Europe

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  6 January 2026
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Star Singers in Rome and the joy of meeting Pope Leo XIV Fribourg (Agenzia Fides) – The three Star Singers from Switzerland returned home still deeply moved after participating in the New Year's Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Leo XIV. They were joined by 19 ...
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  1 January 2026
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers: "Child labor is not an inevitable fate" by Monika Schiefer Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – The fight against child labor exploitation is the central theme of the 68th edition of the Star Singers 2026 initiative, which this year carries the slogan “To school i ...
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  23 December 2025
  EUROPE/POLAND - The "Star Singers" support their peers in Sri Lanka: the initiative kicks off with a press conference and appearances on national television TVP1 Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – More than 12,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo received support last year thanks to the initiatives of the Star Singers in Poland. For over forty years, during the Christmas se ...
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  20 December 2025
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Star Singers: From Sattel to the Federal Palace, “Ambassadors” of Peace and Solidarity Bern (Agenzia Fides) – Last Wednesday, a delegation of 23 Star Singers from Sattel filled the Dome Hall of the Federal Palace in Bern with carols and joy. The young Star Singers brought their blessing for the new year, ...
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  2 December 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Changing Africa and changing the way we perceive it”: presentation of “The Metamorphosis of West Africa - Not only migration” Rome (Agenzia Fides) “What is Africa?” This question was the focus of the presentation of the book “The Metamorphosis of West Africa – Not only migration” (Rubbettino, 2025), edited by Archbishop Samuele Sangal ...
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  28 November 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Metamorphosis of West Africa”: the latest work of the Sinderesis School will be presented in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Quo Vadis Africa?”: This question summarizes the research conducted by the young people of the “Sinderesis School” at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome during the 2024-2025 aca ...
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  22 November 2025
  Concert in the Roman Church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami to support the iniatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A classical guitar concert was organized in a church in the heart of Rome to raise funds for projects supported by the Pontifical Mission Societies. The event took place on Saturday, November 22, ...
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  4 November 2025
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - "Night of the Arts 2025": Moscow's Catholic Cathedral opens to thousands of visitors by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of November 3, Moscow’s Catholic Cathedral opened its doors to thousands of visitors for the “Night of the Arts,” offering three free concerts. As e ...
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  21 October 2025
  EUROPE/FRANCE - A film about the priests of the Paris Foreign Missions, "adventurers of Christ" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The adventure of faith is alive in the 21st century. The mission of Christ and the Church is alive. This is attested by the documentary “Adventurers of Christ,” presented and sponsored by the ...
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  18 October 2025
  Russian pilgrims in Rome, "precious stones for the local and universal Church" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Ninety-seven pilgrims from the four Catholic dioceses of the Russian Federation had the joy, on the morning of Friday, October 17, of meeting Pope Leo XIV, during their Jubilee pilgrimage "ad lim ...
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  27 September 2025
  EUROPE/POLAND - The "Missionary Jubilees" of 2026 at the center of the annual meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland is already looking ahead to 2026, when several “Missionary Jubilees” will be celebrated. 2026 will mark the 10 ...
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  26 September 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - The "Sinderesi Foundation" celebrates its first ten years of activity in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Sinderesi Foundation celebrates its first ten years of activity with a commemorative evening scheduled for Saturday, September 27, at 6:00 p.m., in the Baldini Hall of the Church of Santa Mar ...
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  21 September 2025
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Lives given in following Jesus: The Saints of the Paris Foreign Missions in Korea by Pascale Rizk
  Paris (Agenzia Fides) – The feast of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon and his fellow martyrs was also celebrated in Paris. These 102 martyrs, proclaimed Blessed by ...
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  14 September 2025
  The New Martyrs and the “Baptism in Blood” by Marie Symington Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Rome, on the day of the celebration of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls hosts the ecumenical commemoration of Christian martyr ...
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  3 September 2025
  EUROPE/ESTONIA - Beatification of Missionary Bishop Eduard Profittlich: Remaining in the light of Christ in the face of darkness Tallinn (Agenzia Fides) – Eduard Profittlich (1890-1942), a Jesuit missionary from Germany and Archbishop of Tallinn, will be the first Estonian Catholic to be beatified, during a ceremony presided over by Cardinal Chr ...