Vatican

• 3 May 2006
  VATICAN - Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies opens tomorrow in Rome Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 4 May Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and president of the Supreme Committee of the Pontifical Mission Societies Crescenzio ...
• 2 May 2006
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI visits shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love: “from this Shrine I repeat the call made in the encyclical Deus caritas est: let us experience love and in this way cause the light of God to enter into the world” Rome (Fides Service) - “It is a great comfort for me to be here today to recite the Holy Rosary with you at the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love which expresses the devout affection for the Blessed Virgin Mary rooted ...
• 2 May 2006
  VATICAN - New Church Book of Statistics Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2004 and comparison of data with the Church in 1978 Vatican City (Fides Service) - The new «Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae» Church’s Book of Statistics (31 December 2004 - prepared by the Church’s central statistics office and printed by the Libreria Editrice Vatic ...
• 2 May 2006
  VATICAN - “The resurrection of Christ is the central fact of Christianity, the fundamental truth to be reaffirmed with vigour at all times, because to deny it … or transform into a purely spiritual event, would mean to deny our very faith” says Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City (Fides Service) - The numerous points for reflection offered by the Liturgy in the Season of Easter strengthen believers’ faith in the resurrection of Christ: this was the subject of the reflection Pope Be ...
• 28 April 2006
  VATICAN - General Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies 4 to 12 May Vatican City (Fides Service) - The General Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies will start on May 4 with an opening address by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of ...
• 28 April 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope sends telegramme of sympathy for Italian troops killed in Nassiriya, Iraq: “firm condemnation for yet another act of violence in Iraq which is another obstacle on the path to harmony and recovery of that tormented country.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI , through the Holy See’s secretary of state Cardinal Angelo Sodano, addressed to the Military Ordinary for Italy Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, a telegram ...
• 27 April 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - “Church membership and Charity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Church membership and Charity”. A priest, a missionary, indeed a Christian is authentic only if he or she operates as a member of the Body of Christ, the Church. What must a Christian ...
• 27 April 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s meditation at the weekly Audience: “Tradition is not the transmission of things or words, a collection of things long dead…it is a living river which connects us to the origins, the great river which leads us to the door of eternity” - Appeal for peace on the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Communion in time: Tradition”. This was the theme Pope Benedict XVI chose for his meditation at the weekly general audience on Wednesday 27 April in St Peter’s Square. “Ecclesial C ...
• 26 April 2006
  VATICAN - Programme of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Poland 25 to 28 May Vatican City (Fides Service) - The programme of Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming apostolic journey to Poland May 25 and 28 was made public today at the Holy See Press Room. The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Fiumicin ...
• 25 April 2006
  VATICAN - May missionary zeal continue to fill you and your beloved people, strengthening you in your efforts to spread the Gospel: Pope Benedict XVI tells Catholic Bishops of Ghana on ad limina visit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 April in the apostolic palace Pope Benedict XVI received a group of Catholic Bishops from Ghana on their five year ad limina visit: “My dear Brothers, the Pope told the Bishops, I a ...
• 25 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples sends condolences through Papal Nuncio in Egypt after terrorist attacks at Dahab Vatican (Fides Service) - The Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, addressed the following telegramme of sympathy to the papal nuncio in Cairo Archbishop M ...
• 25 April 2006
  VATICAN - Presentation of ‘Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine’ at Zaghreb, Budapest and Vienna Rome (Fides Service) - The capitals of Croatia, Hungary and Austria are the next stops for the five day tour undertaken by Cardinal Renato Martino President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 23 to 27 ...
• 24 April 2006
  VATICAN- Pope Benedict XVI recalls “the mystery of the loving mercy of God ” the centre of the Pontificate of John Paul II: “Divine Mercy is no secondary devotion, it is an integral dimension of Christian faith and prayer ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The apparitions of the Risen Jesus to the disciples and devotion to Divine Mercy central to the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II were the themes illustrated by the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
• 20 April 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitello - “Unity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Unity”. Reflection on God “One” and “Only One” leads us to dwell on the value and interpretation of the term unity and its proper use in the different ecclesial environments. F ...
• 20 April 2006
  VATICAN - ‘Easter is the heart of our faith and it is on this announcement that the Church is founded and grows’ Pope Benedict XVI said during the general audience asking Catholics to pray that “God may help me be a meek and firm shepherd for His Church.” An appeal for the Middle East Vatican City (Fides Service) - “At the beginning of the general audience today in this joyous spirit of Easter, together with you I wish to thank the Lord who called me exactly one year ago to serve the Church as the S ...