Vatican

• 13 May 2004
  VATICAN/CANONISATIONS DEL 16 MAY - Nimatullah Al-Hardini (1808-1858): the «Saint» of Kfifan, a man of God and a man of science. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Nimatullah Al-Hardini, a Lebanese Maronite monk, was born in 1808 at Hardin, in the north of Lebanon. At the baptismal font he receives the name of Youssef. He belonged to a Maronite family ...
• 13 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses General Chapter of the Pauline Fathers and Brothers: “Be first of all men of prayer and joyous witnesses of unswerving loyalty to Christ. At the head of every project, may there be the divine Master, towards whom must converge all apostolic and missionary activity in a field, that of social communications, most important for new evangelisation.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Strive always to combine necessary professional competence with ongoing effort for holiness. Be first of all men of prayer and joyous witnesses of unswerving loyalty to Christ. At the he ...
• 13 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Society of St Peter Apostle supports 80.000 seminarians in formation all over the world: “changing the mentality and encouraging shared commitment for missionary cooperation ” Rome (Fides Service) - Capillary work to make seminarians in missionary territories understand that they are being supported by mission offerings and the great effort made to collect and distribute this aid, and this in ...
• 13 May 2004
  VATICAN - One quarter of the initiatives to help people suffering from HIV/AIDS are run by Catholic organisations: the contribution of the Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood Vatican (Fides Service) - “According to the United Nations report on AIDS, 42 million people in the world are HIV+ and of these 19 million are women and 3.2 are children under 15. In Africa more than 11 million childre ...
• 12 May 2004
  VATICAN/CANONISATIONS 16 MAY - Josep Manyanet (1833-1901): honour, imitate and propagate the example of the Holy Family of Nazareth Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Josep Manyanet was born into a large and Christian family on January 7, 1933 in North eastern Spain, in the city of Tremp, province of Lleida. He was baptised on the same day at his parish ...
• 12 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly Teaching “We must never let ourselves be ensnared by the obscure tangle of desperation, when all seems lost…neither must we allow ourselves to fall into the illusion that we can save ourselves with our own resources.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Sweet and sincere thanksgiving” coming from the heart of one who has been delivered from death: this was how Pope John Paul described the theme of Psalm 29 (“Thanksgiving for Deliver ...
• 11 May 2004
  VATICAN/CANONISATIONS MAY 16 - Don Annibale M. Di Francia (1851-1927): prayer for vocations, service to the poor and the little ones Vatican City (Fides Service) - Annibale Maria Di Francia was born to noble parents at Messina (Italy) 5 July 1851. At a very young age praying in front of the Eucharist, the source of inspiration of his life, he felt div ...
• 11 May 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul receives the general assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “I am happy to know that you are in the process of updating your statutes. This means you are ever more determined to carry out your mission of “mercy and peace”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “You, in particular, are "tireless operators of God’s mercy and peace "... In these tumultuous times for humanity the Pontifical Mission Societies, which are at the service of the Churc ...
• 11 May 2004
  VATICAN - General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: presentation of reports of activity of Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith and Pontifical Missionary Union Rome (Fides Service) - After a day of rest on Sunday, the work of the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies resumed on Monday 10 May. The pastoral session being concluded, the assembly will now focus on th ...
• 10 May 2004
  VATICAN - Mission is a challenge which draws young people today: General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies examines proposal to create a universal Missionary Youth Movement. Rome (Fides Service) - At the meeting of the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies, on Saturday 9 May, Father Hermann Shaluck, National Director of the PMS in Germany, and Rev. Giuseppe Pellegrini, Vice di ...
• 10 May 2004
  VATICAN/CANONISATION 16 MAY - Don Luigi Orione (1872-1940): “father of the poor and benefactor of the abandoned " Vatican City (Fides Service) - Luigi Orione was born at Pontecurone (AL), 23 June 1872, of humble parents. While still only a seminarian at the age of 20 he showed concern for poor children and opened a college for them ...
• 10 May 2004
  VATICAN - During his reflection at the midday Regina Cæli prayer the Pope encouraged those present to pray to Mary support of Christians and the whole world: “Since Christ loves with inexhaustible love” so too the immaculate heart of his Mother Mary has “the inexhaustibility of a mother ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God was the centre of Pope John Paul II’s midday reflection before the “Regina Cæli” prayer Sunday May 9. “During the month of May the People of ...
• 8 May 2004
  VATICAN - Urban College offers missionary Church 14 new deacons from Africa and Asia ...
• 8 May 2004
  VATICAN - The work of the Annual General meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies continues with the revision of the statutes Rome (Fides Service) - The Annual General meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies which has brought together 117 national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over the world continues at the Pala Ca ...
• 7 May 2004
  VATICAN - “We must help our sister Churches in difficult situations, who need to be sustained with prayer, sacrifice and material assistance” said Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe addressing the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Rome (Fides Service) - “The first and most important duty of a National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies is to increase missionary awareness among the people of God to help every Christian realise his or he ...