Vatican

• 21 September 2005
  VATICAN - Arabic version of Pope John Paul II’s message for World Mission Sunday “Bread broken for the Life of the World” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Arabic version of Pope John Paul II’s message for World Mission Sunday 23 October “Bread broken for the Life of the World is available on Fides web site. The translation from Itali ...
• 19 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “The priest must be first of all a man who adores and contemplates the Eucharist, starting from the very moment in which he celebrates it. The validity of the Sacrament does not depend on the holiness of the celebrant but its effect for himself and for others will be all the greater the more he lives it with profound and ardent love and a spirit of fervid prayer” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “As the Year of the Eucharist draws to a close I would like to return to a particularly important subject, which was very dear to the heart of my venerated predecessor John Paul II: th ...
• 17 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope welcomes Chief Rabbis of Israel: “your visit is a further step forward in the process of building deeper religious relations between Catholics and Jews” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “I see your visit as a further step forward in the process of building deeper religious relations between Catholics and Jews, a course which has received new impulse and energy from No ...
• 17 September 2005
  VATICAN - “The Church lives not of herself but of the Gospel and from the Gospel she continue sto draw new light for her journeying … only those who listen to the Word can then proclaim it”: the Pope addresses participants at partecipants at a Congress on “Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “I offer heartfelt thanks to all who work at the service of translation and diffusion of the Bible, offering the means to explain, teach and interpret its message. In this sense I than ...
• 17 September 2005
  VATICAN - “The poor cannot wait” Cardinal Sodano tells 60th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation in New York New York (Fides Service)- “This institution is necessary to promote peace and development in the world but it must be improved to meet the challenges of the present day”. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of ...
• 16 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses second group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit to Rome: “As a missionary Church we are called to understand the challenges posed by post-modern culture to new evangelisation” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Mexico is faced with the challenge of transforming its social structures to render them more corresponding to the dignity and fundamental rights of every human person … and Catholic ...
• 14 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Weekly General Audience: “God and humanity walk together through history and the temple serves as a visibile sign of this communion” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI held his general weekly audience in St Peter’s Square. The Holy Father flew into Rome by helicopter from his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo to address ...
• 13 September 2005
  VATICAN - Tomorrow the Pope will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed along with sculptures of Saints and Founders of religious Orders in outside niches of St Peter’s Basilica Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow Wednesday 14 September immediately after the General Audience Pope Benedict XVI will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed in one of the outside niches of St Peter’s Ba ...
• 12 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection : “The Eucharist is a mystery of death and glory, like the Cross which was not accidentali but rather the passage for Christ to enter his glory and reconcile all humanity”. Special mention of victims of terrorism everywhere in the world. Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Next Wednesday 14 September, we celebrate the feast of the Exhaltation of the Cross. In this Year dedicated to the Eucharist this recurrence acquires special significance and invites ...
• 10 September 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends president of Pontifical Council "Cor unum" to New Orleans with a message of solidarity and material aid for hurricane victims Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has charged Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum with a message of solidarity and material help for the people affect ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - Catholic health pastoral care and pro-life promotion: up-coming initiatives in India, New Zealand, and Australia Vatican City (Fides Service) - Catolic activity in the fields of pastoral care for healthcare workers and the sick, formation for health workers to help prevent disease and assist the sick in the poorest areas of the pla ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - “Mission remains the Church’s most pressing urgency”: Cardinal Sepe sends message to Meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops Conferences in Maputo Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Mission remains the most pressing urgency for the Church and there is nothing to show that the time for mission ad gentes is over. Indeed at this time in history, more than ever it is ne ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope reminds first group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit to Rome that “present day society questions and observes the Church, demanding coherence and courage in the faith Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Meetings among bishops are precious opportunities to experience and deepen unity. In this sense the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico is called to be a bright sign of ecclesial communio ...
• 7 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general Wednesday audience: “Christ is the principle of unity, the mediator, the final destination towards whom all creation converges. He is the Son par excellence in the great family of the children of God in which Baptism inserts us ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Christ is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead” (vespers Wednesday week 3; reading: cfr Col 1,3.12.15.17-18): this Canticle was the subject of the teaching given by Pope Benedict ...
• 5 September 2005
  VATICAN “Achieving full communion among Christians must be a goal for all who profess faith in the Church, one, holy, catholic and apostolic” Pope Benedict says in a message to 9th Inter-Christian Symposium Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI sent a message addressed to Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity on the occasion of the 9th Sympos ...