Europe

• 9 October 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Divorce rate has rocketed since new law came into force: Family Policy Institute reports on first year Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - In the first year of the application of the new law on divorce July 2005-2006 no less 163,444 marriages have been ended. Presenting a study by Spain’s Family Policy Institute IPF, the Institute ...
• 6 October 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Mary, we entrust to you the Cause of Life”: International Pro-Life Congress in Fatima. Sunday 8 October World Day of Prayer for Life Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - “Holy Mary, we entrust to you the Cause of Life" is the theme of the International Pro-Life Congress being held in Fatima organised by the Austrian branch of Human Life International and the Ap ...
• 6 October 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “I will not leave you nor forsake you” Tragedy of HIV/AIDS in east Africa Pontifical Mission Societies October mission aid focus Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For Catholics all over the world the month of October is dedicated to remembering missionaries and putting into practice the reciprocal responsibility of every local Church to support missionary ...
• 4 October 2006
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - Missionary Month of October: Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate help children to understand and live the Pope’s message Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - “Charity soul of mission” is the theme chosen for Mission Sunday this year, on 22 October, by Pope Benedict XVI who in his special Message for the occasion urges Christians to live and con ...
• 2 October 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cause opens for beatification and canonisation of Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate Fr. Mario Borzaga, OMI, killed in 1960 in Laos with a young catechist Trent (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 7 October feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Trent diocese will open the local stage of the process for the canonisation of Fr. Mario Borzaga, an Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate (OMI), ...
• 2 October 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Passion for Hospitality of St John of God in the world today”: 66th General Chapter of Hospitaller Brothers opens today in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Passion for Hospitality of St John of God in the world today” is the theme of the 66th General Chapter of Hospitaller Brothers opens today at the Centro Salesianum in Rome and will conclude on ...
• 29 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Young Catholics of Madrid make pilgrimage to Convent of Guadalupe to prepare for “Youth Mission”; “look at Jesus Christ and let Him look at you and you will understand the true value of your life in the eyes of God " Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - More than 600 young Catholic from Madrid are taking part in a diocesan pilgrimage to the Convent of Guadalupe in the Estremadura region of Spain. The pilgrimage, 29 September - 1 October, organis ...
• 27 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Migration and youth. A chance for society and the Church in Europe”: conclusions of annual meeting for national Directors of the Pastoral care for Migration Sigüenza (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the national Directors of the Pastoral care for Migration was organised by the Migrations Commission of the Council of bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE). It took pl ...
• 26 September 2006
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - Building together “missionary bridge of prayer”: Pontifical Mission Societies initiative for 2006 Prague (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 22 October Catholics all over the world will celebrate the annual World Mission Sunday with prayers and special collections in support of missionaries, missionary work, and poor churche ...
• 25 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - How to be Catholic on television? How to form a network of Catholic television stations for evangelisation? World Congress of Catholic Televison Channels hopes to find the answers Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - How to be Catholic in television and how to build a network of Catholic television channels and be movement of cooperation for evangelisation are the goals of a World Congress of Catholic Televis ...
• 21 September 2006
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - For the first time ever the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Europe will meet in Russia, the plenary assembly will elect a new CCEE presidency St Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in history the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Europe will meet in St Petersburg, Russia, from 4th to 8th October, following an invitation by Bishop J ...
• 20 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Franciscan Chapter in Assisi renews commitment for dialogue and peace in the world Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - Franciscans, at a special Chapter meeting in Assisi 14 September - 1 October to renew commitment to building communion of prayer and promoting dialogue, took part in a special prayer vigil to pr ...
• 18 September 2006
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - ‘United cities for a United World’: appointment 2009 to reveal a network of cities where fragments of fraternity are in act: goal identified by international meeting of the Focolari Movement in Budapest Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - After setting a goal and a date 2009 the great meeting organised by the Focolari Movement to commemorate tragic facts in Hungary 50 years ago which brought to Budapest more than 11.000 people f ...
• 18 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - In view of departure for mission, Mission animators and Mission volunteers undertake intensive formation Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A three month course of mission formation in view of departure for mission abroad organised by the School of Mission Formation with the collaboration the Spanish Conference of Religious CONFER st ...
• 15 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Apostleship of the Sea European meeting: the Church’s pastoral care for seafarers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Caring for Seafarers as witnesses of hope through the proclamation of the Word, Liturgy and Diakonia": is the theme of the next European Meeting of the Apostleship of the Sea which will be held at ...