Europe

• 5 October 2007
  EUROPE - For 7 October World Rosary Day thousands all over the world will be praying the Rosary at the same hour for peace, life, the family , the Pope and vocations Roma (has been World Rosary Day. Thousands of Catholics all over the world will pray with rosary beads in hand at the same time. Religious institutes, lay movements, parishes, families are encouraged to pray the rosary o ...
• 5 October 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Germany has 175 Fidei donum missionaries working in other countries and of these 140 are on mission in Latin America; the Bishops' mission agency Adveniat prepares, co-ordinates, and keeps them in contact Essen (Agenzia Fides) - The idea of opening an Office for the coordinate and provide information on the activity of the country's Fidei donum sent on mission to Latin America and Caribbean came to the Catholic Bishops of ...
• 4 October 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Cardinal Dias renders homage to the testimony of faith Saint Paul Tchen, in Holy Childhood Chapel in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris where the saint in buried Paris (Agenzia Fides) - On a visit to France Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, went on October 1 to Lourdes to take part in a National Meeting for French Fidei donum missio ...
• 2 October 2007
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Pontifical Holy Childhood Mission Society organises first National Day of Prayer for Children 12 October Dublin (Agenzia Fides) - The national office of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Mission Society in Ireland has organised the first National Day of Prayer for Children to be held on Friday October 12. The news was communica ...
• 2 October 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Ecumenism, marriage and family on the working agenda for European Bishops as well as collaboration with Latin American and African Bishops Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of the bishops' Conferences of Europe are gathering in Fatima, Portugal from 4th to 7th October 2007, following an invitation by Mgr. Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga, President of t ...
• 1 October 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Growing conscious objection to 'education to citizenship' school subject: every Catholic institution shares parents' delicate situation of conscience Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The new school year opened in Spain with the introduction of a new school subject 'Education to Citizenship', already in force in some Autonomous Communities. This highly controversial compulsory ...
• 27 September 2007
  EUROPE/BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA - 50 years of Fidei donum service and the missionary responsibility of the Church in Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bosnia Herzegovina is also reflecting on the Fidei Donum encyclical and the call to missionary responsibility, in this the 50th anniversary of the document's promulgation ...
• 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 ...