Vatican

• 20 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE BEATIFIES MOTHER TERESA: “WITH THE WITNESS OF HER LIFE MOTHER TERESA REMINDS EVERYONE THAT THE CHURCH’S EVANGELISING MISSION PASSES BY WAY OF CHARITY NOURISHED N PRAYER AND LISTENING TO THE WORD OF GOD”. Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Mission Sunday, 19 October, Pope John Paul II presided a solemn Mass in St Peter’s Square during which he beatified Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1910-1997 foundress of the Missionaries ...
• 20 October 2003
  VATICAN - TOMORROW POPE JOHN PAUL II HOLDS 9TH CONSISTORY TO CREATE 31 NEW CARDINALS Vatican City (Fides Service) – Tomorrow 21 October at 10.30 am Pope John Paul II will hold an Ordinary Public Consistory in St Peter’s Square for the creation of thirty new Cardinals, one of them in pectore. It will ...
• 17 October 2003
  VATICAN - SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER IN THE VATICAN PRAYER VIGIL AND ROSARY IN PREPARATION FOR MISSION SUNDAY AND BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Saturday 18 October the eve of World Mission Sunday when Pope John Paul II will beatify Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a prayer vigil with the recitation of the Rosary will take place in t ...
• 17 October 2003
  VATICAN - “TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST THE ONLY SHEPHERD OF THE CHURCH, I OFFER THE FRUITS OF THESE TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF MINISTRY AT THE SERVICE OF THE FLOCK ENTRUSTED TO ME… I RENEW TO YOU, THROUGH THE HANDS OF MARY, BELOVED MOTHER, THE GIFT OF MYSELF, PRESENT AND FUTURE: MAY EVERYTHING BE DONE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “When I began my pontificate I asked for help: “Help the Pope and all who want to serve Christ and, with the power of Christ, serve man and all humanity!” As I give thanks to God fo ...
• 17 October 2003
  VATICAN - “THE BISHOP IS CALLED TO BE FATHER, TEACHER, FRIEND AND BROTHER TO EVERYONE FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERD”: ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ELECTION TO THE SEE OF PETER, POPE JOHN PAUL II SIGNS PASTORES GREGIS POST SYNODAL EXHORTATION ON THE BISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Thursday 16 October, the 25th anniversary of his election as Pope, John Paul II signed and promulgated in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican the post-synodal exhortation Pastores Gregis, ...
• 15 October 2003
  VATICAN - PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE SENDS MESSAGE TO HINDUS FOR DIWALI FEAST 2003: “ WHAT CAN WE, CHRISTIANS AND HINDUS, DO TOGETHER TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN PERSON?” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Religious feasts invite us not only to renew and strengthen our belief in God, the Supreme Good of every human being, and to revitalise our relationships with one another, but they als ...
• 14 October 2003
  VATICAN - SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER IN THE VATICAN PRAYER VIGIL AND ROSARY IN PREPARATION FOR MISSION SUNDAY AND BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Saturday 18 October the eve of World Mission Sunday when Pope John Paul II will beatify Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a prayer vigil with the recitation of the Rosary will take place in t ...
• 14 October 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO FIRST CONGRESS OF CATHOLIC LAITY IN EASTERN EUROPE: “THE LORD ASKS YOU WHO HAVE BEEN STALWART WITNESSES OF FAITH IN TIMES OF TRIAL AND PERSECUTION…TO PREPARE THE SOIL FOR A VIGOROUS REBIRTH OF THE CHURCH IN YOUR COUNTRIES.” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The harsh legacy of atheistic totalitarian regimes, which have left emptiness and deep scars on consciences, requires that the countries of Eastern Europe take up today the hard work o ...
• 13 October 2003
  VATICAN - “A WOMAN IN LOVE WITH JESUS” : POSTULATOR OF MOTHER TERESA’S BEATIFICATION CAUSE FR KOLODIEJCHUK, SPEAKS TO FIDES Vatican City (Fides Service) – Mother Teresa was “a woman in love with Christ” says Fr Brian Kolodiejchuk Postulator of the beatification cause of Mother Teresa who will be beatified on 19 October. Father Brian, a ...
• 13 October 2003
  VATICAN - 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE: “KAROL WOJTYLA CHAIR” INSTITUTED AT THE JOHN PAUL II PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY Dakar (Fides Service) – To mark the 25th year of pontificate of Pope John Paul II, on 14 October a Karol Wojtyla Chair will be inaugurated at the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family, at the Po ...
• 13 October 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: “LOOKING WITH GRATITUDE AT THE PAST I TURN PARTICULARLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE…I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR BEING CLOSE TO ME IN THESE 25 YEARS AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I CONTINUE TO RELY ON THEM” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Thanksgiving for 25 years of Pontificate and personal thanks to youth: these were the two themes of Pope John Paul II’s meditation before praying the Angelus Prayer with the people gath ...
• 9 October 2003
  VATICAN - HOLY FATHER TELLS PHILIPPINE BISHOPS ON AD LIMINA VISIT: MAJOR PASTORAL COMMITMENT DEVELOPING INTO A COMMUNITY OF DISCIPLES OF THE LORD Vatican City ( Fides Service) – A major pastoral commitment must be to “develop into a community of disciples of the Lord” Pope John Paul II said to a group of Philippine Bishops from the provinces of Caceres, Capi ...
• 8 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE COMMENCES WEEKLY TEACHING FOCUSED ON VESPERS: “MORNING AND EVENING ARE OPPORTUNE TIMES FOR PRAYER…TO ORIENT OUR DAILY JOURNEY AND DIRECT IT TOWARDS CHRIST” Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the general audience on Wednesday 8 October, Pope John Paul II commenced a new cycle of teaching on the Psalms, this time dedicated to the psalms prayed by the Church at Vespers. � ...
• 8 October 2003
  VATICAN - “THE WHITE CLAD PILGRIM RETURNS TO POMPEI”: A REFLECTION ON THE POPE’S MARIAN PILGRIMAGE Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Pope returned to launch once again his call for peace through the primary path of God’s mercy, forgiveness received and offered, assured to us by Christ the Redeemer. He did it with ...
• 7 October 2003
  VATICAN/ITALY - POPE JOHN PAUL II AT POMPEI: THE ROSARY, RENEWED COMMITMENT FOR NEW EVANGELISATION AND BUILDING PEACE IN THE WORLD Pompei (Fides Service) – “The call of the Rosary rising from Pompei, a crossroads of people of all cultures attracted to the shrine and to the archaeological site, evokes also commitment by Christians, in collaborati ...