Vatican

• 12 November 2010
  VATICAN - Every Eucharistic Congress “bears in itself an evangelizing inspiration in a more strictly missionary sense,” Pope tells Pontifical Committee of International Eucharistic Congresses Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Task of the Eucharistic Congresses, above all in the present context, is also that of giving a peculiar contribution to the new evangelization, promoting mistagogic evangelization, which ...
• 12 November 2010
  VATICAN - “We need, then, to discover ever anew the urgency and the beauty of the proclamation of the word for the coming of the Kingdom of God which Christ himself preached.” Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini published Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Synod of Bishops forcefully reaffirmed the need within the Church for a revival of the missionary consciousness present in the People of God from the beginning...Consequently, the Ch ...
• 11 November 2010
  VATICAN - “Toward an Equitable and Human Health Care”: XXV International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Toward an Equitable and Human Health Care” is the theme for the XXV International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, scheduled to be held November 18-19 in t ...
• 11 November 2010
  VATICAN - Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of Nanchang ordained Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 31, the Cathedral Church of the Immaculate Conception hosted the ordination of Bishop John Baptist Li Suguang as Coadjutor Bishop of Nanchang in the Jiangxi Province (M ...
• 8 November 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Spain: “Today we are called to follow the example of the apostles, coming to know the Lord better day by day and bearing clear and valiant witness to his Gospel.” Santiago de Compostela (Agenzia Fides) – “Brothers and sisters, today we are called to follow the example of the apostles, coming to know the Lord better day by day and bearing clear and valiant witness to his Gospel ...
• 6 November 2010
  VATICAN - “Consecrated life can never disappear or die in the Church,” Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Brazil, launching an appeal for vocational ministry Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Faced with the diminishing numbers and increasing age of the members of many religious institutes, which is evident in some parts of the world, some people are asking themselves whether ...
• 5 November 2010
  VATICAN - Pope calls for “a profound understanding of the social doctrine of the Church...strongly rooted in the affirmation of the transcendent dignity of man, in the defense of human life from its conception to its natural death and of religious liberty.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is necessary to prepare lay faithful capable of dedicating themselves to the common good, especially in the more complex realms such as the world of politics. It is also urgent to hav ...
• 3 November 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI prays for victims of the “absurd violence” occurred at Syro-Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad, “which is even more ferocious as it struck defenseless persons, gathered in the house of God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the Angelus recited with pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square on the Solemnity of All Saints', Monday, November 1, the Holy Father Benedict pronounced the following wor ...
• 29 October 2010
  VATICAN - “You must contribute to the purification of reason, and to the moral awakening of the forces necessary to build a just and fraternal society,” Benedict XVI tells Brazilian Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I wish to speak to you today about how the Church's mission to serve as the leavening of human society through the Gospel teaches human beings their dignity as children of God, and their ...
• 28 October 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI makes appeal for Indonesia and Benin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience held on Wednesday, October 27, the Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his closeness to the populations of Indonesia and Benin, struck by natural disas ...
• 25 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's address at Angelus on Mission Sunday: “The missionary task is not to bring about revolution in the world but to transfigure it, drawing power from Jesus Christ.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At his Angelus address on Sunday, October 24, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on the common ground between the theme for the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bi ...
• 25 October 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI closes Synod for Middle East, says to “never resign ourselves to the absence of peace” and to promote “an authentic freedom of religion and conscience” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Conflicts, wars, violence and terrorism have gone on for too long in the Middle East. Peace, which is a gift of God, is also the result of the efforts of men of goodwill, of the national ...
• 21 October 2010
  VATICAN - Diocesan phase of cause for beatification of Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuân opens tomorrow in Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, October 22 at 12 noon, in the Hall of Conciliation of the Lateran Palace, Cardinal Vicar Agostino Vallini will open the diocesan session of the cause for beatification of Vietn ...
• 21 October 2010
  Pontifical Mission Societies support younger Churches, formation of seminarians and priests, poor children, and missionary activities for entire People of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Collections taken up for World Mission Sunday, gifts from individual benefactors, and contributions that come in thanks to various missionary projects, are all sent first to the respectiv ...
• 20 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pope announces consistory for creation of 24 new Cardinals Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience today, October 20, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a consistory for the creation of 24 new cardinals, who will be elevated to the ranks of the College ...