Europe

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  2 April 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The peace march of Italian civil society arrives in Lviv Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "The ongoing conflict evokes the ghost of a past which was considered definitively archived. Instead the bombs, the destruction, the Ukrainian and Russian deaths, the devastation of recent weeks ha ...
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  2 April 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY: "BACK TO THE COMIGI: Mission restarts from the future", the Missio Giovani conference kicks off on April 22 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting with the Holy Father will open the awaited appointment of the VI edition of CO.MI.GI., the Youth Missionary Conference which returns in presence this year after the "forced pause" dicta ...
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  1 April 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Conference of Missionary Childhood of Europe on the theme of “holiness” Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - After four years of "break" due to the pandemic, CEME - an organization that brings together all the Secretariats of Missionary Childhood of the countries of Europe - met at the ecumenical center ...
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  1 April 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "Don Bosco for Ukraine": the Salesians of Brazil launch a solidarity campaign Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment of the Salesians to the population victims of the war, in Ukraine and beyond, continues at all levels. The Salesians remain committed in the field, in direct relief to the refugees, ...
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  31 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Seeking spiritual comfort in books: the Paulines in Lviv also receive requests for books from refugees in other countries Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "Ukraine has been at war for more than a month. Every day bombs destroy houses in different parts of the country. The city of Mariupol has become a huge cemetery. A lot of people are crossing Ukrai ...
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  30 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Stop the war Now": Vehicle convoy sets off for Ukraine Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday April 1st, a delegation of 200 people and members of various Italian civil society organizations will leave for a non-violent peace initiative in Ukraine. The convoy, which consists of 50 ...
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  29 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Orionini in Lviv: Missiles fell one kilometer from their monastery Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, March 26, Lviv was also bombarded around 3:30 p.m. Italian time. Some missiles fell just over a kilometer from the monastery of Orione (see Fides, 25/2/2022). The two ...
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  28 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - A possible basis for peace talks Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reached a point where the respect due to the thousands of dead and the pain of so many families, both Ukrainian and Russian, absolutely demand a peaceful solution. In the negotiations it ...
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  26 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Animation activities linked to the anniversaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people collaborate in missionary animation in the 42 dioceses of Poland, all involved in the many initiatives planned for the anniversaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). ...
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  25 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Christian churches and organizations: spontaneous solidarity cannot be considered a replacement for the "much needed support and coordination, which is a State responsibility Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Various religious organizations representing all the Christian Churches present in the European continent (Anglican, Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic) and many active institutions for migrants, re ...
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  24 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Society of African Missions: Polish province accepts Ukrainian refugees in Piwniczna Zdrój and Borzęcin Duży Borzęcin Duży (Agenzia Fides) - Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, there has been a great willingness to help in Poland in the face of the humanitarian crisis affecting the Ukrainian population. Many people take war ...
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  23 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - March 24, Missionary Martyrs Day: "Voice of the Word" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty years ago, the Missionary Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies decided to celebrate every year a "Day of prayer and fasting in memory of the Missionary Martyrs". The da ...
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  23 March 2022
  EUROPE - Interreligious prayer for peace and proposal for a trip of religious leaders to Kiev Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - An interreligious prayer and a moment of silence together to invoke peace in Ukraine: this is the initiative promoted for tomorrow, March 24, by the international association "Religions for Peace ...
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  23 March 2022
  EUROPE - Bishops call to the leaders of the nations to put an end to the war and on all Christians to continue praying for the gift of peace Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) are "calling leaders of the nations and the internationa ...
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  22 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Paulines in Lviv: "There is so much pain and so many tears" Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "Our city, Lviv, has become a transit place for hundreds of thousands of people, all fleeing the bombings in central and eastern Ukraine. There is so much pain and so many tears. Mostly women and c ...