http://www.ladysilvia.org http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/16755/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/16755/chiesa/0/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:17:06 +0100 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The theme of this year's World Communications Day - The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word - is meant to coincide with the Church's celebration of the Year for Priests. It focuses attention on the important and sensitive pastoral area of digital communications, in which priests can discover new possibilities for carrying out their ministry to and for the Word of God. Church communities have always used the modern media for fostering communication, engagement with society, and, increasingly, for encouraging dialogue at a wider level. Yet the recent, explosive growth and greater social impact of these media make them all the more important for a fruitful priestly ministry. All ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/12206/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/12206/chiesa/0/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:52:09 +0200 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday turns his attention to the present and future leaders of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church by celebrating Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral and visiting a seminary near New York City. With applications to the priesthood falling and inner city Catholic schools closing, the pope will try to rally the spirits of a Church recovering from the scandal of sexual abuse of minors by U.S. priests. The scandal broke in 2002 and has forced U.S. dioceses to pay more than $2 billion in damages. Five have gone bankrupt. Benedict, 81, met victims of sexual abuse by priests in Washington in a surprise move on Thursday, and he said on his way to the United States that "it is more important to have good priests than to have many priests." He will attend a ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/11995/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/11995/chiesa/0/ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:17:56 +0100 The authorities that rule the fates of the people, as well as the persons in charge of the political, social and civilian organisations, need to be prudent and wise", "to promote in the whole population the conditions required for dialogue and mutual understanding": this is the wish expressed by Benedict XVI to the Bolivian people, as he received this morning the new Ambassador of Bolivia to the Holy See, Carlos Federico de la Riva Guerra, on the occasion of the presentations of his Credentials. The Pope recalled "the deep process of change" that Bolivia is experiencing, matched with "difficult and sometimes worrying situations", with social tensions increasing in some areas of the country. "Civil and social, political and economic rebirth : he said : always needs unselfish industriousness ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/10631/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/10631/chiesa/0/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:15:07 +0200 CIUDAD DEL VATICANO, 6 SEP 2007 (VIS).-La Oficina de Prensa de la Santa Sede hizo público a última hora de la mañana el siguiente comunicado: "Hoy, en el Palacio Apostólico de Castelgandolfo, el Santo Padre Benedicto XVI ha recibido en audiencia al jefe del Estado de Israel, Shimon Peres. Posteriormente, Peres se ha encontrado con el cardenal Tarcisio Bertone, secretario de Estado; en la reunión también estaban presentes el arzobispo Dominique Mamberti, secretario para las Relaciones con los Estados y el embajador de Israel ante la Santa Sede, Oded Ben-Hur. "Los cordiales coloquios han permitido un intercambio de información sobre la reciente reanudación de los contactos entre israelíes y palestinos para restablecer la paz en Tierra Santa, respetando las Resoluciones de las ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/10601/chiesa/3/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/10601/chiesa/3/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:09:14 +0200 VATICAN CITY - At 9.30 a.m. today, the Holy Father travelled by popemobile to the esplanade of Montorso near Loreto, Italy, where he presided at a Eucharistic concelebration in the presence of half a million young people. In his homily Benedict XVI affirmed that "Jesus Christ, God made man, in Mary assumed our own flesh, took part in our lives and wished to share in our history. In order to accomplish this Covenant, God sought a young heart and found it in Mary." "Even today God continues to seek young hearts, He seeks young people with great hearts who are capable of making space for Him in their lives in order to become protagonists of the New Covenant." The Pope called on the young people to let themselves be drawn into ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/10173/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/10173/chiesa/0/ Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:30:29 +0200 He really is priceless. Other world leaders see the Pope with their advisers and the Vatican's peerlessly punctilious protocol experts, making sure they do not commit the slightest gaffe. But George W. Bush can outwit them all. On the plane to Rome, he was already struggling. The Pope is addressed `Your Holiness' and Roman Catholics call him `The Holy Father.' But somewhere in the tumble dryer that is the part of the U.S. President's brain set aside for words, the two concepts got tangled and he told the reporters: "I think His Holy Father will be pleased to know that much of our foreign policy is based on the admonition to whom much is given, much is required." No doubt Pope Benedict, whom Mr. Bush later described as "very smart," was able to deconstruct the rest of the ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/9909/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/9909/chiesa/0/ Sun, 13 May 2007 11:55:34 +0200 BRAZIL: Vatican, Misna on ladysilvia.eu; "The Franciscan charisma, evangelically lived, has