Vatican

• 15 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 for liturgy” Vatican City (Fides Service) - When Jesus asked his disciples to prepare for the last paschal supper he said: he [a man] will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.” (Mk 14 ...
• 13 March 2006
  VATICAN “This Marian vigil creates bridges of fraternity between the young university students of Europe, and this evening it extends those bridges to within the great continent of Africa, so that communion may grow among the new generations and the civilization of love may spread”: the Pope meets university students Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the evening of Saturday 11 March in the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father presided at a prayer vigil held to mark the fourth European Day for Universities which is considering the theme: "Ch ...
• 13 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflection: “No one can ‘stay’ on mount Tabor while on this earth. Human life is a journey of faith and as such is more shadow than light, and there are also moments of profound and intense darkness” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the second Sunday of Lent, March 12 in his address to people gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus prayer and receive his blessing at midday Pope Benedict XVI reflected on ...
• 11 March 2006
  VATICAN - International Convention on 40th anniversary of Vatican II ad gentes decree: challenges and prospects for mission in Asia: Reflections by newly named Cardinal Nicholas Cheong, Archbishop of Seoul and Archbishop Oswald Gracias President of the Indian Bishops’ Conference Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the International Convention on 40th anniversary of Vatican II ad gentes decree organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in Rome, speaking on March 10, the ne ...
• 11 March 2006
  VATICAN - International Convention on 40th anniversary of Vatican II ad gentes decree: “The Church in African received much from missionaries. Now Africans must be missionaries” say Catholic Archbishops of Katanga, DR Congo and Garoua in Cameroon Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Church in African received much from missionaries. Now Africans must be missionaries. This conviction was voiced by two African prelates Archbishop Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond of Katang ...
• 11 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at International Convention on 40th anniversary of “Ad gentes” decree: “Proclaiming and bearing witness to the Gospel are the first service Christians can render the individual person and the whole human race, called as they are to communicate God’s love to all peoples” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI this morning addressed participants at an International Convention on 40th anniversary of “Ad gentes” decree promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Pe ...
• 11 March 2006
  VATICAN - International Convention on 40th anniversary of “Ad gentes” decree: Colombian Bishop Vittorino Girardi says “Today, although the fruits are still modest, we can speak of an infectious spirit of mission in our Churches” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Addressing an International Convention on 40th anniversary of Vatican II “Ad gentes” decree organised in the Vatican by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Bishop Vittor ...
• 11 March 2006
  VATICAN - International Meeting on 40th anniversary of “Ad gentes” decree: the Church in Oceania is called “to give priority to new evangelisation proclaiming the Gospel” says Card. George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney, in Rome for a Convention on the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II decree ad gentes organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of People ...
• 10 March 2006
  VATICAN - Challenges and prospects for mission in Europe: interventions by Cardinal Joachim Meisner Archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal Vinko Pulijc Archbishop of Sarajevo Vatican City (Fides Service) - The work of the international convention promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and the Pontifical Urban University on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Co ...
• 10 March 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - «Adult» Faith. Various authors in recent decades have treated the question of faith and its internal dynamics, and in no few cases and not always to be truthful in a manner sufficiently c ...
• 10 March 2006
  VATICAN - International Convention for 40th Anniversary of the Council Decree Ad gentes”: “Mission and Inculturation” and “Mission today and Challenges of Tomorrow” Vatican City (Fides Service) -On Thursday 9 March at the International Convention for the 40th anniversary of the Council Decree Ad Gentes on the missionary activity of the Church, Rev. Juvénal Ilunga Muya, Docent at th ...
• 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 ...