Vatican

• 7 April 2004
  HOLY EASTER 2004 - "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things". (Lk 24, 46-48). The liberating message of Easter gives rise to new commitment to bear witness at the service of the Church’s mission to proclaim to all men and women that Christ is the Saviour and Redeemer of humanity. We wish you a Holy Easter in the light and the power of the Resurrection of Christ. FIDES SERVICE. ...
• 7 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday: ““Never forget that you yourselves are the first “Apostles” of Jesus the High Priest. Your own witness counts more than anything else”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It is with great joy and affection that I write you this Holy Thursday Letter, following a tradition which began with my first Easter as the Bishop of Rome twenty-five years ago ”. Thi ...
• 5 April 2004
  VATICAN - 8th International Youth Forum comes to a close. Archbishop Rylko tells young participants: “ Not only at university but in life Christ relies on each one of us. “The success of this Forum - Archbishop Rylko concluded- depends on you: now, put out into the deep!” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “What has this Forum meant for us who took part? A wonderful spiritual adventure, a wonderful experience of the Church; we were able to feel what its means to be the Catholic Church, univ ...
• 5 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope begins Holy Week with the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass: “Dear young people do not be afraid to proclaim whatever the circumstances the Gospel of the Cross. Do not be afraid to go upstream!” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In the atmosphere of joy veiled with sadness which marks Palm Sunday we are celebrating the 19th World Youth Day. This year it has as its theme “We want to see Jesus” the request add ...
• 2 April 2004
  VATICAN - Twenty years on the Pope entrusts Rome’s youth with the Cross: “Nourished by the Eucharist, united in the Church, carrying your own crosses, let your faith explode as you tell everyone about God’s mercy!” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Dear young friends with ever new creativity inspired by the Holy Spirit in prayer, continue to carry the Cross of Jesus which I entrusted to young people twenty years ago. Those young pe ...
• 1 April 2004
  VATICAN - Pontifical Urban University launches “Affiliated net” project connecting i 92 affiliated Institutes all over the world and enrich missionary formation Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Urban University PUU is academically connected with 92 Seminars/Institutes situated all over the world which provide philosophical, theological and missiological formation fo ...
• 1 April 2004
  VATICAN - Papal Message to 8th International Youth Forum: “You must build the Church within your Universities, as a visible community which believes, prays, gives account for our hope, and lovingly welcomes every trace of good, truth and beauty in University life.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It is important in our age to rediscover the bond that unites the Church to the world of higher education. For the Church not only played a decisive role in founding the first universiti ...
• 31 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching: “Christ is the Lamb sacrificed and risen, the great interpreter and Lord of history who reveals the secret thread of divine action in history.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his teaching during the Wednesday audience, today 31 March, Pope John Paul II encouraged those present to contemplate the figure of the paschal Lamb, the Lamb of God. Commenting the Cant ...
• 30 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Missionary and evangelising dimension of adult catechesis”: Prof. Ramon Peralta Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Fides Service) - Here is an interesting paper by Prof. Ramón Peralta, a member of the Higher Institute of Missionary Catechesis and Spirituality at the Urban University, on an important theme: The promotio ...
• 30 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Young people and universities: bearing witness to Christ in the university environment” - starting tomorrow 8th International Youth Forum organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity Vatican City (Fides Service) - From 31 March to 4 April Palm Sunday, the 8th International Youth Forum organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity will be held in Rocca di Papa (Rome) for young delegates from Catho ...
• 29 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls the tragedy of thousands of children: “The little brothers and sisters of ours who suffer from hunger, war and illness make an anguished appeal to the world. May their mute cry not go unanswered!” - appeal to build the civilisation of love in the “beloved region of the Great Lakes ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before reciting the Angelus prayer with people gathered in St Peter’s square on Sunday 28 March Pope John Paul II spoke once again of the tragic situation of children in the world. “In ...
• 27 March 2004
  DOSSIER FIDES SPECIAL LENT 2004 “Humanity cannot close its eyes to such a tragedy! What have these children done to deserve such maltreatment?” (John Paul II - Message for Lent) 3 - CHILD SOLDIERS Inspired by Pope John Paul II message for Lent 2004, with the theme “Whoever welcomes one of these little ones in my name welcomes me”, Fides presents a series of Dossier on the tragic situation of children in the wo ...
• 25 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Witnesses and martyrs inspire us to pray, encourage us in the apostolate, confirm us in the faith: the story of heroic witnesses of faith and martyrdom in the Eastern Catholic Churches in the 20th century Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Knowledge of history is fundamental for identity. Some Eastern Catholic Churches were so harshly persecuted that they lost personnel, property, memory and the faithful had to go to the o ...
• 24 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly audience teaching focuses on the Feast of the Annunciation which, “on the one hand takes us back to the beginning of our Redemption and on the other encourages us to turn our attention to the Paschal Mystery”. On the Day for Missionary Martyrs the Pope remembers “priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful killed in mission lands”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II devoted his weekly catechesis today, Wednesday 24 March, to the mystery of the Annunciation, celebrated tomorrow March 25. “This feast which falls at the heart of Lent- ...
• 24 March 2004
  VATICAN - “We cannot and we must not forget our missionary martyrs, the memory of their sacrifice is a precious treasure”: Cardinal Sepe presides Mass for Day of Commemoration of Missionary Martyrs at the Propaganda Fide Chapel in Rome Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 8am on Wednesday 24 March 24 at the Propaganda Fide Chapel in Rome Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (CEP) Sepe, presided Mass for t ...