Europe

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  15 October 2015
  EUROPE/SERBIA - Rigid temperatures and difficult conditions for refugees Presevo (Agenzia Fides) - According to data collected by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at the end of September the number of people emigrated between Turkey and Greece reached 7,000 a day. The rough ...
• 9 October 2015
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Scalabrini Fest 2015: migration characterizes the history of humanity Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - "Many of the issues that now occupy the top positions in the international debate on migration also existed in the past, which saw this phenomenon in constant evolution. Migration, in fact, ch ...
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  7 October 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - Every minute a child goes blind: "Let's open our Eyes" to avoid this tragedy Milan (Agenzia Fides) – Eye treatment or buying a pair of glasses in some areas of the world is now routine while it is a rarity elsewhere. The lack of these basic services and tools, according to the World Health Orga ...
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  25 September 2015
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - The events on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide followed by more than a billion viewers Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The broadcasting on commemorative events dedicated to the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide - concentrated especially in the days between 22 and 24 April - were followed on average ...
• 24 September 2015
  EUROPE/POLAND - Youth Day and the Jubilee of the Pontifical Missionary Union in Poland Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), in charge of the missions of the religious Congregations, lay mission animators of Poland gathered from September 15 to 17 in th ...
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  23 September 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - International Day against human trafficking Bilbao (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1999, International day against human trafficking is celebrated every year on 23 September, with the sole objective to expose and eradicate this illegal practice, provide assistance to vict ...
• 7 September 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - Claretian Missionaries: the new Superior General is Indian Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On 5 September 2015, the General Chapter elected Fr. Mathew Vattamattam CMF, as the 13th Superior General of the Congregation of the Claretian. Fr. Mathew Vattamattam was born on 30th May, 1959 i ...
• 30 July 2015
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Two religious murdered within days Kiev (Agenzia Fides) – Sr Alevtina of Florivsky Convent in Kiev was found dead in her apartment on 29 July, the Union of Christian Orthodox Brotherhoods of Ukraine told Interfax-Religion. "We know that she went to he ...
• 23 July 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Trafficking of human persons, "flourishing business on the increase” EUROPE/SPAIN – Trafficking of human persons, "flourishing business on the increase” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Trafficking of human persons moves between 7,000 and 10,000 million dollars a year; some 2 million child ...
• 17 July 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Priest stabbed to death on the doorstep Seville (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Carlos Martinez Perez, 75, died yesterday afternoon, July 16, victim of a brutal assault on the door of his home after celebrating the Eucharist in the church of San Leandro convent, where h ...
• 13 July 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - The "Blessed of the migrants": relevance of mother Marchetti, co-founder of the Scalabrinians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Mother Assunta Marchetti, co-founder of the Scalabrinian Sisters, was a "woman of the nineteenth century, but we define her a model for the woman of today, who lives in a world in constant motion. ...
• 10 July 2015
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - The Latin Bishops in Arab regions: let us rediscover the works of mercy in the Holy Year Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Latin Bishops of the Middle East thank Pope Francis for having proclaimed the Holy Year of Mercy that will help to "preach mercy to the whole world", and in particular prepare to re ...
• 7 July 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Filoni in Burgos: "Can we say that the people of God today are missionary people?" Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the most beautiful and dreamed of conciliar Decree, and of all the Council as a whole, is to be able to note that the Decree has aged as a written document, but is still alive ...
• 19 June 2015
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The number of refugees worldwide increases, half are children Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - A report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was announced recently in Geneva, in which the great concern over the dangerous wave of mass forced displacement worldwide emerges, w ...
• 18 June 2015
  EUROPE/POLAND - IV National Missionary Congress: "The joy of the Gospel, the source of missionary zeal" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "A great celebration of the missions": this is how organizers and participants defined the IV National Missionary Congress, which was held from June 12 to 14 in Warsaw, organized by the Episcopal ...