Europe

• 8 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saturday 10 March university students of Europe and Asia will pray with Pope Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations for traditional annual meeting between university students of Europe and Asia and the Pope on the occasion of the 5th European University Studay Day on the theme “Intelle ...
• 3 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Announcing God’s Love” Javieradas Pilgrimages 4-10 March in honour of Saint Francis Xavier patron saint of the region and patron saint of the missions Pamplona (Agenzia Fides) - “Announcing God’s Love” is the slogan of the traditional Javieradas Pilgrimages 2007 to Javier Castle organised in the Spanish region of Navarra from Sunday 4 March to 4 Saturday 10 March ...
• 2 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New Ley Organica de la Educacion fails to respect fundamental rights and introduces young consciences to moral relativism and gender ideology Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Ley Organica de la Educacion and respective Royal Decrees and the fundamental rights of Parents and Schools” is the title of a statement issued by the Standing Council of the Conference of S ...
• 1 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Assassinated missionaries: hope for the world”: 24th March Youth Movement Day commemorates martyred missionaries with prayer and fasting Rome (Fides Service) - For the last 15 years for Catholics in Italy and other countries March 24th, the date of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, of San Salvador in 1980, has been a day to commemorate miss ...
• 28 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - In preparation for 5th European University Day, students at pontifical Universities in Rome welcome Pilgrimage of the Cross: March 1st, feast in honour of Don Bosco at UPS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 21 February, Ash Wednesday, marked the beginning of a Pilgrimage of the Cross to the various pontifical universities in Rome. For the students this Peregrinatio Crucis has become a significant ...
• 27 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Called to Mission, called to Joy”: PMS Youth Movement builds network to encourage responsible commitment for mission Rome (Fides Service) - Every year the national office of the Youth Mission Movement YMM of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy in collaboration with regional offices and regional mission commissions organises forma ...
• 27 February 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Patriarch of Lisbon takes Message of Pope Benedict XVI as a guide for ‘living Lent with the Eucharist and Charity’ Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon José da Cruz Policarpo, took Pope Benedict XVI’s Lenten Message 2007 as a guide for a series of suggestions for living this Liturgical Season in preparation fo ...
• 23 February 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Latin America Day “as lively as ever Spanish Church’s concern for evangelisation in America: 800 of the 898 Spanish diocesan priests presently on mission serve in America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - For the Church in Spain the first Sunday in March (this year March 4) is Latin America Day promoted by the Spanish Bishops’ Commission for Missions and Cooperation among Churches to recall the ...
• 23 February 2007
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Mixed Marriages and the Family in Europe : Annual Meeting of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe Oradea (Agenzia Fides) - From 1st to 4th March 2007, the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe will meet for the seventh time in Oradea (Romania), along with a group of experts. Seven bish ...
• 22 February 2007
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - Catholic Bishop of Paisley calls for action to protect the religious freedom of the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom Paisley (Agenzia Fides) - In a Pastoral Letter read out at all Masses in the Diocese of Paisley on Sunday (18 February 2007) Bishop Philip Tartaglia called for action to protect "the religious freedom of the Catholic Chu ...
• 21 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting for diocesan and regional Holy Childhood delegates. National Holy Childhood Meeting in June Rome (Fides Service) - “Jesus is Risen: Mission has Started” is the title of a three day meeting for diocesan and regional Holy Childhood delegates next month in Rome from 2 to 4 March. The Meeting is an annual event ...
• 20 February 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco proposes two targets for Lenten offerings a seminary in Guinea Bissau and a parish at home Portalegre (Fides Service)- Bishop José Francisco Sanchez Alves of Portalegre-Castelo Branco diocese in Portugal has identified two important targets for Lenten saving and sacrifices, one in Guinea Bissau and the other ...
• 20 February 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “The Way to Easter”: diocesan youth pastoral office launches programme to help young people live a fruitful Lent also vie the Internet Coimbra (Fides Service) - "You are the Son of the Living God" is the theme of a Lenten Way to Easter proposed to young Catholics by the Youth Pastoral Office of the diocese of Coimbra in Portugal. The theme taken from th ...
• 19 February 2007
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate prepare for 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly Bucharest (Fides Service) - In the Rumanian Transylvanian city of Sibiu, consecrated European Culture Capital 2007, the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly EEA3 will be held from 4 to 9 September. Theses religious cultural ...
• 19 February 2007
  EUROPA/SPAIN - UCAM Catholic University in Murcia promotes school of formation for members of Confraternities Murcia (Fides Service) - UCAM Catholic University in Murcia is promoting formation courses for members of Confraternities taking part in Murcia Holy Week. The news was announced by the rector of the college José Luis M ...