Europe

• 18 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Xaverian Missionaries: to be ordained this Summer 13 young men from Indonesia, Mexico, Bangladesh, Cameroon and Spain Rome (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a year of formation and study during the Summer 13 deacons of the Xaverian Missionaries will receive priestly ordination. The young men are from various different countries and comple ...
• 17 July 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Over 80 per cent of the country's doctors have recourse to the right objection of conscience as abortion law comes into effect Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - Portugal's new law to de-penalise abortion came into effect on 15 July. The law was approved in an 11 February referendum despite more than 50% public abstention. This revealed that the governmen ...
• 17 July 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - In 50 years 1,300 France sends Fidei Donum priests: initiatives for the 50th anniversary of the Encyclical to culminate with October 1st National Meeting in Lisieux Paris (Agenzia Fides) - “The Fidei Donum Call: 50 years on” is the slogan for initiatives promoted by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of France and the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies to celebrat ...
• 13 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Youth Mission has been a return to the essential, to the newness of the Faith, the newness of God. Our intention was not so much to do new things, but to make new the things that we do and live”: report on Youth Mission in the archdiocese of Madrid, and dioceses of Getafe and Alcalá de Henares Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Youth Mission organised by the archdiocese of Madrid together with its two suffragan dioceses Getafe and Alcalá de Henares, is nearing its conclusion. The Mission will have its culminating m ...
• 12 July 2007
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Centenary Jamboree: 40,000 Scouts from all over the world will celebrate 100 years of the Scout Movement Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Forty thousand Scouts from all over the world will gather for the 21st World Jamboree in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, England 27 July 8 August to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Scout Mo ...
• 12 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr Benzoni re-confirmed Superior general of the Xaverian Missionaries: “we must look at the new which is coming more than the old which is passing. The Church is young because the Spirit keeps her young. This is why I think we need not fear challenges ” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 15th general chapter of the Xaverian Missionaries (see Fides 13/3/2007), being held at Tavernerio (Como), re-elected Fr Rino Benzoni Superior general and Fr Luigi Menegazzo Vicar general, for s ...
• 11 July 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - St. Ottilien Archabbey 'firemen monks' mark foundation centenary St. Ottilien (Agenzia Fides) - The Volunteer Fire Brigade at St. Ottilien Archabbey in Germany will celebrate the centenary of its founding on 14 July. St. Ottilien's is a Benedictine monastery in Emming near Eresing and ...
• 10 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Rosminian Sisters of Providence conclude General Chapter awaiting with joy the Beatification of their Founder on 18 November Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Today is the closing day of the 10th General Chapter of the Rosminian Sisters of Providence which has been held in Rome on the theme “Entrusted to Providence, arise and walk”. The chapter confi ...
• 10 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Day of Prayer for release of Italian missionary abducted a month ago in the Philippines: "we must never forget to pray: we are all in the hands of God.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today 10 July, people all over Italy will pray for the release Italian PIME missionary Fr Giancarlo abducted a month ago on June 10 in the southern Philippines district of Payao. The Day of intense ...
• 6 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “We and the Bible”: Sunday 7 October 7 4th Festival to rediscover Sacred Scripture Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A festival to rediscover Sacred Scripture will be held on Sunday 7 October (the Sunday nearest to the feast day of St Jerome, marked on 30 September, who translated the Bible into Latin). This will ...
• 6 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting this time last year anniversary celebrations in Valencia: initiatives in response to Pope Benedict XVI Message to Families on that occasion Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - Today and tomorrow, 6 and 7 July, the Archdiocese of Valencia is commemorating the Pope's visit for the 5th World Meeting of Families last year. This evening at 10pm parishes, family movements ...
• 4 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Africa, a challenge for the world and for the Church” theme of 60th Burgos Missiology Week: 50 years since the publication of the Fidei Donum encyclical Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa, a challenge for the world and for the Church” is the theme of theme of 60th Missiology Week, 50 years since the Encyclical Fidei Donum, which will take place in Burgos 9 to 13 July. Th ...
• 4 July 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - October Mission Week 14 - 21: an opportunity for every baptised Catholic to give new impulse to prayer and offerings in support of the Church's missionary activity Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in France are preparing for 'World Mission Week' 14 - 21 October which culminates on Mission Sunday 21 October. Parishes and church movements all over the country, each according to its ...
• 3 July 2007
  EUROPE/CROATIA - Vocations in Europe: sowing seeds of hope. Final statement of European Vocations Service Conference Baške Uštarije (Agenzia Fides) - The European Vocations Service EVS held its annual conference at Baške Uštarije in Croatia from 28 June to 1 July. The dioceses of Zadar and Gospić welcomed some 50 directors of ...
• 3 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - More family and more formation: challenge for Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Italy Rinnovamento nello Spirito Santo Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Formation throughout the country: from the family to animation, from prayer to social commitment. These are the guidelines of the formative proposal of Rinnovamento nello Spirito Santo (RnS) for 20 ...