Europe

• 22 September 2003
  EUROPE - PRESENT-DAY CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH IN EUROPE: PRESIDENTS OF EUROPE’S BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES PLENARY ASSEMBLY IN VILNIUS St Gallen (Fides Service) – The Presidents of the 34 Bishops’ Conferences in Europe, which make up the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), are to meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 2-5 October. Bearing in ...
• 22 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 5TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG PREVENTION Rome (Fides Service) – The 5th Global Drug Prevention Conference opens today 22 September in Pomezia, near Rome. Among the special guests Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan President of the Pontifical Council for the Pa ...
• 19 September 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - FR. KOLVENBACH OPENS JESUIT PROCURATORS MEETING: “WE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS, IN THE NAME OF THE ONE WHO IS THEIR FRIEND” Loyola (Fides Service) – “Not only the good seed has been sown but also the darnel which in some places can be so vigorous that we need all our faith in the Master of the field to believe that, despite the mass of da ...
• 19 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “DOWN WITH GREY” S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CONTINUES WITH DISABLED ARTISTS’ ART EXHIBITION Rome (Fides Service) –The European Year of the Disabled continues to be marked by a variety of Initiatives. The latest is an art exhibition on show inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, 22-24 September ...
• 18 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - NEW LOOK WEB SITE DAUGHTERS OF SAINT PAUL, COMMUNICATORS OF THE GOSPEL: SPECIAL SECTION “SPREADING THE GOSPEL” TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Rome (Fides Service) - The Daughters of Saint Paul, communicators of the Gospel, known as DSP Sisters, have a given a new look to their web site www.paoline.org first opened in 1997. The site has five languages: English ...
• 18 September 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN “THE HOUR OF MISSION” NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS OPENS IN BURGOS: OPENING CONFERENCE BY ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH, SECRETARY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES Madrid (Fides Service) – “The Hour of Mission” is the theme of the Spanish National Mission Congress which opened in Burgos today 18 September. The first conference “The Church and the Challenge of Mission Today� ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CATHOLIC TELEVISION COMPANIES IN EUROPE: A SYMPOSIUM TO VERIFY NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND DISCUSS CO-PRODUCTION Rome (Fides Service) – “"Catholic initiatives in television throughout Europe: current reality and the future outlook" is the title of the seminar to be held in Rome on 18th September 2003. The Catholic Church's rela ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS PRESENT SITUATION AND IDENTIFY CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE Rome (Fides Service) - Leaders of Catholic Charismatic Renewal from all five of the world's continents will meet in Castel Gandolfo (Rome) at the Maripoli Centre for a Consultation on the present situation and to identif ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - PRESIDENT OF AVSI ARTURO ALBERTI: EVERY MAN ON THIS EARTH ASPIRES TO HAPPINESS EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE FINDS HIMSELF – THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH OF THE WORLD WHILE INSTITUTIONS ARE STILL INDIFFERENT Milan (Fides Service) – “No condition of poverty can suffocate the longing for happiness which characterises the human heart. The thousands of people who seek refuge every evening in hospitals in northern Uganda (Gul ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “THE CHURCH IS NOT AN NGO: IT IS GOOD TO WORK FOR SOLIDARITY, BROTHERHOOD BUT MORE IMPORTANT IS MISSION, THE PROCLAMATION OF CHRIST” BISHOP FRANCISCO PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ, SAYS ON THE EVE OF THE NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS Burgos (Fides Service) – “The command given by Jesus ‘go into the whole world an teach the Gospel’ is the most important and we must all be aware that this is a task for all Christians. An experience, which is no ...
• 15 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - SALESIAN NGO VOLUNTEERS INTERNATIONAL OFFERS ON LINE FORMATION Rome (Fides Service) - Form students, teachers, post graduates, professionals using modern technology to spread a culture of development and solidarity with the South of the world is the aim of a new undertaking of On-Li ...
• 15 September 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 69TH MEETING OF JESUIT PROCURATORS IN LOYOLA TO EXAMINE PRESENT STATE OF THE SOCIETY Loyola (Fides Service) – The 69th Meeting of Jesuit Procurators will begin in Loyola, Spain, on Thursday 18 September. This meeting, convoked by the Father General every four years, is attended by representatives of th ...
• 15 September 2003
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - THE POPE CONCLUDES HIS FOUR DAY VISIT TO SLOVAKIA ENTRUSTING TO MARY: A CHURCH, RICH IN HOLINESS, BOLD IN GOOD WORKS AND STRONG IN WITNESS Bratislava (Fides Service) – Sunday 14 September was the fourth and final day of the Pope’s third apostolic visit to Slovakia 11-14 September. Welcomed everywhere by enthusiastic flag waving crowds, including many y ...
• 12 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CUORE AMICO AWARD TO FATHER FRANZONI, MISSIONARY AMONG YOUTH IN BRAZIL; SISTER FOSCA IN MIDDLE EAST WITH A SCHOOL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE; LAY WOMAN IVANA COSSAR 29 YEARS OF TEACHING AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Brescia (Fides Service) – Father Lorenzo Franzoni, an Italian Missionary aged 74, who has worked for 46 years in brazil; Comboni Sister Fosca Berardi, aged 78, in the Middle East since 1954 and lay missionary Ivana Cos ...
• 12 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CLEARLY AFFIRM VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE, SAY NO TO DRUGS, OPPOSE ANY FORM OF LEGALISATION OR EASY, HASTY, SOLUTIONS: SOME OBJECTIVES OF 5TH GLOBAL DRUG PREVENTION CONFERENCE Rome (Fides Service) - The 5th Global Drug Prevention Conference, will be held 22-26 September in Pomezia, near Rome. Among the participants Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan President of the Pontifical Council for the P ...