Vatican

• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - “Witnesses to the joy of being Christians: may this be your choral commitment. Continue, indeed intensify ecclesial communion and be generous protagonists of the evangelising mission which the Lord entrusts to you”: Pope Benedict XVI receives Catholics from the Romagna region of Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Receiving thousands of Catholics from various dioceses of the Italian region of Romagna on Saturday 7 October in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, the Pope urged them to “Witness to the j ...
• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - “There is a need of families which are not misled by modern cultural currents inspired by hedonism and relativism, and instead are ready to live with generous dedication their mission in the Church and in society” Pope Benedict says at the XVI Angelus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Liturgy of the 27th Sunday of the Year, 8 October, proposed Jesus’ teaching on matrimony and on this subject the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dwelt in this midday reflection before t ...
• 9 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Letter to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Papal Envoy to the imminent Asian Mission Congress in Chang Mai, Thailand Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI has addressed a Letter in Latin to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, metropolitan Archbishop of Naples, his special envoy to the Asian Mission Congress, in Chang Mai Thailand 19 ...
• 6 October 2006
  VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD by Rev. Massimo Camisasca - “Espousing God’s freedom” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom of God and the freedom of man affect the history of humanity since they are its constitutive components. God’s freedom is His continual initiative with which He never tires in ...
• 5 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI continues Audience catechesis on the Apostles: The figure of Saint Bartholomew is before us to say that we can live and bear witness as disciples of Jesus even without sensational deeds Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday morning October 4, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican after spending the Summer at Castel Gandolfo, and gave his customary general audience in St Peter’s square, where ...
• 5 October 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The Regensburg Lecture and its importance for the Church’s ‘diplomacy’ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of reaction to the Pope’s Lecture on 12 September in Germany from certain sectors of the Muslim world, the diplomacy of the Holy See, or the ‘the diplomacy of the Church ...
• 5 October 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the languages of the world: (1) LATIN Vatican City (Fides ) - For centuries Latin has been the official language of the Catholic Church especially in her prayers. The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), in its first document, Constitution on the Sacred Litur ...
• 4 October 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi - “Queen of the Rosary” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this month of October, dedicated to the prayer of the Rosary when parishes and communities intensify prayers for missionaries, on the roads of the world to proclaim the Gospel the pilgri ...
• 3 October 2006
  VATICAN - Propaganda Fide venerates Relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux at the start of the missionary month of October: “Love is the soul of mission” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the start of the missionary month of October which will culminate with Mission Sunday on the 22nd, the Cardinal Prefect and staff of Propaganda Fide welcomed and venerated the relics of ...
• 3 October 2006
  VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS AND COLOURS OF GOD’S HOUSE” Bishop Mauro Piacenza - The centre of the liturgical space the heart of human sacrality: Sanctuary and Crucifix (4) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - 9. Today we hear a frequently used term, happy in my opinion, “iconicity space”, to indicate the capacity of the architecturally arranged liturgical space or pieces furniture themselves ...
• 2 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the midday Angelus prayer asks people to say the Rosary “for the intentions of the Pope, for the mission of the Church and for peace in the world” recalls that October in the month of the Missions. Appeal for peace in Iraq Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 1 October, before reciting the midday Angelus prayer with visitors gathered in his Summer Residence, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned the feast day of St Teresa of the Child Jesus, ...
• 30 September 2006
  VATICAN - Missionary Month of October starting tomorrow will culminate with Mission Sunday. Comment on the Holy Father’s mission prayer intention for October by Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Church’s Missionary Month of October starting tomorrow will culminate with the annual recurrence of Mission Sunday on the last but one Sunday of the month, this year 22nd October, a d ...
• 29 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Malawi in visita ad limina: “a priest is called to live for others and not for himself, in imitation of Christ” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI received the Bishops of Malawi, together as a conference for the ad limina visit after meeting each one individually over the past few days. The Pope remar ...
• 29 September 2006
  VATICAN - Christian Prayers in the Languages of the World: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be in Turkmen: Turkmenistan Catholic Mission marks 9th anniversary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -- To continue the urgent task of new evangelisation launched by Pope John Paul II, Fides News Service is working on a section on Christian Prayers in as many languages as possible (see Fides ...
• 28 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - “The threat of secularism and Christian missionaries” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “First fill their bellies and then speak about Christ”. This slogan heard in various missionary circles in recent decades has led no few missionary operators to think that funds collect ...