Europe

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  23 February 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - Missionary animation: a look back at the past and one at the future, towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Opole (Agenzia Fides) - The summary of the activities carried out last year by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the individual dioceses and the initiatives for the next Extraordinary Missionary Month were the ma ...
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  7 February 2019
  EUROPE/FRANCE - MEP colloquium: Theology of the mission ad gentes, towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Paris (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 360th anniversary of the foundation of the "Missions Etrangeres de Paris" (MEP), and in preparation for the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019, organized by Pope ...
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  7 February 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - A light against human trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Together against trafficking" is the theme of the fifth World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking, celebrated on 8 February, on the day when we remember the liturgical memorial ...
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  6 February 2019
  EUROPE/FRANCE - France will establish the "National Day of Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide" Paris (Agenzia Fides) - On April 24th, France has declared a "National Day of Commemoration" to remember the 1915 Armenian genocide, which will be celebrated for the first time. This was announced by French President E ...
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  5 February 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Female genital mutilation: 200 million girls violated in their rights Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a common practice in a large number of African countries and in some Asian countries and constitutes a serious violation of girls' rights. This abusive practice ...
• 30 January 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On December 19, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro, of the clergy of the Arch ...
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  22 January 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - ACSE has been serving immigrants and refugees for half a century: "An adventure of solidarity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago, in 1969, ACSE, Comboni Association Service for Migrants and Refugees, was born in Rome thanks to Father Renato Bresciani, a Comboni missionary who had worked in South Sudan where h ...
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  21 January 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Star Singers of Holy Childhood for the first time in the Senate of the Republic Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in history, the Star Singers, the children of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society (MCA), visited the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Polish Republic. On January 16, ...
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  28 December 2018
  EUROPE/GERMANY - "Star Singers" collection 2019: "Together next to disabled children" Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2,600 "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany will participate today, Friday, December 28th at the official inauguration of their 61st Annual Campaign ...
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  20 December 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Scalabrinians on Global Compact: "the entire planet feels the need to treat the issue of migrants in a unified manner" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Global Compact on immigration testifies that the entire planet feels the need to treat the issue of migrants in a unified manner. This is a theme to be considered without the political borders ...
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  17 December 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The preparation of the Extraordinary Missionary Month begins Toledo (Agenzia Fides) - The second edition of the missionary formation seminar «The joy of the Gospel» has begun, promoted by the diocesan direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, which prepares p ...
• 13 December 2018
  EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG - Rev. Maurice Péporté confirmed National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 October 2018 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in ...
• 13 December 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY- Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Fr. Giuseppe Pizzoli li Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 October 2018 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in It ...
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  21 November 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Jesuits: "To dare the missionary spirit in the contemporary world" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - It is right to help the countries of the South of the world, but it is difficult to commit oneself. It is right to support the missions, but without changing one’s lifestyle or point of view, in ...
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  20 November 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The President of the PMS: "A worldwide network at the service of the Pope to support the young Churches with prayer and charity". Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies keep the missionary spirit alive in the Church through missionary animation and formation. The last Pontiffs insisted on the centrality of evangelization and its ...