Vatican

• 1 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ENTRUSTS ONCE AGAIN THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: “MAY THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN MARY HELP EUROPE BECOME A SYMPHONY OF NATIONS WORKING TO BUILD TOGETHER A CIVILISATION OF LOVE AND PEACE” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “For the last few Sundays I have reflected on Europe and its Christian roots, looking at the text of the post synodal exhortation Ecclesia in Europe. This document ends with an ‘en ...
• 1 August 2003
  VATICAN - “CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS”: A DOCUMENT TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE DIGNITY OF MATRIMONY FOUNDATION OF THE FAMILY AND THE STABILITY OF SOCIETY Vatican City (Fides Service) – On July 31 it was announced that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a document Considerations Regarding Proposals To Give Legal Recognition To Unions Between Homose ...
• 31 July 2003
  VATICAN - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, FUNDAMENTAL FOR MISSION TO OBEY THE COMMAND OF JESUS: MEDICINE AND MISSION THEME OF 2004-2005 CORRESPONDENCE COURSE OFFERED BY PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY UNION Vatican City (Fides Service) – The 2004-2005 Correspondence Course offered by the Pontifical Missionary Union will focus on Medicine and Mission. The Course, available in four languages, English, French, Italian and Sp ...
• 31 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE’S WEEKLY TEACHING: THE MOST PLEASING SACRIFICE IS NOT A HOLOCAUST OF BULLS OR RAMS BUT RATHER A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – In his teaching to the people who gathered at his Summer residence in Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday 30 July, to listen to his words and receive his blessing, Pope John Paul II reflected ...
• 29 July 2003
  VATICAN - “WITNESSES AND MISSIONARIES OF A FLOCK WHICH IS DISPERSED BUT STRONG IN FAITH” CARDINAL SEPE CLOSES MEETING FOR OVERSEAS VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS CONSIGNING THE MISSIONARY CROSS Vatican City (Fides Service) –
• 28 July 2003
  VATICAN - “LIKE THE EARLY CHRISTIANS WE ARE A LITTLE FLOCK CALLED TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS SO AS TO BE A GREAT SIGN” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Cardinal Geraldo Majela Agnelo, Archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia Brazil, the new president of the Brazilian Catholic Bishops’ Conference CNBB was recently in Rome to present Pope Joh ...
• 28 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE APPOINTS 18 CONSULTORS FOR CONGREGATION FOR EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES Vatican City (Fides Service ) – On Saturday 26 July 2003 Pope John Paul II appointed 18 Consultors for the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples: 7 archbishops, 4 bishops, 6 priests, 1 woman religious. Arch ...
• 28 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: “EUROPE TODAY NEEDS THE PRESENCE OF CATHOLICS ADULT IN THEIR FAITH AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY COMMUNITIES WHO BEAR WITNESS TO GOD’S LOVE FOR ALL PEOPLES – APPEAL FOR LIBERIA Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – On Sunday 27 July from his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo Pope John Paul II launched a call to all Christians in Europe to “rediscover the enthusiasm of proclaiming the Gospel a ...
• 24 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEEKLY TEACHING: “WE ARE NOT ABANDONED TO OURSELVES OR TO THE COSMIC FORCES, WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE HANDS OF THE LORD IN HIS PLAN FOR SALVATION” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II met about 2,500 people in the courtyard of his Summer residence at Castel Gandolfo for the weekly audience on Wednesday July 23. His teaching focussed on Psalm 146: � ...
• 23 July 2003
  VATICAN - INTERNATIONAL LAW, A PATH TO PEACE: INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL JUSTICE AND PEACE, ARCHBISHOP RENATO MARTINO ON POPE JOHN PAUL II’S THEME FOR WORLD PEACE DAY 2004 Vatican City (Fides Service) – "Humanity is facing a crucial challenge: if it does not succeed in providing really efficacious institutions to avert the scourge of war, the risk is that the law of force will prevail ov ...
• 21 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES PARTICIPANTS AT EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON UNIVERSITY AND CHURCH IN EUROPE: JUST AS NEW EUROPE CANNOT BE PLANNED WITHOUT DRAWING FROM ITS ROOTS, THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF THE UNIVERSITY Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “Just as the new Europe cannot be planned without drawing from its own roots, the same can be said of the university. It is in fact the place par excellence for research for the trut ...
• 21 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS PRAYER: THE NEW EUROPE MUST BE HELPED TO BUILD ITSELF BY REVITALISING THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS FROM WHICH IT ORIGINATED Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “In recent months intense work has been undertaken to draft a European Constitution, the final version of which will be examined for approval by the intergovernmental Conference from ...
• 17 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE’S WEDNESDAY TEACHING: IN THE PSALMS THE MATERNAL TENDERNESS OF JERUSALEM IS AN IMAGE OF GOD’S LOVE FOR MANKIND Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II held his first Summer audience for a small group of lucky people on Wednesday 16 July in the courtyard of his residence at Castel Gandolfo in the cool of the Roman hi ...
• 15 July 2003
  VATICAN - DIGNITY OF HUMAN PROCREATION AND REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS. THEME OF 10TH ANNUAL MEETING OF PONTIFICAL ACADEMY FOR LIFE Vatican City (Fides Service) – The next general meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Life, which will take place early next year 19-22 February in the Vatican, will be especially important since it will mark the 10th ...
• 15 July 2003
  VATICAN - ROLE OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN PROMOTING BROTHERLY RELATIONS AT THE SERVICE OF PEACE Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 7-9 July the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, led by its president Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, held a meeting for its members, consultors and guests in Syria at th ...