Vatican

• 12 October 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe opens academic year at Urban University: “May our university become a school of missionary spirituality and a laboratory of research on the different aspects of the Church’s missionary activity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The miracle of mission, the proclamation of the Gospel to all peoples is impossible unless the disciple is united with the Lord. Without him our fishing will be fruitless. Without the po ...
• 11 October 2004
  VATICAN - Fides opens a new section on the Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 with information on Papal teaching on the subject, Eucharistic Congresses, Synod of Bishops, how the Year will be celebrated around the world... Vatican City (Fides Service) - Fides has opened a new section (www.fides.org) offering information in view of this major Church event which involves Catholics all over the world. On Fides ‘Year of the Eucharist’ p ...
• 11 October 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls the International Eucharistic Congress and the start of the Year of the Eucharist: “recognising the Risen Lord in the ‘breaking of the bread’ may Catholics be ready to bear witness to him with active charity ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The opening of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 10 October and the start of the Year of the Eucharist on Sunday 17 October, were the main focus of Pope John Paul’s re ...
• 11 October 2004
  VATICAN - Pontifical Urban University opens Academic year 2004/2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today, 11 October with a solemn Concelebration of the Eucharist and an invocation of the Holy Spirit presided by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation ...
• 8 October 2004
  VATICAN - "Mane nobiscum Domine" (Stay with us Lord!) latest Letter Apostolic written by John Paul II presented in the Vatican: the Pope does not ask for anything out of the ordinary, his wish is that everything we do may be “marked by deeper interior awareness” Vatican City (Fides Service) - "Mane nobiscum Domine" (Stay with us Lord!) is the title of the latest Letter Apostolic written by John Paul II which was presented this morning in the Holy See Press Room. African Cardina ...
• 7 October 2004
  VATICAN - “A bridge between tradition, which we want to keep alive and not under glass, and modern day production of music which draws inspiration from the great values and transmits them” Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, President of Pontifical Commission of the Cultural Heritage of the Church told Fides. Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of a Press Conference to present the 3rd International Festival of Sacred Art and Music, Fides interviewed Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, President of Pontifical Commission of ...
• 7 October 2004
  VATICAN - Year of the Eucharist: tomorrow, to mark the publication of the Pope’s latest Apostolic Letter, Fides opens a new section on the Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 with information Papal teaching on the subject, Eucharistic Congresses, Synod of Bishops, how the Year will be celebrated around the world... Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow, 8 October when Pope John Paul’s latest Apostolic Letter for the Year of the Eucharist will be made public, Fides opens a new section (www.fides.org) offering information in view ...
• 6 October 2004
  VATICAN - RSS: new tool for evangelisation via the Internet: click to read Fides News without a browser Fides Service - From today thanks to RSS (Really Simple Syndication), you can read Fides News items as they are ready. This new service is operated by a “feed reader” programme which at regular intervals takes thes ...
• 6 October 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching: “The future, not only of a dynasty but of humanity, is guaranteed precisely because the couple offers the world new persons...in our day the West is often incapable of entrusting its life to the future through the generation and protection of new persons” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Reflecting on Psalm 44,11-18 - “The Queen and Bride” (Vespers Monday 2nd week. Reading: Ps 44,11-12.14-15.18) during his teaching at the Wednesday general Audience in St Peter’s Squar ...
• 4 October 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II beatifies five Servants of God who “let themselves be guided by the Word of God like a bright and secure beacon which never ceased to illuminate their path”; a call to recite the “sweet prayer ” of the Rosary following the example of the newly beatified Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 3 October, during a concelebrated Mass in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II beatified 5 Servants of God: Pierre Vigne (1670-1740), priest, founder of the Congregation of the S ...
• 1 October 2004
  VATICAN - Feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux opens Missionary month of October with its culminating event on 24 October World Mission Day: “Eucharist and Mission” open the Year the Eucharist Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today the feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), proclaimed patron of the missions with St Francis Xavier in 1927, is the first day of the Missionary month of October which will ...
• 30 September 2004
  VATICAN - Pope’s message World Day for the Sick: “On the next World Day of the Sick we want to proclaim hope for the full health of Africa and for the whole of humanity and our commitment to work with ever greater determination to serve this great cause” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The main celebration for the next World Day for the Sick, 11 February 2005, will take place at the Mary Queen of the Apostles church in Yaounde, Cameroon and it will reflect on the theme: � ...
• 29 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general audience: “Beauty must be combined with goodness and holiness of life so that the face of God wonderful and just, will shine resplendently in the world.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope John Paul II returned to Rome from his Summer residence in Castel Gandolfo and the first event on his schedule was the general audience for visitors gathered in St Peter� ...
• 29 September 2004
  VATICAN - “The Communications Media at the service of Understanding between Peoples”: Pope John Paul II has chosen the theme of the Church’s 2005 World Communications Day Vatican City (Fides Service) - Presenting the theme chosen by Pope John Paul II for World Communications Day 2005 “The Communications Media at the service of Understanding between Peoples” Archbishop John P. Foley, P ...
• 27 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope grant audience to Papal Nuncios in Africa: “continue to be witnesses of communion, helping to overcome tensions and misunderstandings and the temptation of particularism, and to strengthen a sense of belonging to the one and undivided People of God” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 25 September at the end of the morning in his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo Pope John Paul II gave a special audience to Papal Nuncios from Africa taking part in a meeting ...