News
1 July 2008
ASIA/TAIWAN -Parishes dedicated to St Paul welcome Year of St Paul with special Novena
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “Ecumenism? Instead of waiting for others we must take the first step said Archbishop Hong Shan Chuan, SVD., of Tai Pei, during a novena to welcome the Year of St Paul organised in a parish ...
1 July 2008
ASIA/TURKEY - “Tarsus, kutsal kent. Tarsus Holy City!”: a Franciscan tells Fides about Year of St Paul initiatives in Turkey
Tarsus (Agenzia Fides) – “The Year of St Paul will be for Tarsus the birthplace of the Apostle of the nations the Year of St Paul and for the entire Catholic Church in Turkey an unforgettable experience”: said Fria ...
1 July 2008
ASIA/CAMBODIA - “With Paul to announce the Gospel”: Phnom Penh Vicariate Apostolic issues Pastoral Letter for Year of St Paul
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – “With Paul to announce the Gospel ”: is the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh Archbishop Emiles Destombes on the occasion of the opening of the Year ...
1 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The local Catholic Church demands respect for human rights in Zimbabwe, as intimidation of Zimbabwe Christians continues
Harare (Agenzia Fides)- "Some of Zimbabwe's Catholic religious communities have been pressured to stop religious service services. But Masses are held regularly in most parishes except those in certain remote areas out o ...
1 July 2008
EUROPE/POLAND - "We have no fear of the future certain that the Risen Christ is with us and that God is greater than any of our difficulties or limits": Archbishop Hoser is installed in the diocese of Warsaw-Praga
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides)- "To we all wonder about the future, the future of our situation, of ourselves, our families the future of Poland, Europe, the whole world" Archbishop Henryk Hoser, of Warsaw-Praga said in his homi ...
1 July 2008
VATICAN - Cardinal Agostino Vallini’s greeting to the Diocese of Rome: “We should work towards an ‘education of hope,’ so that the Church in Rome may continue to proclaim the Gospel of the Risen Lord with renewed energy.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As you already know, Pope Benedict XVI is sending me to you as your Vicar General. I address him and our Bishops, in expressing my feelings of intimate communion, profound respect, and ...
1 July 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Archbishop Perez Gonzalez, Nacional Director of the PMS in Spain following his reception of the pallium: “I was reaffirmed in the mission of service that I must fulfill in the heart of the Church and what it means to give one’s life for the others.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Among the Archbishops who received the pallium from the hands of His Holiness Benedict XVI last Sunday, was Archbishop Francisco Perez Gonzalez of Pamplona-Tudela (Spain), National Director of the ...
30 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - A year ago today Benedict XVI's "Letter to the bishops, priests, consecrated men and women and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Peoples' Republic of China ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the Holy Father's Letter to Chinese Catholics was made public (30 June 2007), it would seem impossible to list the effects of that gesture. A far longer period of time must pas ...
30 June 2008
VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Today, in a world which has become a little smaller, but still many people have yet to encounter the Lord Jesus, the jubilee of Saint Paul is a call to all Christians to be missionaries of the Gospel”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of Mass celebrated in St Peter's Basilica on Sunday 29 June, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, in his reflection before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer, Pop ...
30 June 2008
VATICAN- The Pope opens the Year of Saint Paul: “We thank the Lord for calling Paul and making him the light of the nations and our teacher and we pray: give us today witnesses of the resurrection, filled with your love and able to carry the light of the Gospel in our times”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI went on Saturday 28 June at 6pm to the Roman Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls to preside First Vespers of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on the occasion of t ...
30 June 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI welcomes Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: “May the Year of St Paul help Christians to renew their ecumenical efforts and intensify common initiatives on the path towards communion among all the disciples of Christ ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "May the Year of St Paul help Christians to renew their ecumenical efforts and intensify common initiatives on the path towards communion among all the disciples of Christ ” the Holy Fa ...
30 June 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI address the Bishops of Hong Kong and Macau: “Christ is also for China a Teacher, Pastor and loving Redeemer. The Church must never allow this good news to remain unspoken. ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ The Lord has given every man and woman the right to hear the proclamation that Jesus Christ “loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal 2:20). Corresponding to this right is the duty to ...
30 June 2008
VATICAN - On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Benedict XVI says that, “The blood of martyrs does not call for revenge — but reconciles... it presents itself as the power of love which overcomes hate and violence.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 29, Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated the Mass in the Vatican Basilica, accompanied by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartho ...
30 June 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops against abortion: “Our Constitution would be polluted with inhumanity were the state to demonstrate inadmissible indifference with regard to the deliberate killing of the unborn child ”
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “The Right to Life” is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ecuador expressing concern on behalf of many Ecuadorians with regard to certain articles approved ...
28 June 2008
Dossier - Saint Paul “The Greatest Missionary of all times”
Dossier - Saint Paul “The Greatest Missionary of all times”
(Pope Benedict XVI, Message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2008)
Introduction
Who was Paul?
geographical and chronological origin.
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