Europe

• 5 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALIA - “Shed for you and for all”: March 24, 16th annual Day of Prayer and Fasting in memory of missionaries killed for the cause of the Gospel. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of Fasting and Prayer is held March 24, as it is the date when Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador was assassinated in 1980. The initiative was started in Italy by the Youth Movement ...
• 5 March 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Youth Mission continues in the University, “a contemporary areopagus where the truth of Christ should be proclaimed by the words and testimonies of believers.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Madrid’s University Youth Mission began on Monday, March 3. Following the Mass presided by Bishop Cesar Franco, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, which also included a missionary “sending,” dozen ...
• 4 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - The message of hope from the Patron Saints of Europe: a contribution to the edification of “Europe’s soul,” based in the common Christian roots Siena (Agenzia Fides) - On March 8, in Siena, in the crypt of the Basilica of Saint Dominic, there will be a Congress entitled: “Anima Europae: Europe’s Christian roots and the spiritual message of its Patron Saints. ...
• 29 February 2008
  EUROPE - The European Network Institute for Family Policies join the fight against abortion: “There is an urgent need to end this drama that effects millions of women in the world.” Belgium (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to guarantee the protection of rights for unborn children, and therefore, think seriously about a ban on abortion. “There is an urgent need to end this drama that effects millions o ...
• 28 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Numerous activities underway for the 50th anniversary of the Diocesan Mission of Navarra: “many missionaries continue to impress us with their generosity and self-donation.” Navarra (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Pamplona-Tudela (Spain) is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Diocesan Mission of Navarra on December 3, 1958. In its commemoration, various activities ha ...
• 28 February 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - On the way to the 6th European Day for University Students: International Congress on “Europe and the Americas Together to Build a Civilization of Love.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This afternoon, in the Pontifical Gregorian University, will be the opening of the International Congress on “Europe and the Americas Together to Build a Civilization of Love,” organized in con ...
• 26 February 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Opinion poll in the Catholic weekly, Niedziela, on the Sacrament of Reconciliation Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The most popular Catholic journal in Poland, “Niedziela,” based in Czestochowa, has recently published the results of an opinion poll that was taken regarding the practice of the Sacrame ...
• 25 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday, March 2, Missionary Day for Latin America: “Latin America, mission continent.” There are currently 878 Spanish priests in the missions. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - This Sunday, March 2, the Church in Spain will celebrate the Missionary Day for Latin America, with the theme: “Latin America, mission continent.” “Sixty years ago, the Metropolitan Confer ...
• 22 February 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - A month packed with missionary activities; 2008 declared "Missionary Childhood Year in Poland" for 150 years in Poland Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - February is going to be a month full of missionary meaning for the Church in Poland, according to report made to Agenzia Fides from Monsignor Jan Piotrowski, National Director of the Pontifical M ...
• 21 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Results of a study on respect for religious freedom in Spain in 2004-2008 notes “tendency to restrict public presence in religious demonstrations” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Spain has definitely experienced a decline in the respect due to religious beliefs, converting believers into second-rate citizens, according to the results of a study made by the Observatory for ...
• 21 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses to Christ like Francis Xavier” Javieradas Pilgrimages 2-8 March Navarra (Agenzia Fides) - “I am very proud to be in this land of Navarra ministering as Bishop, and the reason is because the missionaries from this land have been its best ambassadors to the world, taking the Gospel o ...
• 19 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 60 associations participate in the First National Meeting of Conscientious Objectors to the Education for Citizenship. 24,000 objections signed. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme, “Without Fear,” the First National Meeting of Conscientious Objectors to the Education for Citizenship took place on February 16, in the school of Mount Tabor in Pozuelo de A ...
• 18 February 2008
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Conclusion of meeting for the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors Torhout (Agenzia Fides) - The Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) held its General Assembly in Torhout, Belgium, February 11-17. Representatives from 39 different religious Conferences from 26 count ...
• 15 February 2008
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Forum to Fight Human Trafficking: “The Holy See encourages all kinds of just initiatives aimed at eradicating this immoral and criminal phenomenon,” Archbishop Marchetto affirms. Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy See appreciates the efforts undertaken at various levels to combat human trafficking, which is a multidimensional problem, and one of the most shameful phenomena of our era... [it] is ...
• 15 February 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - The positive experience of the “Missionary Workshops” begun in Czestochowa in 2000 Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The “Missionary Workshops” in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa are organised on the third Saturday of every month, by the diocesan Director of the Pontifical Missions Societies, Fr. Jacek ...