given significant fruits through his testimony as an ardent adorer of the Eucharist, as a prudent and wise guide of the souls who sought him out and of great devotion to the Immaculate Conception of Mary": said Benedict XVI, opening the canonization mass at the Mars Fields in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the figure of Brother Antonio of Saint Anne Galvão. The Pope laso highlighted "his availability to the service of the people, anytime he was asked", describing him as an "advisor of fame, pacifier of souls and families, dispenser of charity especially to the poor and the sick. He was much sought for confessions, because of his zeal, wisdom and prudence", said the pope. In reference to the new saint's availability ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/9880/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/9880/chiesa/0/ Sun, 13 May 2007 11:49:06 +0200 BRAZIL: Vatican Misna on Ladysilvia.eu, "Building a more just and fraternal society, reconciled and at peace; commitment to reduce violence; initiatives to promote the fullness of life, the democratic order and the common good and especially initiatives aimed at eliminating certain forms of discrimination existing for the sake of mutual enrichment": this is the "panorama of action" to which youths of Brazil and all of Latin America were exhorted to give their contribution by Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of his apostolic visit in Brazil. Meeting last night with thousands of young people gathered in the "Paulo Machado de Carvalho" Stadium of Pacaembu in Sao Paulo, the Pope urged them to "fulfil their duties to the State: by adhering to its laws; not letting themselves be swept away by ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/9468/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/9468/chiesa/0/ Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:20:00 +0200 VATICAN CITY, On Ladysilvia - Yesterday evening in the Vatican Basilica, the Pope presided at a penitential celebration with thousands of young people from the diocese of Rome in preparation for the forthcoming World Youth Day. The Day is due to be held on Palm Sunday, April 1, on the theme: "Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." "The heart of all mankind ... thirsts for love," said the Holy Father in his homily. "Christians, even more so, cannot live without love. Indeed, if they do not find true love they cannot even call themselves fully Christian because, ... 'being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.' "God's love for us," ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/6742/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/6742/chiesa/0/ Tue, 23 May 2006 10:07:12 +0200 At a conference in Rome organized by Starworks Italia and Area 51 magazine and featuring special guest Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan, Monsignor Corrado Balducci told the audience that Mexico was blessed with so many sightings because of its incredible openness and faith. Both Jaime Maussan and Monsignor Balducci were awarded the International George Adamski Award at the event in Rome. Mexican Journalist/Researcher Jaime Maussan explained to the audience that he became interested in the UFO phenomenon after viewing them when they appeared during the last solar eclipse over Mexico. "After that, I told the Mexican people to look to the skies to record objects with their digital cameras says Jaime Maussan. Now, I have more footage of Flotillas, of moving orbs and of flying humanoids ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/6398/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/6398/chiesa/0/ Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:48:50 +0100 VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of a 17-month-old epileptic boy kidnapped from his parents' northern Italian home last week. Benedict expressed solidarity with the family of Tommaso Onofri and assured them he was praying for them. The pope's message was sent in a telegram to the bishop of Parma from the Vatican's No. 2 official, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The letter said the pope joined in Bishop Cesare Bonicelli's appeal "for the immediate and unconditional release of little Tommaso Onofri, expressing his solidarity with the parents and relatives struck by profound anxiety over the brutal kidnapping." Tommaso's parents have told police the boy was snatched from their home in Casalbaroncolo, near Parma, on Thursday night. ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/6380/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/6380/chiesa/0/ Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:13:36 +0100 BENEDICTUS XVI PP. My dear young friends! VATICAN, It is with great joy that I greet you as you prepare for the 21st World Youth Day, and I relive the memory of those enriching experiences we had in August last year in Germany. World Youth Day this year will be celebrated in the local Churches, and it will be a good opportunity to rekindle the flame of enthusiasm that was awakened in Cologne and which many of you have brought to your families, parishes, associations and movements. At the same time, it will be a wonderful chance to invite many of your friends to join the young generation's spiritual pilgrimage towards Christ. The theme that I suggest to you is a verse from Psalm 119 [118]: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (v. 105). Our dearly loved John Paul II ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/5721/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/5721/chiesa/0/ Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:54:05 +0200 VATICAN CITY, Pope Benedict XVI today expressed his profound grief for the victims of the blaze that yesterday devastated a housing complex in Paris, killing 17 African immigrants, 14 of which children. In a telegram of condolences sent by the Holy Father to the Archbishop of Paris, Monsignor André Vingt-Trois : through Vatican State Secretary Cardinal Angelo Sodano : the Pontiff expressed his closeness to the families that lost their children in the