Europe

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  23 May 2025
  Cardinal Tagle at the Pontifical Mission Societies Assembly: let us learn from the Apostles, made missionaries by the encounter with the Risen Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary work of the Church has its source in the wonder of those who encountered the Risen Jesus, "and were sent by Him". And even today, the people and entities involved in missionary work ...
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  23 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Mandonico, of the Society of African Missions: “The missionary Pope reminds us of the need not to close ourselves in our fortresses” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “One particular trait stands out about the missionary Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, who became Pope Leo XIV. Those who knew him closely do not have any striking gestures to share, but they reit ...
• 21 May 2025
  EUROPE/LATVIA - New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 10, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, Rev. Jēkabs Ro ...
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  21 May 2025
  The 2025 General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins today in Rome at the San Lorenzo International College of Brindisi of the Capuchin Friars. The assembly's intense ...
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  20 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Building unity through dialogue and listening: XXII General Assembly of the Society of African Missions Rocca di Papa (Agenzia Fides) – A total of 55 delegates—including provincial and district superiors, elected delegates, facilitators, and guests—from around the world gathered in Rome to participate in the 22nd Gen ...
• 14 May 2025
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Father Luca Bovio, IMC, at the head of the newly established national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Luca Bovio, IMC, as direct ...
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  10 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General: Thank you Pope Francis, welcome to Pope Leo by Pascale Rizk Rome (Agenzia Fides) - About 900 nuns from around the world gathered in Rome from May 5 to 9 to participate in the 23rd Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General, dedicated to the theme ...
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  30 April 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Pope Francis' “recommendations” to his cousin Ana Rosa Sivori, a missionary nun by Antonella Prenna Rome (Fides Agency) - “I insist that this donation be made available to those most in need,” said Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, cousin of Pope Francis, quoting the Pope himself, who in a conversation ...
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  16 April 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Farewell to Father Angelo Lazzarotto, a great friend of Chinese Catholics by Gianni Valente Rancio di Lecco (Agenzia Fides) - The old group photo chosen to accompany this memory portrays him in civilian clothes, just behind Deng Xiaoping. It was May 22, 1978. At 53 years old, the priest and ...
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  28 March 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Society of the Divine Word missionaries commemorate 150 years of their founding, as a sign of the “Missio Dei” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the Gospel accounts, the disciples who first encounter the risen Jesus do not recognize him immediately: Mary Magdalene mistakes him for the gardener, Peter and the other Apostles who see him ...
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  22 March 2025
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - In the Footsteps of Jeanne Bigard: Supporting priestly and religious vocations in mission territories Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of St. Peter the Apostle and its commitment to priestly vocations and consecrated life were the focus of the visit of Father Guy Bognon, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society ...
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  8 March 2025
  GREENLAND - Geopolitical interests and independence: Greenland before the election by Cosimo Graziani Nuuk (Agenzia Fides) - Although globalization has been the subject of much criticism recently, perhaps never before have local elections with fewer than sixty thousand voters made such headlines as ...
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  8 March 2025
  GREENLAND - Catholics in Greenland: A small church of migrants Nuuk (Agenzia Fides) - Under your feet, mineral-rich soil covered by a thick layer of white snow; above your head, the enchanted sky distorted by the Northern Lights. Bright and long nights, days when the sunlight lasts ...
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  1 March 2025
  EUROPE/POLOND - European Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the new mission emergencies Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Reflection, prayer, sharing and dialogue on the challenges of evangelization were the focus of the Meeting of European National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies, held in Warsaw from ...
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  19 February 2025
  EUROPE/POLAND - The murderer of Father Grzegorz Dymek confesses Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - It was a traumatic awakening for the faithful of the parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Kłobuck, a small town in northern Poland on the outskirts of Czestochowa: the 58-year-old parish priest ...