Europe

• 7 October 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italy opens Chinese Cultural Year Rome (Agenzia Fides) – An opening concert performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of China, tonight, October 7, at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, will mark the beginning of the Chinese Cultural Year, to mark the 40th ...
• 7 October 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Eucharist, ferment of communion among peoples” Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) – The "Scalabrini-Fest der Früchte" takes place every year at the Spirituality Centre of the Scalabrinian Missionaries in Stuttgart, in collaboration with the Scalabrinian Secular Missionary ...
• 3 October 2010
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - First Portuguese Volunteer Congress Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 and 5 December the First Portuguese Congress for Volunteers will take place in Lisbon at the Ismaili Centre, sponsored by the Portuguese Confederation of Volunteers (CPV), which aims to brin ...
• 3 October 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Caritas workers and formation of the heart according to Mary's example Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Here I am Lord” (Is 6:8) is the theme of the spiritual exercises for the leaders of the diocesan Caritas and other Church agencies on the European continent, which ends today, 3 Decembe ...
• 1 October 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Missionary Rosary” should be promoted, especially among the youth Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – One of the most popular Polish Catholic magazines, Niedziela, based in Czestochowa, recently published on its website (www.niedziela.pl) a survey on the presence of Missionary Rosary group ...
• 1 October 2010
  EUROPE - New Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe formed Zagreb (Agenzia Fides) – The birth of an Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Demographics and the Family in Europe was announced yesterday afternoon (September 30), by Cardinal Pe ...
• 30 September 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Official website for Papal Visit to Santiago and Barcelona launched Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the upcoming visit of Benedict XVI to Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona, Spain, scheduled for November 6 and 7, the Spanish Bishops' Conference has launched a new websi ...
• 30 September 2010
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - “Christians are the most persecuted religious group”: COMECE Conference shows that Europe will not turn a blind eye Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - “At least 75% of religious persecution is directed at people of the Christian faith. Each year 170,000 Christians suffer because of their beliefs.” These are some of the real facts that hav ...
• 29 September 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Louis Lougen elected Superior General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 35th General Chapter of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), being held in Rome (see Fides 07/09/2010), has elected Superior General Fr. Lougen Louis, age 58, currently Provincial ...
• 24 September 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Missions Office Director says: “We need to promote new forms of missionary apostolate according to the signs of the times.” Fulda (Agenzia Fides) – During their Plenary Assembly which was held September 20 to 23 in Fulda, the German bishops outlined an initial assessment of the work of the new Office for the Missions based in Erfurt (German ...
• 22 September 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Special issue of “Palabra” on the Church in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – During an event held yesterday, September 21, organized by the magazine “Palabra” and Centro Accademico Romano Fundacion (CARF), a special issue on “The Church in Latin America, Two Hundr ...
• 22 September 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionary Expedition for 72 Salesian priests, sisters, and lay volunteers Turin (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 26 September, from the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin-Valdocco, the 141st Missionary Expedition will officially depart. The missionary mandate will be given by the Recto ...
• 21 September 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sr. Luzia Premoli, new Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries, first non-Italian Verona (Agenzia Fides) – Sister Luzia Premoli, a Brazilian, is the new Superior General of the Comboni Missionary Sisters, elected September 20 in the 19th General Chapter of the congregation, which has been underway a ...
• 16 September 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Missionary Workshops” continue to educate youth in Czestochowa, after 10 years Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In 2000, exactly 10 years ago, at the request of the Archbishop of Czestochowa, Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak, the Archdiocese began the "Missionary Workshops.” Organized each month (specif ...
• 15 September 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Freising hosts 8th China-Europe Colloquium on Chinese in Europe Freising (Agenzia Fides) – From September 16 to 19, Freising (Germany) will host the Eighth European Catholic China Colloquium, organized by China-Zentrum in Sankt Augustin, whose theme will be social and religious int ...