Europe

• 28 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Message from the Italian Bishops’ Conference for Thanksgiving Day in Italy 2008: “The path from availability to distribution is the main means to resolving the food crisis with justice.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The Gospel reminds us that bread given to the poor is bread given to Jesus Himself. He takes it from us, transforms it, and the multiplies it and fills it with a new energy: it is the ‘daily ...
• 28 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saint Paul is adopted as a “traveling companion” by youth from the Oblates’ Costruire Youth Movement on their trip to Uruguay Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Seven members of the “Costruire Youth Movement” (in Italian, MGC) will take a missionary trip to Uruguay July 30-August 21. The event has been taking place for several years, thanks to the Mi ...
• 24 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Agenzia Fides interviews the Bishop of Cuenca: “The Church’s role in attending persons from the outside cannot be reduced to charitable services alone, although this is needed. The manner of confronting the immigration issue cannot be limited to Caritas. The Church’s mission is to evangelize.” Excerpt from the Encyclical Redemptoris Missio: “Among the great changes taking place in the contemporary world, migration has produced a new phenomenon: non-Christians are becoming very numerous in traditionally Chris ...
• 23 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Church in Spain rejoices as Madrid is chosen to host WYD 2011: “it will place us in contact with the best of our tradition and the great ideals that have inspired us over the centuries and still do even now.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “I wish to express my gratitude, on behalf of the entire Diocese of Madrid, for this honor” said Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco, Archbishop of Madrid and President of the Spanish Bishops’ C ...
• 22 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Salesians and Daughters of Charity start a Center for youth immigrants at risk for social marginalization Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This past July 18, representatives of the government of the City of Madrid inaugurated the Lumbre Social-Educational Assistance Center, begun by the Salesians and the Daughters of Charity. This ...
• 18 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Institute for Family Policies warns: “If the law calling for free abortion proposed by the government takes affect, by 2015 Spain will be the country with the highest abortion rate in the European Union.” government is trying to impose, if approved, would turn Spain into the country with the highest abortion rate in the European Union, by 2015, with over 230,000 abortions per year. In fact by 2015, keeping in mind the cur ...
• 15 July 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Special Edition of “Generation John Paul II”: a guide to World Youth Day, including for those who cannot travel to Sydney Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of World Youth Day in Sydney, the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” the most widely-read magazine in Poland, headquartered in Czestochowa, has recently published a spe ...
• 11 July 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Vacations with God” organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies, Caritas, and Catholic Action of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa, for 2,000 underprivileged children Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – About 2,000 children and youth from families with economic difficulties or those living in poverty will be able to enjoy at least a part of their summer vacations in July and August. “Va ...
• 11 July 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Saint Paul, model of profound faith: Pastoral Letter from the Archbishop of Czestochowa for the Year of St. Paul Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – “Saint Paul is the great announcer of Christ,” reads the Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa, who has wished to highlight the importance of the Year of St. P ...
• 11 July 2008
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The number of Portuguese lay volunteers that collaborate in missionary and development projects in other countries, is on the rise; on June 27, 283 volunteers went overseas Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - There are more and more members of the laity that are hearing the call to work on cooperative and missionary projects, dedicating a period of their lives to this work, says the Evangelization of ...
• 10 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Encounter for Superiors of Religious Communities, July 14-22 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Higher Learning Institute of Religious Studies at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum has organized an International Encounter for Superiors of Religious Communities. The objective of t ...
• 9 July 2008
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - “What the Catholic community in Russia needs most is to grow in its awareness of the gift of the faith and live it with a missionary spirit.” - Interview with Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God of Moscow Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Paolo Pezzi was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God of Moscow on September 21, 2007 and was conferred the pallium by the Holy Father on the Solemnity of ...
• 8 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - January 31, 2009 marks the opening of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Salesian Congregation; pilgrimage tour of the relics of Don Bosco Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In a letter addressed to all Salesians throughout the world, the Rector Major Father Pascual Chavez announced that 2009 marks the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Salesian Congregation ...
• 8 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Maria Voce, one of Chiara Lubich’s closest aides, elected new President of the Focolare Movement Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – Maria Voce, one of Chiara Lubich’s closest aides, has been elected new President of the Focolare Movement. She was elected in Castel Gandolfo by the Movement’s General Assembly, co ...
• 7 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Missionaries today, St. Paul-style”: Missiology Week in Burgos, in honor of the Year of St. Paul Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning today, July 7, until Friday, July 11, the Theology School in Burgos will host the 61st Spanish Missiology Week. The Missionary Week will be dedicated this year to the Year of St. Paul ...