Europe
3 November 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - REV. PASQUALE LIBERATORE SALESIAN POSTULATOR WORKING ON BEATIFICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL I DIES AT THE AGE OF 71
Rome (Fides Service) –Salesian Father Rev. Pasquale Liberatore, Postulator General for the causes of Saints of the Congregation of St John Bosco, died on 31 October at the age of 71. ANS Salesian news agency reports th ...
31 October 2003
EUROPE/KOSOVO - GIRLS SAVED FROM THE STREETS THANKS TO ITALIAN BUSINESS WOMEN IN MONTALCINO
Pristina (Agenzia Fides) – Education rather than assistance is provided for girls at a new professional training centre built in Pristina, Kosovo by the International Association of Volunteers for Development Volontari ...
31 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - WATER IS CERTAINLY ONE OF GOD’S GIFTS MOST ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE: ITALIAN BISHOPS ISSUE MESSAGE FOR THANKSGIVING DAY
Rome (Fides Service) - “The gift of water is for everyone” is the theme chosen by the Italian Bishops’ Conference for a national Day of Thanksgiving for Creation on 9 November. A message for the Day has been issu ...
30 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - “HELP US TO HELP THE POOR AND THE SICK IN AFRICA” SAYS BROTHER LEOPOLD GNAMI, ST JOHN OF GOD COUNSELLOR FOR THE PROVINCE OF AFRICA
Rome (Fides Service) - “Heath structures in Africa are not subsidised by national institutions and they have great economic difficulty in meeting the needs of a people for whom poverty and need are the order of the day ...
29 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - IMMIGRATION STATISTICS DOSSIER 2003: RECOGNISE IMMIGRANTS’ EQUAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES AND ENABLE THEM TO TAKE ACTIVE PART IN SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL REALITY OF ITALY AND EUROPEAN UNION
Rome (Fides Service) – In the world there are at least 175 million migrants according to a census taken by the United Nations Organisation in 2000. Surprisingly there are more migrants in developing countries (98.678.0 ...
27 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - “CUORE AMICO” AWARD TO THREE ITALIAN MISSIONARIES FOR LIFE TIME OF MISSION IN SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA
Brescia (Fides Service) - On Saturday 25 October in Brescia the 13th edition of “Cuore Amico” awarded was given to three Italian missionaries: Father Lorenzo Franzoni, who has worked in Brazil for more than forty ye ...
27 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - THE DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF CATHOLICISM IN ITALY COMPARED TO OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: ASSISI MEETING COMES TO A CLOSE
Assisi (Fides Service) – A Congress on “Italian Catholicism from 1958 to today”, held 23 to 25 October at the Sacred Convent of Assisi promoted by various Universities (Sacred Heart Catholic Unviesrity in Milan, Ro ...
25 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - SPECIAL ITALIAN POST MARK FOR DON ORIONE CENTENARY
Rome (Fides Service) – On Sunday 26 October 2003 a special post mark will be issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Don Orione Society. The news was given by the Post and Telegraph Office of Alessand ...
24 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - “CIVIL SERVICE, PEACE SERVICE”: GROWING NUMBERS OF CARITAS “WHITE BERETS” OPERATING IN CRISIS OR CONFLICT AREAS THROUGH PREVENTION, DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION
Sotto il Monte (Fides Service) – Since the first members were recruited in 2001 some 666 young Italians have volunteered for civil service in diocesan Caritas structures all over Italy and beyond. A remarkable figure ...
24 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - CARDINAL CAMILLO RUINI AND EDUCATION MINISTER LETIZIA MORATTI SIGN “SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES” FOR TEACHING THE CATHOLIC RELIGION IN INFANT AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Rome (Fides Service) – The President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), Cardinal Camillo Ruini, and the Italian minister for education, universities and research Letizia Moratti, signed yesterday, 23 October, ...
23 October 2003
EUROPE/SPAIN - HOLY SEE DELEGATION AT INTERNATIONAL DONOR CONFERENCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ
Madrid (Fides Service ) – The Holy See has sent a delegation to a major conference to raise money for the reconstruction of Iraq taking place in Madrid 23 and 24 October. More than 70 countries and multilateral organis ...
23 October 2003
EUROPE/ALBANIA - FIRST CARMELITE CONVENT OPENED AND BLESSED: ONE YOUNG ALBANIAN CARMELITE TAKES THE HABIT
Sapë (Fides Service) - In Nenshat parish on 29 September the first convent of Discalsed Carmelites in Albania dedicated to the Holy Family and St Michael was inaugurated and blessed. The six Carmelite nuns, four Croats ...
23 October 2003
EUROPE/SPAIN - INTENSIVE MISSIONARY FORMATION COURSE: BOOST SPANISH CHURCH’S MISSIONARY COMMITMENT WITH BETTER PREPARATION OF PASTORAL WORKERS
Madrid (Fides Service) – Provide all the missionary forces of the Church in Spain with the opportunity for missionary reflection and formation is the objective of an Intensive Course in Missionary Formation promoted by ...
22 October 2003
EUROPE/FRANCE - ALARMING INCREASE OF ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG YOUNG EUROPEANS
Rome (Fides Service) – “Young people are often at the leading edge of social change, and upward trends in alcohol and illicit drug use by young people constitute an important social development in the EU” according ...
22 October 2003
EUROPE/SPAIN - TO MARK 25 YEARS OF JOHN PAUL II’S PONTIFICATE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS MORAL THEOLOGY ON 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF “VERITATIS SPLENDOR” ENCYCLICAL
Murcia (Fides Service) – As part of celebrations to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, the Sant’ Antonio Catholic University in Murcia (Spain) has organised an international Congress on Moral T ...
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