Vatican

• 11 October 2005
  VATICAN - Monday 17 October Synod Bishops will join the Pope for evening Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in St Peter’s Basilica: everyone in Rome is warmly invited Vatican City (Fides Service) - Monday 17 October the Bishops taking part in the 11th assembly of the Synod of Bishops will join Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Basilica for evening Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament an ...
• 10 October 2005
  VATICAN - The importance of song in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: a reflection Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give our English translation of a reflection by Fr Hermann Geissler a member of “Das Werk” an an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the faith, on the importance of son ...
• 10 October 2005
  VATICAN - Indicating the figure of Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen, Benedict XVI recalls that “the faith is not merely a private sentiment, to be hidden when it is embarrassing ” and asks for prayers for the Synod of Bishops. Appeal for earthquake victims in south east Asia and floods in central America Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 9 October Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the congregation for the causes of saints, celebrated Mass in St Peter’s and, charged by Pope Benedict XVI, he read the Apo ...
• 10 October 2005
  VATICAN - This evening Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe opens academic year 2005/2006 pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Fides Service) - With a solemn concelebration of Mass and the invocation of the Holy Spirit presided this evening October 10, by Card. Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of ...
• 6 October 2005
  VATICAN - “Mental and Physical Health all through Life”: 10 October Mental Health Day Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Health is an inestimable heritage and health for all is fundamental to guarantee peace and justice among peoples”, the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Pastoral, Car ...
• 5 October 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general audience: “The Lord is not immobile or absent he is a living person who leads his people, is moved to pity for them, sustains them with his power and his love” Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the general audience this morning in St Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI concluded his teaching on Psalm 134 (13-21 - “God alone is great and eternal” - vespers Friday week 3 ...
• 5 October 2005
  VATICAN - Sunday in St Peter’s Beatification of Servant of God Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878-1946), ‘Lion of Münster’ presided by Cardinal Saraiva Martins prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Vatican City (Fides) - On Sunday 9 October at 9.30am in St Peter’s Basilica Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints will preside Mass for the Beatification of the Servant ...
• 4 October 2005
  VATICAN - Synod of Bishops - “Relatio ante disceptationem” Cardinal Angelo Scola: “the constitutive factors of evangelisation and new evangelisation are essential implications of Eucharistic action” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Angelo Scola Patriarch of Venice, Relator general of the 11th general ordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops presented on Monday 3 October his intervention consisting of an intr ...
• 4 October 2005
  VATICAN - Synod of Bishops - Opening Meditation by Pope Benedict XVI: the Lord “knocks at our door, he is close and so also is true joy, stronger than all the sadness of the world, of our lives” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The 11th general Assembly of the Synod of Bishops began with a prayer and a brief Scripture reading followed by an off the cuff meditation by Pope Benedict XVI in which the Holy Father unde ...
• 3 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI visits Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital “outpost of the evangelising activity of the Christian community in this city of ours” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Besides being an immediate and concrete work of the Holy See to help children who are ill, Bambino Gesu Hospital is also an outpost of the evangelising activity of the Christian communit ...
• 3 October 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “The Eucharist is the propelling centre of all the Church’s evangelising activity … it has shaped illustrious missionary apostles , in every state of life” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Contemplation of the mystery of the Eucharist in the missionary dimension was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s midday reflection before the Angelus prayer on Sunday 2 October. The Holy ...
• 3 October 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI opens Synod of Bishop on the Eucharist: “If we remain in Christ we too will bear fruit, we will produce not the vinegar of self-sufficiency, malcontent with God and his creation, but the good wine of joy in God and love for neighbour” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 2nd October in St Peter’s Basilica Pope Benedict XVI presided a solemn concelebration of the Eucharist with Synod Fathers from all over the world for the opening of the 11th ge ...
• 30 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appoints new Pontifical Mission Societies general secretaries Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples called a meeting with the staff of the Pontifical Mission Societies to announce the appointment of Se ...
• 30 September 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Mexican Bishops: “The bishop’s duty to teach consists of handing on the Gospel of Christ and its moral and religious values keeping in mind the different emerging realities and aspirations in present day society”. Vatican City (Fides) - ““The bishop’s duty to teach consists of handing on the Gospel of Christ and its moral and religious values keeping in mind the different realities and aspirations which emerge in present day ...
• 29 September 2005
  VATICAN - “The Media: A Network for Communication, Communion and Cooperation" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 40th World Communications Day 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Media: A Network for Communication, Communion and Cooperation" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 40th World Communications Day 2006 as announced by Archbishop John P. ...