EUROPE/ITALY - At least 1,000 missionaries killed from 1980 to 2011
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to information in our possession, during the decade 1980-1989, 115 missionaries were violently killed. This figure, however, is undoubtedly at fault because it refers only to confirmed ca ...
EUROPE/ITALY - 24 March-XX Day of Prayer and Fasting for Missionary Martyrs
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Founded in 1993 by the Missionary Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies, on the anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador (Marc ...
EUROPE/SPAIN - Year of Faith, the year of the missionaries who proclaim it
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "A year dedicated to faith is a year for those who preach it. Because faith, as St. Paul taught, comes from hearing, preaching. This is why a preacher is necessary and can educate in this faith t ...