Europe

• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/IRELAND - National Office of Pontifical Mission Societies restores impulse to celebrate October as missionary month in the Church in Ireland Dublin (Agenzia Fides) - The Irish Missionary Union (IMU) in conjunction with the Pontifical Mission Societies National Office are now in the seventh year of a ten-year plan aiming to restore and celebrate October as the ...
• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood diocesan Congresses, Meeting for Missionaries, Mission Symposium for Seminarians: some of the numerous activities which reflect Poland's spirit of mission Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The months of May and June in Poland have been a time for intense activity mission animation which reflects the country's lively spirit of mission, the national director of the Pontifical Missio ...
• 19 June 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - A new association “In the Family” upholds respect for the family as the natural place for the birth of new life, education of children, protection of all members of society Braga (Agenzia Fides) - A new association "In the Family" started in Portugal, was officially presented recently during a Life and Family Convention. The association intends to defend and promote the values of life and t ...
• 19 June 2007
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - “Pope Benedict XVI is a great theologian and he is familiar with Catholic and Orthodox theology” said Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nuova Giustiniana and all Cyprus at the end of his visit to Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “Pope Benedict XVI is a great theologian and he is familiar with Catholic and Orthodox theology” said His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nuova Giustiniana and All Cyprus said at a pres ...
• 15 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain is the ninth country to allow therapeutic cloning: “Human cloning, whatever the end, is always and from every point of view anti-ethical and deplorable. We stand before an unimaginable path and sadly we do not know where it will lead us ” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish parliament approved on 14 June a Law on bio-medical research which encourages and regulates “therapeutic cloning” in view of the supposed 'benefits' and 'improvement' of public he ...
• 15 June 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - St John of God Foundation will promote network of solidarity and healthcare: first campaign in aid of Angolan children victims of anti-personnel land mines and polio Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Order of Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God on June 12, launched its own St John of God Foundation to raise funds and work in the field of healthcare with other Foundations and NGOs. St J ...
• 14 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Official report on 50 years of Fidei Donum priests in Italy to be presented at 4th National Meeting for Directors and Collaborators of Diocesan Mission Centres Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “They will go out and preach everywhere on a mission without frontiers. ” is the title of the 4th National Meeting for Directors and Collaborators of Diocesan Mission Centres To be held in 17 ...
• 14 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Testimony of martyrs who died while forgiving, a great sign of hope: 498 Spaniards martyred in the 1930s to be beatified in Rome on 28 October Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The beatification of 498 Spaniards martyred for love of Jesus Christ during religious persecution in the 1930s will take place in Rome on 28 October this year. The beatification was announced by ...
• 13 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Festival, prayer and reflection on mission for 1,300 children at National Meeting of the Pontifical Society for Holy Childhood Latina (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,300 boys and girls, members of the Holy Childhood Association in Italy from dioceses all over the country will travel to Latina, near Rome, for a National Holy Childhood Day at the parish ...
• 12 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Cañizares reminds parents of their right to defend their choice of education for their children with every legitimate means: pastoral letter offers guidelines with regard to the controversial issue of “Education to Citizenship ” Toledo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church with independence, authority and moral responsibility, without invading fields which do not belong to her, and by virtue of her vocation in the social field, can and must teach the gr ...
• 12 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits in the world 19,216: latest statistics confirm constant general decline in numbers but slight increase in Africa and Asia-Oceania Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to information supplied by the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, 1 January 2007, there are a total number of 19.216 Jesuits in the world: 13.491 priests (- 248 than in 2006), 3.049 s ...
• 5 June 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Catholic Bishops of industrialised countries urge G8 leaders to take 'bold action on global poverty' Heiligendamm (Agenzia Fides) -Catholic Bishops from around the rich world have issued a public plea for the G8 group of industrialised nations to take "bold action on global poverty". The leader of Catholics in England ...
• 5 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Missio ad gentes, horizon and paradigm of the pastoral activity of the Church in Italy”: final statement from 57th general assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference on occasion of the 50th anniversary of Fidei donum Encyclical Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “Mission as the horizon of the life of the Church in the inseparable relationship with faith in Christ and in the understanding of cultural and ethical challenges which globalisation poses to bel ...
• 1 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Madrid with its Missionaries”: 22 missionaries will receive mission cross and mission mandate from the hands of Cardinal Rouco Varela Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Trinity Sunday, 3 June, in Spain is the day of 'Madrid with its Missionaries' . This year's theme "Diocesan Church…leave your land" intends to express the nature of the Church and her mystery a ...
• 29 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr Marco Tasca 119th successor of St Francis to guide the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, present in 63 countries Assisi (Fides Service) - Fr Marco Tasca, of the Padova Province of Sant'Antonio, has been elected 119th minister general of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He was elected by 97 chapter members representing 4,528 pr ...