Europe

• 5 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - May 5, National Day Against Pedophilia: results of a “Centro Elis” campaign Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly 24% of elementary and middle school students in Rome have seen pornographic material on the computer in their home. This is one of the facts released by an awareness campaign on informatio ...
• 4 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - After Jerusalem, Greece, and Malta, the Peace Marathon “Running in the Footsteps of Saint Paul” is headed towards Sicily; May 27, the torch will reach Benedict XVI La Valeta (Agenzia Fides) – Just hours ago, the marathon “Running in the Footsteps of Saint Paul” set off from Malta. The marathon is 1300km on foot, beginning on April 23 in Jerusalem and crossing the Holy Land (B ...
• 27 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Pilgrimage of the relics of Saint John Bosco begins in the 130 countries where Salesians are present Turin (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the celebration by the Salesian Family in Piedmont and the Val d’Aosta of the 150 anniversary of the founding of the Salesian Congregation (see Fides 8/7/2008; 2/2/2009), fr ...
• 21 April 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Beginning of the Plenary Assembly: “We cannot and will not cease in our task of proclaiming the Gospel of Life” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The 93rd Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Bishops' Conference (CEE) began yesterday, April 20, in Madrid and will last until April 24. The meeting opened with an address given by the President o ...
• 17 April 2009
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Raoul Follereau Foundation rejoices at the canonization of Belgian missionary Fr. Damien De Veuster, Apostle of the Lepers Paris (Agenzia Fides) – It was April 17, 1967 (a Monday, 42 years ago), when Raoul Follereau, better known as the “Vagabond of Charity,” entered the Bronze Doors of the Vatican to meet in a private audience with Po ...
• 16 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Millennium News”: young journalists unveil the reality of poverty in Nairobi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “News for young people, written by young people; a direct voice from Africa giving an account of the poverty in Nairobi.” This could be the synthesis of the project “Millennium News, giving a ...
• 16 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - 800 years later, Saint Francis' spiritual children gather in Assisi: over 2,000 Franciscans from 65 countries discuss faith, morals, peace, ecology, and fraternity Assisi (Agenzia Fides) – The “International Chapter of Mats” of the Franciscan Friars from all over the world opened on April 15 in Assisi (see Fides 8/4/2009). Representatives from the male branches of the four Fr ...
• 16 April 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - III National Encounter for the Holy Childhood Association: “Missionaries Today and Tomorrow!” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On May 2-3, Madrid will host the III National Encounter for the children participating in the Holy Childhood Association in the “Casa de Campo,” with the theme “Missionaries Today and Tom ...
• 15 April 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Czestochowa's Major Seminary launches Apostolate of Prayer for Vocations on Holy Thursday Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – This part Holy Thursday (April 9), Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa officially launched the Pastoral Ministry for Vocations in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa. “We should pray fo ...
• 15 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - President of the Italian Bishops' Conference visits earthquake site; Sunday, April 19, nationwide collection for the people of Abruzzo Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On his visit yesterday to L'Aquila and the surrounding areas devastated by the earthquake, Italian Bishops' Conference President Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco announced that another 2 million Euros wo ...
• 8 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - The work of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Naples (Agenzia Fides) – The Italian Province of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) has been active for years in Africa, Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe, working on important projects for health as ...
• 8 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Assisi to host “International Chapter of Mats” April 15-18: the great reunion of the Franciscan family present all over the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) – April 15-18, Assisi will host the |International Chapter of Mats,” which will unite members of the Franciscan order present all over the world. It is an historic event that will see the arrival ...
• 8 April 2009
  EUROPE - Solidarity of European Bishops with those suffering from the earthquake in Abruzzo Budapest (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and President of the CCEE (Council of European Bishops' Conferences) has issued the following statement in solidarity with the people suf ...
• 7 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Bishops' Conference expresses its closeness to the earthquake victims; Caritas Italy working to coordinate aid effort Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Immediately following the destructive earthquake that took place during the night of Sunday, April 5 to Monday, April 6 in various parts of Abruzzo, causing at least 150 deaths and 1,500 wounded, ...
• 3 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Over 5,000 youth from Spain to receive World Youth Day Cross and Icon on Palm Sunday Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Over 5,000 young people from the Archdiocese of Madrid will accompany Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, in receiving the World Youth Day Cross and Icon in the Mass presid ...