Europe

• 27 September 2007
  EUROPE - Family Policy Institute warns of demographic winter in Europe caused by abortion, fewer marriages and more divorces: new 2007 Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 26 September, in Barcelona, Spain Lola Velarde, President of the European network of Family Policy Institutes (IPF), presented the 2007 Report on the Evolution of the Family in Euro ...
• 26 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - CEI Standing Council approves statement on occasion of the 50th anniversary of Fidei donum Encyclical by Pius XII, “a precious opportunity to maintain mission awareness in our dioceses” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Council of the CEI Italian Bishops' Conference, gathered for its Autumn session, 17-19 September, among other things approved a statement prepared by the Bishops' Commission for the Ev ...
• 25 September 2007
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - To help priests discover the missionary dimension of the daily life of the Church, Pontifical Mission Societies office organises Meeting for Priests on Fidei donum mission service Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - In view of now imminent annual World Mission Sunday, this year 21 October, and in this the 50th anniversary year of the publication of the Fide Donum Encyclical by Pope Pius XII, the national ...
• 24 September 2007
  EUROPE - Family Policy Institute urges Europe's political leaders to stop talking and take action to support families and to make the family a priority issue in their respective countries Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an urgent priority for European countries to incorporate the family perspective in public policies as a social good which cannot be renounced and as a service to the nation " said Lola V ...
• 21 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fidei Donum Missionaries Survey: 566 priests and 114 lay Italians on mission service, two thirds are in Latin America Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Il Movimento dei Fidei Donum. Tra memoria e futuro” is the title of a book in Italian published by EMI and compiled by Dario Nicoli, docent at the Catholic University of Brescia, which was pre ...
• 21 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Message for Thanksgiving Day in Italy 2007: "When man changes what is a gift for all into a possession for a few this is an act of theft not only against men and peoples but first of all against the true owner of the earth, the Lord Himself. He created the earth and consigned it to men and women of every time and place” Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “When man changes what is a gift for all into a possession for a few this is an act of theft not only against men and peoples but first of all against the true owner of the earth, the Lord Himsel ...
• 21 September 2007
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Foundation stone laid for Saint Luigi Orione Church in Leopoli, in view of the construction of a Centre with a seminary, convent and structures for the disabled Leopoli (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 15 September, the vicar general of the Opera Don Orione, Rev Enemesio Lazzaris, laid the foundation stone for a chapel which will be dedicated to Saint Luigi Orione and an oratory wh ...
• 20 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “May Aid to the Church in Need also in the future offer help where the needs of the Church are greatest”: Papal Message to ACN marking 60 years of service Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “May Almighty God grant your ‘Aid to the Church in Need" association light and strength, that also in the future it may offer help where the needs of the Church are greatest”. These are the c ...
• 19 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sr Maria Antonieta Bruscato re-elected Superior general of the Daughters of St Paul present in 52 countries all over the world to evangelise through the media Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 9th general chapter of the Daughters of St Paul DSP, which began on 29 August in Ariccia (Roma) at the Casa Divin Maestro, has re-elected Sr Maria Antonieta Bruscato Superior general for a seco ...
• 19 September 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Germany's Holy Childhood Christmas Carol 'Sternsingers' help more than 1.6 million children all over the world: theme of 50th collection “Sternsingers For a United World” Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - Germany's 500.000 Holy Childhood Christmas Carol 'Sternsingers' “Sternsinger” can be rightly proud of their efforts to help less fortunate children: in last year's campaign, the 49th, the sum ...
• 18 September 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “The future of Mission Ad Gentes - prospects for the 21st century” theme of Mission Days 2007, Fatima will host National Mission Congress 2008 Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - " The future of Mission Ad Gentes - prospects for the 21st century " was the theme for reflection during the annual Mission Days 2007 held 14 - 16 September, promoted jointly by the National Offi ...
• 17 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Symposium on Child Abuse to mark centenary of don Calabria Society Verona (Agenzia Fides) - From 4 al 6 October Verona will host the 1st International Symposium 'Children in the Shadows', on the issue of child abuse organised by the Opera (Society) Don Calabria to mark its centenary. Th ...
• 15 September 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - National Meeting for diocesan directors of the PMS and mission delegates of various religious communities on the theme “Let us carry on the work of serving the Church ”, inspired by the Encyclical Fidei donum Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - From 16 to 18 September in Niepokalanów, Poland, some 120 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland, their collaborators and mission delegates of various religious communi ...
• 15 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Made public acts of Continental Meetings for Italian Fidei Donum missionaries; to re-launch in Italy this missionary experience an official Study on 50 years of Fidei Donum in Italy will be presented at 4th National Meeting for Directors of Diocesan Mission Centres Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “To the ends of the earth. From fecund memories to bold prospects ”: is the title of a Paper issued by the secretariat of the Italian Bishops Conference CEI on three Meetings held respectively ...
• 14 September 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Associations promoters of conscience objection present list of practical criteria for parents who do not wish their children to attend lessons in Education to Citizenship Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the beginning of the school year, 31 associations and civil platforms, promoters of objection of conscience have prepared a Decalogue of practical criteria for parents in view of Ed ...