Vatican

• 25 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Sinhalese (Sinhala) and Tamil - Sri Lanka (1) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Sri Lanka has two official languages: Sinhalese, spoken by 68% of the population and Tamil spoken by 28%. English is used in government and tourist environments. Sinhalese or Sinhala is th ...
• 24 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: Bodo (Boro) - Diocese of Bongaigaon Assam State, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bodo language (pronounced Bo-ro) of Tibetan-Burmese ethnic-linguistic origin, is one of various official languages spoken in India by about 600,000 people: in the state of Assam, on th ...
• 24 July 2007
  VATICAN - Message of deepest sympathy to Archbishop Robert Sarah, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples upon the death of his mother Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To Archbishop Robert Sarah Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples whose mother Mrs Claire Sarah, passed away on Saturday 21 July, Fides expresses deepest sympathy a ...
• 23 July 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI leads Angelus prayer from Cadore mountains: “From this place of peace… I renew my appeal to pursue with tenacity the path of rights, to refuse with determination the arms race, to reject more in general the temptation to face new situations with old systems Lorenzago di Cadore (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of midday Angelus prayer from the northern Italian mountain town of Cadore, where is spending a brief period of rest, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, ...
• 19 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Hungarian (3) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Hungary, a deeply Christian nation, was historically known as Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae "Kingdom of Mary the Patroness of Hungary". Its national anthem is "Isten, áldd meg a magyart" ...
• 19 July 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI's telegramme of condolence following death of 200 people in air accident in Brazil Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In a telegramme sent on his behalf by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expressed condolences to Archbishop Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Pa ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Love dispels all fear - Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Love is always patient and kind; love is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited, it is never rude and never seeks its own advantage, it does not take offence or store up grieva ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - Care for elderly patients: theme of 22nd International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Pastoral City (Agenzia Fides) - Experts from all over the world will meet in the Vatican from 15-17 November for the 22nd International Conference on the theme Care for elderly partients theme of 22nd International Conference or ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Nicora, Papal Legate for the Papal Basilicas of Assisi, a month after the visit by Pope Benedict XVI: “The Pope reminded us that the ‘mystery’ of Francis can only be understood in Jesus and starting from Jesus” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A month ago on June 17 Pope Benedict XVI made a one day pastoral visit to Assisi. In a preface to a collection of the Pope's addresses on that occasion Cardinal Attilio Nicora, Legate for t ...
• 17 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Hungarian (I) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Magyar tradition holds that the Country of the Magyars (Magyarország) was founded by Árpád, who led the Magyars into the Pannonian plain in approximately 896 AD, and - according to the ...
• 16 July 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI leads recitation of the Angelus prayer from his holiday home in the mountains: “ Every good Christian knows that holidays are an opportunity to rest the body and nourish the spirit with more time for prayer and meditation ” - and he invites young people to take part in World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 Lorenzago di Cadore (Agenzia Fides) - “I thank the Lord for making it possible for me to spend once again this year a few days of rest in the mountains, and I am grateful for the welcomed given to me here in Lorenzago, ...
• 13 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World - Indonesia (4) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelisation and Catholic Church - Presence of a Nestorian diocese in the 7th century at Barus (west cost of the North Sumatra province). Christianity arrived with Europeans in 16th and 1 ...
• 12 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Indonesian (3) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia, the most populated Muslim country in the world has a population of 209.260.000. The people are 87% Muslims. Christianity 12.5%: Protestant 9.3% (246 denominations, 16.000.000 ref ...
• 12 July 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum cura is an invitation to return to the Catholic form of the liturgy, Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father in his Book Jesus of Nazareth underlines the “understanding” which in Luke's Gospel - unlike the other Gospels - Jesus demonstrates towards the Jews: (p 216-217). Is th ...
• 11 July 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “Christ is not enough!” , Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ The reality is Christ!” (Col 2, 17). This extraordinary statement by St Paul, set like a precious stone in his magnificent theology, acknowledges the Lord's total supremacy over crea ...