Europe

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  26 September 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Migrant Day: "To welcome today as if we were to welcome Christ as a refugee" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In the flight to Egypt, Jesus experienced being a refugee. In the eyes of Mary and Joseph we see the same worried and fearful gazes of today's refugees. In Christ, however, we see the same conditi ...
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  25 September 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Letter from Cardinal Antonio Cañizares:"Let us not harden our hearts in the face of migrants and refugees" Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - "The scenes that come to mind, the situations we see or imagine are tremendous, terrible and affect our conscience. It is a dramatic situation that makes us reflect and prevents us from crossin ...
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  24 September 2020
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Towards World Mission Day: "in times of coronavirus, solidarity is more important than ever" Monaco (Agenzia Fides) - The largest solidarity campaign of Catholics in the world - Missionary Month - in October 2020 takes place with the coronavirus pandemic underway. "Especially in these times of global pandemic, i ...
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  23 September 2020
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Towards Mission Sunday: the testimony of a Slovenian nun on mission in Uganda Rushooka (Agenzia Fides) - "With three of my sisters we came to Uganda almost two years ago to start a new mission among our poorest brothers and sisters, in the parish of Rushooka. We are still trying to learn the langu ...
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  21 September 2020
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Towards Mission Sunday: a painting to learn about the life and work of Pauline Jaricot Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - A painting of the venerable servant of God Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) will have a place of honor on the wall in the meeting room of the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PM ...
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  19 September 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Towards World Mission Day: support for missionaries who "remain" and announce the Gospel in difficult situations Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not give up and we will stay here": this phrase, repeated in different languages by about thirty men and women on mission in more than twenty-five countries, is the heart of the message ...
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  17 September 2020
  EUROPE/LITHUANIA - Towards Mission Sunday: "Mission before a territory is a way of life", says a Salesian missionary in Vilnius Vilnius (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Massimo Bianco, a Salesian of Don Bosco (SDB), has been a missionary in Lithuania for twenty years. He is 57 years old, lives and works in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, in a large sub ...
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  15 September 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - A priest entirely dedicated to the marginalized has been killed Como (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning Don Roberto Malgesini was murdered in Como by a homeless man with mental problems": this was announced by the diocese of Como, where the priest, 51 years old, originally from Valtelli ...
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  10 September 2020
  EUROPE/GREECE - "Europe should not be blind and deaf": appeals after the fire at Moria refugee camp Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The fire at Moria refugee camp, in Lesbos, confirms once again that the States of all of Europe cannot be blind to a crisis dictated by wanting to turn their backs on those who ask for help. We ca ...
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  9 September 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Despite the adversity, we will not leave!" video message of hope from missionaries around the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, the missionary Church shows its unanimous will to remain on mission, among the people. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain are launc ...
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  4 September 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Missionary Month focused on the commitment of the laity of Guinea and Switzerland Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "Here I am: send me": this is the theme chosen for the Missionary Month of October by Missio, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Switzerland. The Church of Guinea and the role of the lait ...
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  30 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Death of Don Antonio Ugenti, Director of Fides from 1993 to 1994 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of July 27, Don Antonio Ugenti of the Saint Paul Society (SSP), who was the Director of Agenzia Fides in the period 1993-1994, died at Umberto I hospital in Rome. In March he had bee ...
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  29 July 2020
  EUROPE/GREECE - Migrants: new mission of the Scalabrinians in Lesbos, "to ask permission to do a little good" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today a new temporary mission of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters leaves for Lesbos. In August, two religious groups will succeed one another. In collaboration with the Community of Sant’Egidi ...
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  27 July 2020
  EUROPE/FRANCE - In the memory of Father Hamel, the rejection of all violence and respect for human life Rouen (Agenzia Fides) - "For the fourth year, we are gathered in this too small church of Saint-Étienne du Rouvray, with you priests, nuns, parishioners, with you, the dear family of Father Jacques Hamel, with you witne ...
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  27 July 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The PMS Director: "Spreading the message of Jesus’ love is a mission that involves all the baptized" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "We have received the Holy Father’s message with great enthusiasm. We sincerely believe that it is not a simple protocol speech, but a message aimed at renewing the missionary spirit of the Chu ...