Vatican

• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR 20th WORLD YOUTH DAY 2005 IN COLOGNE, GERMANY: ORGANISERS PRESENT POPE WITH WYD LOGO AND WYD OFFICIAL HYMN CONTEST IS LAUNCHED Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Preparations for World Youth Day in Cologne are going well: we have regular monthly meetings with the organisers in Cologne to plan the organisation of the event - said Rev. Francis Ko ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE HOLY FATHER APPOINTS FIVE NEW ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II has appointed today five new ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy of Science: Prof. Antonio García-Bellido, from Spain, Professor of Genetics at the Severo Ochoa ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES IN SPAIN BISHOP PEREZ GONZALEZ APPOINTED MILITARY ORDINARY Vatican City (Fides Service ) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has appointed, today 30 October 2003, Military Ordinary in Spain, Bishop Francisco Pérez González until now Bishop Osma-Soria. The Bishop is a membe ...
• 29 October 2003
  VATICAN - TOMORROW “PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY INAUGURATES A NEW CHAIR GLORIA CRUCIS” THE VALUE OF THE CROSS FOR EVERY PERSON AND FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD Vatican City (Fides Service) – Instituted on June 13 this year, at the Pontifical Lateran University a new Gloria Crucis Cathedra will be officially inaugurated tomorrow 30 October is the framework of a Study Seminar p ...
• 29 October 2003
  VATICAN - DURING WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE THE POPE ENCOURAGES ALL CHRISTIANS TO WALK WITH THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY THE PATH OF HOLINESS, CONTEMPLATING JESUS AND MEDITATING WITH THE ROSARY THE MYSTERIES OF SALVATION Vatican City (Fides Service) – Due to heavy rain in Rome this morning, Wednesday 29 October, the Holy Father held his audience in two parts, first he addressed thousands of visitors gathered inside St Peter’s and the ...
• 27 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS PRAYER: “I RENEW MY THANKS TO GOD, RICH IN MERCY, FOR THESE 25 YEARS OF MINISTRY AT THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH…I RENEW THE ENTRUSTMENT OF MY LIFE AND MY MINISTRY TO THE VIRGIN MARY” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Still vivid in my soul are the intense emotions of recent days, during which so many people gathered around me on the occasion of my 25th year of Pontificate. I renew my thanks to God, ...
• 25 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS STUDENTS OF CHURCH UNIVERSITIES: “NEVER LET YOUR HEARTS BE DISTRACTED FROM CONTEMPLATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE EVENTS IN THE WORLD AND IN HISTORY!” Vatican (Fides Service) – “If on the one hand, your hearts must never cease from contemplating the mystery of God, on the other it is necessary to keep your eyes on events in the world and in history. The Second Vati ...
• 24 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE CALLS US TO “OPEN THE DOORS TO CHRIST” AND TO MARY: A MARIAN REFLECTION ON 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I like to reflect on the pontificate of Pope John Paul looking at his crest, at the great Cross and capital M for Mary, Most Holy, the Mother of Jesus at the foot of the Cross of her s ...
• 24 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE BISHOPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES: IN THE FACE OF THE PERVASIVE ADVANCE OF SECULARISM WHICH DESTROYS ALSO SOCIAL LIVING, THE EVANGELISATION OF CULTURE, A CENTRAL ASPECT OF NEW EVANGELISATION, IS EVER MORE URGENT Vatican Service (Fides Service) – “England and Wales, despite being steeped in a rich Christian heritage, today face the pervasive advance of secularism. At the root of this situation is the attempt to promote a visi ...
• 23 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE GRANTS SPECIAL AUDIENCE TO NEW CARDINALS, THEIR FAMILIES AND ACCOMPANYING CATHOLICS: “AS I RENEW MY WARM GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES FOR THE MISSION ENTRUSTED TO YOU AT THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH I WISH TO ENTRUST YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY TO THE HEAVENLY PROTECTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to the new Cardinals, their families and accompanying Catholics on 23 October in the Paul VI Audience Hall. The Holy Father greeted the Cardin ...
• 22 October 2003
  VATICAN - PONTIFICAL URBAN UNIVERSITY DEDICATES INAUGURATION OF ACADEMIC YEAR 2003-2004 TO “MISSION IN THE MAGISTERIUM OF POPE JOHN PAUL II” Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Pontifical Urban University (PUU) officially inaugurated this morning, 22 October, the Academic year 2003 -2004 under the banner of 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s Pontificate. A ...
• 22 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE GIVES THE NEW CARDINALS THEIR RING: “UNITY AND OPENNESS, COMMUNION AND MISSION: THIS IS THE BREATH OF THE CHURCH. THIS IN PARTICULAR IS THE TWOFOLD DIMENSION OF THE PETRINE MINISTRY WHICH THE BISHOP OF ROME SHARES WITH THE OTHER SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Unity and openness, communion and mission: this is the breath of the Church. This in particular, is the twofold dimension of the Petrine ministry: service of unity and mission”: Pope ...
• 21 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES VISITORS WHO CAME FOR BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA “THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT MOTHER TERESA WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST MISSIONARIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. MISSIONARY WITH THE MOST UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE: THE LANGUAGE OF CHARITY WITHOUT LIMITS OR EXCLUSION, WITHOUT PREFERENCE EXCEPT FOR THE MOST ABANDONED”. Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I am happy to join you in giving thanks to God for the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I was bound to her by great esteem and sincere affection. This is why I am particular ...
• 21 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS TO NEW CARDINALS: ONLY IF YOU BECOME SERVANTS CAN YOU FULFIL YOUR MISSION AND HELP THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER TO BE, IN TURN, THE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Resplendent in this Square is the Church of Christ, old yet always new, gathered around the Successor of Peter. Enriched with new members of the College of Cardinals, as she reflects e ...
• 20 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE CLOSES 25TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY COLLEGE OF CARDINALS: THE ONE AND ONLY GOSPEL PROCLAIMED WITH ONE HEART AND ONE MIND: THIS IS CHRIST’S COMMANDMENT; THIS IS WHAT IS ASKED OF US, AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A COLLEGE, BY THE CHURCH OF TODAY AND OF ALL TIMES; THIS IS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US BY MEN AND WOMEN TODAY ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) – At the end of the special Symposium organised by College of Cardinals to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, on Saturday 18 October the Pope received in audience the ...