Year: 2012
Benedict XVI on Twitter
The Pope sent out his first twitter message at the end of his general audience on Wednesday, 12 December 2012. To underscore the universality of the gesture, he was flanked by 5 children representing the world’s continents.Immediately after blessing the crowd the Pope pressed a tablet screen and sent out the message: “Dear friends, I… Read more »
ITALY From Naples, Heart and Soul
On 11 December 2012, the Cathedral of Naples, Italy hosted a concert featuring excerpts from the music CD Anima e Cuore (Heart and Soul) produced by St. Paul Audiovisuals…
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Fides News Agency Celebrates 85 Years of Service to the Missionary World
To make missionary work known to everyone via the press and to incite collaboration with the missions through vocations, spiritual solidarity and economic means: this is the purpose Fides New Agency, established by the Pontifical Office for the Propagation of the Faith in 1927. Fides is an important center of information concerning the Church’s missionaries… Read more »
ITALY Palermo Book Center Renovated
Our Palermo book center, which has been in existence for 83 years now, has always been a place for meetings and cultural exchange, giving it a unique status among the city’s book shops…
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SPAIN Beyond All Expectations
The Pauline Book Center of Barcelona, capital of the Catalan region, recently organized two meetings on Sacred Scripture. The first, held in October, launched the book La Bibliacompartida (The Shared Bible), published by St. Paul Editions…
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50th Anniversary of Inter Mirifica
Promulgated on 4 December 1963, Vatican Council II’s Decree Inter Mirifica sets forth important principles concerning the relationship between the Church and the means of communication, starting with the fact that the Church has a right to use these means for her ministry and that she must ensure that they are used according her moral… Read more »