Europe

• 10 May 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-Opening of the XII general Chapter of the Consolata Missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) -, The opening of the XII General Chapter of the Consolata Missionaries was held yesterday, May 9 in Rome . The General Superior, Father Aquileo Fiorentini, welcomed participants and explained the ma ...
• 7 May 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-The often forgotten battle of mothers who die in childbirth Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Africa 4.5 million children under the age of 5 and 265 000 mothers die each year. Most of these deaths are related to pregnancy and childbirth and could be avoided by ensuring basic health care ...
• 28 April 2011
  EUROPE / POLAND - Thirty new Polish missionaries leaving for America, Africa and Asia Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the celebrations in honor of St. Adalbert, the patron saint of Poland, and in the joyful context awaiting the beatification of Pope John Paul II, the Apostolic Nuncio in Pol ...
• 27 April 2011
  EUROPE / GREAT BRITAIN - Economic support for Anglican priests welcomed to the Catholic Church London (Agenzia Fides) - The St. Barnabas Society, charitable organization based in England and Ireland, has offered $ 160,000 in favour of Anglican priests who have entered the Catholic Church. "This is a very generous ...
• 11 April 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits: Southern Asia has the largest presence, Africa the youngest Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information sent to Fides from the Jesuits' General Curia, on 1 January 2011 there were 17,906 Jesuits worldwide, 341 less members than the year before, consistent with previous yea ...
• 9 April 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Gift of the Heart”: the family home wished for by John Paul II, inaugurated Skawina (Agenzia Fides) - “Gift of the Heart” opened its doors to eight adolescents and children entrusted to the Guanellians by a court in Krakow. The children are aged 4 to 17 years. “Gift of the Heart” is the ...
• 5 April 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 26 June: Beatification of Fr Clemente Vismara, PIME missionary, “Patriarch of Burma” Milan (Agenzia Fides) – The Beatification of Father Clemente Vismara, PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions), will be celebrated in Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Sunday, 26 June. He is known as the “Patriarch ...
• 2 April 2011
  EUROPE - CCEE Presidency: solidarity of all peoples and European institutions for African refugees St Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – Confronted with the mass of African refugees who are reaching Europe via Italy's coasts, we need “the solidarity, and institutional solidarity, too, of all peoples on the European continen ...
• 28 March 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - German and African Bishops discuss African migration to Europe Munich (Agenzia Fides) - German Bishops and a delegation from the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are holding a five-day joint meeting on migration with particular reference to African migrants in ...
• 26 March 2011
  EUROPE - The CCEE, forty years at the service of the Church in Europe St Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – Forty years ago, on 25 March 1971, the first directive rules of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) were approved. On the anniversary, the President of the CCEE, Card. Péte ...
• 21 March 2011
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Muslim-Christian meditation and Eucharistic Adoration on the 15th anniversary of the abduction of the monks of Tibhirine Lyon (Agenzia Fides) – At about 1.30 am on Wednesday, 27 March 1996, seven French Trappist monks were kidnapped from the convent of “Notre Dame de l’Atlas” in Tibhirine, south-eastern Algeria by a group of about ...
• 21 March 2011
  EUROPE - Crucifixes in schools: “the culture of human rights of course must not exclude Christian civilisation,” declares Card. Erdő St Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – Satisfaction was expressed by Card. Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, President of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), about the verdict from the Grand C ...
• 16 March 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Free access to childbirth and infant care in 15 hospitals in Africa Padova (Agenzia Fides) – Since 1950 the Doctors with Africa Cuamm organisation has worked side by side with the Africans, facing emergencies but with the end goal of maintaining a health service. Day after day, volunte ...
• 16 March 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The martyrs, sign and source of hope: 24 March - XIX Day of Prayer and fasting for missionary martyrs Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Enlisting the martyrs under the sign of hope is certainly an audacious undertaking: the martyr is by definition one whose circle of life is brought to an abrupt halt, often a life full of wisd ...
• 11 March 2011
  EUROPA/AUSTRIA - The missionary Church in Europe facing the signs of the times Gottweig (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins today (11/03/2011) at the Abbey of Gottweig in Austria. Its theme is “The missionary Church in Europe: res ...