Europe

• 12 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Letter from the Archbishop of Toledo on the obligatory course, “Education for Citizenship” scheduled for the coming academic year: “it is just that you, parents, use all legitimate means in your power to defend your right to determine the moral education of your children.” Toledo (Agenzia Fides) – “This is a very important issue, which must be faced with lucidity, truth, responsibility, and freedom, and in conformity with the duties and rights that parents have regarding education. The ...
• 11 June 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Study done on the religious practices of Polish Catholics: 44.2% regularly attend Sunday Mass, 17.6% receive Communion Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – “Niedzela,” the most widely-read Catholic weekly in Poland, today published a study on religious practices in Poland. The study was performed by the Institute for Catholic Church Stati ...
• 11 June 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - 7th National Missionary Congress in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Holy Childhood Association’s establishment in the country: “towards a missionary collaboration that is more active in every area of the Church in Poland” Krakow (Agenzia Fides) – On June 6-7, the city of Kraków-Łagiewniki (Krakow) became the missionary heart of Poland, with the celebration of the 7th National Missionary Congress in honor of the 150th anniversary o ...
• 10 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - First World Congress for Student’s Parents Associations: “parents have the primordial and preferential right to educate their children according to their own principles and convictions” Zaragoza (Agenzia Fides) – “The universal values for education in the 21st Century, for a better world,” was the theme of the First World Congress for Student’s Parents Associations, held by the National Catholic ...
• 9 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALIA - Strengthening the network on a national and regional level, creating an international network to face up to the treatment of human beings. “I do not think that any country can wash its hands of the issue,” Sr. Victoria Gonzales de Castejon tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – During their Plenary Congress celebrated in 2001, the International Union of Superior Generals (UISG) made the commitment to take action in facing the spreading plague of human trafficking. Since ...
• 6 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Conclusion of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security in Rome, with substantial allocations of funds to meet the most urgent needs; many questions remain Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The High-Level Conference on World Food Security sponsored by the FAO in Rome from June 3 to 5, has finally concluded. It has been an intense meeting that has had to address many urgent issues on ...
• 6 June 2008
  EUROPE/IRELAND - “A community that is founded on purely economic self interest will not last,” Bishops say, in regards to the referendum to be held on the Treaty of Lisbon Dublin (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for the referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon set to take place on June 12, the Irish Bishops have published a Pastoral Letter entitled, “Fostering a community of values.” Irela ...
• 5 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - FAO Conference: farmers from poorer nations ask to be heard; the problem of bio-fuels, protectionism, and trade access among other themes Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The FAO Conference underway in Rome concludes today. The world summit meeting is certainly not expected to offer definitive solutions to the many problems on a global spectrum, interrelated among ...
• 5 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Statement from the Bishops of Galicia: “the State cannot legitimately impose a moral formation of students’ consciences without the free consent of their parents” Lugo (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Spanish region of Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, Tui-Vigo, Oruense, Mondoñedo-Ferrol, and Lugo) have issued a statement in light of the upcoming school year, on the subject ...
• 4 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Award bestowed on four organizations leading the fight against malaria in Africa Oviedo (Agenzia Fides) - The organizations leading the fight against malaria in Africa: the Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre (Tanzania), the Malaria Research and Training Centre (Mali), the Kintampo Health ...
• 4 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALIA - 6th European Symposium for University Professors begins: 400 professors of 26 European countries address the theme of “Widen the horizons of rationality. Perspectives for philosophy.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Widen the horizons of rationality. Perspectives for philosophy.” This is the theme for the 6th European Symposium for University Professors taking place in Rome June 5 – 8, organized by the ...
• 3 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - FAO Conference: the alarming statistics on the world food crisis. Climate changes, rise in fuel costs and speculative activity are the central points of the meeting Rome (Agenzia Fides) – 862 million of the world’s poor suffer from malnutrition or live on less than two dollars a day, the majority living in developing countries. This is the dramatic starting point for the FAO’s ...
• 3 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - After two years, “Misión Joven” concludes in Madrid with a consecration to the Heart of Jesus in Cerro de los Angeles Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, June 6, the Ecclesiastical Province of Madrid (which includes the Dioceses of Madrid, Alcala de Henares, and Getafe) will celebrate the closing ceremony for “Misión Joven” (Yout ...
• 2 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Diocese of Toledo will renew its consecration to the Heart of Jesus on the Solemnity of Christ the King, “an act of profound adoration, in gratitude towards our Redeemer” Toledo (Agenzia Fides) – In a statement signed May 30, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) and Primate of Spain, announced that on the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Archdiocese of Toledo will ...
• 30 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religion Today Film Festival: the cinema at the service of dialogue among religions Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 9th Religion Today Film Festival will begin October 16, in Bolzano (Italy). The Festival began in 1997 in the city of Trent, dedicated to the subject of dialogue among religions. This charact ...