Vatican

• 9 March 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe opens international convention on the Council decree Ad gentes forty years on : “An act of homage to our heroic missionaries who spend their lives often in difficult and dangerous conditions so Christ may be announced and all men and women may receive salvation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - An international Convention on the 40th anniversary of the Ad gentes Council decree being held at the Pontifical Urban University was opened this morning by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefec ...
• 7 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. “A place of worship” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The following article is the first in a series on the building of a Christian place of worship, a church,, which may be of help particularly in mission territories. Cardinal Leo Sche ...
• 6 March 2006
  VATICAN - “Disciples and missionaries of Christ today”: 1st Congress for Church Movements and new Communities in Latin America 9 - 12 March 2006 in Bogota, Colombia Vatican City (Fides Service) - In order to define the significance and identify the implications of being disciples of Christ today, especially in the context of Latin America, the Pontifical Council for the Laity and t ...
• 6 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI Sunday Angelus reflection: “May Lent be an opportunity for all Christians for conversion and more courageous striving for holiness” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the first Sunday of Lent, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dwelt again on the significance of the Season of Lent “which helps Christians in their efforts to prepare for Easter”. In ...
• 3 March 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - Faith and Reason. “The Second Vatican Council embraced all the efforts in theology and philosophy of two hundred years in order to unlock the doors which separated enlightenment and faith ...
• 3 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI visits Vatican Radio on its 75th birthday: “a chorus of voices in over forty languages and it can enter into dialogue with different religions and cultures” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to Vatican Radio which is marking its 75th birthday. In his address to the staff gathered in the Sala Marconi the Pope said: “Vatican Radio tod ...
• 2 March 2006
  VATICAN - “The Life and the Ministry of the Bishop”: a book containing the acts of two Study Seminars for newly appointed Bishops in mission territories organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Life and Ministry of the Bishop” is the title of a volume containing the acts of two Study Seminars held respectively in 2003 and 2004 for recently appointed Bishops in mission ter ...
• 2 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the ancient Basilica of Santa Sabina: “The Christian response to the violence which threatens the world is to tread the path chosen by the One who, in the face of the evil of his time and all times, resolutely embraced the Cross taking the longer but more effective way of love” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of Ash Wednesday, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided the first traditional Lenten “station” mass on the Aventine Hill. After a moment of prayer at the Church of ...
• 1 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI during the general audience explains the significance of Lent: “It is urgent to listen again to the Gospel, the word of truth, so Christians may grow in awareness of the truth received, live it and bear witness to it.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today Ash Wednesday in his address during his weekly general audience to thousands of visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI dwelt on the significance of the Season of L ...
• 1 March 2006
  VATICAN - International Meeting to mark the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II decree Ad gentes on the missionary activity of the Church, promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and the Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II decree Ad Gentes on the Church’s missionary activity, the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and the Pontifical Urban ...
• 28 February 2006
  VATICAN - “To build your life on Christ, to accept the word with joy and put its teachings into practice: this, young people of the third millennium, should be your programme!” - The Pope’s message for the 21st World Youth Day Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Your word is a lamp to my feet a light to my path" (Ps 118[119], 105): is the theme of the Message which Pope Benedict XVI has addressed to young Catholics all over the world on the occ ...
• 28 February 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses Pontifical Academy for Life: “God’s love makes no distinction between the unborn child still in the mother’s womb, the baby, the youth, the grown adult or the elderly, because in each of them He sees the sign of His own image and likeness” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the late morning on Monday 27 February the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI received participants at the general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life currently considering the them ...
• 27 February 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “The Season of Lent should be approached not as something tedious and tiresome but rather in the new spirit of those who have found in Jesus and in his paschal mystery the meaning of life”. Appeal for Iraq and Nigeria: “God, the Creator and Father of all humanity will call to account even more severely those who shed the blood of a brother or sister in His name” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Season of Lent should be approached not in the old spirit as something tedious and tiresome but rather in the new spirit of those who have found in Jesus and in His paschal mystery t ...
• 27 February 2006
  VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples who just returned from a Pastoral Visit to Sudan Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples just returned from a Pastoral Visit to Sudan 17 to 25 February. We asked him about his impressions. ...
• 24 February 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe in Darfur among Christian refugees: “My presence in this refugee camp is to show the Church’s solidarity with you as she continues to preach the Gospel of truth, love, justice and peace, while urging all the people of good will to intervene not only in offering you hospitality, a listening ear, assistance and protection, but also in appealing to States and the international community to take decisive action in order to stop this awful situation” Nyala (Fides Service) - On the last lap of his pastoral visit to Sudan Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples visited refugees in Darfur. To these people in this tragic si ...