Europe

• 16 November 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - For dignity and justice for all people on the margins of society: Caritas Germany's plan to help children who collect garbage in Brazil Friburg (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of Saturday, November 14, in 54 cities throughout Germany, a sea of candles were lit for the initiative entitled “A Million Stars.” Caritas Germany, accepting the invitation ...
• 12 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Combating child malnutrition: FAO summit on food security likely to fail if governments continue spending little Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Funds from wealthy countries towards combating malnutrition has remained unchanged for seven years, according to the report, "Malnutrition: what has been spent? - An analysis of financial flows t ...
• 12 November 2009
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - The Conference of Bishops will hold a Symposium dedicated to the last encyclical of the Pope to examine ethical and social situation of the country; Commission for the centenary of the birth of the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Tirana (Agenzia Fides) – At the Fall Plenary Assembly of the Albanian Bishops' Conference (CEA), which met in Tirana on November 9-10, the Bishops reflected on the Encyclical "Caritas in Veritate.” After a brief exp ...
• 10 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Revolutionizing volunteer training; inauguration of the 3rd cycle of the 4-year School of Italian NGO “Vosvim” for training agents of Life and Mission Development Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A completely new and revolutionary school for training is what is being offered by the Italian group “Associazione Italia Solidale” for training agents of Life and Mission Development. The goa ...
• 10 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bagnasco opens CEI General Assembly by recalling Synod for Africa, which saw the emittance of "strong words that may not have been heard so well" and "ad gentes dynamism" which “should mark all our pastoral work” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) – Recalling the “shocking news” of the seven young Christians “horribly killed in southern Sudan in a grisly parody of crucifixion” and the recent Synod for Africa, which saw the emittanc ...
• 10 November 2009
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - After the fall of the wall, with "Missio Pro Europe," the Pontifical Mission Societies of Austria continue building bridges between Western and Eastern Churches Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria, "Missio Austria", Fr. Leo M. Maasburg, in a note sent to Fides, ...
• 9 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - A century after the birth of Don Luigi Cocco, a missionary in the heart of the Amazon forest among the Yanomami Indians, who carried out "an impressive work of civilization and evangelization" Grugliasco (Agenzia Fides) - Salesian Missionary Don Luigi Cocco was born in Grugliasco (Turin) February 12, 1910 and died in Turin on 11 February 1980. He is remembered for his intense missionary work conducted among Ya ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Permanent Coordination Table for National Associations promoted by CNOS - National Center for Salesian Societies Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The national associations promoted by the CNOS (National Center for Salesian Societies) has established a Permanent Coordination Table for create a tighter bond among the various organizations of ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - New initiative from the Holy Childhood Association in Germany, for the feast of Saint Martin, to support a center for handicapped youth in South Africa Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the feast of Saint Martin of Tours, celebrated on November 11 and very popular in Germany, the Holy Childhood Association in Germany (known as “Die Sternsinger”) is offering a new initi ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE - “The challenge of climate change is an issue of justice...climate change can cause untold suffering and hardship, can hamper integral human development and can harm creation.” A letter to Churches in Europe. St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the United Nations' Conference on Climate Change, which will be held in Copenhagen, December 7-18, 2009, the European Conference of Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bi ...
• 5 November 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Youth of Madrid celebrate “Missionary Youth” for feast of Our Lady of the Almudena Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of the Almudena, Patroness of Madrid, to whom the Cathedral “Santa Maria, la Real de la Almudena” is dedicated, the youth of Madrid from “Juventud ...
• 5 November 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary activity of European Church in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This past October 27-28, the annual encounter of the European Bishops' Organizations for Latin America was held in Madrid. This encounter, that boasts of a 10-year tradition, is attended by rep ...
• 31 October 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - At the close of the Month of the Missions, the Missionary Youth Movement launches appeal to proclaim the Gospel of love, following the example of Bishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The end of October, month dedicated to the missions, every year represents the beginning of a new missionary path that will be lasting and will be renewed the following year with World Mission ...
• 31 October 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - New “Missionary Workshops” begun in Archdiocese of Czestochowa, this year's theme: sanctity of human life and the dignity of the human person Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The “Missionary Workshops” promoted by the Archdiocese of Czestochowa are aimed at the education of young students in the ad gentes mission and the preparation of animators and volunte ...
• 27 October 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Basque dioceses celebrate 50 years on the missions in Africa Vitoria (Agenzia Fides) – On October 31, in the Diocesan Seminary of Vitoria, there will be a gathering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Basque dioceses' work on the missions in Africa. The festivities will beg ...