Vatican

• 13 April 2007
  VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers The Act of Charity (3) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”. One day a doctor of the Law questioned Jesus to put him to the test: “Master which is the greatest of the commandments?” (Matthew 22, 36 ...
• 12 April 2007
  VATICAN - programme of the Pope's forthcoming apostolic trip to Brazil in May Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy See Press Office released the programme of the Pope's forthcoming apostolic trip to Brazil, due to take place from May 9 to 14, for the occasion of the Fifth General Conference of ...
• 12 April 2007
  VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers The Act of Charity (2) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We must love God with all our heart and above everything. One day a doctor of the Law questioned Jesus to out him to the test: “Master which is the greatest of the commandments ?” (Matt ...
• 12 April 2007
  THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE- “The empty tomb is an essential sign ” (Catechism of the Catholic Church n. 640) By Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With regard to the Gospel’s narration of the resurrection of Jesus the most widely read Italian Catholic weekly writes : «“Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also w ...
• 12 April 2007
  VATICAN - “We too, like Mary of Magdala, Thomas and the other apostles, are called to be witnesses to Christ’s death and resurrection. We cannot keep such great news to ourselves. We must share it with the whole world”: the Pope’s Wednesday Audience teaching Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope came from Castel Gandolfo, where he is resting after a busy Easter schedule, to give his weekly general audience to about 35,000 visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square on April 1 ...
• 11 April 2007
  VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers The Act of Charity (I) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After reflecting during Lent on the Act of Contrition today we begin our meditation on the Act of Charity, or Act of Love. Act of Love: O Lord God, I love you above all things and I lov ...
• 11 April 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “'Why look among the dead for someone who is alive?” Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “'Why look among the dead for someone who is alive?” (Lk 24,5). A question valid also in our epoch which challenges those who search for the Lord Jesus as if he were a character of the ...
• 11 April 2007
  VATICAN - 15 April the Pope will preside a special Mass for his 80th birthday: the whole Church is encouraged “to raise an intense prayer of thanksgiving to God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 15 April in St Peter’s Square at 10am Pope Benedict XVI will preside a special Mass on the occasion of his 80th birthday and the 2nd anniversary of his election as Successor of ...
• 11 April 2007
  VATICAN Pope Benedict XVI delivers Easter Message: “men and women of today expect from Christians a renewed witness to the resurrection of Christ; they need to encounter Him and to know Him as true God and true man.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “My Lord and my God!” We too renew that profession of faith of Thomas. I have chosen these words for my Easter greetings this year, because the men and women of today expect from Chri ...
• 11 April 2007
  VATICAN - “Those who encounter the Risen Jesus and entrust themselves to him with docility need never fear again. This is the message which Christians are called to carry to the far corners of the earth”: Benedict XVI says at the midday prayer Regina Cæli on Easter Monday Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - The profound “spiritual joy” which comes from the celebration of Easter, the “unspeakable joy” experienced by Mary Magdalene and the other Mary when they saw the Risen Lord, the ...
• 8 April 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope presides Mass in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 10.30 am on 8 April Easter Sunday Pope Benedict XVI presided the celebration of Mass in St Peter's Square in the presence of the faithful of Rome and from all over the world, At the end ...
• 7 April 2007
  VATICAN - “This is the joy of the Easter Vigil: we are free. In the resurrection of Jesus, love has been shown to be stronger than death, stronger than evil ”: the Pope presides Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 10pm on Holy Saturday 7 April, the Pope presided the solemn Easter Vigil Mass in St Peter's starting in the Hall with the blessing of the Easter fire and the lighting of the Paschal Cand ...
• 6 April 2007
  VATICAN - “ Let us pray to the Lord that he will truly give us a heart of flesh, that he will make us messengers of his love not only with words, but with our entire life”: the Pope speaks to the people gathered at the Colosseum on Good Friday evening. Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the evening of Good Friday Pope Benedict XVI preside the devotion of the Stations of the Cross broadcast live on world television. The meditations this year were written by Mgr Gianfranc ...
• 5 April 2007
  VATICAN - “Thus, the Cross was at the centre of the new Passover of Jesus. From it came the new gift brought by him, and so it lives on for ever in the Blessed Eucharist in which, down the ages, we can celebrate the new Passover with the Apostles”: the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presides Holy Mass of the Lord's Supper . Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Afternoon of Holy Thursday 5 April, in the Basilica of St John Lateran, the Pope presided the mass of the Lord's Supper during which he washed of the feet of twelve young men members ...
• 5 April 2007
  VATICAN - “ Let us ask the Lord to keep all hostility away from our hearts, to remove from us every feeling of self-sufficiency and truly to clothe ourselves with the vestment of love, so that we may be luminous persons and not belong to darkness. ”: the Pope told his priests during the Chrism Mass in the morning of Holy Thursday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI presided this morning in St Peter's Basilica the Chrism mass with the clergy of his diocese of Rome Cardinals and Bishops also concelebrated. During the Mass th ...