Vatican

• 20 February 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Converting our hearts every day - Mgr Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Season of Lent for every Christian should mark a turning point, accentuating that change in thought and life which becomes daily in those who truly wish to follow Jesus. In the Gospel t ...
• 19 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Church and society’s response to the increase of homeless: “in them is present the suffering and risen Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church’s engagement with homeless people must be based on the fundamental truth that in them is present the suffering and risen Christ. Following the example of Christ, we need to ...
• 18 February 2008
  VATICAN - Presentation made by Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, “Sanctorum Mater”: the Instruction on the Diocesan Inquiry of Causes of Saints; statistics on Beatifications and Canonisations in the pontificate of Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy See Press Office this morning, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presented the Instruction "Sanctorum Mater" for conduc ...
• 18 February 2008
  VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, visits India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A statement from the Holy See Press Office says that upon an invitation made by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, President of the Pontifical C ...
• 18 February 2008
  VATICAN - At the conclusion of his Spiritual Exercises, the Pope expresses gratitude to Cardinal Vanhoye: “you have allowed us to listen to the Lord’s voice and in this way, helped us to learn again what His and our priesthood is.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 9 am, on Saturday, February 16, Spiritual Exercises in the presence of the Holy Father Benedict XVI came to an end, in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Vatican. Following the final me ...
• 18 February 2008
  VATICAN - Pope in his Angelus address: “Jesus manifests his glory to the apostles so that they have the strength to face the scandal of the cross and understand that it is necessary to pass through many tribulations to reach the Kingdom of God.” - Appeal for Lebanon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel reading of Jesus’ temptations in the desert, in the First Sunday of Lent, and the event of the Transfiguration in the Second Sunday, “anticipate the Pascal Mystery: Jesus’ ...
• 15 February 2008
  VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (second part) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “L’Osservatore Romano” has made it possible for Agenzia Fides to publish the entire text of the speech given by Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine ...
• 14 February 2008
  VATICAN - Letter to Bishops from the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches: “continue to sustain spiritually and materially those Catholics living in the Holy Land.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the occasion of the collection for the Church in the Holy Land, which is customarily done on Good Friday, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churche ...
• 14 February 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Christian unity in society Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In these times of renewed ecumenical effort, the difficult arises for Christians to be united on some of the most important ethical issues of our day: Catholics and Protestants in particula ...
• 14 February 2008
  VATICAN - Pope permits the opening of the Cause for Beatification of Sor Lucia dos Santos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office issued the following communication, February 13: This evening in the cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., president of the Congreg ...
• 13 February 2008
  VATICAN - Pope meets with pastors and clergy from the Diocese of Rome, at the start of Lent (2). Among the topics of discussion: liturgy and participation, obedience and freedom, ethical formation, schools, dialogue Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, February 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held a meeting in the Hall of Blessings, with the pastors and clergy from the Diocese of Rome in their traditional visit at the start o ...
• 13 February 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: We pilgrims to Lourdes by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Anyone who has made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Lourdes will not have missed the opportunity to pray at the Grotto where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared on the 11th of February 1858. A m ...
• 13 February 2008
  VATICAN - Pontifical Academy for Life: International Congress: “Close by the Incurable Sick Person and the Dying: Scientific and Ethical Aspects” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 25, 26, and 27 of 2008, in the Vatican’s New Hall of the Synod, there will be an International Congress “Close by the Incurable Sick Person and the Dying: Scientific and Eth ...
• 13 February 2008
  VATICAN - Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture on secularisation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - March 6-8, 2008, the Pontifical Council for Culture will celebrate their Plenary Assembly, a meeting of Cardinals, Bishops, priests, and laity from the seven continents, on Via della Concil ...
• 12 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI to participants at a Meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of Mulieris dignitatem: “it is necessary to recall God's design that created the human being masculine and feminine, with a unity and at the same time an original difference and complimentary ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ A renewed anthropological study is certainly necessary based on the great Christian tradition, which incorporates new scientific advances and, given today's cultural sensitivity, in thi ...