Vatican

• 9 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE PRAYS AT THE FOOT OF THE STATUE OF IMMACULATE MARY IN PIAZZA DI SPAGNA: “MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE, GIVE US CHRIST, TRUE PEACE OF THE WORLD!” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, braving the piercing cold in Rome Pope John Paul II went to Piazza to place his traditional floral tribute (the 26th time) at the ...
• 9 December 2003
  VATICAN - 4th COLLOQUIUM MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN: DIALOGUE “OPEN RESPECTFUL AND FRUITFUL” A PRELUDE TO NEW FORMS OF COLLABORATION Vatican City (Fides Service) – The 4th Muslim-Christian Colloquium was held from 29 November to 2 December 2003 (8 -11 Azar 1382) at the offices of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Vatican, on ...
• 6 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES 32ND CONFERENCE OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS: HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION, AGGRAVATED BY SPREADING POVERTY REPRESENT A THREAT TO PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Friday 5 December in the Sala Clementina in the Vatican Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to participants 32nd Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the Un ...
• 6 December 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE FOR 41ST WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS: “OUR FIRST DUTY IS TO PRAY TO THE "MASTER OF THE HARVEST" FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY FOLLOW CHRIST MORE CLOSELY IN THE PRIESTLY AND RELIGIOUS LIFE AND FOR THOSE WHOM, IN HIS MERCY, HE CONTINUES TO CALL FOR THESE IMPORTANT CHURCH DUTIES Vatican City (Fides Service) – “On the occasion of the 41st World Day of Prayer for Vocations, traditionally set for the 4th Sunday of Easter, the faithful unite in fervent prayer for vocations to the priesthood, th ...
• 5 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE CHURCH CAN DO MUCH TO MAKE GLOBALISATION MORE HUMAN: SAID PRESIDENT OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE CARDINAL RENATO MARTINO, ADDRESSING INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON LEO XIII Vatican City (Fides) – The urgent need to give meaning to globalisation in order to overcome its many ambiguities and to put it more at the service of mankind was underlined by the President of the Pontifical Council f ...
• 5 December 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO MARK 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF "HOLODOMOR", FAMINE PROVOKED TO BEND UKRAINE: “THE COMMEMORATION INTENDS TO REVIVE IN ALL HEARTS THE SENSE OF THE DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON WHATEVER HIS OR HER NATIONAL ORIGIN.” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the "Holodomor", (great famine), provoked by Stalin between 1932 e il 1933 to force the people of Ukraine to accept policies of forced collecti ...
• 5 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES NEW PATRIARCH OF BABYLON OF THE CHALDEANS: “HARMONY IS ALL THE MORE NECESSARY IF WE LOOK AT YOUR LAND TODAY MORE THAN EVER IN NEED OF AUTHENTIC PEACE, TRANQUILLITY AND ORDER. WORK TO "UNITE THE EFFORTS" OF ALL BELIEVERS FOR RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE WHICH FAVOURS AT ALL LEVELS THE BUILDING OF A STABLE AND FREE SOCIETY.” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On December 3 Pope John Paul II received the new Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, and members of the Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church in a priv ...
• 4 December 2003
  VATICAN - ANNUAL CHARITY AUCTION ORGANISED BY CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES IN AID OF NEEDY MISSIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA Vatican City (Fides Service) – The central Asian church in Baku, Azerbaijan, will be among the beneficiaries of the now traditional Charity Auction organised at Christmas by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of P ...
• 4 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2004: “IF JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE WHO CONQUERS DEATH, MARY IS THE LOVING MOTHER WHO ATTENDS TO THE NEEDS OF HER CHILDREN OBTAINING FOR THEM HEALTH IN SPIRIT AND BODY ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Church’s Annual Celebration of World Day for the Sick on February 11, 2004, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, will be held in Lourdes where our Lady appeared to Bernadette on 11 Februar ...
• 3 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT SONG FOR ISRAEL’S EXODUS FROM EGYPT BECOMES, WITH CHRISTIANITY, THE FIGURE OF ANOTHER, MORE RADICAL AND UNIVERSAL LIBERATION Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Wednesday 3 December during his general audience in the Paul VI Hall, Pope John Paul II reflected on Psalm 113 prayed at Vespers in the evening prayer of the Church: “marvellous exod ...
• 2 December 2003
  VATICAN - SYNOD OF CHALDEAN BISHOPS MEETING IN THE VATICAN WILL ELECT NEW PATRIARCH OF BABYLON Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 1 –3 December the Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Bishops convoked by Pope John Paul II is meeting in the Synod Hall in the Vatican to elect a new Patriarch of Babylon, spiritual l ...
• 2 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE FUTURE OF CATHOLIC/ANGLICAN DIALOGUE: THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH REMAIN COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THEIR DIALOGUE Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Tuesday, 25th November, 2003, Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, met with the Reverend Canon John L. Peterson, Secretary ...
• 2 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS PARTICIPANTS AT COLLOQUIUM "TRUTH, JUSTICE, LOVE, FREEDOM: PILLARS OF PEACE" - “JOIN YOUR VOICES WITH MINE AS I REPEAT THAT THE HOLY NAME OF GOD MUST NEVER BE USED TO INCITE VIOLENCE OR TERRORISM” Vatican City (Fides Service) – This morning 2 December Pope John Paul II received in audience participants at the Colloquium: "Truth, Justice, Love, Freedom: Pillars of Peace", promoted jointly by the Pontifical Counci ...
• 1 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS PRAYER: “TO PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS MEANS REAWAKENING HOPE FOR PEACE AMONGST OURSELVES AND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. HOW GREAT IS THE WORLD'S NEED OF THIS PEACE! I REPEAT MY CALL TO THE LEADERS OF THE GREAT RELIGIONS: LET US UNITE EFFORTS TO PREACH NON-VIOLENCE, FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION!” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On 30 November, the first Sunday of Advent, Pope John Paul II made yet another call for world peace urging the leaders of the great religions to unite efforts to preach pardon and reconci ...
• 29 November 2003
  VATICAN - MESSAGE FROM CARDINAL JAVIER LOZANO BARRAGÁN, PRESIDENT DEL PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH PASTORAL ON OCCASION OF WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS 1 DECEMBER 2003 Vatican City (Fides) – On the occasion of World Day Against AIDS, December 1, Cardinal Lozano Barragán, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Health workers and the Sick sent a “message of love ...