Vatican

• 19 September 2006
  VATICAN - “As the Catholic Bishops of Italy we express to the Pope our total support and solidarity and we intensify our prayers for him, for the Church, for religious freedom and for dialogue and friendship among religions and peoples ” statement by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The importance of the “lecture” given by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg last week was underlined by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference CEI ...
• 18 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for Bishops - “The Bishop’s paternity with regard to his priests” Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Bishop’s paternity with regard to his priests” was the subject of a lecture given on 16 September by Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy ...
• 18 September 2006
  VATICAN - Statement by Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone with regard to Pope Benedict XVI's address at the University of Regensburg, Germany Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 16 September the Holy See Press Office issued the following statement by the Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. “Given the reaction in Muslim quarters to certain ...
• 18 September 2006
  VATICAN - “The well being of the human person must be sought not only in universally valid finalities, but also in the methods used to reach these ends: a good end can never justify means which are intrinsically wrong” the Pope tells participants at international congress on stem cells Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - In the morning of Monday 17 September at Castelgandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI received participants at a Congress promoted by the Pontifical Academy for Life and by the International Feder ...
• 18 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI Angelus: “From a sign of cursing the Cross has been transformed into a sign of Blessing, from a symbol of death to a symbol par excellence of Love which conquers hatred and violence and generates immortal life” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 17 September, during his reflection before the midday Angelus prayer with hundreds of people gathered in the courtyard of his Summer Residence at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict ...
• 16 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for Bishops “The Bishop and munus sanctificandi” Cardinal Carlo Caffarra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops are high priests, principle dispensers of the mysteries of God, moderators, promoters and custodians of the whole of the liturgical life of the Church entrusted to their care. Canon ...
• 16 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Bavaria - “The harvest is great and has need of workers in every generation. And in every generation although in a different way, true are also the words: the workers are few” Freising (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope reserved the last meeting of his six day apostolic visit to Bavari in Germany, 9-14 September, for the local priests and permanent deacons whom he addressed in Freising Cathedral in t ...
• 15 September 2006
  VATICAN - Defending human life, focus of Symposium promoted by Association Internationale pour l’Enseignement Social Chrétien and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The legalisation of abortion and euthanasia in a growing number of countries, annuls the prohibition of private use of violence and killing of human lives, the first condition of legitimacy ...
• 15 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for Bishops - “The Bishop and munus gubernandi” presented by Cardinal Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop and “munus gubernandi” was the subject of a conference given by the Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, to 99 newly appointed Bishops in mission territories ...
• 15 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides the ceremony of farewell for Cardinal Angelo Sodano from the office of Secretary of State and appointment of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, new Secretary of State Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, during a ceremony held in the Apostolic Palace at Castelgandolfo, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI welcomed the staff of the Secretariat of State for the occasion of the a ...
• 15 September 2006
  VATICAN - Holy See Press Office Director issues declaration concerning the interpretation of certain passages of the address delivered by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. released the following declaration to journalists concerning the interpretation of certain passages of the address delivered by th ...
• 14 September 2006
  VATICAN Study Seminar for Bishops - “Evangelising cultures is the mission of the Church” says Cardinal Paul Poupard Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The ministry of the Bishop with regard to the evangelisation of cultures was the theme of the conference given by Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Councils for Culture a ...
• 14 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitiello - “The priest is a minister of reconciliation not legality” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We are ambassadors for Christ - Saint Paul says - as if God were urging you on through us … As his fellow-workers, we urge you not to let your acceptance of his grace come to nothing� ...
• 14 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Bavaria - “It is the responsibility of Christians, now, to make visible the standards that indicate a just life, which have been clarified for us in Jesus Christ.” Regensburg (Agenzia Fides) - After the meeting with representatives of the world of science at the University of Regensburg, Pope Benedict XVI was driven to Regensburg Cathedral to preside ecumenical Vespers. The Pope w ...
• 14 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Bavaria - “The courage to engage the whole breadth of reason, and not the denial of its grandeur - this is the programme with which a theology grounded in Biblical faith enters into the debates of our time.” Regensburg (Agenzia Fides) - A lengthy reflection on the relation between faith and reason marked the Holy Father’s meeting with representatives of the world of science in the afternoon of 12 September at the Universit ...