Europe

• 12 October 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Despite the crisis, there is great generosity and sensitivity towards the Church's missionary activity", says the National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Secretariat of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith works all year round on the organization of World Mission Day, and during the National Assembly of Diocesan Directors, wh ...
• 12 October 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - The catholicity of the Church: Gift and Mission Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - The Centre for Spirituality of the Scalabrini Missionaries in Stuttgart, in collaboration with the Scalabrini Secular Missionaries, proposed the theme for the annual Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits ...
• 12 October 2011
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Commemoration Day for Pauline Jaricot, foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith: 9 January in Lyon Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - January 9, 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth to heaven of the Venerable Pauline Marie Jaricot (1799-1862), foundress of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. For this occasion o ...
• 10 October 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The fund raising of the "Star Singers" is destined to South Sudan: in June, the National Congress of Missionary Childhood Niepokalanów (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the beginning of Missionary Month, from September 26 to 28, the meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) and other missionary organizations in Poland took place, in ...
• 8 October 2011
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - Two reasons for celebration for Missio Scotland on the occasion of World Mission Day Edinburgh (Agenzia Fides) - As tradition wants all over the world, even this year MISSIO Scotland has prepared material for all the parish priests, to support the activities of the parishes on the occasion of World Missi ...
• 6 October 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Refugees: Public opinion and political expediency have inacted the need for protection of asylum seekers in a negative way Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - "In its Preamble, the 1951 Refugee Convention sets as its purpose 'to assure refugees the widest possible exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms'. But today in many regions of the worl ...
• 5 October 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Volunteer Missionary: more than 1,130 youth and adults involved this year in carrying out projects in 4 continents Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - "Voluntary work: to commit oneself to the world in which we are all responsible" is the theme of the Twelfth Day of the Volunteer Missionary to be held on October 15 in Lisbon, at the Park of Nat ...
• 4 October 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - How to use the rich experience of missionaries who have returned back home Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – There were more than 70 participants at the meeting which had the theme of the missionaries who finished their service and returned to their homeland, Poland. The congress, which took place fro ...
• 3 October 2011
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - The New Evangelization is addressed not only to Christians who have strayed from faith, but to everyone Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - "The New Evangelization is one of the major concerns for European Bishops, and an important work has already been achieved in several ways: Diocesan synods and reflections at the episcopal Confer ...
• 3 October 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - Wherever you pray the rosary, there has to be the prayer for the Missions Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Rosary, a treasure to be rediscovered", was the theme of the Rosary Congress of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa, dedicated to the Blessed John Paul II, which took place on October 1 at t ...
• 1 October 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN-The Catholic Church in the country is in good health, the number of missionaries is always high Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of the Catholic Church in Spain seems positive, where over three quarters of the population, ie 76.4% of Spanish, declare themselves a Catholic, for a total of 35,924,068 people. Th ...
• 30 September 2011
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Cardinal Erdo: "We ask the democratic governments and the European Union to be more demanding towards the governments of countries where religious freedom is not respected" Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, all experts who check the situation of religious freedom in the world agree that Christians are those most persecuted because of their faith. This worries us very much. There is no real s ...
• 29 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - V Intercontinental Meeting of the witnesses of "Solidarity Italy - World Solidarity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The V Intercontinental Meeting of the witnesses of "Solidarity Italy - World Solidarity" will be held in Nago (TN), from October 5 to 11, the association founded by Father Angelo Benolli, O.M.V., ...
• 29 September 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Solidarity, forgiveness, sharing: fourth national meeting of young people sponsored by the SVD Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - To reflect on how, inspired by faith, we can be an example of solidarity, forgiveness and sharing is the aim of '"Encontro Verbum Jovem" to be held in October from 7 to 9 at the parish of St. Pet ...
• 28 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Students engaged in social responsibility Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement between the Director of Caritas Rome, Msgr. Enrico Feroci, and the Rector of the European University of Rome, Father Paolo Scarafoni LC, has just been signed, which will allow students ...