Europe

• 20 February 2004
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - In the battle against meningitis courageous Glasgow Mum calls on George the gorilla to help. Glasgow (Fides Service) - A brand new weapon in the battle against killer disease, meningitis, is being deployed by bereaved mum and former Scotswoman of the year Eileen McKiernan and her colleagues at the Meningitis Ass ...
• 19 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Growing synergy among religious engaged in evangelisation through culture and publications: in January 2005 third meeting for operators in the sector Rome (Fides Service) - An increasing number of religious congregations are putting energies, funds and human resources into print and electronic media to evangelise culture. With this in mind the Union of Superiors Gene ...
• 19 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION - In Moscow Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, speaks on “Orthodox Christianity and the Catholic Church forty years after the Vatican II decree on ecumenism Unitatis redintegratio” Moscow (Fides Service) - At the invitation of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation, Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian unity, is on a six da ...
• 18 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Visit to Moscow by Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Unity among Christians. See Cardinal Kasper’s homily at the Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Mary Moscow (Fides Service) - At the invitation of the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation, Cardinal Walter Kasper President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Unity among Chr ...
• 18 February 2004
  EUROPE/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO - Annual Meeting of the South-East European Bishops’ Conference with strong ecumenical and interreligious emphasis Belgrade (Fides Service) - At the invitation of the Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade, Archbishop Stanislav Hocevar, Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe are to meet in Belgrade from 20-22 February ...
• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate renew devotion to Our Lady and commitment to holiness: letter from Superior General Rome (Fides Service) - “Dear Brother Oblates, 150 years ago in 1854 the Successor of Peter solemnly recognised the Immaculate Conception of Mary as part of our faith. The 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the Do ...
• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “It is time to act! - Uganda needs new peace initiatives“. Following talks with representatives of the different Churches in Germany organised by the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Ugandan leaders hope for new commitment for peace Aachen/Berlin (Fides Service) - A firm “no” to military solutions and a promise for more commitment for peace and the national and international level by German political leaders was the result of talks between Germa ...
• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Children have a Voice ” is the slogan for 2005 Holy Childhood Star Singer collection for children in need and the symbol country is Thailand where “between 60.000 and 200.000 children are forced to prostitute themselves”, says Andreas Mauritz, president of the Association of German Catholic Youth BDKJ Aachen (Fides Service) - “Children have a Voice” is the motto chosen by the German branch of the Pontifical Mission Societies for 2005 for the Star Singer collection in January 2005 to help children in need. The coll ...
• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND “We must not make the victims of mines victims also of oblivion and discrimination.”: Holy See permanent Observer Archbishop Tomasi, tells standing committee of experts on the Convention prohibiting anti-personnel mines. Geneva (Fides Service ) - “In Asia and Africa I have personally seen the ravages caused by anti-personnel mines on the bodies of fleeing refugees and of working women and men in border villages. Such mines are a sour ...
• 10 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - To mark ten years of service in Moscow the Daughters of St Paul have published the first edition of the Roman Breviary in Russian: the two volume work will be on sale from Easter this year Moscow (Fides Service) - This year 2004 the community of the Daughters of Saint Paul in Moscow is marking its 10th anniversary and to celebrate the event the Sisters have produced the first Russian language edition of th ...
• 10 February 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses of Christ for a Europe of Hope”: 50.000 young people expected to make Youth Pilgrimage to Santiago di Compostela in August Santiago di Compostela (Fides Service) – Witnesses of Christ for a Europe of Hope is the slogan of the 2004 Pilgrimage of European Youth to Santiago di Compostela 5 to 8 August. Some 50.000 young people from various ...
• 9 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Lay Franciscan call for peace in the Holy Land: “Europe cannot simply stand and watch” : Second year running “Painting Piazze with Peace” young people create awareness Rome (Fides Service) – “Let’s empower hope! Peace is possible, and peace is a duty!”. This appeal comes from the association of lay Franciscans of Italy who state: “deeply concerned by so many wars afflicting h ...
• 9 February 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Celebrations in Lourdes for the 12th World Day for the Sick open today – Papal Message: “If Jesus is the source of life which triumphs over death Mary is the loving mother who answers the call of her children obtaining for them health of body and soul ” Lourdes (Fides Service) – On Wednesday 11 February, feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, all over the world the Church will hold celebrations for the 12th World Day for the Sick, instituted by Pope John Paul II, on 13 May 19 ...
• 6 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIA – Archbishop Kondrusiewicz voices grief of Russia's Catholic community after tragic bomb blast in Moscow metro: "This is another appearance of the terrible face of terrorism…we ask all Catholics to pray for the repose of the souls of the dead, the recovery of the injured and the consolation of the families” Moscow (Fides Service) - Archbishop Thadeusz Kondrusiewicz of the Catholic archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, sent Fides a copy of the official statement issued after the terrorist attack in the Moscow undergro ...
• 5 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - S. Egidio Community marks 36th anniversary of its foundation: Cardinal Ruini presides special Mass of Thanksgiving Rome (Fides Service) – The S. Egidio Community founded in Rome in February 1968, today has about circa 50,000 volunteer members in 63 different countries. On February 5 a solemn Mass of thanksgiving to mark its 36th an ...