Europe

• 24 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Eve of Pentecost priestly ordination of 38 deacons of the Prelature of Opus Dei originally from 17 different countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 26 May, eve of Pentecost, 38 deacons of the Prelature of Opus Dei will receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders at 4pm in the Basilica of St Eugenio, in Rome at the hands of the Prelate of Opu ...
• 23 May 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Relics of Saint Teresa of Lisieux visit Lyons: Meeting on “Missionary Creativity from the 19th century to our day ”, World Missions Week, meeting of Fidei Donum priests and many other events at the House of Pauline Marie Jaricot Lyons (Agenzia Fides) - Since the inauguration of the newly restored home of Pauline Marie Jaricot (1799- 1862), the young girl from Lyons who founded the first of the Pontifical Mission Societies, the Society for the Pr ...
• 22 May 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Catholic school must maintain its specific identity of being at the service of the integral formation of the human person, and the first and ultimate foundation of this integral formation is God " Santiago de Compostela (Fides Service) - Over one hundred representatives of Catholic schools all over the world are meeting in Santiago de Compostela, in Spain for the 17th Meeting of OIEC, International Organisation fo ...
• 21 May 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - National Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates and the general assembly of diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - From 22 to 24 May Madrid will host National Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates and the general assembly of diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain. Among those present f ...
• 18 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Bio-ethics at the service of the Missions”: interview with Fr. Giuseppe Buono, PIME, co-author of a book which analyses points in common between the work of a bio-ethicist and that of a missionary Rome (Fides Service) - What do a missionary and a bio-ethicist have in common? Apparently nothing. One dedicates his whole life to spreading the Gospel in brotherly charity and the other - especially if he is the person ...
• 18 May 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - 4th World Congress of the Family approves Warsaw Declaration 2007 and proposes European Charter of Family Rights and 2008 Year of the Family Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - “I believe the Congress has given new impulse to participants' commitment to press governments, political institutions and legislators in every country to recognise the family's unique role and ...
• 18 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Orionini vocations flourish in Burkina Faso and India: on the Founder's feast-day attention focuses on vocations, the Pope, the family and the Orionini secular institute Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Director General of the Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza, Rev. Flavio Peloso, celebrated the feast-day of the Founder, Saint Luigi Orione (16 May), in Africa, “among our dear Afr ...
• 16 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “A Home away from Home”: Sunday 20 May 16th edition of the “Festival of Peoples” organised by the Scalabrini Missionaries and the diocese of Rome with the ethnic communities Rome (Fides Service) - “A Home away from Home”: is the theme of the 16th edition of the “Festival of Peoples ”, an initiative which has been held for the last three years in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano in Rom ...
• 16 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Camillian Fathers elect new Superior General: Fr. Renato Salvatore, former Vicar general, for the next six years Ariccia (Fides Service) - The 56th General Chapter of the Ministers of the Infirm (Camillian Fathers) gathered in plenary assembly at the Casa Divin Maestro di Ariccia (see Fides 7/5/2007 and 10/5/2007), elected a new Su ...
• 15 May 2007
  EUROPE - “A New Culture the Culture of Communion ”: prospects for the continent of Europe after the International Ecumenical Gathering in Stuttgart Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - “With your Movements you give a face to united Europe”. These words by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, were one of many messages sent to the organisers of the 2nd International Ecumenical ...
• 15 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - 20th anniversary for GRIS, Social-Religious Information Research Group, at the service of the Church and the world of culture on Alternative Religious Movements Rome (Fides Serice) - GRIS, Social-Religious Information Research Group, is an association juridically established in Bologna 8 February 1987. The Italian Bishops' Conference CEI in the person of Cardinal Ugo Poletti, of ...
• 14 May 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Celebrations for the 90th anniversary of the apparitions in Fatima - “May the Blessed Virgin Mary show once again her maternal concern for the men and women of our day, often tempted to distance themselves from God” Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 13 May, at the Marian shrine in Fatima, Portugal, a special Mass to mark the 90th anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary was presided on behalf of Pope Benedict ...
• 12 May 2007
  EUROPE - “Concerning deterioration of the family panorama in Europe” Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe 2007 by president of European network of Family Policy Institutes Brussels (Fides Service) - On the occasion of Europe Day on 9 May, the European network of Family Policy Institutes (IPF) presented Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe 2007 to the European Parliament. A year ...
• 10 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian branch celebrates 60th anniversary of Aid to the Church in Need association of Pontifical right Rome (Fides Service) - The Salesianum College (Via della Pisana 1111, Rome) will host 11 - 13 May a Meeting with which the benefactors and collaborators of the Italian branch of Aid to the Church in Need will celebrate ...
• 8 May 2007
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Salesians in Albania: assistance and development programmes for Rom and Gypsy youth Tirana (Fides Service) - To promote respect for human rights in Albania the Italian NGO Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS) connected with the Salesians has launched a programme with the title “All Differ ...