Europe

• 16 December 2008
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Children search for peace”: commitment to peace at the heart of the 51st Campaign of the “Sternsinger,” with Colombia as this' year's “symbol country” Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the 51st time, in the days leading up to January 6, 2009 the “Sternsinger” (Star Singers) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany will be on the country's street-corners singing Ch ...
• 11 December 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Day of Prayer for the Missions; Christmas Campaign for children in Papua New Guinea Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Since 1900, Jasna Gora (Czestochowa) has celebrated a Day of Prayer for the Missions on a date near the feast on Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions. Agenzia Fides learned of this ...
• 10 December 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Social and business commitments, a possible harmony; business projects for Sahel Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Social commitments and business interests can be reconciled, and when this occurs, the fruits are many and are evident. This is one of the discoveries that was made during the convention entitled ...
• 10 December 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday, December 28, Feast of the Holy Family: Mass for families from all over Spain, with a live message via satellite from the Holy Father in Rome Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – In a letter addressed to all parish pastors, religious communities, apostolic movements and associations, schools, etc. of the Archdiocese, the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouc ...
• 2 December 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Youth Missionary Congress for the Year of Saint Paul: “Following Christ’s footsteps in the world - Paul’s Secret” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle to the Gentiles, inspired by the Holy Father’s proposal, all youth are invited to attend the Youth Missionary Congress 2009, scheduled to ...
• 1 December 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrini Missionaries Meeting: the message and the method of St Paul offer a wealth of proposals for the Christian of the third millennium and for the promotion of intercultural dialogue Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “From proclaiming among cultures to communion among peoples: in the footsteps of Saint Paul”, was the theme of a meeting held at the Pontifical Urban University on 28 November organised by the ...
• 1 December 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - December 1: World AIDS Day. There are 33 million tested positive in the world, with sub-Saharan Africa being the most affected...universal access to the cure is urgently needed. Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Today, December 1 is World AIDS Day. The epidemic, that in past decades has led to a high number of victims, is today passing through a new phase. Several developments have been made in the attem ...
• 28 November 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - On November 30, over 900 cities all over the world will celebrate the “World Day of Cities for Life Against the Death Penalty” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Just a few days after the Third Commission of the U.N. General Assembly renewed it’s anti-death penalty stance and Burundi abolished capital punishment, on November 30, 2008 close to 1,000 cities ...
• 28 November 2008
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Welcoming refugees and displaced persons implies “ that we address the other as a person and prevents us from approaching him as a problem or as a source of work”: Archbishop Marchetto addresses the Migration Commission of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference Cologne (Agenzia Fides) - “Refugees are always in the heart of the Church” and “what the Church undertakes in favor of refugees is an integral part of its mission”: these were the words pronounced by Archbishop A ...
• 27 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - First Encounter of Augustinian Recollect Bishops to commemorate centennial anniversary of the Chapter that established the apostolic end and led to the missions La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) – November 25-30, the Monastery of San Millan de Yuso (La Rioja, Spain) is hosting the first Encounter of Augustinian Recollect Bishops, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect for t ...
• 26 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 23 years after its legalization, abortion is now the leading cause of death and the number one form of violence against women in Spain Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Coinciding with the International Day of Violence Against Women, November 25, the Institute for Family Policies (IFP) a report entitled: “Abortion in Spain: 23 years later (1985-2008)” in t ...
• 25 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Rouco Varela, President of the Bishops' Conference, issues an alert on the risk of a breakdown in the nation's peaceful co-existence, and on the responsibility and moral demands in the face of the economic crisis. Study of the document: “The current relevance of the mission ad gentes in Spain” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, in Madrid, the 92nd Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Conference of Bishops (CEE) began. The Assembly will last until Friday, November 28. Among the topics of discussion is the study a ...
• 21 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Heart of Jesus opens us the way to the mission, to become missionaries wherever we are.” The Archdiocese of Toledo prepares to renew its Consecration to the Heart of Jesus this Sunday. Toledo (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, November 23, Solemnity of Christ the King, the Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain) will renew its consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in a Mass in the Cathedral, presided by the Ar ...
• 19 November 2008
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - “Religions are aware that talking of war in God’s name is meaningless and blasphemous. They are convinced a better humanity will never come from violence and terrorism. They do not share the pessimistic belief in the inevitable clash of religions and civilizations.” The appeal made at the close of the XXII “Men and Religion” Meeting organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio in Cyprus Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “We are at a difficult point in history. Many certainties are shaken by the economic crisis that has seized our world. Many people are pessimistic about the future. Richer countries focus on prot ...
• 17 November 2008
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - “The Civilization of Peace: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue”: 22nd Meeting of Prayer for Peace promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio and the Orthodox Church of Cyprus Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 22nd International Meeting “Men and Religion,” promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio together with the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, on the theme “The Civilization of Peace: Faiths and ...