Europe
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12 March 2004
EUROPE/SCOTLAND/SPAIN - On behalf of the Bishops and Catholics of Scotland Cardinal Keith O'Brien expresses deepest sympathy to the people of Spain after the terrifying terrorist attacks yesterday in Madrid
Rome (Fides Service) - Speaking from Rome this morning Cardinal Keith O'Brien, President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland sent the following message to the Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Bishops' ...
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12 March 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - “There can never be any moral justification for terrorism”: Spanish Bishops’ Conference voices firm condemnation of bomb blasts in Madrid yesterday
Madrid (Fides Service) - “There can never be any moral justification for terrorism” the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Spain affirmed in statement issued immediately after the tragic bomb blasts in Madrid’s unde ...
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6 March 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Cause for the beatification of Opus Dei Prelate Alvaro del Portillo: opening diocesan stage in Rome Cardinal Ruini said: “An exemplary Bishop of extraordinary spiritual depth ”.
Rome (Fides Service) - On 5 March in the Hall of the Conciliation at the Lateran Palace, in the Vicariate of Rome, Cardinal Camillo Ruini presided the opening session of the Ecclesiastic Court of the Vicariate of Rome fo ...
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5 March 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “In their service in Argentina the sons of Don Orione fulfil the passionate longing of their Founder to render more dignified the life of the humble people”: Don Orione Director General comments appointment of Orione Bishop as Bishop of Anatuya diocese, one of the poorest in Argentina
Rome (Fides Service) - “The Pope has appointed our confrere Father Adolfo Armando Uriona Bishop of the diocese of Anatuya. We welcome the news as a sign of confidence in our Father Adolfo and a sign of esteem and affec ...
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4 March 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - Hispanic America Day: “Efforts for evangelisation must not wane, they must increase to meet new challenges ”
Madrid (Fides Service) - On March 7 the Church in Spain will mark Hispanic America Day with the motto “United in Missionary Efforts ”, in communion with the American Missionary Congress held in Guatemala last Novemb ...
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3 March 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Poor and abandoned youth “weigh on the conscience of society which wants and has globalised its economy but not its commitment for the development of peoples and the promotion of the dignity of every human person” says Salesian Rector Major Rev. Chavez
Rome (Fides Service) - The precarious conditions of so many children and young people in many parts of the world and Don Bosco’s work in favour of poor, abandoned children, referred to today as ‘young people at risk ...
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3 March 2004
EUROPE/SCOTLAND - “Love one another”: for Lent Cardinal O’Brien recalls Jesus' commandmentand calls Christians in Scotland to defend Christian schools, assist refugees and reject a draft Sexual Health Bill at variance with Catholic teaching
Glasgow (Fides Service) - “What I wish to remind you of on the occasion of this Lenten Station Mass is quite simply that our journey toward Christ and the Sacraments is a journey toward love. Among the last words of Je ...
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2 March 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - Preparations for the canonisation of Blessed Giuseppe Manyanet y Vives, the “prophet of the family”: “every home must become the home of Nazareth”.
Barcelona (Fides Service) - Next Sunday, the first Sunday in March in every parish where there are Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus Mary and Joseph and Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, preparations will ...
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1 March 2004
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “We must take care of the brothers and sisters in the faith living in the land of Jesus Christ where Christianity was born” say Bishops of Switzerland calling Swiss Catholic to be generous in giving to the Holy Week collection which this year will go to help Christians in the Holy Land
Friburg (Fides Service) - In a Pastoral Letter for Lent the Bishops of Switzerland called on the Swiss Catholic to be generous in giving to the Holy Week collection which this year will go to help Christians in the Holy ...
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27 February 2004
EUROPE/GERMANY - “Give us our daily bread…today.” - Hunger in the world is the theme of a 2004 Lenten Solidarity Campaign organised by the German Bishops starting on the first Sunday of Lent
Bamberg (Fides Service) - On February 29, first Sunday in Lent, the annual Lenten Solidarity Campaign launched by the charity organisation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Germany ,Misereor, will start with a sol ...
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26 February 2004
EUROPE/FRANCE - On the first day of Lent French Cardinal Barbarin calls Christians and all people of good will to show solidarity with earthquake victims in Morocco
Lyons (Fides Service) - On the first day of Lent the season of fasting, prayer and sharing, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, urged Catholics to show solidarity towards victims of the earthquake in Morrocc ...
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24 February 2004
EUROPE/SERBIA - MONTE NEGRO - Presidents of Catholic Bishops Conference of South East Europe end annual meeting: the Church must strengthen its Christian witness, proclaiming the Gospel and promoting fundamental values including respect for life and the family
Belgrade (Fides Service) - The presidents of 7 Bishops' Conferences (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro and Turkey) met from 20th to 22nd February in Belgrade - a city sometimes t ...
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23 February 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - “International Days for Charity and Voluntary Work” organised by San Antonio Catholic University in Murcia: conferences, testimony, exhibitions and initiatives of solidarity
Murcia (Fides Service) - San Antonio Catholic University in Murcia UCAM is hosting the 3rd edition of International Days for Charity and Voluntary Work organised jointly by the university with the Pontifical Council Cor ...
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20 February 2004
EUROPE/FRANCE - Sacred Heart Missionaries (MSC): 150 years proclaiming God’s love for all men and women
Rome (Fides Service) - On December 8, 1854, the day Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, in France Father Jules Chevalier (1824-1907) founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart MSC who thi ...
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20 February 2004
EUROPE/SLOVENIA - The role of Consecrated Life in formation of a moral conscience in the new multi-cultural Europe: Meeting of the Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors
Ljubljana (Fides Service) - The Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors U.C.E.S.M, established 23 years ago to promote cooperation and reciprocal help among Major Superiors in Europe and encourage col ...
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