Vatican

• 23 June 2006
  VATICAN - Final Message of the 17th plenary session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People on the theme: "Migration and Itinerancy from and towards Islamic majority Countries” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was the final Message of the 17th plenary session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, which was held in the Vatican from May ...
• 23 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict addresses participants at the annual Meeting of Aid Agencies for Eastern Catholic Churches: “Our first and fundamental task is to persevere in confident prayer to the Lord … in addition there must be brotherly concern able to fund new and unexpected ways to meet the needs of those people ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This meeting today gives me an opportunity to thank God for the apostolic work carried out in these years by the disciples of Christ in the Middle East committed, despite many difficulti ...
• 23 June 2006
  VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD Mgr Massimo Camisasca - “A True Man” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Anyone reading texts published by the Holy See since Vatican II concerning the formation of priests or young men called to the priesthood cannot fail to be struck by the ample space given ...
• 22 June 2006
  VATICAN - Saint James the greater teaches us “to readily heed the Lord’s call, to follow Him with enthusiasm, to be willing to bear witness to Him with courage, if necessary to the supreme sacrifice of our life”: Pope Benedict XVI teaching at general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his teaching at the general audience on Wednesday 21 June Pope Benedict XVI continued his reflection on the Apostles chosen by Christ during his life on earth. After Saint Peter and his ...
• 22 June 2006
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Primacy and Protagonism” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Primacy and Protagonism” While certain politicians propose compulsory semesters of civil service in order to educate young people to solidarity or make great efforts to promote initia ...
• 21 June 2006
  VATICAN - Celebrations for the 500th Anniversary of the Vatican Museums continue with the opening of the first sections of the newly arranged Missionary Ethnological Museum. Collections contain about 100,00 artifacts Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Closed for five years for restoration work the newly arranged Missionary Ethnological Museum, part of the Vatican Museum complex was officially reopened on 20 June. Founded on November 12, ...
• 21 June 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Luciano Alimandi - “Two inseparable Hearts” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this month of June love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus is especially visible since this is the month of this special devotion. Looking at the Heart of Jesus we encounter immediately next ...
• 19 June 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: The Eucharist is the Lord Jesus who gives himself ‘for the life of the world’ ., He wishes to meet every man and woman in every time and place and give them the very life of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The mystery of the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist and its immense value was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection at the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 18 June on which some ...
• 16 June 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter” are intrinsically connected realities which live of and in each other and which can never be artificially placed in dialectic contraposition. Wh ...
• 16 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the solemnity of Corpus Christi: “The Host is our manna with which the Lord nourishes us, it is truly Bread from heaven, in which he gives Himself” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday June 15 Solemnity of Corpus Christi Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open air Mass in front of the Cathedral of Rome St John’s and then presided the Procession with the Blessed ...
• 14 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict continues his catechesis on the Apostles: “Saint Andrew the Apostle teaches us to follow Jesus promptly, to speak enthusiastically about him to those we meet and above all to establish with Him a relationship of authentic familiarity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his weekly Audience teaching on Wednesday 14 June to the Apostle Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. After reflecting on Saint Peter the Pope said he wished to � ...
• 13 June 2006
  VATICAN - Programme of Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic journey to Valencia, Spain, for the 5th World Meeting of Families Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was the itinerary of Benedict XVI's forthcoming apostolic trip to Valencia for the 5th World Meeting of Families, due to be held in that Spanish city on July 8 and 9. The ...
• 12 June 2006
  VATICAN - Feast of Corpus Christi: Pope Benedict XVI reminds Romans and visitors of the Holy Mass and Blessed Sacrament Procession, the Major Basilica of St Mary organises Forty Hours Adoration Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 15 June, solemnity of the Corpus Christi, at 7pm Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in front of his Cathedral of St John in the Lateran in Rome. Immediately after Mass the Ho ...
• 12 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Among the different analogies of the ineffable mystery of God, Three in One, which believers are able to perceive, I would mention that of the family called to be a community of love and life Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The whole of the universe, for those who have faith, speaks of God, Three in One. From inter-star space to microscopic particles, everything which exists points to a Being who communicat ...
• 8 June 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Magisterium, sole interpreter of the Word of God or just one of many opinions?” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Magisterium, sole interpreter of the Word of God or just one of many opinions?” - Dissent in the Church has taken on a new form: rather than oppose what is said by the Pope and the Bis ...