Vatican

• 30 June 2003
  VATICAN - EUROPE’S CHRISTIAN ROOTS ARE MAIN GUARANTEE OF ITS FUTURE: THE POPE PROMULGATES APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION “ECCLESIA IN EUROPA” DURING FIRST VESPERS FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The Good News was and continues to be the source of life for Europe. Although it is true that Christianity cannot be limited to one particular culture instead it dialogues with each in ...
• 30 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE GIVES THE PALLIUM TO 42 NEW ARCHBISHOPS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL “GOD’S FRIENDS”, AND RENEWS HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO WORK FOR FULL COMMUNION AMONG CHRISTIANS Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Peter and Paul are ‘friends of God’ in a singular way, because they drank the Cup of the Lord…if we think of the calling and personal story of the apostles, Peter and Paul, we se ...
• 27 June 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE FOR 24TH INTERNATIONAL TOURISM DAY: TOURISM CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ROLE IN THE STRUGGLE TO ELIMINATE POVERTY Vatican City (Fides Service) – “It is impossible to be indifferent and inert in front of poverty and underdevelopment. We cannot close ourselves in egoistic interests, abandoning numerous brothers and sisters in dire ...
• 27 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ENCOURAGES INDIAN BISHOPS TO PREACH CHRIST DESPITE DIFFICULTIES: “CHURCH IN INDIA, RENEW YOUR MISSIONARY COMMITMENT!” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Evangelisation is a charge in which all the members of the Church share by virtue of their baptism. Therefore, all the baptised…How unfortunate it is then that even today in many pla ...
• 26 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE EUCHARIST AND THE PRIEST; INSEPARABLY UNITED IN GOD’S LOVE” REFLECTION FOR THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SANCTIFICATION OF PRIESTS Vatican City (Fides Service) – The divine gift par excellence, the Eucharist, is given in particular to priests who, receiving it, are responsible for its effectiveness in the world. This is the theme for reflection pr ...
• 26 June 2003
  VATICAN - POPE JOHN PAUL II’S WEEKLY AUDIENCE FOCUSSED ON THE RECENT PAPAL VISIT TO BOSNIA AND POPE PAUL VI “AN APOSTLE STRONG YET MEEK, HE LOVED THE CHURCH, WORKED FOR UNITY AND FOR MORE INTENSE MISSION” Vatican City (Fides Service) – During his weekly audience on June 25 in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II spoke about Pope Paul VI on the 40th anniversary of his election as Supreme Pontiff, his ministry marked ma ...
• 25 June 2003
  VATICAN - EVANGELISING ON LINE WITH ART AND CULTURE: VATICAN MUSEUMS INAUGURATES WEB PAGE Vatican City (Fides Service) – To harness the enormous potential offered by information technology today to make more widely known one of the world’s most prestigious art patrimonies the Vatican Museums has opened it ...
• 20 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS ON SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI: “LIKE THE APOSTLES AND SAINTS OF ALL TIMES WE CONTEMPLATE THE FACE OF THE ‘EUCHARISTIC’ CHRIST, LEARNING FROM MARY, WOMAN OF THE EUCHARIST WITH HER WHOLE LIFE” Rome (Fides Service) – On the solemnity of Corpus Christi, Thursday 19 June, Pope John Paul II presided Mass in the square outside the cathedral of Rome, the Basilica of St John Lateran, and the Procession of the Bless ...
• 18 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS TO BISHOPS OF BURKINA FASO AND NIGER: “EVANGELISATION IS FUNDAMENTAL MISSION FOR THE CHURCH. PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL CANNOT BE FULLY ACHIEVED WITHOUT CONTRIBUTION OF ALL BELIEVERS” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Receiving on 17 June the Bishops of Burkina Faso and Niger, who form one Conference, for their visit ad limina, Pope John Paul II launched a new appeal to the international community “t ...
• 16 June 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: “THE TRAGEDY OF REFUGEES CALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO WORK TO TREAT NOT ONLY THE SYMPTOMS BUT IN THE FIRST PLACE THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM” - ANOTHER APPEAL FOR THE HOLY LAND Vatican City (Fides Service) – The solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the tragedy of young refugees and the difficult path to peace in the Holy Land were the three main topics of the address delivered by Pope John Pau ...
• 16 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES YOUNGSTERS OF PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD SOCIETY: AN IMMENSE CHOIR OF CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD SINGING TOGETHER “HERE I AM LORD” WITH THEIR PRAYERS, ENTHUSIASM AND CONCRETE COMMITMENT Vatican City (Fides Service) – “It is beautiful to think of the Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood as an immense choir of children all over the world, singing together their “Here I am Lord”, with prayer ...
• 13 June 2003
  VATICAN - MEETING OF PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN BISHOPS CONFERENCES’ COMMISSIONS FOR THE FAMILY AND LIFE: SECULARISATION, SOME LAWS THREATEN THE FAMILY IN EUROPE AND EVERYWHERE Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 11 to 14 of June the Presidents of European Bishops Conferences’ Commissions for the Family and Life attended a meeting promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Family. This is t ...
• 13 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS THAT DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES IT ENCOUNTERS FAMILY INSTITUTION HAS GREAT RESOURCES SINCE IT IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN HUMAN NATURE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “In Europe today the institution of the family suffers from concerning fragility which is even greater when its members are not prepared to assume their responsibilities with attitudes ...
• 13 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS AND ORGANIZERS OF 100 PAPAL JOURNEYS: SINCE THE DAY OF MY ELECTION AS BISHOP OF ROME I HAVE HEARD IN MY HEART JESUS’ COMMAND: “GO OUT TO THE WHOLE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE” (Mk 16,15) Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The one hundredth journey I have just completed offers me the opportunity to renew my heartfelt gratitude to Divine providence for allowing me to achieve this important pastoral projec ...
• 12 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: “TO THE LORD WHO FOR ONE HUNDRED TIMES OPENED FOR ME THE ROADS OF THE WORLD AND NATIONS…I OFFER FROM THE DEPTH OF MY HEART DEEPEST GRATITUDE” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I would like in thought to retrace with you the visit to Croatia I was able to make a few days ago…it was my one hundredth apostolic journey! To the Lord who for one hundred times op ...