Vatican

• 11 April 2006
  VATICAN - Planning and building God’s house. Contribution by Bishop Mauro Piacenza, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church. “The Baptistery” Vatican City (Fides Service). “The Baptistery” - Excavations in the oldest Domus Ecclesiae in Doura Europos (Syria), dating to the mid-third century, brought to light a room used for the celebration of the Eucharist ...
• 11 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses young participants at UNIV 2006: “A person who discovers Christ feels impelled to carry Him because a joy so great cannot be hidden it demands to be shared” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Paul VI Hall this morning, addressing participants at the UNIV international congress of university students, accompanied by members of their families Benedict XVI said “Dear young ...
• 10 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI celebrates first Holy Week Rite: “Palm Sunday tells us that the real important "yes" is the Cross, that precisely the Cross is the true tree of life. We find our life not by living it jealously for ourselves but by living it for others. Love is giving of self, this is why the Cross symbolises the path of true life” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Palm Sunday April 9 Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in a sun-flooded St Peter’s Square filled with visitors in Rome for Holy Week and Easter many of them young people since the day was ...
• 10 April 2006
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Youth Day Cross and Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary change hands from Cologne Germany to Sydney Australia: “Most Holy Mary was the first ‘believer’ who carried her own cross like her Son and then lived with him the joy of his resurrection” Vatican City (Fides Service) -Palm Sunday Mass presided by Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Square closed with the official hand-over of the Youth Day Cross and icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary from young Catholics of Co ...
• 10 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI is to visit Poland 25 to 28 May Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 8 April the director of the Holy See press office Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls released the following announcement: “From 25-28 May 2006 the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI will ...
• 6 April 2006
  VATICAN - “The Apostles and their successors are custodians and authoritative witnesses of the deposit of truth entrusted to the Church as well as ministers of charity” said Pope Benedict XVI during his Wednesday Audience teaching. He also mentioned the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the Wednesday general audience in St Peter’s Square buffered by a strong April wind, Pope Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on the theme “Service of Communion”. The Holy Fa ...
• 6 April 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitello - “The Church and Tolerance” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Church and Tolerance”. If for the Jews God is ‘one’, also for Christians God is “one”. This is understood precisely from the Jewish roots. The affirmation that God is not o ...
• 5 April 2006
  VATICAN - Thursday afternoon first meeting of Benedict XVI with young people of his diocese of Rome in preparation for 21st World Youth Day on Palm Sunday Vatican City (Fides Service) - Continuing the tradition started by John Paul II on Thursday 6 April in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI will meet young people of his diocese of Rome as part of preparations for the 2 ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - Planning and building God’s house. Contribution by Bishop Mauro Piacenza, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church. “The Lecturn” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the liturgical space of the sanctuary each piece of furniture is actually a “place” of encounter between God and his people. This is what Sacrosanctum Concilium says at paragraph. 7 ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - “Faced with political or ethnic tensions, bishops, priests and consecrated persons must be for all examples of brotherhood and charity to help build a united and reconciled society”: Pope Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Côte d'Ivoire Vatican City (Fides Service) - The responsibility of Catholics to help build a nation and a world at peace and reconciled was one of the principal matters treated by Pope Benedict XVI in his address to Bishops from Côte ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s homily during Mass on the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II: “We hear resounding in our soul his repeated calls to advance without fear along the path of fidelity to the Gospel as heralds and witnesses of Christ in the third millennium” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This evening our thoughts look back with emotion to the moment of the death of our beloved Pope but at the same time our heart is somehow impelled to look forward. We hear resounding in ...
• 3 April 2006
  VATICAN - Thousands gather in St Peter’s Square for prayer vigil to mark first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II. “He is still present in our minds and in our hearts, he still communicates to us his love for God and his love for humanity” says Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City (Fides Service) - To mark the first anniversary of the death of the servant of God Pope John Paul II Rome diocese organised a Rosary Prayer in St Peter’s Square in the evening of Sunday 2 April. Tens of th ...
• 3 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus recalls John Paul II: “He announced Christ always, proposing Him to everyone as Vatican II had done, as the answer to human expectations, expectations for freedom, justice and peace” - A call to join Iraqi Bishops’ fast and prayer for peace in Iraq and the rest of the world Vatican City (Fides Service) - “On April 2 last year, a year ago today, our beloved Pope John Paul II was living the last stage of his earthly pilgrimage of faith, love and hope which left a profound mark on the histor ...
• 1 April 2006
  VATICAN - “Man cannot fully understand himself without God. This is why the religious dimension of human life cannot be overlooked as we undertake to build the Europe of the third millennium.”: the Pope addresses participants at Seminar organised by the Congregation for Catholic Education Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI received in a special audience in the Sala Clementina in the Vatican, participants from fifty different countries at a Seminar organised by the Congregation f ...
• 31 March 2006
  VATICAN - “Christ the High Priest in his concern for the Church calls individuals to care for his people in every generation; in particular he calls to the priestly ministry men who exercise a paternal function which has its source in the paternity of God”: Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for Vocations Day Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The celebration of the next World Day of Prayer for Vocations gives me an opportunity to encourage the People of God to reflect on the theme of Vocations in the mystery of the Church” ...