Europe

• 2 February 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Religious life today: our spiritual life and the challenges facing Europe” theme of next general assembly in Fatima of the Union of European Conferences of Major Religious Superiors representing Europe’s 400,000 men and women Catholic Religious Fatima (Fides Service) - “Religious life today: our spiritual life and the challenges facing Europe today” is the theme of next general assembly of the Union of European Conferences of Major Religious Superiors UCESM ...
• 2 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families in July 2006 in Valencia: official prayer and prayer intentions Valencia (Fides Service) - The official prayer in view of the 5th World Meeting of Families WMF in July 2006 in Valencia can be seen at http://www.wmf2006.org. The prayer was composed by the Spanish Bishops’ commission ...
• 30 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - New look and new contents for Holy Childhood Society Italian branch monthly magazine Il Ponte d’Oro Rome (Fides Service) - The January issue of “Il ponte d’oro” (the golden bridge) the monthly magazine issued by the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society has a new look and new contents. Interesting features include � ...
• 26 January 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Report on the evolution of the family in Spain in the past 25 years: situation worsens, difficulties increase and public administration ever less present Madrid (Fides Service) - Families in Spain face increasing problems while public administration is totally absent, according to a Report on the Evolution of Families presented by Eduardo Hertfelder, president of Spain’ ...
• 25 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mission territories deserve more media attention say Italian missionaries EUROPE/ITALY - Mission territories deserve more media attention say Italian missionaries Rome (Fides Service)- “We are dismayed by the way in which Italian media ignore problems in mission territories”: this lament ...
• 21 January 2006
  EUROPE - United and co-ordinated to fight Aids: Meeting for Catholic organisations which care for 25% of the world’s AIDS patients Geneva (Fides Service) - Share resources and know-how, improve cooperation in the fight against AIDS: these are the objectives of a meeting in Geneva 23-26 January of representatives of Catholic organisations involved in ...
• 19 January 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Feel mission in your heart”: Sunday 22 January Holy Childhood Day in Spain: concern for millions of children ill, exploited, deprived of rights, many have never heard about Jesus Christ Madrid (Fides Service) - “We must feel mission in our heart because if it is something cold and lacks the warmth of love and charity our experience would be absurd and useless” says Archbishop Francisco Pérez Gonzá ...
• 18 January 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain’s families ever stronger and ready for the future: great expectations for 5th World Meeting of Families: family movements ever more committed Madrid (Fides Service) - As Spain’s families react vigorously to recent attacks against the institution of the family they are gaining strength and support and are ready to face any challenges in the future according t ...
• 16 January 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Once again this year Germany’s Holy Childhood Sternsingers win ‘donation seal’ for responsible donation management issued by German Central Institute for Social Issues Aachen (Fides Service) - For accurate and responsible management of donations received, once again this year the Holy Childhood initiative Sternsingers (Star Singers) campaign has won the ‘donation seal’ given by the ...
• 12 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - January 31 Pontifical Salesian University inaugurates new Don Bosco Library 700.000 volumes for students and general public Rome (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the feast of Saint John Bosco founder of the Salesians and root of a vast spiritual and educational service for young people, on 31 January a new Don Bosco Library will be inaugu ...
• 12 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Alliance of Italian Hospitals: Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital one of first to join project for integration and improvement of Italian hospitals and medical centres all over the world Rome (Fides Service) - The 3rd Conference of Alliance of Italian Hospitals held recently in Naples at the Royal Palace in Caserta connected 33 of the best hospitals in Italy with 34 Italian hospitals in various other co ...
• 11 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Rome, departure point for 3rd European Ecumenical Meeting: a “pilgrimage” to encounter the riches of Christian traditions and rediscover the Christian roots of Europe Rome (Fides Service) - From 24-27 January 2006, 150 delegates from Europe’s churches, Bishops’ Conferences, ecumenical bodies, communities and movements will gather in Rome for the start of the process of the Third E ...
• 11 January 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Archbishop of Valencia invites the Bishops of the world to 5th World Meeting of Families: pilgrims from 25 countries enrol, 1.5 million visit official web site Valencia (Fides Service) - Preparations continue for the 5th World Meeting of Families in Valencia 1-9 July 2006. The Archbishop of Valencia, Archbishop Agustín García - Gasco, has sent a personal invitation to more th ...
• 9 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Legionaries of Christ present in twenty countries with over 600 priests and 2,500 seminarians Rome (Fides Service) - The Institute of the Legionaries of Christ today is present in twenty countries with more than 600 priests and 2500 seminarians. The Legion of Christ has 92 centre of formation and apostolate in t ...
• 22 December 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Stars Singers “messengers of charity and peace”: “even children can do something to change the world and to help other less fortunate children” Berlin (Fides Service) - “You are messengers of charity and peace” Angela Merkel, the new Chancellor of Germany told a group of Holy Childhood children, known here as Stern Singers, who visited her at the Federal Ch ...