Europe

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  18 December 2024
  VATICAN - Beatification process for Eduard Profittlich: Pope Francis recognizes his death as martyrdom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the beatification process for the German-born Jesuit missionary and titular archbishop of Hadrianopolis, Eduard Profittlich, who died in 1942 in the Soviet detention camp in Kiro ...
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  15 December 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Ajaccio: Popular piety is a gift for all Ajaccio (Agenzia Fides) - More than two thousand years have passed "since the Incarnation of the Son of God". And some periods of history "the Christian faith shaped the lives of peoples and their political institutions" ...
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  14 December 2024
  Pope Francis in Ajaccio: The missionary soul of popular spirituality by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There is a People of God gathered and beloved by Jesus, who continue to ask for his presence and his consolation in the tribulations of life, entrusting their expectations to ...
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  12 December 2024
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Sign of the Risen Lord and home for all: 25 years since the reopening of the Catholic Cathedral in Moscow by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday evening, December 11, the Catholic Church in Moscow celebrated the 25th anniversary of the reopening of the current Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. "In ...
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  7 December 2024
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - 30th anniversary of the Franciscan school in Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (Agenzia Fides) - A "personal" education, which involves attention and love for each child: this is what the Catholic Franciscan school "Christmas of the Lord" in Novosibirsk aims to be, which will celebrate ...
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  18 November 2024
  EUROPE/POLAND - Szczytno mourns Lech Lachowicz, the elderly Polish priest murdered with an axe Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - A community in mourning gathered yesterday in the church of Saint Brother Albert in Szczytno, a city in northern Poland shocked by the death of Father Lech Lachowicz. The 72-year-old priest was a ...
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  16 November 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Chow: 'Sinicization' is an open game that also concerns the Church by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the current historical phase, the Catholic Church is called to confront the instances of "sinicization" supported by Xi Jinping's China, drawing inspiration also from the mi ...
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  15 November 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - Parolin at the conference on Matteo Ricci: "There is no contradiction between being Christian and authentically Chinese" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no contradiction between being Christian and authentically Chinese," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, this morning at the conference "Matteo Ricci – A heritage of frien ...
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  14 November 2024
  EUROPE/SPAIN - In Cehegín, the funeral of Juan Antonio Llorente, the friar killed in the attack on the monastery of Santo Espíritu Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - In Cehegín, a city in the province of Murcia (Spain), the funeral of Brother Juan Antonio Llorente, a Franciscan of the Immaculate, was celebrated. He was killed in the monastery where he live ...
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  13 November 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - November 14, 1877 - November 14, 2027: 150th anniversary of the 1st Missionary Expedition of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, November 14, 2024, the three-year preparation for the 150th anniversary of the 1st Missionary Expedition of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) begins. On this day, the many de ...
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  12 November 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - Matteo Ricci's legacy in China is the focus of a study day at the Gregorian University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Matteo Ricci. A legacy of friendship, dialogue and peace" is the title of the International Study Day that will be held on Friday 15 November at the Pontifical Gregorian University. The event will ...
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  22 October 2024
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - New Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood visits Romania and Moldova Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - About twenty children between 5 and 15 years old from Chisinau (Moldova) were admitted as members of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood on Saturday 19 October, on the eve of World ...
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  14 October 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Conference: Marco Polo and the Franciscans in the East Tolentino (Agenzia Fides) - "In the footsteps of Tommaso da Tolentino and Father Matteo Ricci" is the title of the opening session of the international conference "Travel Notes: Marco Polo and the Franciscans in the East ...
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  9 October 2024
  EUROPE/FRANCE - The famous French choir "Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois" joins World Mission Day Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Music that lifts the soul and touches the heart, will be the protagonist this year of a prestigious initiative organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in France on the occasion of World ...
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  29 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Belgium: “Mission is a gift and not a title of boasting” Bruxelles (Agenzia Fides) - "We all received a mission in the Church through baptism. But this mission is a gift and not a reason to boast," said Pope Francis during the Holy Mass at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels ...