Europe

• 8 May 2003
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - IN 2004 PILGRIMAGE TO SANTIAGO TO CELEBRATE EUROPEAN UNITY: BISHOPS ANNOUNCE A EUROPE DAY Brussels (Fides Service) – On May 9, Europe Day which recalls the history making event on May 1950 when the bases were laid for a united Europe, the Bishops of the COMECE Commission of Bishops Conferences of the Europe ...
• 7 May 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - PAPAL VISIT INAUGURATED NEW LAP IN EVANGELISATION FOR SPAIN: BEING A MISSIONARY DOES NOT MEAN FORGOING SELF-FULFILMENT SAYS BISHOP PEREZ GONZALES Madrid (Fides Service) – Bishop Francisco Perez Gonzales of Osma-Soria diocese and National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain, gave Fides Service his impression of Pope John Paul II’s two day visi ...
• 7 May 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - TODAY FROM ST PETER’S A MARATHON 12 LAP PILGRIMAGE FOR PEACE: THE “TORCH OF LOVE AND HOPE AND PEACE” WILL BE CARRIED 1,604 KM FROM ROME TO THE GROTTO AT LOURDES Rome (Fides Service) – At the end of the general audience today, Wednesday 7 May, from St Peter’s Square athletes will start a marathon run from Rome to Lourdes, where it will arrive on 18 May on the occasion of the ...
• 6 May 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - SARS CHAPLAIN OF LARGEST CHINESE COMMUNITY IN ITALY: NO PROBLEM IN PRATO, ALTHOUGH DEEP CONCERN FOR SITUATION IN CHINA Prato (Fides Service) – “With regard to the SARS virus, the situation of the Chinese community in Prato (near Florence) is calm” Fr Giovanni, PIME missionary tells Fides. Fr Giovanni works in Prato assisting the la ...
• 5 May 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - THE POPE CANONISES FIVE RELIGIOUS: CHRISTIANS ARE DISTINGUISHED BY BOLD AND COURAGEOUS TESTIMONY OF THE RISEN LORD JESUS CHRIST Madrid (Fides Service) – On Sunday May 4, the third Sunday of Easter Pope John Paul II presided the concelebration of Mass in Madrid, at Plaza de Colon, during which he canonised five religious, two men and three women ...
• 5 May 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - THE POPE SAYS TO SPANISH YOUTH: LEARN FROM THE VIRGIN MARY…AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BIRTH OF A NEW EUROPE OF THE SPIRIT”. Madrid (Fides Service) – “Dear young people, I encourage you to join the School of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the unmatched model of contemplation and the admirable example of fruitful, joyful and enriching inte ...
• 2 May 2003
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - CARITAS ALBANIA: FORGIVENESS AND LOVE TO OVERCOME HATRED AND FEUDS, DEEPLY ROOTED CUSTOMS Tirana (Fides Service) – Festivity, reflection, dialogue, is the climate of celebrations for the 10th anniversary of Caritas Albania at Peace Village in Albania. The celebrations include conferences and various other e ...
• 2 May 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - PRIESTS AND CATECHESIS: MEETING FOR EUOPE’S BISHOPS AND CATECHESIS DELEGATES Rome (Fides Service) – About eighty participants are expected for a Meeting of European Bishops and National Catechesis Delegates on the theme “ Priests and Catechesis in Europe”. The meeting, promoted by the Counc ...
• 2 May 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CONTINUE TO DIFFUSE NORMAL PROCEDURE OF DIRECT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT TO CONTROL SARS IN VIEW OF A VACCINE Rome (Fides Service) – The virus continues to infect more people and there is already talk of a vaccine. But we are far from a possible date for production and distribution even in approximate terms. Fides Service spok ...
• 2 May 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - TREATMENT AND VACCINATION FOR SARS REQUIRE LONG EXPERIMENTATION DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY Rome (Fides Service) – The spread of the epidemic keeps everyone in suspense. Many missionaries work every day all over the world in what are real struggles for survival and today, they too have to take into account th ...
• 2 May 2003
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - CARITAS MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY: MATERIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO BE NEAR TO THE PEOPLE Tirana (Fides Service) – Ten years ago, in conjunction with a visit by Pope John Paul II, Caritas Albania was opened. This tenth anniversary coincides with a time of “re-discovery” of the Church which kept the fait ...