Vatican

• 26 November 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe’s pastoral visit in Laos: I have come above all to thank you for your loyalty to the Apostolic See and to encourage you to bear ever bolder witness to Jesus and his Gospel in daily life Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 25 November, on another lap of his pastoral visit in South East Asia, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples celebrated mass in ...
• 26 November 2004
  ASIA/LAOS - Info Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe’s pastoral visit to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, here is some information on Laos. area: 237.000 sq. km population: 5.600,000 Capi ...
• 26 November 2004
  VATICAN - Tomorrow November 27 Ecumenical Celebration in St Peter’s. Relics of Ecumenical celebration: Pope John Paul II will make a gift of the Relics of St Gregory Nazianzen and St John Chrysostom to the Patriarch of Constantinople Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow Saturday 27 November at 11 am in St Peter’s basilica there will be an ecumenical Liturgy during which Pope John Paul II will make a gift of relics of St Gregory Nazianzen and St ...
• 25 November 2004
  VATICAN - Assumption University Bangkok confers Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law on Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. “Catholic schools are at the service of the whole of society to form young people to be responsible and honest citizens”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his pastoral visit to countries in South East Asia, yesterday 24 November, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Crescenzio Sepe, vi ...
• 25 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses Pontifical Council for the Laity: “The parish is the place par excellence for the proclamation of Christ and education in the faith. This is why it must renew itself to become "community of communities", capable of effective missionary activity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, addressing participants at the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Pope John Paul II said: “Having closed the cycle of assemblies dedicated to the Sac ...
• 24 November 2004
  VATICAN - “Rediscovering the authentic image of the parish" theme of Pontifical Council for the Laity plenary assembly Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Rediscovering the authentic image of the parish" is the theme of the 21st plenary assembly Pontifical Council for the Laity which opens today in the Vatican. The theme takes its inspirat ...
• 24 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general audience: “With his divine "fullness", but also through shedding his blood on the Cross, Christ "reconciles" and "restores" all things in heaven and on earth…recreating the original harmony, willed by God in accordance with his loving plan of life.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The great Christological hymn from the Letter to the Colossians (cfr Col 1,3.12-20), which extols “the glorious figure of Christ, heart of the liturgy and centre of the entire life of the ...
• 24 November 2004
  VATICAN - “Reduction of the price of the anti-viral drugs needed to treat HIV/AIDS patients; intensification of information campaigns in order to avoid mother/child transmission of the virus; greater attention for most vulnerable social groups.” Message for World AIDS Day from the President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Health workers and the Sick Vatican City (Fides Service) - December 1 is World AIDS day. A recent study showed that women are physically more liable to become infected than men. This year the United Nations Organisation programme for AIDS UNAIDS d ...
• 23 November 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - info: Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of Cardinal Sepe’s pastoral visit to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, here is some information on Thailand. Area 513,115 sq. km Population: 63,500,000 (density ...
• 23 November 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe addresses Seminarians in Yangon, Myanmar: “The vocation to the priesthood is the most wonderful ‘adventure’ God offers a man” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his homily addressed to Seminarians at St Joseph’s Major seminary in Yangon this morning, 23 November, during his pastoral visit to a number of countries in south east Asia, Cardinal ...
• 22 November 2004
  VATICAN - “Those who destroy the family, the fundamental tissue of human co-existence, fail to respect its identity and distort its duties and cause in society a profound wound and irreparable damage”: the Pope said in an address to the Plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family Vatican City (Fides Service) - Addressing participants at the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family on 20 November, Pope John Paul II said: “The family, founded on marriage, is a natural and irrepla ...
• 22 November 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe pastoral visit in Myanmar: “The Feast of Christ, King of the Universe, reminds each one of us that, as disciples, we form part of his Kingdom which we want to extend to the whole world and, in particular, to this Nation Myanmar.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 20 November, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, started a pastoral visit to a few countries in south east Asia. He arrived ...
• 22 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls the Lumen Gentium Constitution promulgated 40 years ago by Vatican II: “a milestone on the Church’s pilgrimage along the roads of the modern world”. Appeal to support communities of contemplative life Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today, the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, we celebrate the solemnity of Jesus Christ King of the Universe. It was to Him that the Council Fathers looked when they promulgated on 21 ...
• 20 November 2004
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Info: Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the occasion of Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe's visit to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, here is some basic information on Myanmar. area 676.563 sq. km. population 48.85 million (mid ...
• 20 November 2004
  VATICAN - Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Sepe on pastoral visit in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, is making a pastoral visit to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia to meet the local Catholic co ...