Vatican

• 8 February 2007
  VATICAN - “We honour Aquila and Priscilla as examples of married life responsibly involved in serving the whole Christian community. And they are a pattern for the Church, the family of God in every epoch”: Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly Wednesday Audience teaching Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope gave his General Wednesday Audience on 7 February first in St Peter’s where he met the Bishops of Lombardy in Rome for the ad limina visit accompanied by many Catholics from the ...
• 8 February 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE The Fundamental Elements of the Roman Liturgy (2) Christian Worship Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Constitution on the Liturgy issued by the Second Vatican Council after describing the presence of Jesus Christ in the Church and in various ways in the Liturgy, above all the Eucharist ...
• 7 February 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - The humble ‘power’ of Mary, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “God gave Mary such great power over demons that many times and unwillingly they were forced to confess, through the mouths of the possessed, that they feared even one of her sighs in fav ...
• 6 February 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Youth Day 2007: three areas of daily life where young people in particular are called to demonstrate the love of God: the Church our spiritual family; preparation for the future that awaits them; daily life with its multiple relationships Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another" (Jn 13:34)” (Jn 13,34) is the Gospel verse Pope Benedict XVI chose as the theme for the Message for World Youth Day 2007, wh ...
• 6 February 2007
  VATICAN - Apostolic Penitentiary issues decree on indulgences granted on the occasion of the 15th World Day of the Sick. 11 February 2007 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public yesterday a Decree issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary to rant the faithful special indulgences on the recurrence of the 15th World Day for the Sick, on 11 February 2007. The ...
• 5 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses representatives of the World Conference of Secular Institutes: “The Church needs you in order to complete her mission. Be seeds of holiness thrown generously in the furrows of history … may your bear fruits of genuine faith, writing with your life and you witness parables of hope” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “As leaven which makes the flour rise, so too your lives, at times silent and hidden, but always propositional and encouraging, are capable of spreading hope. The place of your apostolate ...
• 5 February 2007
  VATICAN - “Life, a work of God, cannot be denied to anyone, not even the smallest and most helpless unborn child, not even in the case of some serious disability” said Benedict XVI at the Angelus, urging people not to be misled into “thinking that man can dispose of life to the point of legalising its interruption with euthanasia, perhaps under the guise of human pity" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration in Italy of the Day for Life promoted by the Italian Bishops’ Conference which starts for the diocese of Rome an annual ‘Week for Life and the Family’ offered the Holy ...
• 3 February 2007
  VATICAN - “In contemplation and activity, in solitude and in fraternity, in service to the poor and the neglected, in personal accompaniment and in the modern forums, be ready to proclaim and witness to God who is Love and how sweet it is to love Him”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses men and women religious on the annual Day for Consecrated Life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The feast we celebrate today reminds us that for your witness to the Gospel to be truly effective it must stem from an unconditioned response to the initiative of God who consecrated you ...
• 2 February 2007
  VATICAN - May the shared ecclesial patrimony of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches direct our steps towards full communion: Pope Benedict XVI receives Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox, Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 1 February in the Vatican, the Pope received members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox, which is currently holding it ...
• 2 February 2007
  VATICAN - Jews, Christians and Muslims called “to recognise and intensify the bonds which unite them”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses Foundation for Inter-religious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue delegation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the morning of February 1, Benedict XVI received a delegation from the Foundation for Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Research and Dialogue, led by their president, Metropolitan A ...
• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - 2 February, Day for Consecrated Life: “Like lighted candles, always and everywhere shine with the love of Christ, Light of the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We are all aware of the treasure which the gift of the consecrated life in the variety of its charisms and institutions represents for the ecclesial community. Together let us thank God ...
• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE -Ministers, in other words, servants of the Church Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We recently saw yet another attempt by some clumsy “news man”, to invent a scoop anonymously recording and diffusing answers given by priests in the confessional. The recorded answers a ...
• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - Barnabas, Silvanus and Apollos, co-workers of St Paul, “shine in the host of witnesses to the Gospel, bright examples of selflessness and generosity”: the Pope’s weekly catechesis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St Paul “was a man who welcomed collaboration” and in the Church “rather than try to do everything himself”, he relied on the help of many companions: some of these “who played an ...
• 31 January 2007
  AVE MARIA - “Mary, anchor of our faith” Rev Luciano Alimandi - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Then it began to blow a great gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped. But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep. They woke him and s ...
• 30 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Tribunal of the Roman Rota: “The indissolubility of marriage does not derive from the definitive commitment of the two parties involved; rather it is intrinsic to the nature of the 'potent bond established by the Creator.'" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the dean, judges, promoters of justice, defenders of the bond, officials and lawyers of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, for the occasion o ...