Europe

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  26 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The war in Ukraine and the pain of the Eastern Churches: "the only one who benefits from it is the devil" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "Wars are a defeat for all parties involved. The only one who enjoys them is the devil, who already dances on the heads of corpses, and plays with the pain of widows, orphans and grieving mothers". ...
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  26 February 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Being an ambassador is a bit like a mission" memory of Ambassador Attanasio killed in Congo Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - Together with some diocesan and voluntary organizations for Africa, the Society for African Missions (SMA) organized an event in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio, assassinated in Congo on Febru ...
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  25 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The Don Orione Monastery in Lviv becomes a reception center for refugees and the disabled Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have all gathered in the monastery of Lviv which we have decided to make available to refugees and to those in need. Our other priority is the protection of the 8 disabled children who live in ...
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  24 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Missionaries of Don Orione: "We will stay here, we cannot abandon our disabled children, mothers, children, the poor" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Don Giovanni Carollo, director of the religious province "Mother of Divine Providence" of the Sons of Divine Providence (Don Orione) on which the Orionine mission in Ukraine depends, in contact wit ...
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  24 February 2022
  EUROPE - Catholic Action: prayer of the Rosary for peace with the faithful of Ukraine Rome (Agenzia Fides) - While winds of war blow in Ukraine, the International Forum of Catholic Action (IFCA) with all the associations of Catholic Action in the world, has accepted the renewed appeal of Pope Francis to p ...
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  23 February 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Mediterranean frontier of peace”. Bishops and Mayors gathered in Florence, in the name of Giorgio La Pira Florence (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday, February 23, the unique meeting of Catholic Bishops and Mayors of Mediterranean countries met in Florence to attest and re-propose the role of the Mediterranean Sea as a "fron ...
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  14 February 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Armenian Catholic Bishops committed to beginning the process of canonization of Cardinal Agagianian, Prefect of Propaganda Fide from 1960 to 1970 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Cilicia of the Armenians, gathered in Synod in Rome from February 4 to 12 at the Pontifical Armenian College "in Urbe" under the chairmanship of Patriarch ...
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  12 February 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pauline Jaricot at the center of the last day of the meeting of the European Directors of the PMS Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Paulina Jaricot is a source of inspiration for us today", said Father Tadeusz Jan Nowak, OMI, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, during the meeting of ...
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  9 February 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Proclaiming Christ in Europe": meeting of the European Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Proclaiming Christ in Europe, from apostolic times to the third millennium" is the theme of the speech by Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv., Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionar ...
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  5 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The Salesian oratory, a place of proclamation of the Good News, in the midst of political and social tension Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "Our oratory is proving to be a refuge for many: Catholics, Orthodox, but also many non-believers. Young people spread the word using social networks, sometimes even involving their families. And t ...
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  5 February 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Star Singers are growing in French-speaking Switzerland Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - Nine new groups in 2021 alone and in total a number more than tripled in six years. These are the numbers of the Star Singers of French Switzerland who on February 2, the Feast of the Presentati ...
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  2 February 2022
  EUROPE/FRANCE - President Macron doubles French funding for Christian schools in the Middle East Paris (Agenzia Fides) - While the official visit of Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Vatican Secretariat of State is underway, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in Pa ...
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  29 January 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters on Instagram: “Communicating the positive aspects of migration” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters (Missionary Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo) are on Instagram. On the "missionariescalabriniane" account it is possible to get information about the missionary ...
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  13 January 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: The Church has been a pioneer in the field of child protection for many years Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This coming Sunday, January 16, Spanish children have an appointment with Missionary Childhood Day - "Children's Sunday". The focus is on supporting the missionaries in their work with children ...
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  5 January 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Mondo e Missione" looks back on 150 years: the history of the magazine is closely linked to the Pontifical Mission Societies Milan (Agenzia Fides) - In 2022 the missionary magazine "Mondo e Missione", of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) looks back on 150 years of uninterrupted publications. As a note sent to Agenzia Fides i ...