Europe

• 12 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Child abuse denigrates minors and marks them for life Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 12 June, is the annual Day Against Child Labour. An estimated 215 million of the world's children are forced to work in order to survive, more than 115 million in conditions of total exploit ...
• 12 June 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - PMS aim to end child labour: safeguard freedoms of children and adolescents and provide new opportunities Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – “We want to provide more opportunities to children and families! This is why we support projects aimed to end child labour”. But the struggle to end child labour must go hand in hand with a ...
• 11 June 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Lolo, Sower of Joy”: first lay journalist to be declared Blessed Jaen (Agenzia Fides) – His name is Manuel Lozano Garrido, the first lay journalist, also disabled, who will be beatified on June 12 in Linares, in the Province of Jaén, Spain. Better known as "Lolo," he was a journali ...
• 1 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - African elected Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Africa for first time Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Father Richard Baawobr, born in Nandom-Lawra, Ghana, was elected Superior General of the Society of Missionaries of Africa at the institute's 27th General Chapter in Rome (see Fides 4/5/2010). Ac ...
• 31 May 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Jasna Gora Shrine celebrates 8th National Missionary Congress for Children Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "We Announce to the World: God is Love" was the theme of the 8th National Missionary Congress for Children held in Czestochowa, at the National Shrine of the Black Madonna in Jasna Gora, May ...
• 24 May 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Day of Prayer for the Church in China celebrated at Shrine of Torreciudad Torreciudad (Agenzia Fides) – Chinese families living in Zaragoza, Bilbao, Madrid, and Barcelona took part yesterday, Sunday, May 23, in a celebration of the 3rd World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which was h ...
• 22 May 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Mission using images: a missionary's display on African children Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "Children of Africa" is the eloquent title of the photo exhibition that will be open from June 1 to August 31, 2010 at the Pilgrimage Museum of Czestochowa. The exhibition includes photograp ...
• 20 May 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - German bishops call for prayer for the Church in China, with the hope of greater communion in prayer Bonn (Agenzia Fides) – On May 24, the attention of Catholic faithful throughout the world will turn towards China. On the day of the feast of Mary, Help of Christians, the German bishops are asking priests and faithful ...
• 20 May 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Children of Rome Stand With the Children of the World”: Holy Childhood Association Day Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 22, the Diocese of Rome celebrates the Holy Childhood Association Day with a meeting for children called "Children of Rome Stand With the Children of the World." The afternoon's ...
• 19 May 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - May 24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China celebrated in various Chinese Catholic communities throughout Italy Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The "World Day of Prayer for the Church in China" was instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to Chinese Catholics on May 27, 2007, Solemnity of Pentecost, with these words: "Dear Pastors a ...
• 19 May 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Even Jesus, at the beginning of his mission chose twelve 'players' for the 'World Cup' to 'win' the Kingdom of God”: latest issue of “Kindergarten + Mission” magazine focuses on World Cup Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - “Even Jesus, at the beginning of his mission chose twelve 'players' for the 'World Cup' to 'win' the Kingdom of God,” writes Monsignor Winfrid Pilz, former Director of the Holy Childhood Asso ...
• 17 May 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Missionary Workshops” in preparation for VIII National Missionary Congress for Children Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 15, the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese organized “Missionary Workshops” in Czestochowa, in preparation for the VIII National Missionary Congress for C ...
• 15 May 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Missio” present at Ecumenical Day for Churches in Munich, with over 40 initiatives Munich (Agenzia Fides) - From May 12 to 16, Munich will be hosting the 2nd Ecumenical Day for Churches (Ökumenischer Kirchentag). The national leadership of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany, "Missio," is pres ...
• 10 May 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - New worldwide campaign: “1 billionhungry” for hunger awareness Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Tuesday, May 11, at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, a new campaign against hunger will be launched with the intent to create a global movement that strives to ensure that everyone has access to ade ...
• 7 May 2010
  EUROPE/FRANCE - "Catholic doctors are able to represent the authentic image of how to offer care and hope”: 23rd World Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Catholic Doctors Lourdes (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Lourdes is hosting the 23rd World Congress and General Assembly of the International Federation of Associations of Catholic Doctors (FIAMC or Fédération Internationale des Associa ...