Europe

• 16 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS AN EXCELLENT PARTNER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST AIDS ” SAYS DESMOND JOHNS OF UNAIDS IN NEW YORK Aachen (Fides Service ) – In a recent interview with the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany “missio Aachen”, a representative of the United Nations department for AIDS, UNAIDS stressed the important role of th ...
• 14 January 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “YOU TOO ARE A MISSIONARY”, MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD DAY IN SPAIN Madrid (Fides Service) - “You too are a missionary” is the slogan chosen by the Church in Spain for the national celebration of Missionary Childhood Day Sunday, 25 January 2004. In preparation for the event the Pont ...
• 14 January 2004
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “JOHN PAUL II AWARD” FOR CHAMPIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND PEACE ESTABLISHED BY LISBON BRANCH OF AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED Lisbon (Fides Service ) – On Saturday 10 January the Portuguese branch of the Catholic aid organisation of pontifical right, Aid to the Church in Need, established the John Paul II Award for the promotion of justice a ...
• 12 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - WORLD YOUTH DAY IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNISE THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GROW IN THE FAITH AND BECOME A MISSIONARY CHURCH: GERMAN BISHOPS SAY IN PASTORAL LETTER IN VIEW OF WORLD YOUTH DAY WJT 2005 Berlin (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 11 January a Letter from the German Bishops in view of World Youth Day 2005, was read out in every parish in the country. “We have come to adore him” (Mt 2,2) is the theme of the ...
• 12 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - PROMOTING PENAL ACTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE IN SEX TOURISM: SYMPOSIUM PROMOTED BY MISSIO ON OBSTACLES AND POSSIBILITIES Aachen (Fides Service) “Bringing Paedophiles to Court ” is the theme of a Symposium promoted by the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany missio Aachen scheduled for 14 and 15 January in Berl ...
• 7 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - CHILDREN BUILD BRIDGES: HALF A MILLION STERN SINGERS ALL OVER GERMANY COLLECT MONEY FOR LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED: THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN CAMPAIGN Aachen (Fides Service) – Yesterday January 6th Feast of the Epiphany, for the 46th time German children all over the country took part in the traditional star singers collection for children in need. Dressed as the Thr ...
• 19 December 2003
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - WHO ISSUES REPORT ON WORLD HEALTH, 194 PAGES ON LIFE ON THE PLANET: IN JAPAN PEOPLE LIVE TO BE 85, IN SIERRA LEONE MOST DIE BEFORE THEY ARE 36 Geneva (Fides Service) - The World Health Organisation WHO warns of a growing gap between health conditions in poor countries and the rest of the world. While people live longer in most of the world, in Sub-Saharan Afri ...
• 17 December 2003
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH BISHOPS MAKE 2004 YEAR OF "LIFE AND FAMILY" Glasgow (Fides Service) - In a letter to all Catholics in Scotland made public on 15 December, Cardinal Keith O'Brien calls on them to support marriage and the family and to build "a culture of life" in Scotland, Peter K ...
• 11 December 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN – SPANISH MISSIONARIES RECEIVE CHRISTMAS LETTER FROM CARDINAL ROUCO: “CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE AROMA OF CHRIST WITH your WORDS AND WITH your SILENT WITNESS OF UNCONDITIONED SELF GIVING Madrid (Fides Service ) – “The Season of Advent which we are living brings already the unmistakable aroma of Christmas” Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela Archbishop of Madrid affirms at the beginning of a Christm ...
• 11 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 121 MILLION CHILDREN, LITTLE GIRLS IN PARTICULAR, DENIED RIGHT TO EDUCATION: UNICEF ‘STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN REPORT 2004’ FOCUSES ON EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT Rome (Fides Service) - 121 million of the world’s children do not go to school: 56 million boys and 65 million girls are denied the right to education. 83% of the little girls who do not attend school live in Sub-Sahar ...
• 11 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - FOCOLARE MOVEMENT CONCLUDES 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AND DECIDES TO OPEN SPIRITUALITY AND STUDY CENTRE IN JERUSALEM WHERE JESUS PRAYED FOR THE UNITY OF CHRISTIANS Rome (Fides Service) – Over 1,500 members of the Focolare Movement from all over Europe with representatives from communities on all five of the world’s continents gathered with their foundress Chiara Lubich and the ...
• 9 December 2003
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN – SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES’ CHARITY AUCTION WILL HELP REBUILD CHURCH DESTROYED BY STALIN AND PROVIDE FOR ORPHANS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE Baku (Fides Service) – Catholics in Azerbaijan are a small community, 150 people, but they are deeply committed to fighting poverty and restoring hope among orphaned and abandoned children and homeless people. The Baku ...
• 5 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - SALESIAN SISTERS: 1ST SEMINAR ON THEMES EMERGING FROM GENERAL CHAPTER Rome (Fides Service) – From 2-7 December 33 Salesian Sisters are meeting at the FMA Generalate in Rome to reflect on themes which emerged during the recent general chapter of the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix (FMA). Ni ...
• 3 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - USE VALUES TRANSMITTED BY SPORT: COOPERATION, SOLIDARITY AND TOLERANCE. EU CHOOSES ANNUAL THEME FOR “2004” Rome (Fides Service) – Every year the European Union selects a theme to increase awareness among people and national institutions for a whole year. These themes have focussed on a variety of subjects ranging from prote ...
• 3 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 3 DECEMBER 2003: ST FRANCIS, ITALIAN XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES MARK CENTENARY OF “MISSIONE OGGI” REVIEW Parma (Fides Service) – The feast of Saint Francis Xavier, patron of the missions, is also the anniversary of the Italian Xaverian Missionary review “Fede e civiltà”, today known as Missione Oggi”. Which has bee ...