Europe

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  5 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The Salesian oratory, a place of proclamation of the Good News, in the midst of political and social tension Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "Our oratory is proving to be a refuge for many: Catholics, Orthodox, but also many non-believers. Young people spread the word using social networks, sometimes even involving their families. And t ...
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  5 February 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Star Singers are growing in French-speaking Switzerland Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - Nine new groups in 2021 alone and in total a number more than tripled in six years. These are the numbers of the Star Singers of French Switzerland who on February 2, the Feast of the Presentati ...
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  2 February 2022
  EUROPE/FRANCE - President Macron doubles French funding for Christian schools in the Middle East Paris (Agenzia Fides) - While the official visit of Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Vatican Secretariat of State is underway, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in Pa ...
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  29 January 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters on Instagram: “Communicating the positive aspects of migration” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters (Missionary Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo) are on Instagram. On the "missionariescalabriniane" account it is possible to get information about the missionary ...
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  13 January 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: The Church has been a pioneer in the field of child protection for many years Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This coming Sunday, January 16, Spanish children have an appointment with Missionary Childhood Day - "Children's Sunday". The focus is on supporting the missionaries in their work with children ...
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  5 January 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Mondo e Missione" looks back on 150 years: the history of the magazine is closely linked to the Pontifical Mission Societies Milan (Agenzia Fides) - In 2022 the missionary magazine "Mondo e Missione", of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) looks back on 150 years of uninterrupted publications. As a note sent to Agenzia Fides i ...
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  4 January 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Swiss delegation of the Star Singers distributes over 150 "unexpected" blessings in Rome Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - Sevan, Bree Victoria, Salome and Norah are the names of the four Star Singers of French-speaking Switzerland aged eleven to thirteen who traveled to Rome for the first time this year with the de ...
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  30 December 2021
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers Campaign 2022: health is a right for everyone, including the children of Africa Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - "Becoming healthy, staying healthy: a right for children all over the world", is the motto of the 64th Campaign of the "Star Singers" ("Die Sternisnger") with which the children of missionary chi ...
• 23 December 2021
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Michael Kelly SPS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 21, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Michael Kelly, of St. Patrick's Society for Foreign Missio ...
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  18 December 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "Star Sowers": the announcement of Christmas made by the little ones and the "gratitude" of the missionaries Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The "Star Sowers" initiative is back in these days, during which children announce Christmas with adhesive "stars" and thank, on behalf of the missionaries, for the contributions collected in Oct ...
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  15 December 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Humanitarian corridors from Afghanistan, a way to save lives Trento (Agenzia Fides) - Christian organizations committed in Italy to humanitarian aid, development and reception projects put their resources, their skills and the "passion for humanity" that characterize them at the s ...
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  13 December 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Between cooperation and diplomacy: Christian realities protagonists of the future of Afghanistan Trento (Agenzia Fides) – Analyze the situation in Afghanistan, imagine future scenarios and, above all, foresee the involvement and commitment of Europe in a constantly evolving framework: with these objectives, which ...
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  9 December 2021
  EUROPE/POLAND - Star Singers help children in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - For 28 years, during the Christmas period, hundreds of thousands of children and missionary animators from all over Poland have been taking part in the missionary animation of the "Star Singers" ...
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  4 December 2021
  EUROPE/GREECE - The Pope in Athens: Jesus prefers the little ones and the poor" Athens (Agenzia Fides) - Christ's salvation spreads throughout the world always starting from a "small remnant". Jesus himself "loves to work in our smallness", he prefers "the little ones and the poor" to preach his Gos ...
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  3 December 2021
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - Pope Francis to his Orthodox brothers: Christian unity is a testimony to Christ Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The path towards the full visible unity of Christians is not only of interest to theologians and "experts" in ecumenism. It has to do with the mission of salvation entrusted by Christ to his Chu ...