Europe

• 16 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Comboni Missionary Sisters open web site on Founder’s birthday Rome (Fides Service) - The world is on the web and so are the Comboni Missionary Sisters as from today. The community opened its own official web site www.comboniane.org. yesterday 15 March the birthday of the Founder, S ...
• 16 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 18 March Basque Mission Sunday: dioceses confirm mission cooperation in Africa and Latin America and welcome new forms of involvement despite drop in vocations San Sebastian (Fides Service) - Sunday 18 March is Basque Mission Day promoted by the Spanish dioceses of Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria to increase missionary spirit and commitment, sustain missionaries who work to h ...
• 15 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious Superiors call believers to unite 30 March in “a day of prayer and fasting for Peace” to end all the many wars in the world Rome (Fides Service) - Superiors General of religious institutes are calling on Christians and all believers to observe March 30 as a day of prayer and fasting for Peace. The International Union of Superiors General mad ...
• 14 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sister Eugenia Bonetti elected “Woman of Courage” for outstanding efforts to combat trafficking in persons Rome (Fides Service)- On Friday, March 9, 2007, Consolata Missionary Sister Eugenia Bonetti was presented with a “Woman of Courage” award for her bold and tireless efforts to combat trafficking in persons. The award ...
• 13 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - 15 General Chapter of Xaverian Missionaries in June will focus on Xaverian Spirituality Rome (Fides Service) - The 15th General Chapter of the Xaverian Missionaries has been convoked in Italy for six weeks from mid June to the end of July at the Xaverian House in Tavernerio (Como), to reflect on the theme X ...
• 13 March 2007
  EUROPE/ENGLAND AND WALES - “The challenge of worldwide mission in a changing Europe”: European meeting National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies 16 to 20 March Durham (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in England and Wales are hosting the annual European meeting of National Directors in Durham this weekend (March 16th-20th).The theme for this year’s congress i ...
• 12 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - The family in Europe is in danger. Highly aggressive anti-Christian legislation and groups refuse to recognise the family as a value and a juridical good to be protected. The transcendent dimension of the human person is ignored. Rome (Fides Service) - "The Family: the Future of Europe" was the theme of a European Conference on the Family organised by the Institute for Higher Studies on Women of the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rom ...
• 9 March 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - 25th Anniversary: More than 22,000 young people from 72 different countries have benefited from the activity of the International Youth Centre for Spirituality promoted by the diocese of Stuttgart and the Scalabrini missionaries Stuttgart (Fides Service) - A special Mass on Sunday 4 March presided by the auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Bishop Thomas Maria Renz was the culminating event of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of th ...
• 8 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Women and Abortion” international conference to educate, inform and mobilise civil society to address the drama of abortion Caceres (Fides Service) - “Women and Abortion” is the theme of an international Conference March 8 - 10 in Caceres, organised jointly by the Family Forum and the University of Estremadura. Expert speakers include Ben ...
• 8 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saturday 10 March university students of Europe and Asia will pray with Pope Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations for traditional annual meeting between university students of Europe and Asia and the Pope on the occasion of the 5th European University Studay Day on the theme “Intelle ...
• 3 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Announcing God’s Love” Javieradas Pilgrimages 4-10 March in honour of Saint Francis Xavier patron saint of the region and patron saint of the missions Pamplona (Agenzia Fides) - “Announcing God’s Love” is the slogan of the traditional Javieradas Pilgrimages 2007 to Javier Castle organised in the Spanish region of Navarra from Sunday 4 March to 4 Saturday 10 March ...
• 2 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New Ley Organica de la Educacion fails to respect fundamental rights and introduces young consciences to moral relativism and gender ideology Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Ley Organica de la Educacion and respective Royal Decrees and the fundamental rights of Parents and Schools” is the title of a statement issued by the Standing Council of the Conference of S ...
• 1 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Assassinated missionaries: hope for the world”: 24th March Youth Movement Day commemorates martyred missionaries with prayer and fasting Rome (Fides Service) - For the last 15 years for Catholics in Italy and other countries March 24th, the date of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, of San Salvador in 1980, has been a day to commemorate miss ...
• 28 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - In preparation for 5th European University Day, students at pontifical Universities in Rome welcome Pilgrimage of the Cross: March 1st, feast in honour of Don Bosco at UPS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 21 February, Ash Wednesday, marked the beginning of a Pilgrimage of the Cross to the various pontifical universities in Rome. For the students this Peregrinatio Crucis has become a significant ...
• 27 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Called to Mission, called to Joy”: PMS Youth Movement builds network to encourage responsible commitment for mission Rome (Fides Service) - Every year the national office of the Youth Mission Movement YMM of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy in collaboration with regional offices and regional mission commissions organises forma ...