Europe

• 21 March 2011
  EUROPE - Crucifixes in schools: “the culture of human rights of course must not exclude Christian civilisation,” declares Card. Erdő St Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – Satisfaction was expressed by Card. Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, President of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), about the verdict from the Grand C ...
• 16 March 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Free access to childbirth and infant care in 15 hospitals in Africa Padova (Agenzia Fides) – Since 1950 the Doctors with Africa Cuamm organisation has worked side by side with the Africans, facing emergencies but with the end goal of maintaining a health service. Day after day, volunte ...
• 16 March 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The martyrs, sign and source of hope: 24 March - XIX Day of Prayer and fasting for missionary martyrs Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Enlisting the martyrs under the sign of hope is certainly an audacious undertaking: the martyr is by definition one whose circle of life is brought to an abrupt halt, often a life full of wisd ...
• 11 March 2011
  EUROPA/AUSTRIA - The missionary Church in Europe facing the signs of the times Gottweig (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins today (11/03/2011) at the Abbey of Gottweig in Austria. Its theme is “The missionary Church in Europe: res ...
• 5 March 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “Water and peace” campaign begins at Lent Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – For World Water Day on 22 March, the Ecumenical Network for Water has launched the “water and peace” campaign. Over a seven week period, beginning Monday, 7 March, weekly Lenten reflections ...
• 5 March 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Free access to childbirth and newborn care: initiative by 'Doctors with Africa Cuamm' for the women of Africa Padova (Agenzia Fides) – There are 265,000 women who die each year in Africa due to pregnancy and childbirth related problems. To ensure the natural right of these mothers to give birth to their children, for the upcom ...
• 5 March 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Studying new ways to support missionary work Burgos (Agenzia Fides) – The main goal of the XXV Symposium of Missiology in Burgos, Spain, from 2 to 4 March, was to find new ways to support missionary work: so said the director of the Institute of Missiology for th ...
• 3 March 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Twenty years after the first landing of Albanian refugees on the Italian coast Otranto (Agenzia Fides) – On 3 March 1991 the first ship docked in the port of Otranto, carrying many desperate escapees from the Albanian coast. The local community, at all levels of society, immediately responded to ...
• 2 March 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - New Missionary and Marian Centre for the Archdiocese of Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – At the desire of Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Czestochowa, the Missionary and Marian Centre of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa will be built in Myszków – Mrzygl ...
• 1 March 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The mission Ad gentes is a healthy stimulus for the mission of youth: Cardinal Rouco Varela opens Plenary Assembly of Spanish Bishops Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “As we walk the path of preparation for the big meeting in Madrid in 2011, we turn our gaze to Jesus Christ, who revealed to all people the truth of love which is God, the true meaning of voc ...
• 25 February 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - 20th anniversary of World Youth Day in Czestochowa, where youth from Eastern Europe participated for the first time Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Beatification of John Paul II and the 20th anniversary of World Youth Day, celebrated in Czestochowa in 1991, the Catholic weekly “Niedziela”, with its headquart ...
• 23 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Breaking bread for all peoples”: meeting of Missio officers from the PSHC Rome (Fides) – Reflecting on, questioning and addressing the new “lifestyle” that Jesus offers us: this is the objective that is hoped to be achieved at the meeting for Missio officers from the Pontifical Society o ...
• 22 February 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Fight against poverty and social exclusion: commitment by Caritas and Bishops Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “The Government has a duty to increase resources for social services for the most vulnerable,” stated the Secretary General of Caritas in Spain, Sebastian Mora, at the end of the 67th Annua ...
• 21 February 2011
  EUROPE - Religious freedom is a right and value that every democratic society should be ready to defend and promote: concluding message of the CEC-CCEE meeting Belgrado (Agenzia Fides) – At the conclusion of their meeting, in Belgrade from 17 to 20 February on the theme: “National identity and European integration: the contribution of Christians”, the members of the Joint ...
• 19 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - A new service to bring the internet to remote zones around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010 in Sub-Saharan Africa only six people out of 100 used the internet. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the the Movement Fighting World Hunger (MFWH) has installed 10 satellite dishe ...