Vatican

• 29 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pope encourages faithful to pray to the Lord and to Saint Paul, that “as Christians, we can be ever more characterized, in relation with the society in which we live, as members of the 'family of God'...and that the pastors of the Church have increasingly more paternal sentiments, both gentle and strong, in the formation of the house of God, of the community, of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The final letters of Saint Paul, called the pastoral letters, two sent to Timothy, and one to Titus, his close collaborators, were the focus of the catechesis of the Holy Father Benedict ...
• 29 January 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's telegram to the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, Kirill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent the following telegram to the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, Kirill. “I have received with gladness the news of your election as patriarch ...
• 28 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pontifical Academy for Life: International Congress "The New Frontiers of Genetics and the Risk of Eugenics" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 15th General Assembly of its Members, the Pontifical Academy for Life will hold an International Congress on 20-21 February 2009, entitled: "The New Frontiers of Gene ...
• 27 January 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI reminds Bishops of the Chaldean Church, in their Ad Limina visit, of their fundamental role “in the establishment of a new society in which each person can live in harmony and mutual respect” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI opened his address to the Bishops of the Chaldean Church, whom he received in audience on January 24 upon their “Ad limina Apostolorum” visit, with the mo ...
• 27 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pope entrusts the youth with the task of evangelizing the “digital continent” in his Message for the 43rd World Communications Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The new digital technologies are, indeed, bringing about fundamental shifts in patterns of communication and human relationships. These changes are particularly evident among those young ...
• 27 January 2009
  VATICAN - Program for the Holy Father Benedict XVI's first apostolic trip to Africa: Cameroon and Angola (March 17 - 23) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the program for the Apostolic Journey of the the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Cameroon and Angola (March 17-23, 2009). The Pope will depart from Rome ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - “St. Paul's conversion offers us a model that shows us the way to full unity.” Benedict XVI concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Basilica of St. Paul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “St. Paul's conversion offers us a model that shows us the way to full unity. Unity in fact requires a conversion: from division to communion, from broken unity to healed and full unity. ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - An Ecumenical Week to remember Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Live in love, as Christ loved us” (Eph 5:2). This exhortation of the Apostle Paul, in this year dedicated to him, is directed to each one of us. In taking up our Savior's name, we refe ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - Remission of the excommunication “Latae sententiae” of Bishops of the Fraternity of Saint Pius X Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, “following a process of dialogue between the Fraternity of St. Pius X and the Holy See,” has accepted the request made once again by the Superior General ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells President of Catholic Union of the Italian Press: “not to give in to compromises of such important values, but to have the courage of consistency, even at personal cost: A serene conscience has no price.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Firmly foundered on principles rooted in the Gospel, your work as Catholic journalists is increasingly more challenging: along with a sense of responsibility and a sense of the spirit of ...
• 26 January 2009
  VATICAN - The experience of the Apostle Paul “can be a model of every authentic Christian conversion” the Pope mentions at the Angelus, recalling the importance of the ecumenical process and World Leprosy Day; greetings to the Asian populations celebrating the lunar New Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Gospel reading that tells of the Jesus' words in the first preaching in Galillea - “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel ...
• 22 January 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Opposition to the Petrine Magisterium prevents Christian unity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - No few Pastoral Letters, instead of citing the Pope as the touchstone of authenticity or guarantee of the catholicity of a bishop's teaching, name the current popular cardinal, theologian, ...
• 22 January 2009
  VATICAN - “Let us make our own the desire of St. Paul, who dedicated his entire life for the one Lord and for the unity of his mystical body, the Church, giving with his martyrdom, a supreme testimony of fidelity and love for Christ”: the Pope's catechesis dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Four times, in His prayer to the Father from the Upper Room – before suffering His Passion – Jesus prays that his disciples may be “one,” and twice, He mentions the reason for thi ...
• 21 January 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Drawn towards Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The next day as John stood there again with two of his disciples, Jesus went past, and John looked towards him and said, 'Look, there is the lamb of God.' And the two disciples heard wha ...
• 21 January 2009
  VATICAN - Message for the 56th World Leprosy Day: on the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, may governments “pay special attention to children who are sick with leprosy and run the risk of seeing their futures mortgaged by the negative consequences of their illness” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In this year which marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, President of the Pastoral Council for Health Pastoral Care, me ...