Vatican

• 15 July 2003
  VATICAN - 102nd APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF POPE JOHN PAUL ANNOUNCED: REPUBLIC OF SLOVAKIA WILL WELCOME THE POPE IN SEPTEMBER 11-14 Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 11-14 September 2003 Pope John Paul II will make his 102nd apostolic journey which will take him to Slovakia, to visit four cities Trnava, Banska Bystrica, Roznava and Bratislava. ...
• 14 July 2003
  VATICAN - PUTTING THE LAST FIRST; COMBINING GLOBAL AND LOCAL ACTION; ENSURING THAT WORK IS INSPIRED BY THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH: CARITAS APPROVES FOUR YEAR PLAN 2003-2007 Vatican City (Fides Service) – Four years of hard work lie before Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 154 national Catholic aid agencies operating in 198 countries all over the world. During its recent General ...
• 14 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE AT ANGELUS: TO EUROPE THIRSTING FOR HOPE, THE CHURCH OFFERS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT WHICH NO ONE ELSE CAN GIVE: FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, SOURCE OF HOPE WHICH IS NEVER DISAPPOINTED Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “At this time in history when an important process of re-unification of Europe is underway with the extending of the European Union to more countries, the Church looks with love on t ...
• 11 July 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE FOR 60TH COMMEMORATION OF TRAGEDY IN WOŁHYNIEN: THE NEW MILLENNIUM DEMANDS THAT UKRAINIANS AND POLES LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER WITH EYES OF RECONCILIATION Vatican City (Fides Service) – On the occasion of the official commemoration on July 11th of Ukraine-Poland reconciliation, 60 years after the tragic events in Wołhynien, Ukraine, Pope John Paul II sent a message ...
• 10 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEDNESDAY TEACHING: OUR GREATEST GOOD IS THE UNION OF OUR WILL WITH THE WILL OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the audience on Wednesday 9 July, Pope John Paul II continued his teaching on the psalms, reflecting this week on psalm 142, a “prayer in time of tribulation.” “Our mornin ...
• 9 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE TELLS MISSIONARY PRIESTS OF THE REGALITY OF CHRIST: “MAY YOUR DESIRE TO EVANGELISE LEAD YOU TO AN APOSTOLATE WHICH KNOWS NO FRONTIERS” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I am happy to welcome you to this special audience on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of your Secular Institute…My greeting goes to those present and to all yo ...
• 8 July 2003
  VATICAN - CONGREGATION FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS PROMULGATES 10 DECREES: HONOUR OF THE ALTARS FOR BLESSED DON ORIONE APOSTLE OF CHARITY AND LAURA OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENA MISSIONARY TO THE INDIOS Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Monday 7 July in the Sala Clementina of the Papal Palace in the Vatican, in the presence of Pope John Paul II, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (CCS) promulgated decrees regar ...
• 8 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SENDS MESSAGE TO 17TH ASSEMBLY OF CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS: “HELP OFFERED TO NEIGHBOUR MUST NOT BE ALMSGIVING FROM RICH TO POOR, BUT RATHER SHARING IN BROTHERHOOD, RECOGNITION OF EQUALITY AMONG ALL PEOPLE Vatican City (Fides Service) – Globalisation solidarity is the theme of the 17th general assembly (held every four years) of Caritas Internationalis being held presently in Rome 7-12 July. For the occasion Pope John Pa ...
• 7 July 2003
  VATICAN - “THE TRAGIC EVENTS WHICH AFFLICT THE MODERN WORLD AND THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF UNDER-DEVELOPMENT REVEAL THE PERMANENT VALIDITY OF THE CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING” PAPAL MESSAGE TO CENTESIMUS ANNUS PRO PONTEFICE FOUNDATION: Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II sent a message to mark the tenth anniversary of foundation of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontefice Foundation set up to promote and diffuse knowledge and implementatio ...
• 7 July 2003
  VATICAN - DURING SUNDAY ANGELUS PRAYER THE POPE OFFERS YOUTH MESSAGE OF SAINT MARIA GORETTI: “PURITY OF HEART AND BODY MUST BE DEFENDED BECAUSE CHASTITY GUARDS REAL LOVE” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Sunday 6 July addressing from his study window the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus and receive his blessing, the Pope mentioned Saint Maria Goretti who died ...
• 4 July 2003
  VATICAN - GLOBALISING SOLIDARITY: 17TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS Vatican City (Fides Service) - Globalising solidarity is the theme of the 17th general assembly of Caritas Internationalis which will take place 7-12 July at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. The assembly, held ev ...
• 4 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS INDIAN BISHOPS: “THE CALL FOR A NEW EVANGELISATION AND RENEWED MISSIONARY COMMITMENT RESOUNDS JUST AS CLEARLY FOR YOUR ANCIENT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES AS IT DOES FOR YOUR NEWEST” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Living with many people who do not know Christ convinces us ever more of the need for the missionary apostolate. The radical newness of life brought by Christ and lived by his follower ...
• 2 July 2003
  VATICAN - IN WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE TEACHING THE POPE SAYS: “WE ARE NOT LEFT ALONE, OUR DAYS ARE NOT RULED BY CHAOS OR FATE” AND HE APPEALS FOR PEACE IN LIBERIA AND UGANDA Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the General Audience today Wednesday 2 July, Pope John Paul II commented on psalm 145 – “Blessed are those who hope in the Lord” and at the end of the audience he appealed fo ...
• 1 July 2003
  VATICAN - “BEING THE VOICE THAT THE HUMAN CONSCIENCE WANTS TO HEAR” IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE HOLY SEE’S PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS – A COLLECTION OF THE HOLY SEE’S INTERVENTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Words that Matter” is the title of a volume, presented on 30 June at the Holy See Press office, prepared by Bishop Andre Dupuy and published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and ...
• 30 June 2003
  VATICAN - WHEN BUILDING A NEW EUROPE WE MUST NOT FORGET GYPSY PEOPLES SAYS ARCHBISHOP MARCHETTO OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLES Conference on the Pastoral Care of Gypsies opens today in Hungary with the theme “The Church and Gypsies: for a spirituality of communion”. The Conference, which will last until 7 July, is organised by the Pontifical ...