Europe

• 25 June 2007
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - First Don Orione Piccolo Cottolengo opened in the suburbs of Bucharest Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - The first Don Orione Piccolo Cottolengo in Rumania was recently opened in the Bucharest suburb of Voluntari (population 130.000). In the vast area where a Charity Village is under construction ...
• 23 June 2007
  EUROPE/CROATIA - “The Family: a place of vocation” - European Vocations Service Annual Meeting Zadar (Croatia) - From 28 June to 1 July in Zadar (Croatia), there will be the Annual Meeting of the European Vocations Service (EVS), which brings together the national Vocations' Offices of the 34 Bishops' Conferences ...
• 23 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bertone will preside Mass for the 4th edition of the “Festa del Papa” organised by the Orionini Fathers and the Movimento dell'Amore Familiare on the theme: "The Pope Guide of the Family" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 28 June at midday at the church of Traspontina, Via della Conciliazione in Rome, the Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will preside a solemn Mass on the occasion of ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - After the opening of the only Catholic Church in the country a Catholic web site has been opened to provide information and news Baku (Agenzia Fides) - Salesians from della Slovenia, serving at the "Missio sui iurus" in Azerbaijan, have just opened a web site which offers information on the Catholic Church. The initiative, coordinated with the he ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “When what is at stake is a fundamental right like freedom of conscience and teaching - everyone, Catholics in particular, must unite in its defence": Bishops' second statement on new education law Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A second statement on Spain's new education law was issued by the country's Catholic Bishops at the end of a Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bishops Conference held in Madrid 19 to 21 Ju ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Prospects for mission among Italian emigrants: Symposium in Nice Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The National Office for the Pastoral Care of Italians abroad of the Fondazione Migrantes, in collaboration with National Coordinators of Italian Missionaries in emigration, promoted a Symposium on ...
• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/IRELAND - National Office of Pontifical Mission Societies restores impulse to celebrate October as missionary month in the Church in Ireland Dublin (Agenzia Fides) - The Irish Missionary Union (IMU) in conjunction with the Pontifical Mission Societies National Office are now in the seventh year of a ten-year plan aiming to restore and celebrate October as the ...
• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood diocesan Congresses, Meeting for Missionaries, Mission Symposium for Seminarians: some of the numerous activities which reflect Poland's spirit of mission Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The months of May and June in Poland have been a time for intense activity mission animation which reflects the country's lively spirit of mission, the national director of the Pontifical Missio ...
• 19 June 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - A new association “In the Family” upholds respect for the family as the natural place for the birth of new life, education of children, protection of all members of society Braga (Agenzia Fides) - A new association "In the Family" started in Portugal, was officially presented recently during a Life and Family Convention. The association intends to defend and promote the values of life and t ...
• 19 June 2007
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - “Pope Benedict XVI is a great theologian and he is familiar with Catholic and Orthodox theology” said Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nuova Giustiniana and all Cyprus at the end of his visit to Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “Pope Benedict XVI is a great theologian and he is familiar with Catholic and Orthodox theology” said His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nuova Giustiniana and All Cyprus said at a pres ...
• 15 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain is the ninth country to allow therapeutic cloning: “Human cloning, whatever the end, is always and from every point of view anti-ethical and deplorable. We stand before an unimaginable path and sadly we do not know where it will lead us ” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish parliament approved on 14 June a Law on bio-medical research which encourages and regulates “therapeutic cloning” in view of the supposed 'benefits' and 'improvement' of public he ...
• 15 June 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - St John of God Foundation will promote network of solidarity and healthcare: first campaign in aid of Angolan children victims of anti-personnel land mines and polio Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Order of Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God on June 12, launched its own St John of God Foundation to raise funds and work in the field of healthcare with other Foundations and NGOs. St J ...
• 14 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Official report on 50 years of Fidei Donum priests in Italy to be presented at 4th National Meeting for Directors and Collaborators of Diocesan Mission Centres Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “They will go out and preach everywhere on a mission without frontiers. ” is the title of the 4th National Meeting for Directors and Collaborators of Diocesan Mission Centres To be held in 17 ...
• 14 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Testimony of martyrs who died while forgiving, a great sign of hope: 498 Spaniards martyred in the 1930s to be beatified in Rome on 28 October Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The beatification of 498 Spaniards martyred for love of Jesus Christ during religious persecution in the 1930s will take place in Rome on 28 October this year. The beatification was announced by ...
• 13 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Festival, prayer and reflection on mission for 1,300 children at National Meeting of the Pontifical Society for Holy Childhood Latina (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,300 boys and girls, members of the Holy Childhood Association in Italy from dioceses all over the country will travel to Latina, near Rome, for a National Holy Childhood Day at the parish ...