Vatican

• 2 December 2004
  VATICAN - “The Church in Cambodia is still a small minority, this situation calls us to take our missionary duty towards our non Christian brothers and sisters seriously” Cardinal Sepe says during his pastoral visit to Phnom-Penh Vatican City (Fides Service) - “My heart is filled with gratitude to God our Father for this day and this opportunity to visit your noble country, Cambodia, and to celebrate with you this Eucharist to offer thanks to G ...
• 1 December 2004
  VATICAN - Pontifical Council for the Laity publishes “Register of International Associations of Lay Catholics”: 123 associations all over the world with millions of members Vatican City (Fides Service) - In response to a call by Pope John Paul II to make a list of associations of lay Catholics in the world which receive official approval of the Holy See, the Pontifical Council for the Laity ...
• 1 December 2004
  VATICAN - “Now, it is our turn to continue the same mission initiated in this territory long time ago!” Cardinal Sepe said from the first Catholic mission in Thailand and Chiang Mai Cathedral Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his pastoral visit in South East Asia the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, visited the church of St Joseph at Ayutthaya, the first Catholic mission in T ...
• 1 December 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the Wednesday Audience: “As the Lord rules the world in truth and justice (cf. Ps. 35:7), likewise the king, his visible representative on earth according to the Biblical perspective, must imitate God’s actions. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 71, one of the ‘royal psalms’ meditated by the Fathers of the Church and reinterpreted in a messianic key, was the subject of the Pope’s teaching at his general Wednesday audien ...
• 30 November 2004
  VATICAN - Street children, now 100 million, are one the most worrying problems of our century which concerns also the Church: 1st International Meeting for Pastoral Care of Street Children issues closing statement Vatican City (Fides Service) - In a final statement issued by participants at the 1st International Meeting on Pastoral Care for Street Children participants stressed the need to increase awareness with regard to the gra ...
• 30 November 2004
  VATICAN - Papal Message to International Congress on Consecrated Life: consecrated persons “are called to offer humanity disoriented, disheartened and without memory, credible witness of Christian hope” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II addressed a special message to participants at an International Congress on Consecrated Life in Rome 22 to 27 November. The Message was read at the end of the Congress by ...
• 29 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope grants a special audience to Rev. Oreste Benzi and the Pope John XXIII Community on the 30th anniversary of the opening of the first Family-Home: “To give genuine love to others, love must be first drawn from God.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, 29 November Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to members of the "Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII", association founded by Rev. Oreste Benzi. In his address the Pope s ...
• 29 November 2004
  VATICAN - In Bangkok, Cardinal Sepe presides ordination of the new Bishop of Surat Thani: “a great day for the Catholic Community of the Diocese of Surat Thani. It is a significant day, a day to give thanks to Almighty God for all the blessings He has bestowed on them” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his homily during the Ordination in Bangkok on Sunday 28 November of the new Bishop of Surat Thani, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of People ...
• 29 November 2004
  VATICAN - On the first Sunday of Advent the Pope encourages devotion to the Eucharist: “Today marks the beginning of a new liturgical year, during which we will contemplate with special devotion the face of Christ present in the Eucharist ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today marks the beginning of a new liturgical year, during which we will contemplate with special devotion the face of Christ present in the Eucharist. Jesus, the incarnate Word, who die ...
• 27 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople preside ecumenical celebration in St Peter’s: “I will never tire of striving resolutely and determinedly to restore communion among Christ’s disciples”, the Pope said. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Beloved Brother, I will never tire of striving resolutely and determinedly to restore communion among Christ’s disciples because I desire, in response to the will of the Lord, to be th ...
• 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 ...