Vatican

• 11 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEEKLY TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: GOD NEVER ACTS TO BRING RUIN, CONDEMNATION OR ANNIHILATION OF THE SINNER Vatican City (Fides Service) – Continuing his teaching on the Psalms and Canticles used in the Morning and Evening Prayer of the Church, during his Wednesday Audience on 10 September in St Peter’s Square, Pope John P ...
• 9 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES: MISSIONARY SERVICE MUST FLOW FROM INTIMATE UNION WITH THE LORD WHO SENDS YOU AND IT MUST BE LIVED ON THE PATH OF SELF-GIVING EVEN TO THE CROSS” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “In order to comprehend adequately the signs of the times and the task of evangelisation which you, Claretian missionaries, are called to promote and develop in various regions of th ...
• 8 September 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO MEETING IN AACHEN: THE WORLD HAS NEED OF PEACE, MUCH NEED…WITH THE WEAPONS OF PRAYER AND DIALOGUE WE WALK THE PATH TO THE FUTURE!” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II sent a message to the ecumenical and interreligious Meeting organised by S. Egidio Community in Aachen Germany. Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, former president of the Pon ...
• 8 September 2003
  VATICAN – THE POPE ANNOUNCES OCTOBER PILGRIMAGE TO POMPEI IN THIS YEAR OF THE ROSARY AND BEGINS SPIRITUAL PREPARATION CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST IN HIS JOYFUL, SORROWFUL, GLORIOUS AND LUMINOUS MYSTERIES Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “A month today exactly, on Sunday October 7, God willing, I will be at the Shrine of Pompei. It will be a highly significant event in this Year of the Rosary which opened on 16 Octob ...
• 8 September 2003
  VATICAN – POPE EXPRESSES GRIEF FOR DEATH OF CARDINAL MAURICE MICHAEL OTUNGA, EMERITUS ARCHBISHOP OF OTTUNGA, KENYA’S FIRST CARDINAL Castel Gandolfo ( Fides Service) – Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga, emeritus of Archbisop of Ottunga, died on Saturday 6 September at the age of 80 in Mater Misericordiae Catholic hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. His health ...
• 8 September 2003
  VATICAN - POPE APPOINTS CARD. SEPE SPECIAL ENVOY TO AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS IN GUATEMALA Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has appointed, 6 September, his Special Envoy to CAM 2, the 2nd all American Mission Congress which will take place in Guatemala, Guatemala City, 25 � ...
• 5 September 2003
  VATICAN - STUDY-SEMINAR FOR NEWLY APPOINTED BISHOPS OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSIONARY TERRITORIES OPENS ON MONDAY PROMOTED BY CONGREGATION FOR EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES Vatican City (Fides Service) – A Study-Seminar for newly appointed Bishops of English-speaking missionary territories promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (CEP) opens on Monday, September 8, i ...
• 5 September 2003
  VATICAN - DESPITE YEARS OF PERSECUTION PEOPLE ARE STILL THIRSTING FOR GOD: SAYS CARDINAL SEPE AFTER HIS VISIT TO MONGOLIA WHERE ON BEHALF OF THE POPE HE PRESIDED THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST BISHOP AND THE CONSECRATION OF THE FIRST CATHEDRAL IN ULAAN BAATOR Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 21 to 31 August Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, made a pastoral visit to Mongolia as special envoy of Pope John Paul II, to p ...
• 4 September 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE FOR INTER-CHRISTIAN SYMPOSIUM AT JOANNINA IN GREECE: “THE SEARCH FOR DEEPER COMMUNION BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN CHRISTIANITY MUST NOT LIMIT ITSELF TO OFFICIAL CONTACTS AND HIGH LEVEL INITIATIVES” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On the occasion of an Inter-Christian Symposium taking place in Joannina, Epire, Greece, 3-7 September, on the theme: “The relationship between Christian spirituality and dogma in the E ...
• 4 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEDNESDAY TEACHING AT THE GENERAL AUDIENCE: LET US ASK GOD FOR THE GIFTS OF TRUST, HOPE AND OPTIMISM, PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME WHEN THE TEMPTATION TO DESPAIR IS STRONG Vatican City (Fides Service) – At the general Audience on Wednesday 3 September, held in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, for which the Pope travelled by car from his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Fathe ...
• 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) –