Pope Benedict XVI
‘We live to love and be loved,’ teaches Pope while reflecting on Trinity
8 June 2009
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Loading ...Vatican City, Jun 7, 2009 (CNA).- Twenty thousand people gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer on Sunday despite poor weather. Prior to the Marian prayer, Pope Benedict told those present that “the ‘name’ of the Holy Trinity is impressed on everything that exists, because everything comes from love, reaches out for love [...]
Dialogue of Pope Benedict XVI with the Children
ROME (Chiesa) – Here is the Dialogue of Pope Benedict XVI with the Children of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood:
Q: My name is Anna, I’m twelve. Pope Benedict, my friend Giovanni has an Italian daddy and his mother is from Ecuador, and he is very happy. Do you think that someday the different cultures [...]
Avoid Nationalistic Selfishness and Protecionism
VATICAN CITY, 1 APR 2009 (VIS) – Benedict XVI has expressed his appreciation to heads of State and government who are due to participate in the G20 Summit which will take place in London, England, on 2 and 3 April for the “noble objectives” they have set themselves. These objectives, he writes, [...]
Pope: Let us pray for the sick, dependent on others
2/8/2009
VATICAN CITY (AsiaNews) – “Let us pray for all the sick, especially those most seriously ill, who cannot provide for themselves in any way, but are completely dependent on the care of others; may each of them experience, in the concern of those beside him, the power of God’s love and the riches of his [...]
Pope’s Condemnation of Holocaust Denial is Clear
VATICAN CITY, 4 FEB 2009 (VIS) – Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. made the following declaration yesterday afternoon:
“With reference to the latest requests for clarification concerning the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church on the subject of the Holocaust, it should be borne in mind that [...]
Papal Message for Lent 2009
VATICAN CITY, 3 FEB 2009 (VIS) – Made public today was the 2009 Lenten Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI. The text, dated 11 December 2008, has as its title a verse from the Gospel of St. Matthew: “He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry”. [...]
Fasting: Self Restraint In Order to Leave Space for God
VATICAN CITY, 3 FEB 2009 (VIS) – This morning in the Holy See Press Office, the presentation took place of the 2009 Lenten Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI. The theme of this year’s Message is: “He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry”.
Participating in the [...]
To Consecrate People: Imitate the Life of Saint Paul
VATICAN CITY, 3 FEB 2009 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon in the Vatican Basilica Benedict XVI met with members of religious congregations, institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, at the end of a Mass marking the thirteenth Day of Consecrated Life, an annual celebration established by John Paul II.
At [...]
Christian Unity Needs Courageous Gestures of Reconciliation
(L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO) On Sunday, 25 January, Feast of the Conversion of St Paul and the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Holy Father presided at Second Vespers for the Conversion of St Paul the Apostle, in the Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls in Rome. The following is a translation of his Homily for the occasion, [...]
Hope in Facing Current Difficulties
VATICAN CITY, 31 DEC 2008 (VIS) – At six this evening in the Vatican Basilica, the Holy Father presided over the first vespers on the solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the singing of the traditional “Te Deum” hymn of thanksgiving concluding the civil year, and the [...]