Europe
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17 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “Today we realise that our liberty is a little poorer unless it is shared by all” Luigi Bobba, President of the Association of Christian Workers in Italy told Fides at the end of a Post-Global Meeting in Orvieto.
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16 September 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Peace demands a positive attitude which respects the identity of immigrants while safeguarding the cultural heritage of the hosting people”. Spanish Bishops issue letter for National Migration Day: “Similar or different but in peace”
Madrid (Fides Service) - In a pastoral Letter to mark the National Migration Day 26 September, with the title “Similar or different in peace”, the Catholic Bishops of Spain say “our attitude towards people who are ...
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16 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Benedictine monks in Congress will also discuss globalisation
Rome (Fides Service) - Some 230 Abbots of the oldest monastic order of the Church in the West will gather in Rome for a Congress from 21 to 29 September. Benedictine abbots meet every four years to discuss matters concer ...
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16 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “Communion co-responsibility for Mission”: National Mission Congress 27 to 30 September aims to help the Church in Italy renew its missionary spirit
Rome (Fides Service) - ‘Communion and Co-responsibility’ is the title of a National Mission Congress organised by the Italian Bishops Conference’s Office for Missionary Cooperation in Montesilvano, Pescara 27 to 30 ...
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16 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Padre Steckling re-elected Superior general of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate for another six years - “He sent me to evangelise the poor” the motto Saint Eugenio de Mazenod chose for his missionaries
Rome (Fides Service) - The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate have re-elected Father. Guglielmo Steckling Superior General for another six year term. On 15 September the General Chapter meeting in Rome, confirmed Fat ...
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15 September 2004
EUROPE/POLAND - Aid to the Church in Need on Pilgrimage 16 to 20 September to important shrines in Poland including Jasna Góra and Nowa Huta
Rome (Fides Service) - From 16 to 20 September Aid to the Church in Need will hold an International Pilgrimage in Poland. For five days benefactors from 16 European countries, from North and South America and Australia w ...
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14 September 2004
EUROPE/GERMANY - “Living mission - daring to meet others”: German PMS launches mission campaign for October 2004 to encourage Catholics to go out and meet people who are different, Muslims especially.
Aachen (Fides Service) - “Living mission - daring to meet others” is the theme of a campaign launched in view of the missionary month of October 2004 by the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germ ...
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10 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - 2nd Day of Inter-dependence: individuals, peoples, and nations for a more united world. “Dialogue in diversity is possible” says Lucia Fronza a member of the Focolari Movement
Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd edition of the Day of Interdependence, an initiative of Benjamin Barber professor Maryland University USA, will be held this year in Rome on 11 and 12 September with a day of interreligio ...
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10 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Andrea Riccardi, founder of the S. Egidio community reports on the 18th International Meeting Religions and Culture, the courage of a new humanism, held in Milan 5-7 September.
Rome (Fides Service) - “Men and women of different religions came together to show they would not be dominated by fear. This did not mean kind thoughts, abstract ideas, detachment from reality. It was a looking reality ...
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9 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Luigino Bruni, Docent Economy at the Bicocca and Bocconi Universities in Milan, presents International Meeting “New Horizons of the Economy of Communion”, organised by the Focolari movement 10-12 September in Castelgandolfo
Rome (Fides Service) - “Since 1991 we have promoted a culture of giving” professor Luigino Bruni, docent in economy at the Bicocca and Bocconi universities in Milan who is the co-ordinator of an international meeting ...
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8 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Comboni Missionary Sisters fully immersed in general chapter: the vitality of a charism which continues to unleash the power of the Gospel as it becomes part of different cultures.
Rome (Fides Service) - The Comboni Missionary Sisters are now fully immersed in their 18th General Chapter, the first of the new millennium, which opened in Rome on 22 August under the protection of the Founder, Saint Da ...
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6 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “I wish to say thank you to the Vatican and also to the people of Italy for important moral support in these days. All together in fact we must say “no” to terrorism”: statement by Orthodox Bishop Feofan of Ossezia opens 18th Meeting of “Religions and cultures: the courage of a new humanism” organised by S. Egidio Community
Milan (Fides Service) - An unexpected address opened the 18th Meeting of “Religions and cultures: the courage of a new humanism” organised by S. Egidio Community being held at Arcimboldi Theatre in Milan until tomor ...
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3 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - In Milan 18th World Interreligious Meeting organised by St. Egidio Community: “Religions and culture: the courage of a new humanism”.
Rome (Fides Service) - The first Interreligious Day of Prayer for Peace was held in Assisi on 27 October 1986 convoked by Pope John Paul II. It was attended by 50 representatives of different Christian Churches and 60 re ...
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3 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Theological update on challenges facing mission today: 9th Course of ongoing Formation for men and women Missionaries promoted by the Pontifical Salesian University UPS starts on 20 September
Rome (Fides Service) - The theology faculty of the Pontifical Salesian University UPS is holding the 9th Course of Missiology which offers qualified updating of topical themes which challenge missionary activity and witn ...
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3 September 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - As part of the Festivities and Papal pilgrimage/visit to Loreto: a Hundred Metres for Peace: 4.500 km relay race to offer the world a message of peace and hope
Loreto (Fides Service) - Yesterday afternoon, 2 September in Loreto runners began the first lap of a special relay race which will conclude with the arrival of Pope John Paul II on Sunday. This ‘record’ relay race or ...
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