Europe

• 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 ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - A statue of Mother Teresa has been inaugurated in Moscow, but her sisters are homeless Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 September, a statue dedicated to the Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta was inaugurated in Moscow, during the celebrations for the centenary of the consecration of the Immaculate Conception ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/ ITALY - 50 years of commitment to the Italian Association Friends of Raoul Follereau Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - From 21 to 23 October 2011, the Italian Association Friends of Raoul Follereau (AIFO) will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation on the occasion of the XXIII International Confere ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Permanent Episcopal Council of CEI recalls Mgr. Mazzolari "among the greatest missionaries of all times", the story of Africa and persecuted Christians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, as everyone knows, the fiftieth nation was born, South Sudan, to which we express our affection and our friendship. Main protagonist of this independence was one of our missionary broth ...
• 26 September 2011
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - CCEE Plenary Assembly on the New Evangelization in Europe Tirana (Agenzia Fides) – The next Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ conferences (CCEE) will take place, from September 29 to October 2. The central theme of the assemblt will be the New Evangelizat ...
• 23 September 2011
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Religious communities are aware of their role in the construction of a new society Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "All the religious communities showed a keen awareness that Albania today is still a society in transition: some issues from the past remain unresolved and there are significant political, social a ...
• 20 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 142th Salesian missionary expedition; the first mission in South Sudan for the Caritas Sisters of Jesus Turin (Agenzia Fides) - 74 missionaries are leaving to reach the 5 continents where they will bring the Gospel, in the educational style of Don Bosco, thus giving rise to the 142th Salesian missionary expedition. Accordi ...
• 15 September 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND -Prevention, concrete initiatives, prosecution of traffickers: how to counteract the globalization of human trafficking Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - "To counteract the scourge of trafficking of women and children with greater determination and more concrete results, a convergence of efforts is necessary: a mentality that is centered on the un ...
• 14 September 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Appeal during the International Meeting Man and Religions: "It is time to change, the world needs more hope and more peace" Munich (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to change. The world needs more hope and more peace. We can learn again to live, not against each other, but with each other. We are aware of the responsibilities of religions in enda ...