Vatican

• 12 June 2007
  VATICAN - Populorum Progressio Foundation Council of administration meeting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Council of Administration of the Populorum Progressio Foundation at the service of indigenous peoples, Afro-Americans, poor mixed race peasants in Latin America, will mee ...
• 12 June 2007
  VATICAN - For the first time in history Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II visits the Vatican Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Starting today 12 June 2007, the Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II is visiting the Vatican and Rome. The visit will conclude with a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI on S ...
• 12 June 2007
  VATICAN - For the first time Caritas Internationalis has a lady secretary general: “Priority to humanitarian emergencies, integral development and peace building, ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian aid offered by Caritas Internationalis speaks in the feminine voice: Lesley-Anne Knight, age 51, from Zimbabwe and of British nationality, is the new secretary general of t ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis: “The heart of Caritas is the sacrificial love of Christ, and every form of individual and organised charity in the Church must always find its point of reference in him, the source of charity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your Confederation does not simply work on behalf of the Church, is truly a part of the Church, intimately engaged in the exchange of gifts that takes place on so many levels of ecclesia ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - “ Following the example of Blessed Charles de Foucauld, may the Christians of your countries be credible witnesses to the universal brotherhood which Christ taught his disciples!”: Pope Benedict XVI encourages the members of the Regional Bishops' Conference of North Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The diversity of the human and ecclesial situations in your countries is no impediment to the fraternity which you live in your Bishops' Conference, where you find appreciable support fo ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - “From my lips I raise a heartfelt invocation for the Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon…and also for the other regions involved in a vortex of apparently inexorable violence”: Pope Benedict XVI visits Congregation for the Oriental Churches and announces the appointment of the new Prefect Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday June 9, the feast day of Saint Ephraim, a great doctor of the Syrian Church, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Congregation for the Oriental Churches where he was w ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “In life today, often noisy and distracting, it is more than ever important to rediscover the ability for inner silence and recollection ” - Appeal for all hostages, including Catholic priests, in various parts of the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The supreme mystery of the Christian faith, the real presence of the Risen Christ in the Eucharist was the subject of the brief address given by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 10 June, bef ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE- “Dialogue and comparison between Christianity and other religions in images” Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The interesting programme “God, peace or dominion?”, to be shown on RaiUno on Tuesday evening, is a successful attempt to put into images the fundamental teachings of the dearly beloved ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI appeals to world leaders at G8 Summit “not to retreat from their promises to make a substantial increase in development aid in favour of the most needy populations, especially those of the African Continent.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday June 6, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI made the following appeal to the participants at the G8 summit in Germany: “ Today in Heiligen ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi: “Like the manna for the people of Israel, for every Christian generation the Eucharist is the indispensable nourishment which sustains it as it crosses the desert of this world” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist is the food reserved for those who in Baptism have been set free from slavery and have become children; it is the food which sustains them on the long exodus across the des ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI devotes his Wednesday General Audience to Saint Cyprian "the first African Bishop to earn the crown of martyrdom" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Cyprian, an African bishop of the 3rd century, "the first African Bishop to earn the crown of martyrdom" whose fame is connected with the literary works and pastoral activity of thirt ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - “Pope Pius XII anticipated and prepared the Council” says Rev Nicola Bux, Vice Rector of the Ecumenical Institute of Bari in an interview with Fides Vatican City (Fides Service)- “The recent recognition of the heroic virtues of Pope Pius XII, in my opinion, is an eloquent sign with regard to the correct application of the Second Vatican Council” said Rev Nicola B ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - Caritas Internationalis has new president: Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga. Appeal for the Middle East Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Oscar Andrès Rodriguez Maradiaga, aged 64, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is the new president of Caritas Internationalis. He was elected to succeed 61 year old lay man Fran ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “Two Hearts, one Love” Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - With the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary we concluded the month of May, a Marian month par excellence. In this salvific event, which we frequently contemplate in the reci ...
• 5 June 2007
  VATICAN - The great legacy of Pope Pius XII: Fides interviews Father Peter Gumpel, Relator of the cause for the beatification of Pope Pius XII Vatican City (Agenzia Fides)- “Pope Pius XII played an important role in preparation for the Second Vatican Council and he encouraged the Church to reflect on issues which concerned modern men and women” Jesuit Fr Pe ...