Europe

• 14 November 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Reactions of the Catholic world to the Court of Cassation's authorization of Eluana Englaro's removal from life support Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Court of Cassation has decided to confirm the interruption of the life support being received by Eluana Englaro, who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years. The event has provoked certai ...
• 12 November 2008
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Two Jesuits killed in Moscow buried in their native countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless bodies of Fr. Otto Messmer and Fr. Victor Betancourt, Jesuits, were found on the afternoon of October 28, in their home in Moscow (see Fides 31/10/2008). According to a report releas ...
• 6 November 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Franciscan Missionary,” providing missionary formation services for 75 years Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Franciscan Missionary,” the magazine published by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, turns 75. Begun in Assisi, the magazine has played an important role in formation for the missions. ...
• 6 November 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Book on the theology and mission of Saint Paul published by the Catholic weekly “Niedzela” sells 180,000 copies Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – For the Year of St. Paul, the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” the most widely read magazine in Poland with headquarters in Czestochowa, has published another book within their serie ...
• 4 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - PMS Youth Council participates in the Youth Ministry Forum, to analyze the situation over the past 50 years and challenges for the future Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – November 7-9, the Municipal Palace of Congresses in Madrid will host the Youth Ministry Forum, which will be attended by over 2,000 young people from all over Spain. The event is being organize ...
• 31 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish missionary severely wounded by a bomb blast in the Democratic Republic of Congo Burgos (Agenzia Fides) – According to information provided by the Missions Delegation of Burgos, Sister Maria Presentacion Lopez Vivar, a Spanish missionary from Burgos (Spain), was hit in a bomb that exploded in Rutsh ...
• 31 October 2008
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Two Jesuit priests killed in Moscow Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 25 October, Father Victor Betancourt, an Ecuadorian Jesuit working in the St. Thomas Philosophical, Theological and Historical Institute in Moscow, was killed in his home. Two days la ...
• 28 October 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Harambee Africa International Onlus” program begins, to coordinate educational initiatives in Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Harambee - All together for Africa” is an aid program for Africa that began at the canonization of Saint Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei (the only Personal Prelature in the Catholic ...
• 28 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - 6th “Christian Culture Days” dedicated to Saint Paul, Apostle and Theologian Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Here are some of the initiatives for the Year of St. Paul, scheduled to take place during the 6th celebration of Christian Culture Days in Czestochowa (which began on World Mission Sunday, ...
• 27 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - University professors sign a manifesto in defense of natural death, against pressures to promote euthanasia Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “In response to the intense pressures being placed on the Spanish people to approve assisted suicide and euthanasia, the need exists to defend the dignity of natural death as the proper end of ...
• 24 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops of Extremadura affirm that Education for Citizenship “is contrary to the Social Doctrine of the Church and the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their moral beliefs.” Badajoz (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Merida-Badajoz, following their ordinary session on October 21, 2008, issued a statement on the situation of education in Extremadura, especially ...
• 24 October 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious persecution on the rise on an international level, says a report from “Aid to the Church in Need” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, in various cities a presentation was made of the report on Religious Freedom in the World 2008, which is an exhaustive report on the current situation of human rights in general and th ...
• 22 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - International photography exposition: “Benedict XVI in the lens of the photo-reporters of Czestochowa, Altötting, Mariazell, and Loreto” Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Benedict XVI in the lens of the photo-reporters of Czestochowa, Altötting, Mariazell, and Loreto” is the title of the international photo exposition taking place in the Pilgrimage Muse ...
• 20 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - World Mission Sunday in Czestochowa: catechesis on the missions, prayer for the missions, and encounter with missionaries Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – For World Mission Sunday, several parishes in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa organized encounters with missionaries from Cameroon, Brazil, and Papua New Guinea. The missionaries gave their ...
• 20 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops denounce the birth of the first “genetically selected baby,” saying that “the fact that a healthy baby has been born cannot justify his being used as an instrument, and the destruction of his brothers generated in vitro.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Following the birth of the first “genetically selected baby” in Seville (Spain), many have begun speaking out against the event, and condemning the way in which he was conceived, as it cons ...