Vatican

• 24 October 2005
  VATICAN - The Synod Fathers at the 11th Ordinary Synod address a letter to the four Chinese prelates absent from the synodal assembly Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Synod Fathers at the 11th Ordinary Synod addressed a letter to the four Chinese prelates absent from the synodal assembly Bishops Anthony Li Duan, Xi'an; Luke Li Jingfeng, Fengxiang; Al ...
• 24 October 2005
  VATICAN - During his Angelus reflection the Pope recalls the bond between the Church’s mission and the Eucharist: “missionary activity and evangelisation is the apostolic spreading of the love which is, as it were, concentrated in the Blessed Sacrament” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 23 October during his midday Angelus reflection Pope Benedict XVI expressed sentiments of “warm gratitude” to the Synod Fathers after “three weeks of hard work in a spirit o ...
• 22 October 2005
  ACTIVITY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION ACTIVITY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION ...
• 22 October 2005
  VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, which falls this year on 23 October, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe kindly agreed to giv ...
• 19 October 2005
  VATICAN - At his General weekly Audience the Pope teaches on Psalm 129: “God is not an inexorable sovereign who condemns the guilty, instead he is a loving father whom we should love not for fear of punishment, but because of his goodness and readiness to forgive”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This is one of the most famous and loved psalms for Christian tradition: the ‘De profundis’, called after its opening words in Latin with the ‘Miserere’ has become a favourite p ...
• 19 October 2005
  VATICAN - “Traditio ecclesiae in intercultural dialogue: reflections on the art of the catacombs”. Exhibition organised by the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology: a photograph of religious reality of Roman society from the 2nd to the 5th centuries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 September a small exhibition was opened in the west part of St. Callisto catacomb on the Appian Way. The exhibition is part of initiatives organised on the occasion of European Herita ...
• 19 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI to preside Mission Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square for dolmen closing of Synod of Bishops and canonisation of five new Saints Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday October 23, World Mission Day, the Holy Father will preside at a Eucharistic concelebration in St. Peter's Square with the Synod Fathers for the conclusion of the Ele ...
• 18 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Ethiopia and Eritrea on ad limina visit: “Your people have experienced famine, oppression and warfare. Help them to discover in the Eucharist the central act of transformation that alone can truly renew the world” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Monday 17 October Pope Benedict XVI received the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia and of Eritrea on their ad limina visit to the See of Peter not in his library as usual but at the Pontifica ...
• 17 October 2005
  VATICAN - ‘The Eucharist is our Celebration’ Pope Benedict XVI First Communion Children Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the early evening of Saturday October 15, over 100,000 children who made their First Holy Communion this year, mainly from Italy but also from other countries, accompanied by their paren ...
• 17 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at Angelus reflection recalls Pope John Paul II, “contemplative and missionary”: “In him we admired the power of the faith and prayer and total trust in Most Holy Mary who accompanied and protected him always” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 16 October 1978, 27 years ago the Archbishop of Krakow Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected successor of Saint Peter. The recurrence was highlighted by Benedict XVI during his reflec ...
• 14 October 2005
  VATICAN - “Continuing of the Path of Dialogue”: Catholic Church’s annual message to the Muslims of the world on the occasion of Id al Fitr feast at the end of the month of Ramadan Vatican City (Fides Service ) - ‘Continuing Dialogue’ is the title of the Holy See’s annual message to the Muslims of the world on the occasion of the feast of ‘Id al Fitr, 1426 A.H. / 2005 A.D., at the end of Ra ...
• 14 October 2005
  VATICAN - “The Eucharist and its miracles”: testimonial from Siberia Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give a testimonial by Mgr. Massimo Camisasca, founder and Superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo, on how the faith survived through long y ...
• 14 October 2005
  VATICAN - Year of the Eucharist: in St Peter’s Square tomorrow afternoon Pope Benedict XVI will hold special catechism class for a hundred thousand children who made their First Holy Communion this year Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow afternoon about 100,000 children mainly from Italy but some from other countries who made their First Holy Communion this year will gather for a special celebration with Pope Bened ...
• 13 October 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe opens Academic year at the Pontifical Urban University: “We are sent and our mission is not ours it is the mission of the Son! We carry nothing of ourselves. We carry only Christ always and everywhere” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “ < As the Father sent me so I send you >. These words of the Gospel we have just heard speak of a profound reality of our faith: we are sent like Christ; our mission is the same mission ...
• 12 October 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s general audience teaching on Psalm 121: “An ideal portrayal of the Holy City and its religious and social functions to demonstrate that biblical religion is neither abstract nor intimist but rather ferment of justice and solidarity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 121 (Greeting from the Holy City of Jerusalem - 1st vespers Sunday week 4) is one of the “most beautiful and passionate” canticles of ascent, “a lively and participated celebra ...