Europe

• 5 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - National Renewal in the Spirit movement elects new committee: continue efforts for new evangelisation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian National branch of the Church movement Renewal in the Spirit elected new committee of leaders for a four year term 2007-10, during a meeting held last weekend in Frascati (Rome). About ...
• 5 February 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Open Letter on The Family and Life addressed the Catholics in the diocese of Beja as part of three year Pastoral Plan focussed on the family Beja (Agenzia Fides) - The Family and Life is the title of an open letter addressed by the Council of Priests of the diocese of Beja in Portugal to all the faithful on the eve of a national Referendum an Abortion on 11 ...
• 3 February 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Flame of Life” after pilgrimage across Lamengo diocese will be placed at the feet of Our Lady of Fatima to whom the Cause for Life is entrusted Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - A "Flame of Life" initiative has been launched by the Youth Pastoral Office of the diocese of Lamego in Portugal, on the occasion of a national referendum on abortion on 11 February. The initiati ...
• 3 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Diocese of Rome commemorates Rev Andrea Santoro fidei donum missionary priest martyred in Trabzon Turkey, a year ago: Cardinal Ruini and some of the priest’s family members visit Trabzon Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Various initiatives are being organised in the Rome diocese to mark the first anniversary of the murder of a Roman fidei donum priest Fr Andrea Santoro on 5 February 2006 as he prayed after Mass in ...
• 2 February 2007
  EUROPE/GT BRITAIN - Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster expresses disappointment that Catholic adoption agencies will not be exempt from considering same sex couples as possible adoptive parents London (Agenzia Fides) - “We are deeply disappointed that no exemption will be granted to our agencies on the grounds of widely held religious conviction and conscience" Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor Cormac, Archbishop of W ...
• 31 January 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - UNICEF Spain report: 500 million Euro needed for people in 33 countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Presenting its 2007 report on humanitarian activity Spanish branch of the United Nations Children’s Fund said that to meet the needs of people in difficult situations in 33 countries at least 500 ...
• 30 January 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 20.000 took part in Pro Life march through the streets of Lisbon supported by 160 different Pro-Life associations all over the world Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - Portugal reaffirms its determination to defend human life. On Sunday 28 January in Lisbon some 20,000 people braved icy rain to take part in a peaceful and happy demonstration to defend the life ...
• 29 January 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pope Benedict XVI message to Verbum Dei Mission Fraternity 3rd General Conference: listen and do what the Lord is asking of you and cooperate in the evangelising mission of the Church in obedience to your respective local Bishop Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - ‘A Charisma at the service of the Word’ is the theme of the 3rd General Conference of the Verbum Dei Mission Fraternity taking place in Madrid 17 January - 14 February. The Conference, being ...
• 27 January 2007
  EUROPA/ITALY - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI): 4,384 “evangelise the poor” on the different fronts of the mission on all continents Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to Omiworld January 2007, in the world there are 4,384 Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, 6 more than last year: 1 cardinal, 10 archbishops, 32 bishops, 2 apostolic prefects, 3,173 p ...
• 24 January 2007
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - Church leaders request that Catholic Adoption Agencies be exempt from the obligation to consider same sex couples as adoptive parents London (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster has written to the British government asking for Catholic Adoption Agencies to be exempt from the obligation to consider same sex couple ...
• 24 January 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Set out, you are a missionary!”: slogan for Holy Childhood Day on Sunday 28 January Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Set out, you are a missionary!”: is the slogan chosen by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain for Holy Childhood Day celebrated by that local Church on Sunday 28 January. “Set out” ...
• 23 January 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - It fails to admit the existence of truth and good, it ignores the existence of God and the transcendent, it imposes an ideology of gender: reasons for rejecting Education to Citizenship proposed new compulsory School Subject Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Professionals for Ethics Association warns that the subject Education to Citizenship which the Spanish government intends to make compulsory “interferes with the moral formation of childre ...
• 17 January 2007
  EUROPA/ITALY - 13th Scalabrini General Chapter in search of basic lines for next six years of mission Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The 13th General Chapter of the Missionaries of San Carlo (Scalabrini) opened in Rome on January 16th with three days of spiritual reflection guided by Bishop Luciano Monari of the diocese of Piac ...
• 17 January 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Ecumenism of holiness is the most effective. Only if obedient to the will of God Christian action in the world will bear fruit": Bishops’ message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ illuminates us all” is the title of a Message addressed to all Christians in Spain by the Catholic Bishops Conference in view of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the ...
• 16 January 2007
  EUROPA/PORTUGAL - “Life is in your hands” Schoenstatt movement launches campaign of prayer and awareness building on the theme of life; Sunday 28 January March Pro Life March promoted by the Portuguese Large Families Association Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Portugal is mobilising Catholics in view of a February 11 referendum on the legalisation of abortion (see Fides 14/12/2006). To increase awareness of the seriousness of the ...