Europe

• 20 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sisters of Mary Immaculate: prayer, evangelization, and charitable works Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On August 14, 1983, the Franciscan Order accepted three young women as third degree members of the Militia of the Immaculata. Just months beforehand, Mother Elizabeth Patrizi had been called to f ...
• 20 February 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops' reminder: “the State cannot replace society as educator of moral consciences” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – After the sessions held by the Permanent Commission of the Spanish Bishops' Conference (CEE) on February 17-18, a final declaration was issued in which the Bishops reiterate the fact that the S ...
• 19 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - First World Day for Social Justice: a prayer network on February 20 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On February 20, many countries of the world will celebrate the first World Day for Social Justice, instituted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. The “Justice, Peace, and Integrity ...
• 18 February 2009
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Capuchins have been working for over 3 centuries in the Ukraine, overcoming difficulties Kiev (Agenzia Fides) – In 1707, the Capuchin Franciscans opened their first convent in Leopoli, followed by the opening of another 10 houses in the Ukraine. After the foundation of the Polish Province (1754) that had 2 ...
• 18 February 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Jubilee Year for 150th anniversary of the Holy Childhood Association celebrated with a Solemn Mass and meeting of the PMS National Council Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Poland has been celebrating various important missionary events in these first several weeks of 2009, as Agenzia Fides has learned from PMS National Director Monsignor Jan Piotrow ...
• 18 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Charity and mission: 2010 will be “Vincentian Year” in honor of the Saints of Charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 2010, the Vincentian Family will celebrate the 350th anniversary of the deaths of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac, both of which occurred within just months of each other in ...
• 16 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - The role of the family within the complex phenomenon of migration Milan (Agenzia Fides) – The migration phenomenon in Italy is particularly impressive: of the nearly 28 million immigrants that – according to a Caritas Migrantes Report 2007 - reside in Europe, 3,700,000 are in Italy ...
• 13 February 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Second National Encounter of “Education for Citizenship” Objectors: thousands of families stand firm in defense of their rights and their children's education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from 60 platform groups of parents objecting to the course “Education for Citizenship” (EpC) will meet on February 28 in Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid), in the Second National ...
• 10 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Youth Missionary Congress during the Year of St. Paul on “Paul's secret” and European Youth Missionary Pilgrimage to Rome with theme: “Missionaries like Paul.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In this, the year of the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle to the Gentiles, the Youth Missionary Movement has organized a Youth Missionary Congress to be celebrated April 30 – May ...
• 10 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “This death should serve as a reminder to us all of the need to respect death itself,” says Director of “L'Osservatore Romano” in an interview with “Corriere della Sera” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Giovanni Maria Vian, Director of “L'Osservatore Romano,” in an interview with the newspaper “Corriere della Sera” on the death of Eluana Englaro, emphasized that “this death should serv ...
• 10 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Statement from the Italian Bishops' Conference on the death of Eluana Englaro Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Press Office of the CEI (Italian Bishops' Conference) has issued the following statement regarding the death of Eluana Englaro. “At this time of great suffering, we entrust the life of Elu ...
• 10 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Statement from the Italian Bishops' Conference on the death of Eluana Englaro Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Press Office of the CEI (Italian Bishops' Conference) has issued the following statement regarding the death of Eluana Englaro. “At this time of great suffering, we entrust the life of Elu ...
• 6 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Find a mini-oasis of listening and silence every day.” Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi's “‘Le Parole e i Giorni- Nuovo Breviario Laico,’ presented in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – At a moment when the world panorama gives the sense of great insecurity, comes a work that offers a coherent and purposeful path through the use of 366 quotes. This is the content of the book “ ...
• 6 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - A priest offers Agenzia Fides his reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day Roma (Agenzia Fides) – On this memorial day, our minds, hearts, and souls feel drawn to silence – a silence filled with memory, silence filled with the desire to find a meaning in this memory that returns with such g ...
• 4 February 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Fighting hunger, a task for everyone,” 50th campaign of “Manos Unidas”: “the greatest obstacle in eliminating hunger in the world is believing that it is impossible” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, February 2, the Catholic organization “Manos Unidas” presented its campaign “Fighting hunger, a task for everyone,” which this year is of special significance, as it is the 5 ...