Vatican

• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “We realise we are being given responsibility: we want to give a voice to the voiceless:” say young Africans in Rome to study in Management for Development Vatican City (Fides Service)- The group of young Africans from 17 different countries who have come to Rome to study for a Master’s Degree in Management of Development are enthusiastic and excited. “We want to help b ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - Official inauguration of Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in collaboration with the Catholic University Sacro Cuore Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning at the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in Rome a new Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congr ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “With this new Master’s Degree in Management of Development we accept the challenge to make Africa the continent of hope moving from a concept of mere assistance to one of education, valorising the gifts and resources of young Africans ” says Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This project aimed at offering these young men an opportunity to follow a special spiritual, human and cultural itinerary so they may be put at the service of their respective countries ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI weekly Catechesis: “Certainly the Lord is transcendent as creator and arbiter of the being; but he is also close to his creatures and enters space and time, indeed his presence among us reaches its apex in the Incarnation of Christ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At his weekly audience this morning in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the second part of Psalm 135 (verses 10-26, “Thanksgiving for God’s work of salvation”, vesp ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Rome’s University students prepare for Christmas with Pope Benedict XVI on 15 December Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 15 December in St Peter’s Basilica students at Rome’s universities will have their first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The tradition of meeting university students before ...
• 15 November 2005
  VATICAN - Thursday 17 November, presentation of Masters in Management for development, for young African talents promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in collaboration with the Sacred Heart Catholic University Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 17 November at 10.30am at the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples building in Piazza di Spagna 48 - Via di Propaganda 1c, Rome, there will be a media conference to pr ...
• 14 November 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon: “may your beloved country, despite the present difficult situation, not lose heart but continue on the path to reconciliation and peace” Vatican City (Fides Service) - An encouragement to all the citizens of Iraq not to lose hope in the present difficult situation but to continue resolutely “on the path to reconciliation and peace” was addressed by th ...
• 14 November 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus says “all the baptised are called to perfection in the Christian life: priests, religious and lay people, each according to their own specific vocation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The beatification of Charles De Foucauld, Maria Pia Mastena and Maria Crocifissa Curcio confirms once again what was said by the Second Vatican Council that “all the baptised are called ...
• 14 November 2005
  VATICAN - The new Blessed Charles De Foucauld, Maria Pia Mastena and Maria Crocifissa Curcio, “in different ways consecrated their existence to Christ and they re-propose to every Christian the sublime ideal of holiness”: Pope Benedict XVI ‘s address at the end of the Beatification Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints presided on Sunday 13 November a Beatification Mass in St Peters and at the request of the Pope read the ...
• 11 November 2005
  VATICAN - ‘Shouting’ the Gospel with a life of silence and contemplation: Pope Benedict XVI to beatify Charles de Foucauld, testimonials from his spiritual sons and daughters Vatican City (Fides Service) - Although Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916), whose name will be inscribed in the register of the Blessed by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 13 November in St Peter’s, lived as a hermit in the Sa ...
• 10 November 2005
  VATICAN - Sunday in St Peter’s beatification of Charles de Foucauld, Maria Pia Mastena and Maria Crocifissa Curcio Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, November 13, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will preside at a Eucharistic celebration in the Vatican Bas ...
• 9 November 2005
  VATICAN - Sequela Christi: new magazine launched by Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life recently published the first issue of its new magazine Sequela Christi which replaces the bulletin Inform ...
• 9 November 2005
  VATICAN - “God does not appear in the Bible as an immovable and implacable sovereign or some obscure and indecipherable being...he reveals himself as a person who loves his creatures, watches over them and follows their progress in history”: Pope Benedict XVI teaches on Psalm 135 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Part one of psalm 135 as it is divided in the liturgy of Vespers is called «the great Hallel», that is the great and solemn praise sung by Judaism during the paschal liturgy. Dwelling in ...
• 7 November 2005
  VATICAN - “Like Mary, may the Church be a docile handmaid of God’s word proclaiming it with ever firmer trust”: in his Angelus reflection Pope Benedict XVI recalls the 40th anniversary of the Dei Verbum Constitution issued by the Second Vatican Council Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his Angelus reflection on Sunday 6 November when he addressed people gathered in St Peter’s square to receive his Blessing, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the 40th anniversary of the Dei V ...
• 5 November 2005
  VATICAN - Sunday 6 November in Vicenza beatification of Eurosia Fabris: an example for Chirstian mothers and a model of ‘domestic church’ possible for all families Vicenza (Fides Service) - On Sunday 6 November at 4pm in the cathedral of Vicenza in northern Italy, with the approval of Pope Benedict XVI the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal José Saraiva ...