Vatican

• 9 March 2007
  VATICAN - “Evangelisation in the context of religious pluralism”: Cardinal Ivan Dias at Gregorian University for 7th anniversary of the Missiology Faculty Rome (Fides Service) - “The evangelisation mission of the Church at the beginning of the third millennium” was the theme of an Academic Act on March 8 at the Pontifical Gregorian University, to celebrate the 75th ann ...
• 9 March 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Dias and Cardinal Kasper appointed by the Pope members of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed members of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue Cardinals Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Pe ...
• 9 March 2007
  VATICAN - “The ancient custom of Peter’s Pence stems from the awareness that each member of the faithful is called to offer material support for the work of evangelisation and to assist the poor and the needy with generosity”: the Pope receives Circolo San Pietro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 8 the Pope received members of the Rome-based charity organization, the Circolo San Pietro, for their traditional annual audience during which they present him with Peter's Pence, ...
• 9 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 14th Station: JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB Rome (Fides News Service) - 14th Station: JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:59-61 Jos ...
• 8 March 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE: The urgency of “theology of persecution” Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Roman Liturgy affirms that the sacrifice offered by the Son of God is the “source from which all martyrdom springs” (cfr. Roman Missal: prayer over the offerings Mass of Saints Cosm ...
• 8 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 13th Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND GIVEN TO HIS MOTHER Rome (Fides News Service) - 13th Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND GIVEN TO HIS MOTHER V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel ac ...
• 8 March 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI starts new cycle of catechesis on the apostolic Fathers: Pope Saint Clement’s Letter to the Corinthians expounds the Church’s identity and mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This week too the Pope’s weekly audience on March 7 was held first in St Peter’s and then in the Paul VI Hall. In St Peter’s the Pope addressing Italian Bishops from Piedmont accompan ...
• 7 March 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Mary and ‘our dear Sister Death’ Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Season of Lent is particularly appropriate for meditating on the “Novissima” or “newest things” (Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell), especially on death, not only on the significan ...
• 7 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) - 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20 Pilate ...
• 6 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11th Station: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) - 11th Station: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:37-42 ...
• 5 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 10 Station: JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS Rome (Fides News Service) - 10 Station: JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew. 27:33 ...
• 5 March 2007
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope recalls “prayer is not an accessory, an optional extra, but rather a question of life and death. Only those who pray, that is, who entrust themselves to God with filial love can enter eternal life, which is God himself” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel of the second Sunday of Lent presents us with the episode of the Lord’s Transfiguration (Lk 9,28-36): Jesus went up the mountain to pray taking with him Peter, James and John. ...
• 3 March 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope and the Curia conclude Spiritual Exercises: “behind many phenomena today, apparently very distant from religion and from Christ, there exists a quest, a longing, a desire…and the only true answer to this longing, omnipresent precisely in our day, is Christ” says Pope Benedict Vatican City (Fides Service) - With Morning Prayer and the last Conference, this morning Pope Benedict XVI and his closest collaborators of the Roman Curia concluded a week of spiritual exercises with meditations given b ...
• 3 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 9th Station: JESUS FALLS FOR THE THIRD TIME Rome (Fides News Service) - 9th Station: JESUS FALLS FOR THE THIRD TIME V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Book of Lamentations. 3:27-32 It is ...
• 2 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 8th Station: JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM WHO WEEP FOR HIM Rome (Fides News Service) - 8th Station: JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM WHO WEEP FOR HIM V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according ...