Europe

• 19 February 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The State of Food and Agriculture 2010” yearly report from the FAO launches alert on aid needed in Haiti Rome (Agenzia Fides) – During the Rome presentation of the Annual Report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Director General, Jacques Diouf sounded the alarm on the worrying situation in Haiti, sayi ...
• 16 February 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Consecrated Life: gift for Europe today Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – "Religious Life in Europe: History of Hope, Hope for History" was the theme of the 14th General Assembly of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) that has held from ...
• 13 February 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - President of the Bishops' Commission for Missions inaugurates school in Cape Verde, sponsored by the German Holy Childhood Association Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - "Amor de Dios" ("The love of God") is the name of a school center that is part of Santiago Island in Cape Verde. The center, which includes a school, several nurseries, and a home for street chil ...
• 12 February 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - An on-line “special” from the Youth Missionary Movement dedicated to Archbishop Romero Rome (Agenzia Fides) – There is a new on-line special section on the site of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy on Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, upon the 30th anniversary of his assassination, prepared by the Yout ...
• 10 February 2010
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Poverty is a scandal: Caritas Europe launches “Zero Poverty” Campaign Brussels (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Europe has just launched, in Brussels, at the European Parliament, the Campaign "Zero Poverty" for the 2010 European Year for Combatting Poverty and Social Exclusion. In the 21st cent ...
• 8 February 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Give Life, Sowing Hope”: 15th Diocesan Day for Health Pastoral Care Fuenlabrada (Agenzia Fides) – The 15th Diocesan Day for Health Pastoral Care, organized by the Diocesan Delegation of Health Pastoral Care, will be celebrated Saturday, February 20th, at the Hospital of Fuenlabrada. Du ...
• 28 January 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Missio echoes appeal from a Haitian youth: “Please, keep Haiti in your prayers! It is very important!” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – Two weeks after the earthquake, dramatic images of Haiti's devastation are still seen in the stricken areas: the small rescue miracles contrast the increasing number of victims and the dramatic ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - New session of missionary workshops promoted by PMS of Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, January 23 marked the beginning of a new round of "Missionary Workshops" for the children and young people of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa. The workshops are given by priests, ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians increase in South Asia and Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The statistical data of the Salesian Congregation updated to 31 December 2009 shows that the number of Salesians in the world (including Bishops and Novices) is at 15,952. According to ANS, from ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - COMECE prepares Memorandum on religious persecution and makes appeal to EU institutions to safeguard religious freedom Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The COMECE (Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community) Secretariat welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of a Resolution condemning recent attacks on Christian ...
• 23 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Benedictine monastery in Haiti opened the door to homeless Sankt Ottilien (Agenzia Fides) – Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Benedictine Missionaries of the Congregation of St. Ottilien (Germany) have sent the Benedictine monastery which is located at Morne S ...
• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Holy Childhood Day: “With the children of Africa...we encounter Jesus” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "With the children of Africa ... we encounter Jesus," is the theme of the Day of the Holy Childhood Association in Spain, which is celebrated January 24 in nearly every diocese in Spain. The Nati ...
• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Matteo Ricci Cause for Beatification re-launched Macerata (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 24, at 6pm, after a Mass at the Cathedral of San Giuliano of the Diocese of Macerata - Tolentino - Recanati - Cingoli - Treia, will host the first session of the Diocesan T ...
• 21 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - A year of initiatives from Italian Jesuits, in honor of Matteo Ricci Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Conferences, concerts, pilgrimages, and school camps, guided tours, openings of monuments and historical buildings usually closed to the public... On the occasion of the fourth centenary of the dea ...
• 19 January 2010
  EUROPE - Pontifical Mission Societies in Europe working to respond to Haitian emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As soon as they heard of the violent earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Europe have been working to respond to the relief effort in favor of thi ...