Europe

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  4 July 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Catholic community of Moscow: in the face of conflict, pray for peace, hope in God, touch the wounds of the suffering Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "The armed hostilities in Ukraine, the suffering of the population of that Country and - even if not comparable - of Russia provoke requests and 'demands' towards God himself, the Church, doubts ...
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  2 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - An enlarged heart towards the mission: the charism of Saint Luigi Orione, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "On June 23, 2021, when we inaugurated the Orione Year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of our Founder, we did not think it could have such an impact and, on the contrary, it was a g ...
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  1 July 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN: Father José María Calderón: "The missionary spirit of Spanish Catholics is immense" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The activity report of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Spain for the year 2021 was presented yesterday during a press conference. Among the speakers: the director of the Spanish PMS, ...
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  30 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The "StopthewarNow" caravan: "To be here with the people who suffer to dare to propose peace" Mykolaiv (Agenzia Fides) - Irina comes from Mariupol. She fled shortly before the final attack on the steel mill: "We miraculously escaped one day before our house was destroyed." It is one of the testimonies collected b ...
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  28 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The commitment of Christian, Catholic and Orthodox religious: pray for peace and make peace Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - The Peace Caravan which left Italy two days ago to show its closeness and solidarity with the victims of the Ukrainian war and to bring them material aid collected by the 176 associations recogni ...
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  27 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The "diplomacy of bodies": the caravan of peace arrives in Odessa Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - The Caravan of Peace and Solidarity arrived this morning in Odessa, the Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea. It had left the Italian city of Gorizia on Saturday where, on behalf of the civil soc ...
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  25 June 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The religious who helped the hungry: one hundred years after the pontifical mission sent by Pope Pius XI Moscow (Agenzi Fides) - "This story shows how, if we trust in God, we too can carry out the mission that He has entrusted to us", declared Father Stephan Lipke SJ, during the presentation of the book in Russian on the mi ...
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  24 June 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Camillians: monitoring of the assistance project for Ukrainian refugees continues Ursus (Agenzia Fides) - After the first evaluation of the project for the protection of Ukrainian refugees in which the Camillian Disaster Service International (Cadis) participates, Father Aris Miranda, MI, will travel ...
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  23 June 2022
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Secretary General of PMU: "The Eucharist, primary source to nourish a missionary spirit" London (Agenzia Fides) – To nourish a missionary spirit: this was the theme of the speech by Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, OFM Conv, Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), Director of Ciam and Agenz ...
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  23 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Peace is possible": the caravan leaving for Odessa, with the support of the Bishops Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Expressing closeness and solidarity to those suffering as a result of the ongoing war": with this objective Msgr. Francesco Savino, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio and Vice-President of the Italian Bi ...
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  22 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The first two non-priestly Camillian religious appointed provincial superiors Rome (Agenzia Fides) - They are Brother Carlo Mangione and Brother José Carlos Bermejo Higuera. The two Camillians, non-clerical religious "brothers", have been appointed provincial superiors of the Order of Ministers o ...
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  21 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - A new "Caravan of Peace" to show the concrete face of solidarity Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, June 24, a new caravan of peace will leave Italy on Saturday 24 June for Odessa, as an ideal continuation of the first caravan held in Ukraine last April, when a convoy of more than ...
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  20 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrini: "The image of a saint who knew how to understand and help, can maintain the hope of migrants and refugees" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Called by the United Nations, World Refugee Day is celebrated on June 20 to commemorate the approval in 1951 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees by the General Assembly of the Unit ...
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  20 June 2022
  EUROPE/MALTA - Seventh year for the TV marathon which raises funds for the missions Valletta (Agenzia Fides) - The television marathon conceived and produced by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Malta (Missio Malta) crosses the milestone of 7 years. HOPE #MissioFest, the name of the Maltese tele ...
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  18 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Friars Minor: "Material, emotional and spiritual support for Ukrainian children to overcome the trauma of war" Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - "These are children who, before reaching a safe place, experienced firsthand not only the horrors of war, but also a sudden detachment from their daily life and of their environment. It is very ...