Vatican

• 27 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - The Act of Contrition (9) Vatican City (Fides Service) - 'I resolve with the help of God’s grace never to sin again.' Saint Paul speaks of this inner struggle which we often lose: « In my inmost self I dearly love God's law, but I see that act ...
• 26 March 2007
  VATICAN - “It is unthinkable to create an authentic 'common European home' while ignoring the identity of the people of our continent … an identity made up of a collection of universal values which Christianity helped to forge”: the Pope receives participants at COMECE Congress Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It is unthinkable to create an authentic 'common European home' while ignoring the identity of the people of our continent. ... An identity that is historical, cultural and moral, more e ...
• 26 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - The Act of Contrition (8) Vatican City (Fides Service) - To resolve never to offend God and to do penance…this is the decision of the sinner aware of his moral and spiritual sinfulness: we promise never to offend God again and like the prodigal ...
• 26 March 2007
  VATICAN - “I urge you to continue on this path, with profound personalised faith, deeply rooted in the Church the living Body of Christ”: the Pope addresses pilgrimage organised by Communion and Liberation Movement to mark 25th anniversary of papal approval Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The late John Paul II … gave you this consignment: «Go into the whole world carrying the truth, beauty and peace encountered in Christ our Redeemer». Don Giussani made these words th ...
• 26 March 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope makes a pastoral visit to the parish of Saint Felicity and Children, Martyrs: “on our Lenten path … may we be accompanied by the certainty that God never abandons us and that His love is a source of joy and peace; a power which impels us to walk the path of holiness, even to martyrdom if necessary” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the 5th Sunday of Lent, March 25 Pope Benedict XVI visited the Roman parish community of Santa Felicita e Figli martiri. In his homily the Pope spoke about the “mission of every par ...
• 26 March 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “Mary’s reply to the angel is prolonged in the Church … missionary martyrs bear witness to Christ’s love which is stronger than violence and hatred” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Annunciation, narrated at the beginning of the Gospel of St Luke, was a humble, hidden event - no one saw or was aware that it happened, only Mary -, but at the same time it was dec ...
• 23 March 2007
  VATICAN - The tenth anniversary of the death of Mgr. Tiziano Scalzotto, former Under-Secretary and Consultor of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - Exuberant, intelligent and jovial man of profound spirituality and charity hidden but just as deep: these few traits suffice to outline the personality of Mgr Tiziano Scalzotto who died on ...
• 23 March 2007
  VATICAN - “Christian health workers are well aware of the close and indissoluble bond that exists between their professional service and the virtue of charity to which Christ calls them”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 22 March in the Vatican Benedict XVI received participants in the plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care. In his talk to them the Pope affirmed that “healt ...
• 23 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent : The Act of Contrition (6) Vatican City (Fides Service) - God gives his people the Commandments - On Mount Sinai God gives Moses Commandments for the people of Israel on the journey towards the Promised Land. Our modern mentality tends to rejects ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - An Exhortation which convinces and admonishes Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - It is an ‘exhortation’, from the Latin etymology convincere; and it is ‘apostolic’, because it has the authority of the college of the Successors of the Apostles with Pope Benedict ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - “Sacramentum Caritatis” “Sacrament of Charity” post-synodal apostolic exhortation: 200,000 copies sold in a few days Vatican City (Fides Service) - ‘Sacramentum caritatis’ the post synodal apostolic Exhortation by Pope Benedict XVI made public last week is proving highly popular. In a few days the Vatican Publishers and Book Shop s ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - Act of Faith (5) Vatican City (Fides Service) - God, Creator and Father gives his commandments to his children. After creating man and woman in his own image a likeness God put them in the Garden of Eden where he used to visit them and s ...
• 22 March 2007
  VATICAN - “The figure and works of Justine mark the early Church’s firm decision for philosophy and reason rather than the religion of the pagans”: the Pope’s catechesis on Saint Justine the most important Christian apologist of the 2nd century Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his catechesis on the Apostolic Fathers, Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his audience teaching on Wednesday 21 March to the figure of Saint Justine, philosopher and martyr, “the mo ...
• 21 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent - The Act of Contrition (4) Vatican City (Fides Service) - «O My God», «Patrem Immensae Majestatis»: in the Te Deum hymn we sing the Holy Church proclaims thy glory Father of Infinite Majesty. It is indispensable to remember Who it is we addres ...
• 21 March 2007
  VATICAN - Prayers for Lent: The Act of Contrition Vatican City (Fides Service) - «O My God». The Creed is a compendium of Divine Revelation. God is One God in Three Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity. «God is Love», we are told by St John ...