Europe

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  11 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The material and spiritual support of Salesian communities around the world for Ukrainian refugees continues unabated Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Treasurer General of the Salesian Congregation (SDB), Mr Jean Paul Muller, SDB, and the head of the Salesian Coordination for Emergency Response, Fr George Menamparampil, have arrived in Warsaw ...
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  10 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Orionini: the solidarity relay for Ukraine confirms that "charity will never stop" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - While the Orionine priests, Fr. Egidio Montanari and Fr. Moreno Cattelan in Lviv continue their mission of assisting and welcoming refugees fleeing from cities at war (see Fides, 25/2/2022; 3/3/202 ...
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  10 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Reception for Ukrainian refugees: Camillian missionaries continue their mobilization Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we have worked mainly in the stations of Warsaw. Together with the social workers, we wait there for the trains that bring refugees from the Polish bor ...
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  9 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The #WeCareForUkraine campaign of Scalabrinians from Europe and Africa has begun Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "No one chooses to find themselves under the bombs of war, regardless of where they live, the color of their skin, whether they are a man, a woman or a child. As Scalabrinian Missionaries of Europe ...
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  9 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Redemptorists: "people come to our churches and monasteries, they are afraid and ask for help" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "As Redemptorists and consecrated persons, we try to support people. We encourage people with talks, confessions and prayers, in these difficult days. Our people come to churches and our monasterie ...
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  8 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Migrant and refugee women: they are resources for communities Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eighty women dreamed of a better future and were given the opportunity to make it happen. Many are the migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking in conditions of semi-autonomy who have been gue ...
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  8 March 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Academic Day on the Church's Evangelizing Mission and 30th Missiology Symposium Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Academic Day on "The Evangelizing Mission of the Church", promoted by the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarre, was held today at the University of Navarre. Father José M. Calderon ...
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  7 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The PMS of Australia and Europe mobilized to welcome and support Ukrainian refugees Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The worldwide network of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) is also mobilized to come to the aid of the people of Ukraine who are leaving the country to escape the violence and destruction of w ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - To the ends of the earth: Docu-film on Saint Francis Xavier, great missionary in the Far East, 400 years after his canonization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint Francis Xavier - To the ends of the Earth" is a Docufilm that tells the story of the Patron saint of the missions, his university years at the Sorbonne, the troubled encounter with Ignatius ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionaries and Witnesses: “Gospel Speakers” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Today's man listens more to witnesses than to teachers", says Pope Paul VI in Evangelii Nuntiandi, with a widely known expression, also taken up by Pope Francis: "today's world is in great need of ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The appeal of the Salesians: "We must pray, people need to feel the presence of God" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "These are difficult days, the war has deeply shaken our population. Many no longer have a home and there are endless queues to get basic necessities. Many people need to feel the support, the stre ...
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  4 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "We are desperate but we are not afraid, we are very determined, all of us" says Fr. Mikola from Lviv Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "The war started only a few days ago, everything works normally here, shops are open, public transport works. The situation is calm but we are preparing. There are also air warnings but at the mome ...
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  4 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Welcome, compassion, prayer: "We live with the spirit of Job" Konotop (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of suffering, hardship, war, we, Franciscan friars of the Province of St. Michael the Archangel, continue to serve the poorest and most suffering people in the city of Konotop with ...
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  4 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Camillians offer the structure of a seminary and a parish to displaced Ukrainians Burakow (Agenzia Fides) - Camillian Disaster Service International (CADIS), in collaboration with other Camillian and non-Camillian organizations is also mobilizing to support the Ukrainian emergency. Specifically, the C ...
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  3 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Families and disabled people fleeing Ukraine are welcomed in the Orionine communities of Poland and Italy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In our homes in Poland we have prepared several hundred places for refugees. Families with children with their orphanage guardians are brought to these centers. The confreres, in collaboration wit ...