Europe
28 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - 36 new priests from the Prelature of Opus Dei
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 24, the Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarria ordained 36 men from the Prelature in the Basilica of San Eugenio, in Rome. The new priests are from 15 different countries: ...
27 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - First virtual seminar in Spanish on on-line journalism and third on-line seminar on radio at the Gregorian University
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Interdisciplinary Center for Social Communications (CICS) at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome is offering for the first time, a virtual seminar in Spanish on on-line journalism, gear ...
26 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - “I ragazzi di via Sandri”: champions of life in Rome’s lower-class suburbs
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Via Sandro Sandri, a street in Casal Bruciato, is one of the many locations on Rome’s outskirts where the social unease, pain and suffering, the escape from everything, the violence, the crime, a ...
26 May 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Symposium on “The mission of the Church” and the re-birth of the missionary spirit, sponsored by the Missiology Department of the Theological Institute of San Damaso in Madrid
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Missiology Department of the Theological Institute of San Damaso in Madrid has organized a symposium on “The mission of the Church” and the re-birth of the missionary spirit, to take plac ...
26 May 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Day of Prayer for the Church in China: Chinese Catholics in Spain pray the Rosary with other faithful from their country and Taiwan
Huesca (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, May 24, at the Shrine of Torreciudad, a small Chinese Catholic community in Spain celebrated the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, in response to the general appeal made by the ...
23 May 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Catholics in Spain will celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Church in China at the Shrine of Torreciudad
Huesca (Agenzia Fides) - The community of Chinese Catholics in Spain will flock to the Shrine of Torreciudad (Huesca, Spain) on Saturday, May 24, to celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Church in China. The encounter will ...
21 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - “Benedictus”: a professor that places his intelligence at the service of modern man, that the truth may be known and acknowledged
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “It would be rash to think of writing a biography of the Pope, especially in the case of Benedict XVI.” These were the words of Giuseppe De Carli, Vatican expert and head of Rai Vaticano, on th ...
21 May 2008
EUROPE/ENGLAND - The Church defines the creation of hybrid embryos as “intrinsically immoral” because it “violates the human rights of the unborn and can give way to monstrous aberrations.”
London (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Great Britain expressed its disapproval of the House of Commons’ decision to approve the controversial government proposal allowing scientific research using “hybrid” ...
19 May 2008
EUROPE/IRELAND - Conference on cluster bombs, “lethal devices,” begins today in Dublin
Dublin (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 19, a Conference is being held in the Irish capital city of Dublin, on cluster bombs. It is a type of mechanism that causes grave humanitarian problems, whose consequences can last dec ...
19 May 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - The Bishops of Castilla-Leon defend the primordial right of parents to a conscientious objection to “Education for Citizenship”
Valladolid (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Councilor and spokesman for the Castilla-Leon regional government declared that conscientious objections to the school course entitled, “Education for Citizenship” (EpC), ...
16 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - The “communication revolution” of Pope John Paul II
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Correct me if I make a mistake” (“Se mi sbaglio mi corrigerete”). This was famous phrase spoken by Cardinal Wojtyla, minutes after being elected Pope John Paul II, on the balcony of St. Pe ...
16 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALIA - “We should learn to transmit trust and hope in the future to our young people”: professors of Rome’s universities reflect on Benedict XVI’s Letter on the urgent task of education
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The urgent task of education: the universities of Rome reflect on the Letter from Benedict XVI.” This was the theme of a seminar that was held May 14, in Rome, organized by the Office for Camp ...
14 May 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishop of Tarazona shows concern for the religious freedom law that could lead to radical secularism
Tarazona (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Tarazona (Spain), in his most recent Pastoral Letter, showed his concern for the reform of the religious freedom law that the government has announced will soon tak ...
8 May 2008
EUROPE/POLAND - “My Rainbow Newspaper,” a children’s bi-monthly publication, dedicates its most recent issue to the Church’s mission
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The most recent issue (May/June 2008) of the Catholic bi-monthly publication “My Rainbow Newspaper” (in Polish: Moje Pismo Tecza) for children presents the theme of the missions. The pe ...
8 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - Pentecost Vigil in the Cathedral of Rome on the theme of World Youth Day, with Confirmations of 185 university students and presentation of the delegation that will travel to Sydney
Rome (Agencia Fides) - On Saturday, May 10 at 7:30pm in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome, there will be a Pentecost Vigil with the theme of World Youth Day (WYD): “You will receive the power of ...
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