Europe

• 6 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Conflict is not an unavoidable fate, war is not natural. Peace cannot be renounced even when pursuing it seems difficult or hopeless”: inter-religious prayers in Assisi close with an Appeal for Peace Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - A pressing call for peace was issued at the end of a special Meeting in Assisi 4 and 5 September of men and women of different religions and nationalities organised by the S. Egidio Community to ...
• 5 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Chapter General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin elects new Minister General Friar Mauro Jöhri. Increase in presence in Asia, decrease in central northern Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Chapter General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on 4 September elected a new Minister General for a six year mandate 2006-2012, Friar Mauro Jöhri, born on 1 September 1947 at Bivio, Cant ...
• 5 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Violence in the Bible”, theme of 39th National Bible Week organised by the Italian Bible Association ABI Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From the 11th to the 15th September 2006 the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome will host Italy’s 39th National Bible Week promoted by the Associazione Biblica Italiana (ABI). Where are the ...
• 1 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY -4th national week of mission formation and spirituality concludes: participants vow to be “Bearers of Hope” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - Italy’s 4th national week of mission formation and spirituality held in Assisi concluded on 30 August. The event, organised by the National Office for Missionary Cooperation among the Churches, ...
• 1 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Creation, first immense gift of God, expression of his powerful love: Catholics in Italy celebrate first national “Day for Safeguarding Creation” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “From the first pages Scripture speaks of God as Creator, one who made everything out of love … creation is a call to praise God, to bless the Creator, the giver of life … Especially the com ...
• 31 August 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Promoting literacy, instruction, formation: over 1,000 sets of basic books sent to 13 of the world’s poorest countries of Africa and Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Parishes, Catholic communities, schools, hospitals, prisons, centres for leprosy patients in 9 African countries and 4 Asian countries received sets of books on learning to read and write, instruct ...
• 31 August 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone to preside inauguration of new Academic Year at Pontifical Salesian University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Salesian University is preparing to begin its activity for the academic year 2006-2007. At present the Faculty of Christian and Classical Letters is offering courses in Italian, Lati ...
• 28 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Next event in Jesuit Jubilee year: Monday 31 July 450th anniversary of the death of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Loyola (Agenzia Fides) - This year the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola on 31 July falls in a special Jesuit Jubilee Year celebrated by the Society of Jesus all over the world to honour St Ignatius the Founder on the 45 ...
• 28 July 2006
  EUROPE - Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Europe object to EU funding of research which implies directly or indirectly the destruction of human embryos Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Europe Set Back For The Protection Of Embryos: The European Union Faces A Major Bioethical Challenge” is the title of a statement issued 27 by the Commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference ...
• 27 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Family associations encourage objection of conscience to protest against teaching in school of Citizen Education fearing indoctrination of children Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Family associations in Spain are concerned that Citizen Education soon to be compulsory subject in schools will mean government ‘indoctrination’ of children". They are preparing a Guide to Ob ...
• 27 July 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Where is Europe going? Culture, peoples, institutions": September Symposium for European University Teachers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Where is Europe going ? Culture, peoples, institutions" is the theme of the 5th Symposium for European University Teachers to be held in Rome starting 28 September at the Vicariate of Rome. The e ...
• 26 July 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - In Assisi 4th national week of missionary formation and spirituality: “Narrators of Hope in the World” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - At least 130 pastoral workers, priests, missionaries and active lay adults and young people have signed up for the traditional national week of missionary formation and spirituality to be held in A ...
• 24 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - On line Dictionary of Religious Words: Christian words and terms once so familiar now unknown to many Canary Islands (Agenzia Fides) - The web site of the Spanish diocese of Islas Canarias Canary Islands has an interesting new feature, Vocabulario de las Palabras Religosas, a Religious Dictionary compiled by Salesian Fat ...
• 22 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish Bishops rally Catholics to join the Pope in prayer "Let’s cross the frontier of our passivity and insensitivity to immerse ourselves in the grief and suffering of so many of our brothers and sisters, and join the day of prayer and penance " Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Spain endorse the Pope’s call for a Day of Prayer and Penance on Sunday 23 July to obtain from God the gift of peace in the Middle East for peace. Cardinal Antonio María Rouco R ...
• 22 July 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Spanish born Fr Manuel Cortes elected Superior General of the Society of Mary, Marianists Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 July the delegates of the Society of Mary (Marianists), holding a general Chapter in Rome, elected Fr Manuel Cortés their 15th Superior general. Fr Cortes was born in Valencia, Spain, in 19 ...