Vatican City, 8 October 2012 (VIS) – Given below is the text of a communique released today by the Holy See Press Office in response to an article which appeared in the Italian daily “Il Messaggero”, concerning alleged irregularities in the Fabric of St. Peter’s, which administers the Vatican Basilica. “Regarding an article which appeared [...]
Vatican City, 21 July 2012 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office today issued the following communique: “The Holy See, by Decree of the secretary of State acting on a specific pontifical mandate, has decided, in conformity with canonical legislation, to withdraw the right of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru to use the titles [...]
Vatican City, 19 July 2012 (VIS) - Early this afternoon, the Holy See Press Office released the following English-language communique concerning the declaration which emerged from the General Chapter of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X. "The recently concluded General Chapter of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X has addressed a declaration regarding [...]
Vatican City, 10 July 2012 (VIS) – Following is the communique released this morning on the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Joseph Yue Fusheng in Harbin and the Reverend Thaddeus Ma Daqin as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai. “With regard to the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Joseph Yue Fusheng, which took place [...]
Vatican City, 5 July 2012 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office yesterday released the following English-language communique: “From 2 to 6 July, the plenary meeting of MONEYVAL (the Council of Europe’s department responsible for the evaluation of member States with respect to anti-money laundering systems) is taking place in Strasbourg. The Holy See is [...]
Vatican City, 27 june 2012 (VIS).-Below is the text of the communique released late this morning by the Press Office of the Holy See: “This morning there was a meeting of the Board of Superintendence of the Institute for Works of Religion, currently composed of Vice President Dr. Ronaldo Hermann Schmitz, Dr. Carl Albert Anderson, [...]
“According to Canon Law, a conference of major superiors such as the LCWR is constituted by and remains under the supreme direction of the Holy See in order to promote common efforts among the individual member institutes and cooperation with the Holy See and the local conference of bishops (cf. Code of Canon Law, canons [...]
Vatican City, 9 June 2012 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office released the following communique yesterday afternoon: “The Holy See was surprised and concerned to learn of recent developments involving Professor Gotti Tedeschi. It has the greatest confidence that the Italian judicial authorities will honour and respect the sovereign prerogatives which the Holy See [...]
Vatican City, 25 May 2012 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon the Holy See Press Office published a communique concerning the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), the text of which is given below: “On 24 May members the Supervisory Board of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) met for their regular meeting. One of [...]
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - Early this afternoon, the Holy See Press Office issued the following communique regarding the Society of St. Pius X: "As reported by news agencies, today, 16 May 2012, an Ordinary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith met to discuss the question of the Society [...]