fire, assuring his prayers and blessing for all the injured and the families of the victims. [BO] ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/5197/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/5197/chiesa/0/ Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:30:44 +0200 La Carosello rompe gli schemi promozionali tipici delle case discografiche e decide di far precedere l'uscita del nuovo album di Anggun da due singoli: da oggi in radio sarà programmato il brano "Undress Me" mentre dal 23 aprile sulle televisioni musicali sarà in rotazione il video del brano "In your mind". "Il nostro obiettivo è far scoprire ed apprezzare uno straordinario album, che segna il ritorno sul mercato discografico italiano di una delle artiste internazionali che ha venduto di più nel nostro Paese": afferma Claudio Ferrante Direttore Generale della Carosello Records : "Due brani molto diversi tra loro, che aiuteranno il pubblico ad avere una visione più completa di "Luminescence"". Il cd singolo, di conseguenza, conterrà 2 tracce ("Undress me" ed il video di "In your mind") ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/5071/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/5071/chiesa/0/ Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:33:07 +0100 Long before Anggun Cipta Sasmi toured with Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair, her life had began normally in Indonesia, singing and dancing like all other Indonesian children. There was always music in her parents household, "Its just a part of the culture," she says, "When a baby learns to talk and walk, then the parents will teach the baby to sing and dance. It's a part of the culture, everybody can do it." Anggun continued to explain, with an air of fondness for her distant homeland. I had called Anggun early last June 4th to make arrangements to meet with her later that day, she wanted to hook up and discuss the photographs we were going to do the following afternoon. When I reached her on her cell, she was out and about somewhere in Paris, shopping for a refrigerator and bed for ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/4945/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/4945/chiesa/0/ Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:59:32 +0100 VATICAN CITY, Pope John Paul II is resting in a Rome hospital after doctors performed a successful operation to help the ailing pontiff breathe. Catholics and other well-wishers around the world lit candles and prayed for the pontiff after he underwent a tracheotomy Thursday at Gemelli Hospital to relieve respiratory problems caused by a relapse of the flu. The 84-year-old pope, who has ruled the church for a quarter century, is now breathing through a tube in his throat. "He's fine, and he's tranquil," said Gianna Letta, under-secretary for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. "The doctors are satisfied with the way he has undergone the surgery." A Vactican official said the operation, which involves cutting an incision into the windpipe, took about 30 minutes and ended ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/2767/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/2767/chiesa/0/ Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:52:53 +0200 IL 21 MAGGIO ESCE IL NUOVO ALBUM DEI POOH "ASCOLTA" Anticipato dal singolo "Capita quando capita", da oggi in radio, il nuovo album dei POOH esce il 21 maggio e s'intitola "Ascolta" (CGD East West / Warner Music Italia). Pochi secondi di "Capita quando capita" sono ascoltabili (ma non scaricabili), da oggi, anche sul sito www.pooh.it, aggiornato e rinnovato nei contenuti e nella grafica, con materiale fotografico e informativo (la biografia del gruppo, le biografie dei singoli, il documento "POOH…P come PIONIERI", ossìa "tutte le volte in cui i Pooh sono stati i primi a fare qualcosa": dall'impegno sociale e civile ai temi scottanti nelle canzoni, dalla produzione dei live all'uso della tecnologia, ecc.). "Capita quando capita è un brano che raccoglie in sè tutta l'energia e la ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/2669/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/2669/chiesa/0/ Mon, 12 Apr 2004 02:17:52 +0200 http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/1283/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/1283/chiesa/0/ Mon, 14 Apr 2003 02:19:15 +0200 VATICANO. Non solo la guerra in Iraq ma anche la spirale di violenza che avvolge da anni la Terra Santa inducono il Papa a fare una riflessione assai penosa: è «drammatico» l'«inizio del terzo millennio che stiamo vivendo». Nel giorno della domenica delle Palme, Wojtyla torna così a parlare di pace nel mondo, davanti ad una piazza san Pietro inondata dal sole e gremita da 30mila ragazzi arrivati da vari Paesi europei ad assistere al passaggio della Croce delle Giornate Mondiali della Gioventù. La grande croce di legno -simbolo di questi eventi religiosi che raccolgono milioni di 'papaboys'- viene consegnata da una delegazione canadese ad una tedesca. La prossima Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù si svolgerà nel 2005 a Colonia. Ai ragazzi, le 'suè sentinelle del mattino, Giovanni Paolo ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/1234/chiesa/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/1234/chiesa/0/ Wed, 02 Apr 2003 13:12:02 +0200 CITTÀ DEL VATICANO. Il «silenzio di Dio» non è «un silenzio che indica un'assenza, quasi che la storia sia lasciata in mano ai perversi e il Signore rimanga indifferente e impassibile». Giovanni Paolo II vuole rincuorare con queste parole i fedeli turbati dalle vicende tragiche di questi giorni. Hanno pregato e digiunato, ma la guerra è scoppiata lo stesso. «Il silenzio divino - ammette il Papa - è spesso motivo di perplessità per il giusto e persino di scandalo, come attesta il lungo grido di Giobbe». Tuttavia, sono ancora le parole del Pontefice all'Udienza Generale di oggi, «in realtà, quel tacere sfocia in una reazione simile al travaglio di una partoriente che s'affanna, sbuffa e urla. È il giudizio divino sul male, raffigurato con immagini di aridità, distruzione, deserto, che ]]>