Europe

• 14 May 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Celebrations for the 90th anniversary of the apparitions in Fatima - “May the Blessed Virgin Mary show once again her maternal concern for the men and women of our day, often tempted to distance themselves from God” Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 13 May, at the Marian shrine in Fatima, Portugal, a special Mass to mark the 90th anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary was presided on behalf of Pope Benedict ...
• 12 May 2007
  EUROPE - “Concerning deterioration of the family panorama in Europe” Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe 2007 by president of European network of Family Policy Institutes Brussels (Fides Service) - On the occasion of Europe Day on 9 May, the European network of Family Policy Institutes (IPF) presented Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe 2007 to the European Parliament. A year ...
• 10 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian branch celebrates 60th anniversary of Aid to the Church in Need association of Pontifical right Rome (Fides Service) - The Salesianum College (Via della Pisana 1111, Rome) will host 11 - 13 May a Meeting with which the benefactors and collaborators of the Italian branch of Aid to the Church in Need will celebrate ...
• 8 May 2007
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Salesians in Albania: assistance and development programmes for Rom and Gypsy youth Tirana (Fides Service) - To promote respect for human rights in Albania the Italian NGO Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS) connected with the Salesians has launched a programme with the title “All Differ ...
• 8 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME Communion and Mission “ad extra” in the 3rd Millennium Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer Vigil in the evening of Sunday 6 May at the Casa Divin Maestro in Ariccia, Rome, opened the work of the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME which ha ...
• 4 May 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Peoples of America 7th Meeting at Shrine of Torreciudad to “pray for peace and stability in our countries and for our families on the other side of the Atlantic” Huesca (Fides Service) - 'United For Migration' is the theme of the 7th Meeting of Peoples of America at the Shrine of Torreciudad in Spain on Sunday 6 May during which there will be a twinning with Latin Americans resid ...
• 3 May 2007
  EUROPE/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Pontifical Mission Societies in Bosnia-Herzegovina open web site a new channel for evangelisation Sarajevo (Fides Service) - The national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Bosnia-Herzegovina has its own we site since April 30. National Director Rev. Fr. Tomo Knezevic told Fides that it is hoped the web si ...
• 2 May 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish Federation of Pro-Life Associations plans to re-launch pro-life youth associations at the national level with National Conference Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - Spanish Federation of Pro-Life Associations (Provida), founded in Barcelona to promote respect for human life from the moment of conception to natural end, is organising a National Conference f ...
• 30 April 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Almost 500 martyrs to be elevated to the honours of the altar in Rome in the Autumn. Bishops plan national pilgrimage "occasion of grace for the Church and society in Spain" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "You are the Light of the World", is the title of a statement issued by the Spanish Bishops at the end of a recent plenary assembly to announce the beatification in Rome in the Autumn of 498 Span ...
• 27 April 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Native Vocations at the Service of the Community”: title of World Day for Native Vocations, 29 April, that no vocation to the priesthood or the consecrated life be lost because of scarcity of means Madrid (Fides Service) - On Sunday 29 April on the occasion of the Church's world day of prayer for Vocations, the Spanish national office of Pontifical Mission Societies will launch a campaign and a Day for Native Vocat ...
• 27 April 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY “Missionaries of Prayer ” - A Contribution from the Abbess of the Benedictine Abbey of Rosano for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations Rosano (Fides Service) - The profound union which exists between contemplative life and missionary activity is a constant in the life of the Church and it draws its essential significance from the life of the Lord, who b ...
• 17 April 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - A Symposium on the Fidei donum Encyclical, principal challenges and implementation in Poland with over 300 fidei donum priests and 55 lay missionaries working in 35 different countries Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "Pius XII's Fidei donum Encyclical - Its principal challenges implementation in Poland" is the theme of a special Symposium being hosted today 17 April by the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University ...
• 17 April 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The Bishops of Portugal, in plenary assembly, reaffirm opposition to the new Bill on abortion: "the Church continues to be faithful to her mission to announce the Gospel of the fullness of life and denounce any attack on life" Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Portugal have reaffirmed their opposition to abortion denouncing a new Bill to de-penalise abortion in that country. This was said by Bishop Jorge Ortiga, president of the ...
• 13 April 2007
  EUROPE/GEORGIA - Redemptor hominis Catholic social and healthcare Centre offers free diagnosis and medical treatment as well as homecare and food and clothes for about 300 poor people Tbilisi (Agenzia Fides) - To address the healthcare and social needs of poor people in Tbilisi in 1998 Redemptoris Hominis medical centre was opened with the support of the then president of Georgia, Edvard Shevardnadze, ...
• 4 April 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “It is the duty of Catholics all over the world to sustain Christians in the Holy Land with spiritual and material assistance”: Bishop of Jerez Holy Week Pastoral Letter Jerez (Agenzia Fides) - "As Holy Week comes again, our minds and hearts go to the places where the central events of the Christian faith happened”, Bishop Juan del Río of the diocese of Adisona-Jerez, Spain in a pasto ...