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1 March 2004
VATICAN - Papal Message for 19th World Youth Day: “If we want to see Jesus we must let ourselves be seen by him! Dear young people, let Jesus look into your eyes so that you have will have an ever greater longing to see the Light to savour the splendour of Truth.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The year 2004 is the final lap before the important appointment of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005. I therefore ask you to intensify your spiritual preparation by studying th ...
1 March 2004
VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope says “Lent calls us to make a special effort on our spiritual journey” urging those present to make Lent “a generous competition in showing solidarity” with children especially those in most danger and difficulty
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the first Sunday of Lent, 29 February, from his study window overlooking St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II prayed the customary Angelus prayer with visitors gathered for the occasi ...
27 February 2004
VATICAN - Papal Message for Fraternity Campaign 2004 in Brazil: “A gift of God, water is a vital element, indispensable for life and therefore a right for every person”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II sent a Message for the annual Lenten Fraternity Campaign organised by the Church in Brazil. The message was addressed to Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Archbishop of Sa ...
26 February 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s annual meeting with his priests of Rome diocese: “Marriage and the family cannot be considered simply a product of circumstances or a superstructure imposed on human love from outside … We must see our apostolate with families as a source of grace, a gift given to us by God”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “To give the family a central place or, better still, to recognise the family’s centrality in God’s plan for mankind and hence in the life of the Church and society, is a task which c ...
25 February 2004
VATICAN - Catechesis and Communication: integrating the Christian message in the new culture of the third millennium: a reflection by Prof. Pighin
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Father Claudio Pighin, member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME and Director of the Communications Centre of the Pontifical Urban University reflects on a very topical s ...
25 February 2004
VATICAN - “Catholic moral teaching cannot accept artificial procreation whatever methods are used ”, said Archbishop Elio Sgreccia at the end of the 10th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Life
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Archbishop Elio Sgreccia had this to say at the end of the 10th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Life: “The assembly this year was unique because it marked the 10th annivers ...
25 February 2004
VATICAN - The Pope starts Lent by presiding Ash Wednesday Liturgy in St Peter’s: “To be authentic disciples of Christ it is necessary to renounce self, to take up our cross every day and follow Him. This is the difficult path to holiness which every baptised Christian is called to walk.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 10.30 this morning, 25 February, Pope John Paul II presided the Ash Wednesday Liturgy in St Peter’s Basilica filled to capacity with pilgrims and visitors from all over the world. In h ...
23 February 2004
VATICAN - The Pope addresses the plenary of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “Ever more emergent the inseparable bond between the procreation of a new person by means of conjugal union... This plan of the Creator is inscribed in the very physical and spiritual nature of man and woman and as such it is universally valid”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 21 February Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to participants at a plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life. In his address the Holy Father began by menti ...
23 February 2004
VATICAN - On the feast of the Chair of Peter, at the midday Angelus prayer Sunday 22 February, the Pope reflected on “the singular ministry entrusted by the Lord to the head of the Apostles, to confirm and guide the Church in unity of faith” the special service which “the Bishop of Rome is called to render to the entire Christian people”.
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Feast of the Chair of Peter, 22 February, inspired the Pope to reflect on the ministry of Peter before the recitation of the Angelus prayer with thousands gathered in St Peter’s Squar ...
23 February 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Rev. Augustine Lukenge confirmed as Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Uganda
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has 28 August 2003, confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Uganda, for ...
21 February 2004
VATICAN - “Biblical Notes on Human Procreation”: Cardinal Lozano Barragan, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Workers and the Sick addresses the general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Biblical Notes on Human Procreation” was the title of a paper given on 19 February by Cardinal Lozano Barragan, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Wor ...
20 February 2004
VATICAN - Pope John Paul II sends Iranian authorities a message of sympathy after the tragic train accident on 18 February
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II sent a message of condolence to the Iranian authorities after the train accident on 18 February in which hundreds of people lost their lives. In a telegramme, signed on be ...
20 February 2004
VATICAN - “As the years pass the importance of the Pontifical Academy for Life is ever more evident. While progress in bio-medical science offer glimpses of promising prospects for the good of humanity and for the treatment for serious and distressful illnesses, not rarely serious problems arise with regard to respect for human life and the dignity of the human person” the Pope says in a Message to the Pontifical Academy for Life
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “With joy I address this Message to you on the commemoration day for the 10th anniversary of the Pontifical Academy for Life. To each of you I renew the expression of my gratitude for the ...
19 February 2004
VATICAN - The Pope announces that Blessed Luigi Orione and five other new Saints will be canonised on May 16
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Orione family all over the world is rejoicing: during a public Concistory in the Vatican Pope John Paul II announced that Blessed Luigi Orione founder of the Piccola Opera della Divina ...
18 February 2004
VATICAN - Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Life opens with celebrations to make the 10th anniversary of its institution
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow, 19 February 2004, the Pontifical Council for Life, established by Pope John Paul II on 11th February 1994, will start its 10th General Assembly with celebrations to mark the 10th ...
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