Europe

• 17 March 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “On the ball” Church in Germany plans various initiatives alongside FIFA World Cup Championship 2006 Mainz (Fides) - When Germany hosts the FIFA World Cup this year from 9 June to 9 July, the Church in Germany will be ‘on the ball’ with a series of initiatives. A special web site www.kirche-am-ball.de has been open ...
• 16 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Now also in Italy Semper Altius Foundation: charity which transforms, for formation, education and development among the poorest of the poor Rome (Fides Service) - Semper Altius Foundation started by the Legionaries of Christ has begun to operate also in Italy. Its mission is to transform the life of the poor with a service of education, healthcare and develo ...
• 16 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Interview with Fr Justo Lacunza-Balda, rector of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, moderator at “2nd International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace” in Seville Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace will be held in Spain in Seville 19 - 22 March. The Meeting is organised by the Hommes du Parole Foundation which aims to use human spe ...
• 16 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - John Paul II beatification and canonisation process: official monthly newsletter Totus Tuus Rome (Fides Service) - The cause for the beatification and canonisation of the Servant of God John Paul II has its own official monthly publication Totus Tuus issued by the Vicariate of Rome. The cause for the beatifica ...
• 15 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - European Meeting of national directors of Pontifical Mission Societies and mission pastoral Palermo (Fides) - “The meeting was one of varied content and intense activity but I am confident that we all return home enriched by what was heard and lived in the Church in Sicily and its missionary commitment” sai ...
• 13 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Comboni Missionaries numbers of students and newly professed members Rome (Fides Service)- The Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus also known as the Comboni Missionaries have issued information on the number of students and new members. Aspirants and pre-postulants: 196, including 116 se ...
• 10 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - European National Directors Pontifical Mission Societies discuss missionary pastoral on the old continent Palermo (Fides Service) - A Meeting of national Pontifical Mission Societies offices and Offices for missionary cooperation in Europe opens today 10 March at S. Giovanni Battista Comvent in Baida, Palermo, Italy. These E ...
• 10 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - International Conference on Catholic Television 10 to 12 October will discuss what it means to be Catholic in TV and how to form a network of Catholic TV for evangelisation Madrid (Fides Service) - "Rapid Development” is the slogan of an International Conference on Catholic Television to be held in Madrid. The slogan was the title of an Apostolic Letter addressed to operators of social co ...
• 9 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious called to “put out into the deep” in the ocean of the Internet Rome (Fides Service) - Prof. Vincenzo Comodo who teaches Sociology and Communications Science at the Regina Apostolorum college and the Claretianum College recently published a book in Italian “Cons@crati on line. Int ...
• 8 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - 4th Day for European University Students, meeting with Pope Benedict XVI: “May the Gospel open new ways for cooperation among the peoples of Europe and Africa” Rome (Fides Service) - Speaking after the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday March 5, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned that next Saturday, 11 March, at 5 p.m. in the Paul VI Audience Hall, a Marian Vigil will be held, organised ...
• 7 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Let us put aside the fear and false modesty which many times paralyse us, let us put aside commodities which often make us act against our conscience, let us take a step forward like Francis of Xavier”: says Archbishop of Pamplona at first ‘Javierada’ for the 5th centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier Pamplona (Fides Service) - Over 10,000 people braved icy temperatures last Sunday 5 March to make the first of the traditional 'Javierada' pilgrimages in the framework of celebrations for the 5th centenary of the birth o ...
• 6 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital opens new Patients’ Family Home Rome (Fides Service) - A new Home for family members of child patients in need of a long period of hospital treatment at Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital will be opened on Thursday 9 March.. The Home, not far from th ...
• 3 March 2006
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Movemos algo or, Let’s make something move! Swiss Holy Childhood ‘Starsinger’ children collect almost one million Swiss Francs to spend for children in need Fribourg (Fides Service) - “Movemos algo!” or, let’s make something move, was the motto for the annual Starsinger collection taken by children members of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Mission Society in Switzerland ...
• 3 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - European Meeting for National Pontifical Mission Societies Offices (PMS) and National Offices for Missionary Cooperation 10 to 14 March. Focus: 50th anniversary of Fidei donum, Encyclical, PMS youth experience at WYD Cologne, dialogue with Islam Palermo (Fides Service) - A European Meeting for National Pontifical Mission Societies Offices (PMS) and National Offices for Missionary Cooperation will be held from 10 to 14 March at the Convento S. Giovanni Battista d ...
• 3 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday 5 March Latin America Day: “In our day the material needs of poor countries still press us to share what we have, but faith must always be the basis and principle object of missionary activity” Madrid (Fides Service) - In Spain Sunday March 5 is Latin America Day an initiative organised by the Missions Commission of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. In a letter to present the Day the president of the Commissio ...