Europe

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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  20 February 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 14,000 participants in 30 countries for a virtual solidarity race in favor of the right to education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The singer and activist Rozalén and her sign language interpreter, Beatriz Romero, were commissioned to kick off today, in digital form, the tenth edition of the Entreculturas solidarity Race, a ...
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  16 February 2021
  EUROPE - Churches of Europe in prayer for the victims of the pandemic during Lent St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) - From Ash Wednesday, and throughout Lent, the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of the European continent invite people to pray for the victims of the pandemic. As the note sent to Agenz ...
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  12 February 2021
  EUROPE/POLAND - The PMS look to the future with hope: towards the great jubilees of the PMS and the Synod of Missionary Childhood Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the provisions to contain the coronavirus epidemic, the meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland took place on February 9th as part of a video conference. Diocesan directors f ...
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  8 February 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - #PrayAgainstTrafficking: "Women play an important role in the fight against human trafficking" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Anyone who exploits people violates the right to life. Those involved in this trafficking and violate the dreams and thoughts of others are complicit in a sin against the all humanity. Today, on W ...
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  16 January 2021
  NEWS ANALYSIS - For a "new economy": tax havens must be abolished Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The abolition of tax havens is an absolute priority as they are an inequality tool that the weakest countries always pay for. In 2013, the Credit Suisse bank released a chart known as the 'Pyramid ...
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  14 January 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: "The Church plays the role of mother, father and family for many children in the world" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to make the Spaniards, especially children, aware that we live in a large family and we cannot be indifferent to the needs of others because we are far away", said Fr. José María Calde ...
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  13 January 2021
  EUROPE /ITALY - Young migrants study to become "room assistant" Syracuse (Agenzia Fides) - On the initiative of the Scalabrini Mission Sisters, a course was launched in Syracuse, Sicily, to train young migrant people to work in the catering trade. A total of 26 young people from Nige ...
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  21 December 2020
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers: "the faithful still want their Christmas blessing" even in times of pandemic Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - It is with great regret that the leaders of the 63rd Campaign of the "Star Singers" ("Die Sternsinger") following the lockdown imposed by the German government from December 16 to January 10 to f ...
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  15 December 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Minors: 3 immigrants out of 5 in Africa and Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa and Asia welcome three out of five immigrant children. Worldwide 30% of migrants are under 18 years old. The number of children who leave their families to set out on the paths of migration ...