Vatican

• 23 June 2005
  VATICAN - Living Sunday Liturgy in a spirit of mission: ideas for a “Missionary Comment for Sunday Liturgy” at CIAM web site Vatican City (Fides) - CIAM (International Centre for Missionary Animation) based in Rome near St Peter’s offers priests, religious and laity a series of reflections on Sunday Liturgy in a missionary spirit. These text ...
• 23 June 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sodano to confer solemn Blessing on new Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St Paul in Rome(Basilica of St Paul’s outside-the-walls) Rome (Fides Service) - Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Pope’s secretary of state will confer the solemn Blessing on Abbot Edmund Power OSB newly appointed Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St Paul today 23 June during a s ...
• 22 June 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI ‘deeply saddened’ by the death of Cardinal Jaime Sin Archbishop emeritus of Manila: Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples sends condolences Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expressed his grief for the death of Cardinal Jaime Sin Archbishop emeritus of Manila who died in the early morning of 21 June. In a telegramme of sympathy ...
• 22 June 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope comments on Psalm 123: “The Almighty sides with victims and the persecuted who cry to him day and night” - the Pope confirms convocation of 2nd Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 123 “is a hymn of thanksgiving raised by the whole community of worshippers who praise God for the gift of liberation … a hymn to thank the Lord for escaped dangers and to implore ...
• 21 June 2005
  VATICAN - Holy See press office announces that Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Köln (Germany) for the 20th World Youth Day Vatican City (Fides Service) - It has been officially announced today that the Holy Father, Benedict XVI will travel to Cologne, Germany from August 18 to 21 on the occasion of the 20th World Youth Day. The Pope will dep ...
• 20 June 2005
  VATICAN - First International Meeting on Pastoral Care for Street Women: “An insult to fundamental values common to all cultures and peoples, values rooted in the very nature of the human person” said Cardinal Fumio Hamao Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We thought it opportune to organise this meeting to discuss a phenomenon which - far from being eliminated in the process of civil evolution - is still part of social tissue. I refer to ...
• 20 June 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Madagascar on ad limina visit: “Help the faithful acquire an illuminated faith, rooted in an intimate encounter with Christ. Inculturation of the faith in Malagasy culture remains an important goal” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “May the Malagasy people live in God’s peace and continue with courage to build a society ever more respectful of the human person and human dignity” Pope Benedict XVI said on 18 June ...
• 20 June 2005
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls the painful situation of refugees: “may people who live away from their own country feel that the Church is a homeland where no one is a stranger” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Day for Refugees 20 June promoted by the United Nations Organisation with the theme "the courage to be a refugee ", Pope Benedict XVI devoted his short address bef ...
• 18 June 2005
  VATICAN - New Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic presented this morning to Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City (Fides) - This morning at 10.30 the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church was presented to Pope Benedict XVI by members of the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican Publishing House and Saint Paul ...
• 17 June 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses new ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Guinea, Malta, New Zealand, Rwanda, Switzerland and Zimbabwe: “the first challenge is solidarity between generations, solidarity between nations and between continents for an ever more equal sharing of the planet’s resources among all men and women” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict on June 16 received the Letters of Credence of seven new ambassadors to the Holy See, including the first ever representative from the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Pope present ...
• 17 June 2005
  VATICAN - “The commitment of the Catholic Church to the search for Christian unity is irreversible” the Pope told the Secretary General of the World Council of Churches from Geneva Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s firm commitment to reach unity among Christians when on June 16 he received in a private audience in the Vatican Reverend Samuel Kobia, ...
• 15 June 2005
  VATICAN - First International Meeting for Pastoral Care to Liberate Women on the Streets: every year one million women and girls are victims of prostitution rackets, human trafficking, sex tourism Vatican City (Fides Service) - To reflect on the situation of street women in various countries, share experiences of helping them and plan specific pastoral care in this field, about fifty representatives of Bishops’ ...
• 15 June 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI comments Psalm 122: The just have entrusted their cause to the Lord and he is not indifferent to their imploring eyes, he does not ignore their invocation, or disappoint their hope Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Jesus in the Gospel says that the eye is an expression of the profound I, it is the mirror of the soul (cfr Mt 6,22-23). Well, Psalm 122, just proclaimed, consists of an exchange of loo ...
• 13 June 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope reminds parents that they are “called to help their children discover the value and importance of responding to Christ who convokes the entire Christian family to Sunday Mass” and announces a special October 15 Meeting of Catechesis for children who made their First Holy Communion during this year Vatican City (Fides Service) - In this eighth month of the special Year of the Eucharist once again Pope Benedict XVI underlined the importance of Sunday, the Lord’s Day and duty of parents to educate their children in ...
• 11 June 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses Bishops of South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia and Lesotho: “Catholics in your region constitute a minority. This presents many challenges which require dedication on the part of the Church to tend the flock effectively and, at the same time, remain faithful to her missionary commitment” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Catholics in your region constitute a minority. This presents many challenges which require dedication on the part of the Church to tend the flock effectively and, at the same time, rema ...