Europe

• 26 January 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - "The Franciscan Missionary": for 80 years has been supporting "those who go" and tells the "wonders" that the Lord works through his envoys Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The first issue of "The Franciscan Missionary " (IMF) appeared in January 1933, subtitled "Illustrated Monthly Magazine of the Minor Conventual Friars." The proclamation of the faith and the adven ...
• 26 January 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A video on the internet explains to children what it means to be a missionary Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "What a missionary gives" is the title of a cartoon animation that aims to explain to the children what it means to be missionaries. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Spain have prepared ...
• 23 January 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - The percentage of children affected by leprosy and the stigma that still marginalizes the sick remains high Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - On January 27, we celebrate the 60th World Day of Leprosy, established by the French physician Raoul Follereau and recognized by the UN to focus the attention of the world to the plight of lepro ...
• 22 January 2013
  EUROPE/POLAND - A missionary priest of Czestochowa sent to Kazakhstan Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 20, in the Parish of the Divine Mercy in Cieciulów, in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa the sending of a missionary priest of the Archdiocese, Father Slawomir Porebski wa ...
• 14 January 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - Signs of hope after the tragic earthquake in Haiti Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Three years after the terrible earthquake that devastated the island of Haiti, in spite of the great difficulty the Caribbean nation is still facing, the stories of some of its inhabitants are mar ...
• 8 January 2013
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Closure of the Jubilee Year dedicated to Pauline Jaricot, founder of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, January 9, the Jubilee Year dedicated to Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) ends, held on the 150th anniversary of her death and the 50th anniversary of the decree on her heroic virtues. The cel ...
• 28 December 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "We are faced with a family and faith emergency ": On Sunday a demonstration in defense of the Christian family Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian family is misunderstood and mistreated" denounced the President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, speaking to the Catholic TV COPE, on the o ...
• 20 December 2012
  EUROPE/GERMANY - From the Star Singers: a blessing for Tanzania Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 55th time, in the days leading up to January 6th, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany will be on the country’s street-corners singing Christmas ...
• 12 December 2012
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Recognition of Parliament to Caritas, for the protection of social rights and the fight against poverty Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Caritas Portugal, Eugenio Fonseca, received from Parliament the Human Rights Award 2012. "Caritas welcomes this award - he said - as a sign of appreciation for the work of animat ...
• 7 December 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Right to education denied to 61 million boys and girls who do not attend school Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - In the world 61 million children do not attend school, 31 million live in Africa and 53% are girls. These statistics were published by the Spanish Entreculturas, on the occasion of the Internatio ...
• 6 December 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - Prayer Vigil in Jasna Gora for the evangelization of the world Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - About 500 people attended the vigil of prayer at the Shrine of Jasna Góra, in Poland, for the evangelization of the world (see Fides 30/11/2012), which was held on December 1. Thousands of ...
• 5 December 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Hunger, unemployment and exploitation aggravate the already precarious situations Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Every day 100,000 people, half of them children, die of hunger. It is about 85% of the world population. In the European Union every year 89 million tons of food is thrown away. According to figu ...
• 30 November 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world": pilgrimage and missiological session in Jasna Gora Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world" is the theme of the missiological session and of the pilgrimage promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) in Poland to be held on 1 an ...
• 16 November 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 220 million malnourished children, penalized in their growth and future Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the International Day of the Child, which will be held on November 20, the Spanish organization Acción contra el Hambre has reported that over 200 million children suffer from ...
• 13 November 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - Assembly of Bishops of North Africa in Mazara del Vallo: Churches around the Mediterranean called upon to collaborate on Migration and New Evangelization Mazara del Vallo (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, as from next Sunday, November 18, the Bishops of the Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa will celebrate a session of its General Assembly in Sicily, guests ...