Europe

• 25 June 2009
  EUROPE/MOLDAVIA - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: “They made me dream, they lied to me. Clients kept on coming and going. I want to tell girls: don't go abroad. Fairy tales! Realty is terrible” Chisinau (Agenzia Fides) - Testimony from a Moldavian girl, victim of human trafficking. Deceived by many promises and forced to prostitute herself in various countries of Europe, she represents many, many young girls, s ...
• 25 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sisters of the Sacred Heart and the Community of S. Egidio, help former child-soldiers in Uganda and Sudan rediscover their dignity and to reinsert themselves into society Roma (Agenzia Fides) – “For 21 years the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been spreading violence, sacking, terror among the people, using children a preys of war ”: with these words Sr Rosemary Ny ...
• 24 June 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Catholic Bible Federation Cattolica celebrates 40 years of foundation and moves from Stuttgart to the Benedictine Monastery of St. Ottilien Sankt Ottilien (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of 40 years of the foundation of the Catholic Bible Federation (CBF/KBF) and the transfer of its offices to the monastery of the Missionary Benedictines of St. Ottilien ...
• 24 June 2009
  EUROPE - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “A Suitcase with String”: if you want to join the army of emigrants you will probably have to pay money! A lot of money! Your debt will be infinite, like the hope in every human heart... Rome (Agenzia Fides) - If you want to join the army of emigrants you will probably have to pay money! A of lot money! Your debt will be infinite, like the sweetest hopes in every human heart. Give lots of money! And you ...
• 24 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Darfur and southern Sudan: Caritas Internationalis forum on the dramatic crisis Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Figures in Darfur and southern Sudan are dramatic: decades of civil war, nine out of ten people living on less than a dollar a day, 300,000 people killed, 2.7 uprooted from their homes, 290.000 m ...
• 23 June 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Catholic weekly Niedziela opens new Year of the Priesthood web site with texts of the Magisterium and testimony on the part of members of faithful on priests whom they have encountered in their lives Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – “Fidelity of Christ, Fidelity of the Priest - Year of the Priesthood” is the title of a web site launched by Poland's Catholic weekly Niedziela, and inaugurated for the Year of the Pri ...
• 23 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Circus Maximus in Rome to host Italy's third National Eucharistic Gathering, animated by young members of more than 100 different associative realities, Saturday/Sunday night 27 and 28 June Rome (Agenzia Fides) - During the night 27 / 28 June 2009 there will be the third edition of Italy's National Eucharistic Gathering, animated by young people in the nocturnal setting of Rome's famous Circus Maximus. Man ...
• 23 June 2009
  EUROPE - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase with string”: it is unacceptable that three women should be raped and forced into slavery and prostitution, it is unacceptable that people from a rich continent like Africa arrive in the north of the world along paths of blackmail and a thousand threats Rome (Agenzia Fides) - It is unacceptable that three women should be raped and forced into slavery and prostitution. It is unacceptable that that a girl of 15 should cross a desert alone, accompanied only by death. It is ...
• 22 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Because the food crisis over one million people in the world suffer from hunger, rich countries also affected Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Because of the present food crisis, hunger, which already affects large sectors of the world population, threatens to reach a new dramatic record level. One sixth of the people on our planet, tha ...
• 19 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with a String”: young women living as slaves, to pay their debt with those who brought them to Italy; if the people are frustrated and deprived of their dignity, it's easier for them to fall into crime Naples (Agenzia Fides) – In Naples (Italy), at the church home to the Catholic African immigrants, the parish priest highlights that one of the major problems for Africans is the new context in which they find themselv ...
• 19 June 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops' Declaration on the Abortion Bill: “We are speaking out in favor of a society that has the right to just laws that do not mistake injustices for rights.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Commission of the Spanish Bishops' Conference (CEE) celebrated its CCXIII Meeting in Madrid, on June 16-17, dedicating a large part of the sessions to analyzing the Abortion Bill ...
• 19 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - First ever International Network of Women Religious to combat human trafficking; approved proposals include web page and World Day against Human Trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) – An important decision marked the closing of an International Meeting for Women Religious on the tragedy of human trafficking (see Fides 15/6/2009; 17/6/2009). The final day of the meeting saw the ...
• 18 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Today, missionary weekend begins in Lampedusa, promoted by the Youth Missionary Movement, on the relationship of Jesus and the Christian community with “the foreigner” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Today, June 18, marks the beginning of the missionary weekend on the island of Lampedusa, to help young people live not as fearful wayfarers, but with the enthusiasm that characterizes someone co ...
• 17 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - 10,590 Capuchins in 104 nations; largest number of novices in Asia and Oceania Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to statistics updated on December 31, 2008, there are a total of 10,590 Capuchins worldwide, 96 fewer than in 2007. Here are some details: Number of Postulants: 558, Novices: 363, Tempo ...
• 17 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “New Disciples of Emmaus Being Christians in the University”: 1,500 European university students to meet in Rome and visit the Pope Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Study is a “Providential opportunity to advance on the path of faith”: these were the words of the Holy Father Benedict XVI in one of the many encounters he has held with university students, ...