Europe

• 20 May 2011
  EUROPE-Evangelization, youth, dialogue in the continent under examination of the Jesuits Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A special meeting of the Council of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials (CEP) to put into action a strategic plan for the next three to four years was recently held. According to informat ...
• 19 May 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND-World Health Assembly: true global solidarity is necessary, in which high-income countries do not only make promises but actually carry out their commitments to improving development assistance Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite progress in some countries, by and large we are still far from universal health coverage. We are in a deadlock in the status quo where the rich have higher levels of coverage, which the ...
• 19 May 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-150 years since the death of S. Eugenio de Mazenod, founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Rome (Fides Service) - On 21 and 22 May, at the Shrine of Divine Love in Rome, the Italian celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the death of Msgr. Eugene de Mazenod, Bishop of Marseilles and founder of the Missionar ...
• 17 May 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT-Some representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood open to religious freedom? Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Freedom and Justice party, linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, has appointed its Vice-President, the Coptic Rafiq Habib. Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, an intellectual close to the Muslim Brotherho ...
• 17 May 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-Caritas Internationalis: 60 years of concrete activities in response to human suffering Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 19th General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis, which will be held in Rome at the end of May, representatives from around the world will celebrate the 60th anniversary of t ...
• 14 May 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - "Worshipping Jesus for 24 hours in the Word": Ecumenical Bible Marathon in Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Marathon of the Bible which was held for 24 hours on days 13 -14 May in the church of the Holy Name of Mary in Czestochowa during the III Bible Week: one of initiatives of the Polish Chu ...
• 11 May 2011
  EUROPE/TURKEY-More investments, not charity, to turn around the poor countries in the world Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The least developed countries do not need the charity of the richest, they require major and more intelligent investments. This is the starting point of the Fourth United Nations Conference for ...
• 10 May 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN-100 days after the WYD, we need to strengthen the work of evangelization of the new generations Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - 100 days after the opening of the World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid, a meeting attended by more than eight thousand people, characterized by moments of prayer and celebration took place in the Spa ...
• 10 May 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-Opening of the XII general Chapter of the Consolata Missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) -, The opening of the XII General Chapter of the Consolata Missionaries was held yesterday, May 9 in Rome . The General Superior, Father Aquileo Fiorentini, welcomed participants and explained the ma ...
• 7 May 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-The often forgotten battle of mothers who die in childbirth Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Africa 4.5 million children under the age of 5 and 265 000 mothers die each year. Most of these deaths are related to pregnancy and childbirth and could be avoided by ensuring basic health care ...
• 28 April 2011
  EUROPE / POLAND - Thirty new Polish missionaries leaving for America, Africa and Asia Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the celebrations in honor of St. Adalbert, the patron saint of Poland, and in the joyful context awaiting the beatification of Pope John Paul II, the Apostolic Nuncio in Pol ...
• 27 April 2011
  EUROPE / GREAT BRITAIN - Economic support for Anglican priests welcomed to the Catholic Church London (Agenzia Fides) - The St. Barnabas Society, charitable organization based in England and Ireland, has offered $ 160,000 in favour of Anglican priests who have entered the Catholic Church. "This is a very generous ...
• 11 April 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits: Southern Asia has the largest presence, Africa the youngest Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information sent to Fides from the Jesuits' General Curia, on 1 January 2011 there were 17,906 Jesuits worldwide, 341 less members than the year before, consistent with previous yea ...
• 9 April 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Gift of the Heart”: the family home wished for by John Paul II, inaugurated Skawina (Agenzia Fides) - “Gift of the Heart” opened its doors to eight adolescents and children entrusted to the Guanellians by a court in Krakow. The children are aged 4 to 17 years. “Gift of the Heart” is the ...
• 5 April 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 26 June: Beatification of Fr Clemente Vismara, PIME missionary, “Patriarch of Burma” Milan (Agenzia Fides) – The Beatification of Father Clemente Vismara, PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions), will be celebrated in Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Sunday, 26 June. He is known as the “Patriarch ...