Europe

• 28 October 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Harambee Africa International Onlus” program begins, to coordinate educational initiatives in Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Harambee - All together for Africa” is an aid program for Africa that began at the canonization of Saint Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei (the only Personal Prelature in the Catholic ...
• 28 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - 6th “Christian Culture Days” dedicated to Saint Paul, Apostle and Theologian Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Here are some of the initiatives for the Year of St. Paul, scheduled to take place during the 6th celebration of Christian Culture Days in Czestochowa (which began on World Mission Sunday, ...
• 27 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - University professors sign a manifesto in defense of natural death, against pressures to promote euthanasia Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “In response to the intense pressures being placed on the Spanish people to approve assisted suicide and euthanasia, the need exists to defend the dignity of natural death as the proper end of ...
• 24 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops of Extremadura affirm that Education for Citizenship “is contrary to the Social Doctrine of the Church and the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their moral beliefs.” Badajoz (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Merida-Badajoz, following their ordinary session on October 21, 2008, issued a statement on the situation of education in Extremadura, especially ...
• 24 October 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious persecution on the rise on an international level, says a report from “Aid to the Church in Need” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, in various cities a presentation was made of the report on Religious Freedom in the World 2008, which is an exhaustive report on the current situation of human rights in general and th ...
• 22 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - International photography exposition: “Benedict XVI in the lens of the photo-reporters of Czestochowa, Altötting, Mariazell, and Loreto” Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Benedict XVI in the lens of the photo-reporters of Czestochowa, Altötting, Mariazell, and Loreto” is the title of the international photo exposition taking place in the Pilgrimage Muse ...
• 20 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - World Mission Sunday in Czestochowa: catechesis on the missions, prayer for the missions, and encounter with missionaries Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – For World Mission Sunday, several parishes in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa organized encounters with missionaries from Cameroon, Brazil, and Papua New Guinea. The missionaries gave their ...
• 20 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops denounce the birth of the first “genetically selected baby,” saying that “the fact that a healthy baby has been born cannot justify his being used as an instrument, and the destruction of his brothers generated in vitro.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Following the birth of the first “genetically selected baby” in Seville (Spain), many have begun speaking out against the event, and condemning the way in which he was conceived, as it cons ...
• 17 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Vietnam. Hunger for bread, thirst for God.”: campaign organized by Aid to the Church in Need, for formation projects and construction of new Church structures in Vietnam Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Association of Pontifical Right “Aid to the Church in Need” is performing a campaign from October until December 25, promoting awareness and solidarity for the Catholic Church in Vietna ...
• 16 October 2008
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Celebrating the missionary month with the story of the saints and the Apostles of Christ, illustrated by youth Bucarest (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary month has been underway for two weeks already and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) are half-way through their animation tour. This year, they are celebrating it with the � ...
• 16 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Like Paul, missionary by vocation”: the theme for World Mission Day. “Those of us who have gratuitously received the gift of the faith from God should bear witness to it.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “The one who has been given light, should give light. He cannot hide it under a bushel basket. He has to show it. Those of us who have gratuitously received the gift of the faith from God sho ...
• 16 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - 1.5 million copies of the New Testament distributed as a special addition to the Catholic weekly “Niedzela” Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God taking place in Rome, in the Year of Saint Paul, the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” based in Czestochowa, has been promot ...
• 15 October 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Rome is a “multi-ethnic city,” open to all foreign citizens and religious faiths, says a press conference given by the Foreign Citizen Council Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Rome has never been a racist city”: this is what the President of the “Citizen Council for the Representation of Foreign Communities” in the City of Rome, Mr. Pan Yong Chang, affirmed in ...
• 13 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pastoral Plan for the Archdiocese of Madrid for the next three years is centered on the family, in order to respond to “public affronts, warning signs of its imminent disappearance, and evident attacks on its nature and stability.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of the Almudena held a Mass on October 11, which included the presentation of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan for the next three years, with the theme: “The family is alive; with ...
• 10 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Numerous activities in missionary October, with the theme: “The disciple of Jesus is the missionary of hope.” Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – Starting in September, various different events have been organized in Poland for missionary animation, says National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in Poland, Jan Piotro ...