Europe

• 25 March 2010
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Over 100 Church development organizations unite in an important humanitarian alliance Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – The ACT Alliance, which unites more than 100 organizations supported by the Church for assistance in worldwide development, was formally launched on March 24 with celebrations in Geneva and aro ...
• 25 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Church's firm commitment to helping women not to abort Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Reach out, tending the hand that the State denies women in trouble with their pregnancy: this is the goal of the new communication campaign being launched by the Spanish bishops and presented a ...
• 23 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bagnasco recalls: “those who suffer because their fundamental human rights, above all religious freedom, are trampled” and expresses his closeness to missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Among the "painful situations" that have recently affected many people in different parts of the world, like the earthquake in Haiti and Chile, there is also "that of the people who suffer becaus ...
• 22 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - March 25: International Day for Life Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Following a survey conducted worldwide, during the first International Pro-Life Congress, held in Madrid in 2003 which involved over 20,000 groups and associations in over 20 countries across E ...
• 20 March 2010
  EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - First encounter of religious leaders on the theme of HIV/AIDS Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On March 22 and 23 Den Dolder, in the Netherlands, will host the first summit of religious leaders on HIV/AIDS, with the objective of promoting greater participation in the global response to the ...
• 20 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - A week dedicated to Archbishop Romero and the Missionary Martyrs of every continent Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, was assassinated while celebrating Mass. Since 1993, this date was chosen by the Missionary Youth Movement of the Pontif ...
• 17 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pastoral care of immigrant children in Europe's big cities Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) – From March 7 to 10, Barcelona hosted the 21st Annual Meeting of the Pastoral Care of Migrants in the Big Cities of Europe," which brought together leaders and pastoral workers from Vienna, B ...
• 17 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Process of Beatification opened for Fr. Daniele Badiali, Fidei Donum missionary killed in Peru in 1997 Faenza (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, March 20th at 8pm in the Cathedral, the Bishop of Faenza, Bishop Claudio Stagni, will preside at Mass for the thirteenth anniversary of the assassination of Father Daniele Badiali, Fi ...
• 12 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Youth Mission pilgrimage begins today in Guatemala and El Salvador Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 20 young people from the various mission centers of Italy will begin today, March 12 (until March 27) a pilgrimage following in the footsteps of those who, through their lives, have walked the pat ...
• 11 March 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Cistercian monks from the “Stift Heiligenkreuz” Abbey on their way to Sri Lanka to found new abbey Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On March 14, four Cistercian monks will leave the Abbey “Stift Heiligenkreuz” near Vienna (Austria) for Sri Lanka. In 2001, three young candidates for the monastic life from the Archdiocese o ...
• 11 March 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Cistercian monks from the “Stift Heiligenkreuz” Abbey on their way to Sri Lanka to found new abbey Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On March 14, four Cistercian monks will leave the Abbey “Stift Heiligenkreuz” near Vienna (Austria) for Sri Lanka. In 2001, three young candidates for the monastic life from the Archdiocese o ...
• 11 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish bishops and priests send chalices and vestments to parishes in Haiti Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – There has been a prompt and generous response from bishops and priests in Spain to the appeal launched by the Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Archbishop Bernard Auza, through Father Ángel García, ...
• 9 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - 30th Anniversary of Archbishop Romero's Assassination: Day of Prayer and Fasting for Missionary Martyrs on March 24 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador was assassinated. Since 1993, this date was chosen by the Youth Missionary Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy to b ...
• 6 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Caritas Internationalis calls on governments to protect domestic maids, caretakers, and caregivers: they should not be "modern slaves" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Internationalis has appealed to governments and international communities for the protection of migrants working in homes as maids, caretakers and caregivers. For the most part they are w ...
• 5 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses of love at the service of the poor, not faking being Christians”: 350th anniversary of the death of the founders of the Vincentian Family Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Vincentian Family has promoted March 5 to 7, at the Paul VI Foundation of Madrid, a congress to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of their founders, St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1 ...