Europe

• 17 March 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A message of hope from Catholic musicians through a virtual festival Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The best-known Catholic artists will come together in a virtual festival to bring a message of hope to those forced into their homes due to the pandemic: in these two weeks they will hold live co ...
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  16 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Maccalli today: a contemplative missionary Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "It was September 17, 2018 when an unexpected event disrupted the life of Father Gigi Maccalli and we find ourselves once again to pray for him". These are the words of two dear friends of the pri ...
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  14 March 2020
  EUROPE - Common prayer of the Presidents of CCEE and COMECE to ask God for help and comfort St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – In response to the difficult time communities all over the world are facing due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak, H.Em. Card. Angelo Bagnasco and H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, respect ...
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  9 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian social campaign for the redemption of migrant women Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There are over 260 million migrant women in the world. Travelers and witnesses of hope, strength, the ability to want to change the world. It is for this reason that, on the occasion of Internatio ...
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  4 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: one out of three migrants is a child, a sign that the international crisis is becoming stronger and stronger Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A third of migrants stranded in Greece are children. "It is the sign of how the international crisis is becoming stronger, and how often families allow their most precious things to leave, their ch ...
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  29 February 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - More than half of Spanish missionaries work in 20 countries in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Latin American countries need God, like everyone else", underlines Fr. José María Calderón, secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Missions and Cooperation between the Churches of the ...
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  25 February 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Día de Hispanoamérica": in communion with the Spanish missionaries in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Remembering the Spanish missionaries in Latin America and collaborating with them: this is the purpose of the "Día de Hispanoamérica" which is celebrated next Sunday, March 1st. This year the m ...
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  22 February 2020
  EUROPE /ITALY - The Comboni Missionaries: "In communion with the whole Church, to proclaim, witness and live the Gospel" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have taken note that in the epochal change we are experiencing, mission is called to take on a new paradigm to continue its mandate in a reality that presents strong discontinuities with the pa ...
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  20 February 2020
  EUROPE/POLAND - From the Extraordinary Missionary Month to the Synod of children: meeting of the PMS National Council Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the National Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), which took place from 17 to 19 February, has just ended, with the participation of 23 diocesan Directors of t ...
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  23 January 2020
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - Middle East Council of Churches: may East Jerusalem be "the capital of the independent Palestinian state" Larnaca (Agenzia Fides) - In the conflicts that damage the Middle East, Christians in that region can experience "the mystery of God's love", his compassion and his love for every human being even in the midst of many di ...
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  2 January 2020
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - First Christmas for Missionary Childhood children Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, Romanian missionary children prepared and celebrated the Lord's Christmas together: on May 18, in fact, a first group of Romanian children had joined the Pontifical Society ...
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  20 December 2019
  EUROPE/GERMANY - The Star Singers' Campaign 2020 begins: "Bring blessing, be blessing. Peace! In Lebanon and throughout the world" Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - "Bring blessing, be blessing. Peace! In Lebanon and around the world", is the motto of the next 2020 Star Singers (Sternsinger) campaign that has chosen Lebanon as its symbol country this year. T ...
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  17 December 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Maccalli is "a thread that has united us for 15 months: we entrust him to the Lord" Crema (Agenzia Fides) - Fifteen months ago Father Luigi Maccalli, a priest of the Society for African Missions was kidnapped in Niger, in September 2018 (see Fides, 18/9/2018). Many people continue to keep his memory ali ...
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  9 December 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - Solemn entrustment of the whole missionary Church to the Black Madonna of Częstochowa Częstochowa (Agenzia Fides) - About 400 people took part in the Symposium and Missionary Vigil that took place in Chęstochowa from 7 to 8 December. The vigil for the evangelization of the world, organized by the Pontif ...
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  7 December 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Orionine in the year of Youth: "Live every encounter in the sign of charity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to deepen the journey of faith and the sense of belonging to the Orionine Family, live moments of strong spirituality, listen to the call of the Lord who calls to follow, witness the enthu ...