Vatican

• 30 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s General audience teaching: “Communion of life between God and us is the purpose of the proclamation of the Gospel, the purpose of conversion to Christianity... this twofold communion with God and among ourselves is indissoluble” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The gift of "Communion" was the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for his general audience on Wednesday 29 March. Addressing several thousands of visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square th ...
• 30 March 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitello - “Deus Caritas est” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The title of the recent Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI is of immense prophetic value in our times marked by great promise for dialogue and encounter and at the same time by the realistic o ...
• 29 March 2006
  VATICAN - “Beauty, path for evangelisation and dialogue”: conclusions of Pontifical Council for Culture Vatican City (Fides Service) - The conclusions have been published of the plenary assembly of Pontifical Council for Culture held 27 and 28 March in the Vatican on “Beauty, path for evangelisation and dialogue”. � ...
• 28 March 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 Altar” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The altar on which the sacrifice of the cross is made present in sacramental signs is also the Lord’s table at which the people of God are called to participate when they are gathered ...
• 28 March 2006
  VATICAN - On the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II Rome diocese organises evening prayers in St Peter’s Square Rome (Fides Service) - For Sunday 2 April the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II the diocese of Rome is organising with his successor Pope Benedict XVI a prayer vigil in St Peter’s Square to thank God ...
• 27 March 2006
  VATICAN - Final statement of the 12th General Assembly and of the International Congress on: «The Human Embryo before Implantation. Scientific Update and Bio-ethical Considerations» Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of its 12th general assembly the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) organised an international congress on the «The Human Embryo before Implantation. Scientific Update and ...
• 27 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI pastoral visit to parish of God the Merciful Father: “despite our unworthiness, we are the objects of the infinite mercy of God. God loves us with a love which we might call “obstinate” and he holds us close in his inexhaustible tenderness Rome (Fides Service) - On the fourth Sunday of Lent, 26 March Pope Benedict, the Bishop of Rome, made a pastoral visit to one of his parishes, the parish of God the Merciful Father built at the request of Pope John Paul ...
• 27 March 2006
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope remembers persecuted Christians and martyr missionaries “the Consistory was an event which made us feel closer than ever to Christians who are persecuted for their faith” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At midday on Sunday 26 March, following his morning visit to the Roman parish of God the Merciful Father, Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with thousands ...
• 25 March 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass with fifteen new cardinals and consigns to them the cardinal’s ring, ‘sign of dignity, pastoral concern and communion with the See of Peter’ Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today 25 March, Feast of the Annunciation, Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter’s Square at which the 15 new Cardinals concelebrated. During the Mass the Pope gave each of them the ...
• 24 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides first Consistory for 15 new Cardinals Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided this morning 24 March 2006 in St Peter’s Square his first Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of fifteen new Cardinals. The first of ...
• 23 March 2006
  VATICAN - “Beauty as a way to Evangelization and Dialogue”. Pontifical Council for Culture prepares plenary assembly Vatican City (Fides Service) - This year's annual plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture, due to be held on March 27 and 28, will be dedicated to the "Via pulchritudinis," in other words, to beauty as a w ...
• 22 March 2006
  VATICAN - At his general Wednesday audience Pope Benedict XVI makes an appeal for World TB Day and reflects on “the Apostles witnesses and envoys of Christ” Vatican City (Fides Service)- During his Wednesday audience in St Peter’s Square on 22 March Pope Benedict XVI made the following appeal: “The day after tomorrow, 24 March, United Nations World TB Day to stop Tubercu ...
• 20 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Cameroon: may the ecclesiological and spiritual intuitions of Ecclesia in Africa give “new impulse to the salvific mission which the Church received from Christ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The tenth anniversary of the post-synodal Exhortation Ecclesia in Africa which Pope John Paul II signed and consigned to Africa’s Catholics in Yaounde in September 1995 was the main focus ...
• 20 March 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass with workers: “Work is of primary importance for the realisation of the person and the development of society which is why it must be organised and undertaken with full respect for human dignity and as a service to the common good.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Work is important for self realisation but on no account should it be seen as the ultimate purpose of life Pope Benedict XVI said on Sunday 19 March, the feast of St Joseph, during Mass cel ...
• 20 March 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus: “St Joseph’s example urges us to carry out with fidelity, simplicity and modesty the task assigned to us by Divine Providence" Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 19 March with people gathered in St Peter’s square to receive his blessing Pope Benedict XVI said: “Today 19 March i ...