Europe

• 24 March 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - Permanent Council of Cei: moment of prayer for martyrs, missionaries and lay people Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Tomorrow we Bishops of the Permanent Council will dedicate a special moment of prayer for the martyrs, missionaries and lay people, of today: we want them to feel the closeness of our love and of ...
• 23 March 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - Day of Missionary Martyrs: 1,062 missionaries killed in the world from 1980 to 2014 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On March 24, we celebrate the "Day of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of the Missionary Martyrs", promoted by the Youth Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies, on the anniversary of the assassin ...
• 20 March 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Every minute a child dies due to lack of drinking water Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the next World Water Day, scheduled for March 22, the NGO Plan International recalled that every year about half a million children die due to the lack of access to drinking in ...
• 16 March 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pastor of the Shrine of Virxe do Cristal killed Ourense (Agenzia Fides) - More than five hundred people and a hundred priests attended the funeral of father Adolfo Enríquez (77 years old), celebrated at the Shrine of Virxe do Cristal, near Vilanova dos Infantes (muni ...
• 16 March 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Filoni: Africa needs encouragement and solidarity, not migration, or the purchase of weapons and looting Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Christ, this beloved continent of Comboni, where he wanted to end his life, needs courageous and prophetic political leaders, who can be inspired by the Gospel; Bishops and priests according to ...
• 14 March 2015
  EUROPE - COMECE Spring Plenary Assembly begins March 18 Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The COMECE Spring Plenary Assembly opens on Wednesday 18 March. The COMECE Bishops from all over Europe will analyse the principal policy areas on which the Commission sets out to work. They wi ...
• 10 March 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Migration: "The Church is the critical conscience before the authorities" Cadiz (Agenzia Fides) - "At a time of great migrations that arouse suspicion and rejection, the Church wants to respond with the force of charity, to create the culture of encounter": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Zor ...
• 6 March 2015
  EUROPE/GERMANY - "Witnesses of Christ": new edition of the German martyrology of the twentieth century with 60 missionaries killed Bonn (Agenzia Fides) - In memory of the martyrs of the 20th century, the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) has recently published the sixth edition of the "German Martyrology" with the title "Witnesses of Christ". With th ...
• 6 March 2015
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Fighting decreases but medical situation remains dire Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - Although fighting in eastern Ukraine has reduced since a ceasefire came into effect on 15 February, shelling continues in some areas and medical needs remain urgent on both sides of the frontline. ...
• 2 March 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Not always employment is the way out of social exclusion Cadiz (Agenzia Fides) - 24% of the population of the province of Cadiz (South of Spain) is in a situation of social exclusion, we are talking about 297,000 people. This reality affects more than 100,000 families in Cadiz ...
• 26 February 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Despite the crisis, the PMS in Spain has increased the support for missions by 20% Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the economic crisis that the country is experiencing, the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain (PMS) have managed to increase its support to missions by collecting 19.52% more than the p ...
• 25 February 2015
  EUROPE/CROATIA - The missionary activity in Europe and the world: European meeting of Directors of the PMS Zagreb (Agenzia Fides) - The European Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will be held in Croatia, in Luznica, from 1 to 5 March, and will focus on several hot topics concerning the Ch ...
• 17 February 2015
  EUROPE/POLAND – National Mission Congress: missionary cooperation and conversion Lodz (Agenzia Fides) – The programme of the 4th National Mission Congress to be held 12 to 14 June 2015, was the focus of a National Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) Poland, which took place 9 and 10 ...
• 13 February 2015
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - The Armenian parliament is studying a statement condemning the Assyrian and Greek Genocides Erevan (Agenzia Fides) - The recent announcement of a statement that the Armenian Parliament may soon adopt, to express condemnation of the massacres suffered a century ago by the Greeks and Assyrians in Ottoman territor ...
• 13 February 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "The way we treat immigrants today will leave a mark in our history" Ceuta (Agenzia Fides) - "Together with the Church of Tangier we add our voice to that of those who, in the name of justice, demand respect for the rights of those who, for lack of documents, are considered illegal. Migra ...