Europe

• 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 ...
• 16 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 25th anniversary for Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo, present in 16 countries around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its foundation. From its creation with seven priests and first mission in Brazil, in 25 y ...
• 16 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits: new website for the Italian Province with areas for social work, missions, culture Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Within the restructure of the communication area, the Italian Province of the Society of Jesus reports to Fides that their new website is now live: www.gesuitinews.it, a website where it is poss ...
• 14 February 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Archbishop Fisichella opens Assembly for Social Communications for Spanish dioceses Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “Communication and culture in the mission of the Church. The new evangelisation, the new languages”, is the title of the Delegate Assembly for the diocesan heads of social communications, ...
• 7 February 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 1,000 babies under 5 years die in the world every hour due to easily preventable causes Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – With a new initiative, the Catholic volunteer NGO “Manos Unidas”, which works against hunger, poverty, malnutrition, sickness, lack of education and underdevelopment, presented the campaign ...
• 31 January 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The phenomenon of emigration always proposes new challenges Valencia (Agenzia Fides) – The call for “laws that encourage the integration of immigrants, which may promote their professional development and thus may afford them decent accommodation where the whole family can li ...
• 31 January 2011
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "Day for street children" to remember the 30 million abandoned children Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – Currently there are about 30 million children in the world who have been abandoned to live on the street, victims of drug traffickers, exploiters of child labour and prostitution, according to ...
• 29 January 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops ask Spanish Government to unite with Europe's call to stop violence against Christians Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – In the final note of the CCXVIII meeting of the Standing Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, held on 26 and 27 January 2011, the Bishops asked the Spanish Government to join the call ...
• 26 January 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Migrants, instruments in God's plan to spread the Gospel Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “We must not see migrants exclusively as receivers of evangelization, but as agents of it as well. Our Founder himself, from the beginning, saw migration of Catholics as a providential instrume ...
• 22 January 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - New impetus for “Star Singers” and for missionary formation Varsavia (Agenzia Fides) – The development of the initiative known as “Star Singers”, the intensification of formation in the Pontifical Society of St Peter Apostle, the deepening of missionary commitment by the g ...
• 21 January 2011
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - Delegation of religious leaders address new EU President: Urgent commitment needed to defeat Christian persecution around the world Budapest (Agenzia Fides) – “We urge a greater commitment by Europe against the persecution of Christians around the world”: leaders of Christian churches in Europe appealed to the President of the European Union, t ...
• 20 January 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Proclaiming the Gospel to the university world: European Congress Munich (Agenzia Fides) – About 60 delegates from the Episcopal Conference of Europe, representing Bishops, national directors for university pastoral ministry, university chaplains and ecclesial associations and moveme ...