, teach us to pray»… «when you pray, say: PATER NOSTER» (Lk 11, 12) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The disciples’ request «Lord, teach us to pray» is still valid today. In the face of a crisis of faith and morals in the world today, especially in Europe, people need to rediscover a sense o ...
• 31 October 2006
  “VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS, COLOURS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD”: Inspiring Principles for the building of churches and places for the celebration and adoration of the Eucharist(3) by Bishop Mauro Piacenza Vatican City (Fides Service) - Interior typology: the interior of the place of worship is articulated in various parts: baptistery, sanctuary, nave, choir stalls, confessionals, Blessed Sacrament Chapel, crypt, votive ch ...
• 30 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflection: “The rediscovery of the values of Baptism is the basis of every Christian’s missionary commitment … those who let themselves be captured by Christ cannot help but give witness to the joy of following in His footsteps” - appeal for hostages Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The miracle of the healing of the blind man at Jericho, narrated by St Mark the Evangelist, the Gospel of the 30th Sunday of the Year, was the theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection befo ...