Europe

• 2 March 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Lent 2006: “Sharing the Fullness of Life” motto of German Bishops’ Lenten Solidarity Campaign focused on establishing equal rights for women particularly in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America Hamburg (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Hamburg representing all the Catholic dioceses of Germany, will officially open the Lenten fundraising Campaign 2006 promoted by Misereor the aid agency of the German Bishops� ...
• 1 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Fifth centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier: “Go out into the whole world” slogan of Xavier pilgrimages ‘Javieradas’ 5 and 11 March. The Saint’s relics in Spain on March 3 Pamplona (Fides Service) - This year the annual Xavier pilgrimages in Javier, Pamplona, will be marked by special joy for the 5th centenary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier patron saint of missions and patron of the ...
• 1 March 2006
  EUROPE/GREECE - Annual Meeting of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe will focus on the Social Doctrine of the Church Corfu (Fides Service) - From 3-5 March 2006 the sixth meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe, accompanied by expert advisors, is scheduled to take place in Corfu (Greece). Six Bishop ...
• 24 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Approved Law on Assisted Human Reproduction meets with protests: “the unborn child is reduced to matter for experimentation and goods at the mercy of pharmaceutical economic interests and ambitions in certain scientific circles” Madrid (Fides Service) - A new recently approved Law on Assisted Human Reproduction has met with protest from various sides. The law is denounced for going against Natural Law, allowing the ‘production’ of human pers ...
• 23 February 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “The future starts here: marriage and the family”. German Bishops' three year programme to promote marriage and the family Berlin (Fides Service) - Prospects and commitments with regard to a new family policy were the focus of a recent Forum on the theme “The future starts here: prospects for marriage and the family” held in Berlin part ...
• 23 February 2006
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Process opened for beatification of Louis Joseph Marie Querbes founder of the Clerics of Saint Viator present in 16 different countries Lyons (Fides Service) - Today 23 February the diocese of Lyons in France opens the first session to investigate the life, heroic virtues and saintliness of Fr Louis Joseph Marie Querbes who founded in the earthly 19th ce ...
• 23 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - First issue of new quarterly publication “L’Animatore Missionario” focuses on Day for the Commemoration of Martyred Missionaries promoted by Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies Rome (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy have published the first issue of a new quarterly publication the Missionary Animator “L’Animatore missionario” for people who produce at the local, ...
• 21 February 2006
  EUROPE/POLAND - Diocesan directors of Pontifical Mission Societies at National Meeting identify goals and challenges, discuss methods and schedule for next five years 2006/2010 Warsaw (Fides Service) - “Missionary cooperation always a fruit of the Pontifical Mission Societies” was the theme of a national meeting for diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland held ...
• 20 February 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Building Europe after God’s own heart and meeting the most urgent needs of humanity today: conclusions of general assembly of Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors Fatima ( Fides Service) - “Men and women Religious, with trust in the life of the Spirit and in the Church can be present where new paths are being traced for Europe. This is an urgent call to build Europe after God’ ...
• 16 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Deus caritas est and the secular man: a contribution on Benedict XVI's first encyclical by Nicola Bux Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish a contribution on the first encyclical of Benedict XVI “Deus caritas est” by Rev. Nicola Bux, docent at the Pugliese Faculty of Theology, Vice director of the Ecumenical Institute of ...
• 15 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Together to restore hope in Africa: Harambee 2006 campaign to meet and help a changing Africa Rome (Fides Service) - Harambee, a fund started in 2002 on the occasion of the canonisation of the founder of Opus Dei Saint Josemaría, is collecting funds for four new development programmes in Africa: helping displace ...
• 14 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Realty and fiction: Opus Dei press conference to present Harambee programme 2006, to denounce deformed image of the Catholic Church as presented in the film “The Da Vinci Code” soon to be released Rome (Fides Service) - Today in Rome a press conference was held to present the 2006 edition of Harambee an Opus Dei initiative in aid of Africa first launched on the occasion of the canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escr ...
• 13 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Unless this law is altered it will go down in history as one of the first in the world to authorise therapeutic cloning and open the door for reproductive cloning: Catholic Bishops voice serious concern with regard to proposed “Law on methods of assisted human reproduction” Madrid (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Spain have expressed serious concern with regard to a proposed Law on methods of assisted human reproduction to be discussed soon in Parliament. In a statement the Bishops ...
• 8 February 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Day for former Child Soldiers: China Keitesti tells of her sad experience at a meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies München (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Day for Child Soldiers 12 February the national office for Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany missio München has organised an ecumenical service on Saturday 11 ...
• 8 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - National PMS Director says : “faith helps us believe the death of Fr Andrea will bear the fruit of more missionary vocations and service”. Archbishop of Trent says: “may inter-religious contact develop in full religious freedom, mutual respect, constructive dialogue and collaboration all over the world” Rome (Fides Service) - “I am still in Brazil where I took part in the meeting of Italian ‘Fidei Donum’ in Latin America who all expressed the unanimous desire to continue their service to other Churches after the s ...