BENEDICT XVI:WORK SHOULD NOT BE AN OBSTACLE TO THE FAMILY

Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - "Work should not be an obstacle to the family, but should rather sustain and ...

PRAYER IN THE LETTERS OF ST. PAUL

Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - After having examined prayer in the Acts of the Apostles, Benedict XVI announced that ...

COMMUNIQUE ON THE SOCIETY OF ST. PIUS X

Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - Early this afternoon, the Holy See Press Office issued the following communique regarding the ...

AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - After today's general audience, the Holy Father received Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller of ...

NOTICE

Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - We inform our readers that no VIS bulletin will be transmitted tomorrow, Thursday 17 ...

PONTIFICAL ACTS - 15 MAY

Today the Holy Father appointed: - Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kumasi (area 5,118 ...

CARITAS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SHORES

The 2012 meeting of MigraMed for all the Caritas organizations that operate in the Mediterranean countries will open in Cagliari ...

UNLAWFUL USE OF POPE'S IMAGE: BENETTON RETRACTION

Vatican City, 15 May 2012 (VIS) - This morning a note from the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr ...

HONESTY AND DISINTERESTED ALTRUISM MUST GIVE NEW FLAVOUR TO CIVIL SOCIETY

At 6 p.m. today the Holy Father arrived by helicopter at the town of Sansepolcro which is currently celebrating ...

POPE IN AREZZO: FOMENT A CULTURE OF SOLIDARITY

Vatican City, 13 May 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI today made a pastoral visit to Arezzo in the Italian region of ...

REGINA COELI: RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO BECOME DISCOURAGED

Vatican City, 13 May 2012 (VIS) - "As Mother of the Church, Our Lady always wants to comfort her children at ...

AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 12 May 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:

- Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation ...

PONTIFICAL ACTS - 14 MAY

The Holy Father appointed Fr. Dieudonne Nzapalainga C.S.Sp., apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic ...

SACRED MUSIC IS AN EXPRESSION OF THE FAITH OF THE CHURCH

Giorgio Napolitano, president of the Republic of Italy, yesterday offered a concert to Benedict XVI to mark the seventh anniversary ...

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Jose Roberto Ospina Leongomez, auxiliary of Bogota, Colombia, as ...

DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS

The Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of ...

FIFTIETH INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS

Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - "The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another" is the theme of the ...

ST. JOHN OF AVILA, SOON TO BE A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - "I am very happy to receive you on this day on which you are ...

JEWS AND CATHOLICS: DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND COOPERATION

Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican Benedict XVI welcomed a delegation from the Latin American ...

BENEDICT XVI: AT MOMENTS OF DIFFICULT I HAVE FELT THE SUPPORT OF YOUR PRAYERS

Vatican City, 9 May 2012 (VIS) - "From the first moment of my election as Successor of St. Peter I have ...

THE MISSION NEEDS TO RENEW ITS TRUST IN THE ACTION OF GOD

Vatican City, 11 May 2012 (VIS) - "At the current time evangelisation, which is always a pressing task, requires the Church ...

FOUR CARDINALS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF TITLES, DIACONATES

Vatican City, 11 May 2012 (VIS) - A note released today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff ...

AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 11 May 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:

- Seven prelates of the United States Conference ...

CONDEMNATION OF DOUBLE BOMB ATTACK IN DAMASCUS

Vatican City, 11 May 2012 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. released the following communique ...