Europe

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  20 July 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Operation Dove": for 25 years a nonviolent presence in the theaters of war Rimini (Agenzia Fides) - "Operation Dove", nonviolent peace Corps of the Pope John XXIII COMMUNITY (APG23) founded by Don Oreste Benzi, celebrates its 25 anniversary. It was established in the summer of 1992, in the wake ...
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  14 July 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionaries from Madrid: 602 at work in 84 nations in all continents Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries of the Archdiocese of Madrid, operating in 84 nations of the five continents, are currently 602 and belong to 122 religious institutes and congregations, as well as the clergy of ...
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  5 July 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 50 years at the service of the evangelization of the world of work Avila (Agenzia Fides) - "Land, Roof and Work for a dignified life" is the motto of the International Seminar and the General Assembly of the World Catholic Movement Workers (WCMW) which will be held in Spain from July 15 ...
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  30 June 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - White Sisters: messengers of hope, listening to the Spirit, towards the outskirts Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (MSOLA), known as "White Sisters", open their 25th General Chapter in Rome on Saturday, July 1st. For three weeks, they will reflect on the challenges ...
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  20 June 2017
  EUROPA/ITALY - "I do not travel alone": a project for the integration of migrant minors arriving alone in Italy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the year, more than 8,000 children and teenagers have crossed the Mediterranean to reach the Italian coast, with an increase of about 20% over the same period of the previous ...
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  12 June 2017
  EUROPE/POLAND - Cardinal Filoni ordains Fr Tadeusz Wojda Archbishop of Bialystok Bialystok (Agenzia Fides)- “On the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the Church presents herself to the world as a communion of persons, in the image and likeness of God, because God is a communion of three perso ...
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  16 May 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Chinese community will gather in Naples for the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Naples (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, May 21, at 11.30 am, the Chinese Catholic community in Italy will gather in Naples, in the parish of St. Mary of Constantinople at the Museum, to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for ...
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  13 May 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Recycling sneakers to fight poverty in Mozambique Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - #RUNCYCLE campaign has just been launched in Madrid. Promoted by the European High School in Madrid, with the collaboration of Runnics, the SEUR Foundation and Hello Media Group agency, the initi ...
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  13 May 2017
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Appeal of religious communities: may law reign in social and individual life Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - Concerned about the climate in Albania, in particular for the absence of dialogue with regards to the resolution of national problems and, above all, on the issue of elections; for the violent an ...
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  6 May 2017
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The solidarity of the Pontifical Mission Societies in favor of vocations in the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - May 7, Day for Native Vocations: the solidarity of the Pontifical Mission Societies in favor of vocations in the world. In mission territories there are 1,111 ecclesiastical circumscriptions (dio ...
• 5 May 2017
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Martin Brunner-Artho Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 15, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of permanent deacon Martin Brunner-Artho of the dioce ...
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  4 May 2017
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Scalabrini-Fest 2017: migration seen from a different perspective Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - In many parts of the world walls are being built against migrants and refugees and many lose their lives at the borders of countries that could welcome them. Yet the international community re ...
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  4 May 2017
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two billion children, and women live in countries with serious or very serious forms of exclusion Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A child out of 3 lives in countries with serious or very serious forms of exclusion. This is what emerged from yesterday's presentation in Rome of the new WeWorld Index. It is an instrument created ...
• 3 May 2017
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 June 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Matjaz Kriznar, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Ljubljana, as the Natio ...
• 3 May 2017
  EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 16, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Luka Tunjic, of the Archdiocesan clergy in Sarajevo, as National Dir ...