Vatican

• 21 July 2004
  VATICAN - At the general audience in the Vatican the Pope continues his catechesis on the Psalms: "Man often walks through the dark path of life, but suddenly the darkness is breached by the splendour of the Word of God". Vatican City (Fides Agency) - "Now, after a break due to my stay in Valle d'Aosta, at this General Audience let us move on along our itinerary through the Psalms proposed by the Liturgy of the Vespers. Today we encounter ...
• 16 July 2004
  VATICAN - “...will we soon be dominated by a new race built in a laboratory? Who will be father and mother, I? You? And tomorrow who will be our parents?” These questions posed by professor Edmund Pellegrino, former President of Catholic Universities in America recently on Italian television, are answered for Fides by Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice President della Pontifical Academy for Life: “The being is the border for man to remain human and the principle of humanity to remain integral, indeed to be promoted by all ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The advent of the Neolithic era in the history of humanity led man out of the caves and set him to conquer the world; man became a shepherd and a farmer, he learned to work metal and bui ...
• 12 July 2004
  VATICAN - Papal Message to the Rogationist community: “Missionary impulse is intrinsic to the identity of the apostles of ‘Rogate!’. Contemplation of the ‘harvest is plenty’ and the ‘workers who are few, cannot fail to open the heart to universal longing for the evangelisation of peoples”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “May the work of evangelisation, from first announcement to catechesis, combined with generous service of the weakest, especially those children and young people who have no family or lac ...
• 12 July 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope prays the Angelus from the mountains: “In silence man can hear deep within his conscience the voice of God who renders him truly free. Vacation time can help cultivate this indispensable interior dimension of human life.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On July 5 Pope John Paul II started a short holiday in Les Combes in Valle d’Aosta. At midday on Sunday 11 July the Pope prayed the Angelus broadcast on radio and television and greeted t ...
• 7 July 2004
  VATICAN - In Bangkok 6th International Congress on Pastoral of Tourism: "Tourism at the service of the meeting of Peoples". Bangkok (Fides Service) - “The title of our Congress - “Tourism at the service of the meeting of Peoples.” - was chosen to indicate the central point of the proclamation of the Gospel” Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hama ...
• 5 July 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope tells people about the recent visit of Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I: “Christians can and should always collaborate even when there are divisions and conflict. This is an eloquent manner of announcing the Gospel of peace to a world marked sad to say by unbalance and violence.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday July 4, during his address before the Angelus prayer, once again Pope John Paul II reminisced about the recent visit he received by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantin ...
• 2 July 2004
  VATICAN “May the international community be ever bolder, more generous, more creative, more energetic in its struggle to finally end the division of the world into areas of poverty and plenty”. Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, president of the Pontifical Academy for Social Science addresses UN Economic and Social Council Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) - On June 29 in New York, Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, President della Pontifical Academy of Social Science and Head of the Delegation of the Holy See to the ECOSOC 2004 High Level Segment on Least ...
• 2 July 2004
  VATICAN - “May Christians and Churches live in peace and harmony to bear witness together to the message of the Gospel in a credible and convincing manner”: John Paul II and Bartholomew I issue Joint Declaration Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of visit made by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople to Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, John Paul II and Bartholomew I signed ...
• 1 July 2004
  VATICAN - On the continent of Internet criminal motorways connect paedophiles around the world. Numbers, data, profits, soon in a Fides Dossier Vatican City (Fides Service) - A business of 5 billion dollars a year, 30.000 paedophile-pornographic, web sites 12 million images, 2.5 million children aged 10-12 affected. This, and much more in a Dossier which Fides w ...
• 30 June 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II: “the unity we search for is first of all a gift of God. We are aware however that to hasten the hour of its full realisation depends also on us, on our prayer, our conversion to Christ.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 6pm on Tuesday 29 June, feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope John Paul II, with the participation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, celebrated the Eucharist in St Peter’s Square. ...
• 30 June 2004
  VATICAN - At his general Audience the Pope explains the significance of the Pallium: “it expresses the fundamental principle of communion, it recalls that this communion is organic and hierarchical, it shows that the Church, to be one, needs the special service of the Church of Rome and its Bishop, the head of the College of Bishops, lastly it emphasises the Catholicity of the Church” Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the audience this morning 30 June in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II explained to those present the significance of the Pallium which he imposed on the shoulders of the new Me ...
• 30 June 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II receives in audience His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople: may the memory of the history making encounter between Patriarch Athenagoras I and Pope Paul VI in 1964 “prompt a leap forward in dialogue and restoration mutual brotherly relations” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We give thanks to God commemorating together that blessed encounter forty years ago between my venerable predecessor Pope Paul VI, and the venerable Patriarch Athenagoras I. It took plac ...
• 28 June 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls history-making meeting of Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagora I of Constantinople in 1964 and urges Catholics to pray “for full unity of Christians”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “On 29 June we celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul and for the occasion I will have the joy of welcoming once again to the Vatican His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarc ...
• 28 June 2004
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Saint Peter and Paul Pope John Paul II will impose the Pallium on 44 newly appointed metropolitan Archbishops: Fides spoke with four of the new Metropolitan Archbishops from Taipei, Manila, Calabar and Antequera,Oaxaca Vatican City (Fides Service) - In keeping with tradition on the solemn feast of Saint Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome, Pope John Paul II will impose the Pallium, symbol of Church unity on 44 new Archbishops of the ...
• 26 June 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses European Symposium of University Docents: “The family is the future of Europe. We can say that the family is the mirror of society and therefore also of the new Europe which is being built ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The family is the future of Europe. We can say that the family is the mirror of society and therefore also of the new Europe which is being built. The evolution of the family is and will ...