Europe

• 
  7 April 2021
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Metropolitan Hilarion: the Russian Church will not change its way of establishing the date of Easter Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The possible introduction of a change of the liturgical calendar to allow all Christians in the world to celebrate Easter on the same day "is not on the agenda of the Orthodox Church, or at least ...
• 
  26 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The gratitude of the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies to the Church in Spain for its support for the missions despite the pandemic Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), thanked Cardinal Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona and President of the Episcopal Conference of ...
• 
  25 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Covid does not take away the guarantee that Christ has risen": the presence and testimony of the Camillians does not stop Turin (Agenzia Fides) - "The world today has, more than ever, an extreme need for testimonies, for people capable of going against the tide, of opposing the prevailing evil which divides human beings, which rejects or do ...
• 
  24 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, model for the whole Church in missionary outreach Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "As recognition of this important anniversary, the 150th of the proclamation of Saint Alphonsus as Doctor of the Church, Pope Francis has sent us a message in which he proposes Saint Alphonsus, as ...
• 
  23 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Testimonies of missionaries on the value of life until its natural end after the legalization of euthanasia in Spain Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain, Father José María Calderón, published, following the approval of the law legalizing euthanasia in Spain, a statement, also s ...
• 
  22 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Study Day at Saint Damasus University dedicated to "Jesus Christ, Savior of men and peoples" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The University of Saint Damasus (UESD), in collaboration with the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain, are organizing on March 24 the Missiological Day "Jesus Christ, Savior of men and peoples" ...
• 
  17 March 2021
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - The figure of Father Ettore Cunial in view of the Day of the Missionary Martyrs Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 29th "Day of Prayer and Fasting in memory of the Missionary Martyrs" of March 24 (see Fides, 16/3/2021), Agenzia Fides offers some testimonies of missionaries killed because of Gospe ...
• 
  16 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionary Martyrs Day 2021 March 24 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1993, the day of the assassination of Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, on March 24, 1980 while he was celebrating Mass, has been dedicated to the celebration of the Day ...
• 
  10 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Human trafficking: "The pandemic must not lead us to turn a blind eye to other problems" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid pandemic must not lead us to turn a blind eye to an unprecedented economic and social crisis and to human trafficking, which continues to affect the poorest countries in the world in par ...
• 
  9 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - No school meals during the pandemic: Millions of children at risk of hunger all over the world Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - The protraction of the Coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the most vulnerable groups. According to a report published by the World Food Program (WFP), there are around 370 million children worl ...
• 
  8 March 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Testimony of the women of Doctors with Africa CUAMM Padua (Agenzia Fides) - Women are at the center of Doctors with Africa CUAMM's commitment to health. To pay homage and witness their great and constant commitment, on the occasion of March 8, the organization shared the ...
• 
  6 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish-American Day: "Not all of our brothers and sisters in Latin America can receive the sacraments regularly" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the first Sunday in March, this year on March 7th, the Spanish-American Day, which focuses on relations with the local churches in Latin America. The day, organized by the Spanish Bishops' Con ...
• 
  2 March 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "missionary rap" of a rural school in Avila wins the eighth edition of the competition for young missionaries Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A rural school in Ávila won the competition of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI) with "rap". For the eighth consecutive year, the Pontifical Children's Mission Societies in S ...
• 
  26 February 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Reflection on the Pontifical Missionary Union at the center of the annual meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The XVII Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain has begun and this time it is taking place in digital form in view of the health situation. Its reflection relates mainly to one of t ...
• 25 February 2021
  NORTHERN EUROPE - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 November 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Ivan Sovic National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...