Europe

• 14 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - German Bishops inaugurate new Office for Missionary Pastoral Care at Major Seminary in Erfurt Erfurt (Agenzia Fides) - Since January 1, 2010, the new Office for Missionary Pastoral Care (Arbeitsstelle für Katholische Missionarische Pastoral, KAMP) has started its work in the local Major Seminary in Erfurt, in th ...
• 12 January 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Catholic Church and the Fight Against Poverty,” series of conferences on the decisive role of the Catholic Church Alicante (Agenzia Fides) – Alicante is hosting a series of conferences on “The Catholic Church and the Fight Against Poverty,” which will conclude on January 15. The initiative is organized by the American Missiona ...
• 8 January 2010
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - New Salesian Primary School in Bootle, open to international relations Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) - The new Bootle school, “All Saints RC Primary”, based in the Salesian parish of St. James was officially opened recently. The school offers a state of the art educational and community fac ...
• 8 January 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Star Singers” of the Holy Childhood Association of Czestochowa conclude Christmas activities in an encounter with the Archbishop Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of children from the Archdiocese of Czestochowa who are part of the “Star Singers” of the Holy Childhood Association met with Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa, in ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Children from Germany's Holy Childhood Association “Sternsinger” participate in New Year's Mass with Benedict XVI Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of 22 children from the Archdiocese of Cologne, who are part of the "Singers of the Star" of the German Holy Childhood Association, attended New Year's Mass with the Holy Father Be ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Kids find new ways” - 52nd Sternsinger Campaign focuses on Senegal Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the 52nd time, in the days before and after the Epiphany, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the German Holy Childhood Association have taken to the streets of Germany with their carols. " ...
• 29 December 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Latest issue of "My Rainbow Newspaper," a bimonthly for children, and music CD dedicated to the missions Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The latest issue (January-February 2010) of the Polish Catholic children's bimonthly "My Rainbow Newspaper" ("Moje Tęcza Pismo"), is dedicated to the presentation of the missionary th ...
• 28 December 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “We want to give hope" call for greater sensitivity on Africa Day Aachen/München (Agenzia Fides) - The collection organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies of Germany (Missio Aachen and Missio München) on the occasion of Africa Day, which takes place every year in early January, ...
• 19 December 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians conclude 150th Anniversary celebrations: “We have a marvelous history of 150 years to tell, but also a beautiful story yet to tell” Turin (Agenzia Fides) - “We have experienced an authentic year of grace, a jubilee, where we have walked the path of spiritual renewal by rediscovering the inestimable value of our consecration...We have a marvellous h ...
• 19 December 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - “We Tell the World: God is Love” - Holy Childhood Association in Poland helps children in Pakistan Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – “We Tell the World: God is Love” is the theme for the Holy Childhood Association's activities for the pastoral year 2009/2010. Especially in their Christmas Campaign, starting December 26 a ...
• 17 December 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - The prize "Rome for Peace and Humanitarian Activities for 2009" goes to Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, a worldwide institution assisting young patients in over 40 countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of December 17, at 9pm, at the Auditorium “Parco della Musica” in Rome, in a ceremony attended by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Rome's Mayor Gianni Alemanno, the pri ...
• 15 December 2009
  EUROPE/DENMARK - “Vulnerable communities across the world need a fair, ambitious and binding climate agreement”: Catholic development agencies warn of developed nations' attempts to sidestep Kyoto Protocol Copenhagen (Agenzia Fides) - The UN climate talks were recently brought to a halt as a result of a standoff between African nations and rich countries, who are trying to wriggle out of their responsibilities. CIDSE and C ...
• 12 December 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood Association of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa on pilgrimage to Church of St. James for missionary sending Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Next Saturday, December 19, the Pontifical Holy Childhood Association of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa has promoted a pilgrimage to St. James Church where the material prepared for missio ...
• 11 December 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Exposition acknowledges Salesians' work worldwide Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On December 9, in Madrid, the Salesian Missions launched their “Missionary Exhibition,” a traveling exhibition aimed at making more widely known the work of the Salesians in the 5 continents ...
• 10 December 2009
  EUROPE/DENMARK - Catholic organizations gather in Copenhagen calling for primary attention to the needy Copenhagen (Agenzia Fides) – The International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE) and Caritas Internationalis represent 180 Catholic development agencies from North and South campaigning for a new deal ...