Europe

• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - New session of missionary workshops promoted by PMS of Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, January 23 marked the beginning of a new round of "Missionary Workshops" for the children and young people of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa. The workshops are given by priests, ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians increase in South Asia and Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The statistical data of the Salesian Congregation updated to 31 December 2009 shows that the number of Salesians in the world (including Bishops and Novices) is at 15,952. According to ANS, from ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - COMECE prepares Memorandum on religious persecution and makes appeal to EU institutions to safeguard religious freedom Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The COMECE (Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community) Secretariat welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of a Resolution condemning recent attacks on Christian ...
• 23 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Benedictine monastery in Haiti opened the door to homeless Sankt Ottilien (Agenzia Fides) – Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Benedictine Missionaries of the Congregation of St. Ottilien (Germany) have sent the Benedictine monastery which is located at Morne S ...
• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Holy Childhood Day: “With the children of Africa...we encounter Jesus” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "With the children of Africa ... we encounter Jesus," is the theme of the Day of the Holy Childhood Association in Spain, which is celebrated January 24 in nearly every diocese in Spain. The Nati ...
• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Matteo Ricci Cause for Beatification re-launched Macerata (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 24, at 6pm, after a Mass at the Cathedral of San Giuliano of the Diocese of Macerata - Tolentino - Recanati - Cingoli - Treia, will host the first session of the Diocesan T ...
• 21 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - A year of initiatives from Italian Jesuits, in honor of Matteo Ricci Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Conferences, concerts, pilgrimages, and school camps, guided tours, openings of monuments and historical buildings usually closed to the public... On the occasion of the fourth centenary of the dea ...
• 19 January 2010
  EUROPE - Pontifical Mission Societies in Europe working to respond to Haitian emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As soon as they heard of the violent earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Europe have been working to respond to the relief effort in favor of thi ...
• 14 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - German Bishops inaugurate new Office for Missionary Pastoral Care at Major Seminary in Erfurt Erfurt (Agenzia Fides) - Since January 1, 2010, the new Office for Missionary Pastoral Care (Arbeitsstelle für Katholische Missionarische Pastoral, KAMP) has started its work in the local Major Seminary in Erfurt, in th ...
• 12 January 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Catholic Church and the Fight Against Poverty,” series of conferences on the decisive role of the Catholic Church Alicante (Agenzia Fides) – Alicante is hosting a series of conferences on “The Catholic Church and the Fight Against Poverty,” which will conclude on January 15. The initiative is organized by the American Missiona ...
• 8 January 2010
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - New Salesian Primary School in Bootle, open to international relations Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) - The new Bootle school, “All Saints RC Primary”, based in the Salesian parish of St. James was officially opened recently. The school offers a state of the art educational and community fac ...
• 8 January 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Star Singers” of the Holy Childhood Association of Czestochowa conclude Christmas activities in an encounter with the Archbishop Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of children from the Archdiocese of Czestochowa who are part of the “Star Singers” of the Holy Childhood Association met with Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa, in ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Children from Germany's Holy Childhood Association “Sternsinger” participate in New Year's Mass with Benedict XVI Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of 22 children from the Archdiocese of Cologne, who are part of the "Singers of the Star" of the German Holy Childhood Association, attended New Year's Mass with the Holy Father Be ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Kids find new ways” - 52nd Sternsinger Campaign focuses on Senegal Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the 52nd time, in the days before and after the Epiphany, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the German Holy Childhood Association have taken to the streets of Germany with their carols. " ...
• 29 December 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Latest issue of "My Rainbow Newspaper," a bimonthly for children, and music CD dedicated to the missions Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The latest issue (January-February 2010) of the Polish Catholic children's bimonthly "My Rainbow Newspaper" ("Moje Tęcza Pismo"), is dedicated to the presentation of the missionary th ...