Europe

• 20 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Franciscan Chapter in Assisi renews commitment for dialogue and peace in the world Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - Franciscans, at a special Chapter meeting in Assisi 14 September - 1 October to renew commitment to building communion of prayer and promoting dialogue, took part in a special prayer vigil to pr ...
• 18 September 2006
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - ‘United cities for a United World’: appointment 2009 to reveal a network of cities where fragments of fraternity are in act: goal identified by international meeting of the Focolari Movement in Budapest Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - After setting a goal and a date 2009 the great meeting organised by the Focolari Movement to commemorate tragic facts in Hungary 50 years ago which brought to Budapest more than 11.000 people f ...
• 18 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - In view of departure for mission, Mission animators and Mission volunteers undertake intensive formation Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A three month course of mission formation in view of departure for mission abroad organised by the School of Mission Formation with the collaboration the Spanish Conference of Religious CONFER st ...
• 15 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Apostleship of the Sea European meeting: the Church’s pastoral care for seafarers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Caring for Seafarers as witnesses of hope through the proclamation of the Word, Liturgy and Diakonia": is the theme of the next European Meeting of the Apostleship of the Sea which will be held at ...
• 11 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict in Bavaria- “The world needs God, We need God...We do not fail to show respect for other religions and cultures...when we profess our faith clearly and uncompromisingly in the God who counters violence with His own suffering; who in the face of the power of evil exalts his mercy, in order that evil may be limited and overcome” Munich (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 September 23rd Sunday of Ordinary time, Pope Benedict XVI presided an outdoor Mass at Munich’s new exhibition NeuMesse centre and led the recitation of the Angelus prayer at midday ...
• 8 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - 120 Benedictine nuns from all over the world are taking part in an international symposium on “Guiding with Wisdom”: the Benedictine rule in the light of the Beatitudes Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The S. Anselmo Pontifical Liturgical Institute is hosting the 5th international symposium of the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum CIB on the theme “Guiding with wisdom... so that the stro ...
• 8 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - 5th edition of Mediterranean Youth Agora on the 7th Beatitude in the Gospel of Matthew “Blessed are the Merciful for they will receive mercy" Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - The 5th edition of Mediterranean Youth Agora organised jointly by the Italian Bishops’ national youth pastoral service and the national Office for cooperation among Churches, taking place in Lo ...
• 8 September 2006
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - “Many challenges, one proposal: Brotherhood” - international Brotherhood Day organised by the Focolari Movement to commemorate tragedy 50 years ago Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 16 September at least 11,000 people from 64 different countries are expected to gather in Budapest SportArena for an International Brotherhood Day organised by the Focolari Movement to ...
• 7 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The art of celebrating the mystery of Christ”: Spanish Association of Professors of Liturgy concludes annual Meeting with homage to Francis Xavier Pamplona (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish Association of Professors of Liturgy (AEPL) held its 31st annual meeting in Pamplona, 30 August to 1 September on the theme “Ars celebrandi. The art of celebrating the mystery of ...
• 6 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Conflict is not an unavoidable fate, war is not natural. Peace cannot be renounced even when pursuing it seems difficult or hopeless”: inter-religious prayers in Assisi close with an Appeal for Peace Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - A pressing call for peace was issued at the end of a special Meeting in Assisi 4 and 5 September of men and women of different religions and nationalities organised by the S. Egidio Community to ...
• 5 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Chapter General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin elects new Minister General Friar Mauro Jöhri. Increase in presence in Asia, decrease in central northern Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Chapter General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on 4 September elected a new Minister General for a six year mandate 2006-2012, Friar Mauro Jöhri, born on 1 September 1947 at Bivio, Cant ...
• 5 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Violence in the Bible”, theme of 39th National Bible Week organised by the Italian Bible Association ABI Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From the 11th to the 15th September 2006 the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome will host Italy’s 39th National Bible Week promoted by the Associazione Biblica Italiana (ABI). Where are the ...
• 1 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY -4th national week of mission formation and spirituality concludes: participants vow to be “Bearers of Hope” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - Italy’s 4th national week of mission formation and spirituality held in Assisi concluded on 30 August. The event, organised by the National Office for Missionary Cooperation among the Churches, ...
• 1 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Creation, first immense gift of God, expression of his powerful love: Catholics in Italy celebrate first national “Day for Safeguarding Creation” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “From the first pages Scripture speaks of God as Creator, one who made everything out of love … creation is a call to praise God, to bless the Creator, the giver of life … Especially the com ...
• 31 August 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Promoting literacy, instruction, formation: over 1,000 sets of basic books sent to 13 of the world’s poorest countries of Africa and Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Parishes, Catholic communities, schools, hospitals, prisons, centres for leprosy patients in 9 African countries and 4 Asian countries received sets of books on learning to read and write, instruct ...