Europe

• 22 February 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - A month packed with missionary activities; 2008 declared "Missionary Childhood Year in Poland" for 150 years in Poland Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - February is going to be a month full of missionary meaning for the Church in Poland, according to report made to Agenzia Fides from Monsignor Jan Piotrowski, National Director of the Pontifical M ...
• 21 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Results of a study on respect for religious freedom in Spain in 2004-2008 notes “tendency to restrict public presence in religious demonstrations” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Spain has definitely experienced a decline in the respect due to religious beliefs, converting believers into second-rate citizens, according to the results of a study made by the Observatory for ...
• 21 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses to Christ like Francis Xavier” Javieradas Pilgrimages 2-8 March Navarra (Agenzia Fides) - “I am very proud to be in this land of Navarra ministering as Bishop, and the reason is because the missionaries from this land have been its best ambassadors to the world, taking the Gospel o ...
• 19 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 60 associations participate in the First National Meeting of Conscientious Objectors to the Education for Citizenship. 24,000 objections signed. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme, “Without Fear,” the First National Meeting of Conscientious Objectors to the Education for Citizenship took place on February 16, in the school of Mount Tabor in Pozuelo de A ...
• 18 February 2008
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Conclusion of meeting for the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors Torhout (Agenzia Fides) - The Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) held its General Assembly in Torhout, Belgium, February 11-17. Representatives from 39 different religious Conferences from 26 count ...
• 15 February 2008
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Forum to Fight Human Trafficking: “The Holy See encourages all kinds of just initiatives aimed at eradicating this immoral and criminal phenomenon,” Archbishop Marchetto affirms. Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy See appreciates the efforts undertaken at various levels to combat human trafficking, which is a multidimensional problem, and one of the most shameful phenomena of our era... [it] is ...
• 15 February 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - The positive experience of the “Missionary Workshops” begun in Czestochowa in 2000 Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The “Missionary Workshops” in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa are organised on the third Saturday of every month, by the diocesan Director of the Pontifical Missions Societies, Fr. Jacek ...
• 14 February 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Prophecy of ad gentes today in Italy. Missionary Institutes reflect ” Napoli (Agenzia Fides) - From 11 to 15 February at Pacognano Don Bosco (Naples), there will be the 4th Forum of CIMI (Conferenza Istituti Missionari Italiani), on the theme "Prophecy of Ad gentes today in Italy. Mission ...
• 13 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Four Sanctuaries form part of “Marian Route”: an important path through Europe, because of their great cultural and religious wealth Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The four most important sanctuaries in the Central Pyrennes Mountains now form the “Marian Route Association,” an initiative that has been started with the goal of promoting the pilgrimage si ...
• 6 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Manos Unidas” Campaign 2008: “Promoting healthy motherhood by fostering the conditions that allow a mother to be who she is: fount of life, self-giving, and total donation.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Manos Unidas” (United Hands) will present its Campaign for 2008, the theme of which is: “Healthy mothers, a right and a hope,” inspired by the fifth Objective of the Developmental Object ...
• 5 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Letter from the Bishop of Palencia: “All the Bishops did was to offer Catholic some guiding moral criteria before making their own electoral choice. ” Palencia (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of the diocese of Palencia, has issued a Letter in which he calls for a clearer reading of the recent Note issued by the Standing Committee of the Spanish Bishops' ...
• 4 February 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Interview with Prof. Andrea Riccardi: “The meaning of mission: sharing the Word of God and communicating the joy of having encountered Jesus in our poorest brothers and sisters” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 40 years of the Community of St Egidio, Fides put a few questions to its founder, Professor Andrea Riccardi. The S. Egidio Community was born forty years ago: what was t ...
• 4 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Archbishop of Toledo Cardinal Cañizares says “the Church will always proclaim the truth of the Gospel, in order to serve man, she will never be silent, although this may cause her insults and abuse” Toledo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church has no other Word to say except Christ, no other treasure except Christ, no other power except the power of Christ who came not to be served but to serve. About this Word the Church ...
• 1 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish Bishops say moral dimension must be taken into account at elections next month: "not all electoral programmes are compatible with the faith and the demands of Christian life" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a meeting 29-20 January the Standing Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain issued a Statement in view of elections on March 9, offering Catholics and 'all who wish ...
• 29 January 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Over six thousand people at Sunday's pro-life and pro-family gathering in Barcelona organised by “Pact for Life and Dignity” platform Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - More than six thousand people took part in Sunday's pro-life and pro-family gathering in Barcelona organised to defend life and the family by the platform “Pact for Life and Dignity” and a ...