Europe

• 27 October 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY – The "challenge of charity" for many "outlawed poor people" of our times Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In all countries, even where the welfare state is more advanced, there are so many 'outlawed poor people' and for them free charity is needed, a divine providence that intervenes through the heart ...
• 23 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Every year 100,000 Christians die because of religious persecution Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Center for the Studies of Global Christianity in the United States estimates that about 100,000 Christians die every year because of their religious beliefs, that is to say one every five min ...
• 23 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Concerned about "our" problems, while thousands of people die every day Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Obviously World Mission Day in Spain had a shadow of sadness and sorrow: the death of two missionaries and a nurse infected with ebola" recalls the public letter of SCAM ("Servicio Conjunto de A ...
• 23 October 2014
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - Reaching out to young people and drawing their attention to the mission of the Church Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - With the objective of reaching the younger generation and drawing their attention to the efforts made by the Church in the mission field, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Slovakia ha ...
• 17 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - While 805 million people suffer from hunger, 30% of food is wasted Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On October 17, Spain celebrates International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Within the campaign "One Family, food for everyone", Caritas and the NGO Manos Unidas have organized a series o ...
• 16 October 2014
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - Let us build a "missionary bridge of prayer" for World Mission Day Prague (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day, the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the Czech Republic, has launched the initiative to "build a missionary bridge of prayer ...
• 15 October 2014
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - Armenian and Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs: Recognize the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church are turning to the whole Christian world and the international community so that, on the occasion of the centennial co ...
• 11 October 2014
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Newness of the Blessed Scalabrini in the Migration world today Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - The work, thoughts and spirituality of Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini (1839-1905), Bishop of Piacenza, Father and Apostle of migrants, were the themes of the Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits held fr ...
• 9 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Now it is not possible to stop us": campaign against child mortality Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Every day 17,000 children worldwide die from diseases which could be avoided if vaccinated, if there were clean water, adequate food or mosquito nets. To cope with this emergency, the UNICEF Anda ...
• 8 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - V Centenary of St. Teresa of Jesus Avila (Agenzia Fides) - The main authorities of the Spanish Bishops' Conference of the Carmelite Order will attend the Mass that His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Blazquez, Archbishop of Valladolid, will preside on October 15, the l ...
• 3 October 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - A year ago, the tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea, memory and heritage Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "3rd October 2014, let’s go back one year: 368 migrants died in the waters of our sea. And after another 60, another 40, another 35.... Today we pray for our brothers and sisters -. Sister Neusa ...
• 27 September 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition: to go all over the world to educate and evangelize Turin (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, 28 September, the missionaries of the 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition will receive the missionary cross from the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime. Later, they will set ou ...
• 26 September 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Another Spanish missionary doctor suffering from ebola died in Madrid Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Brother Manuel García Viejo, a specialist in internal and tropical medicine and medical director of the San Juan De Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar, (Sierra Leone), tested positive for Ebola ...
• 8 September 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Middle East education emergency: school year at risk for millions of students Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Gaza the re-opening of schools – initially set for 24 August and involving more than 240,000 students – was postponed to 14 September. In Iraq more than half a million among the Iraqis force ...
• 1 September 2014
  EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - Caritas alarm: Summer of “humanitarian disasters” drains aid resources Amsterdam (Agenzia Fides) – “This Summer of humanitarian disasters” is draining the resources of international aid agencies; very soon they will be unable to address the needs of people affected by the consequences ...