Europe
15 December 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - Minors: 3 immigrants out of 5 in Africa and Asia
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa and Asia welcome three out of five immigrant children. Worldwide 30% of migrants are under 18 years old. The number of children who leave their families to set out on the paths of migration ...
14 December 2020
EUROPE/POLAND - The Star Singers: "Do not let yourself be overcome by the pandemic and do not stop helping missions and missionaries"
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - For almost 30 years, in Poland, on Saint Stephen's Day (Boxing Day), the children of Missionary Childhood are sent by their parish priests to bring the Good News and the Christmas Blessing. Shari ...
10 December 2020
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Video message from Mgr. Alain de Raemy: "Life continues and the Star Singers accompany it with love"
Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of Friborg, Mgr. Alain de Raemy, responsible for the youth ministry within the Swiss Bishops' Conference, sent a video message to the Star Singers, to encourage the children ...
9 December 2020
EUROPE/ARMENIA - Political crisis after the end of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh: Patriarch Karekin calls for the government to resign
Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the government he led must resign if we want to "avoid traumatic developments in public life and possible conflicts with tragic consequences", sai ...
9 December 2020
EUROPE/POLAND - In prayer at the Shrine of Czestochowa for all the missionaries of the world
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - Every year, the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) in Poland organizes a national meeting of formation and missionary prayer at the Shrine of Czestochowa at the beginning of December in memor ...
5 December 2020
EUROPE/ENGLAND - Charity, a means of evangelization in times of pandemic according to the National Director of Missio
London (Agenzia Fides) - "Helping families in difficulty, supporting the poor, bringing a word of comfort to the sick and dying, assisting them in times of suffering or need: this is the marvelous principle of giving acc ...
3 December 2020
EUROPE/SPAIN - Repatriation from the Canary Islands of those who are not entitled to international protection has begun
Ceuta (Agenzia Fides) - "The repatriation of Moroccans from the Canary Islands has resumed", police sources said yesterday, December 2, to the daily El Espanol, without specifying the number of people concerned. This con ...
26 November 2020
EUROPE/POLAND - Campaign for the adoption of seminaries in mission territories: the seminarian of today, is the priest of tomorrow
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland has responded to the appeal of Cardinal Luis Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in fa ...
18 November 2020
EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan's President promises protection for Armenian churches and monasteries
Stepanakert (Agenzia Fides) - After the signing of the armistice between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which ended the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh with Russian mediation, there are fears about the fate of Armenian churches an ...
12 November 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: the Covid emergency does not stop the tragedies in the Mediterranean
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The umpteenth tragedy in the Mediterranean, which caused the death of 6 migrants, is the umpteenth signal given to the Governments in Europe and the world that the world's crises have not stopped ...
10 November 2020
EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Controversial ceasefire agreement for Nagorno-Karabakh: "For many Armenians this is a surrender"
Stepanakert (Agenzia Fides) - "When weapons are silent there is always hope. But for many Armenians, the ceasefire agreement represents only a surrender. Evidently, there was currently no other viable solution for the Ar ...
10 November 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting between the Pope and the recently released Italian missionary in Mali, Father Pierluigi Maccalli, SMA
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a moment of great emotion. I never thought I would one day find myself face to face with the Pope, to be able to shake his hand", Father Gigi Maccalli told Agenzia Fides immediately after m ...
6 November 2020
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - "Children need our help": Star Singers continue their commitment with creativity and flexibility
Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "Children need our help. Let's not forget them!" is the exhortation with which the Star Singers of the Pontifical Missionary Society of Holy Childhood (POSI) are preparing to start their annual ...
31 October 2020
EUROPE/SPAIN - Mission Stories: Spanish Missionaries around the World
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A 102-year-old priest serving as a missionary in Taiwan. A nun who discovered an illness while working as a doctor in Benin and thus became known worldwide. A Bishop who acts as a human shield ag ...
31 October 2020
EUROPE/ROMANIA - One year after their establishment, the children of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood report rapid growth
Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - A little more than a year after its establishment in Romania, the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI) continues to grow: on 3 October a group of children from the diocese of Târ ...
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