Vatican

• 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 ...
• 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, ...