Europe

• 5 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families WMF - Opening of Theological-pastoral Congress with revised programme and Family Fair Exhibition Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - With a Mass centred on Christian hope in the face of the mystery of death and a few words instead of the prepared speech by Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council ...
• 5 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The country’s Bishops urge the people to pray for the nation at every Mass: “the country is living a crucial hour, especially under certain important aspects and we need the help of God, because without Him we can do nothing” Toledo (Agenzia Fides) - "O God our Father we praise and thank you. You love and guide all nations, accompany our country’s steps at times difficult but filled with hope. Let us see signs of your presence and experienc ...
• 4 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families WMF - Valencia, three days of mourning for metro accident victims, Pope’s message of sympathy, WMF Theological-Pastoral Congress opens today Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Valencia Agustín García-Gasco has asked parishes and all churches to observe the official three days mourning declared yesterday, following the tragic underground rail accid ...
• 3 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families in Valencia: event opens with International Family Fair and welcome Mass for 10,000 volunteers Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - With great enthusiasm the 5th World Meeting of Families opened on July 1. The streets of Valencia are filled with yellow and white papal flags ready to welcome Pope Benedict XVI who will arrive ...
• 30 June 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - In memory of Saint Francis Xavier 600 Jesuit school pupils from 10 different countries compete in Saveriadi mini Olympics in five Italian cities Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saveriadi is the title of a mini Olympics competition organised in memory of St Francis Xavier for Jesuit school pupils from ten different countries. For a week starting from Sunday 2 July about 6 ...
• 28 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Family key to development ": Valencia to host 12th Science and Life Congress as part of the World Day for Families Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the 5th World Meeting for Families, 1-9 July, Valencia will also host the 12th Science and Life Congress at its St Vicente Martyr University on the theme "The Family key to developme ...
• 27 June 2006
  EUROPE/POLAND - “The recent pastoral visit which Pope Benedict XVI made to our country gave new impulse to our efforts to focus more clearly on missionary cooperation” says PMS national director illustrating numerous mission activities in the coming months. Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - June in Poland was an eminently missionary month according to national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in that country Fr. Jan Piotrowski. The first major event was the 6th National ...
• 26 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - At the Family Fair at World Meeting of Families “Aid to the Church in Need” proposes Children’s Bible and Aid Campaign for Child Soldiers in Sudan Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - As part of initiatives for the 5th World Meeting of Families in Valencia, Spain, 1-9 July, the Catholic agency Aid to the Church in Need, through its local Spanish branch will present two stan ...
• 23 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Awareness of the importance and the urgency of mission ad gentes, as the primordial duty of the Church, is ever deeper”: says Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe takes part in Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates Javier (Agenzia Fides) - The Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates and Diocesan Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies organised in Javier Navarra, Spain to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavie ...
• 23 June 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian missionaries in Angola: “The fundamental objective is evangelisation so the message of the Gospel may progressively fecund the different areas of political, economic and cultural life of Angolan society ” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Angola can enrich the pastoral renewal of the Church in Italy with its joyful and festive and actively participated liturgies; commitment of the laity, catechists in particular; ...
• 22 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Religious and musical events and an exhibition on the Legacy of Saint Ignatius of Loyola to mark the 450th anniversary of the death of Saint Loyola (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 450th anniversary of the death of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, July 31 2006, who founded the Society of Jesus, as part of Jesuit Jubilee Year celebrations all over the year to mark 50 ...
• 21 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Pope’s visit will encourage the families of the world to be what they are meant to be, the seed of a new society ” says president of the Spanish Family Policy Institute Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The encounter with the Pope will be a great encouragement for families all over the world, subject to repeated and ever more aggressive threats and attacks, according to president of the Spanish ...
• 20 June 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Orionini: first steps for a new English speaking Missionary Delegation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Orionini confreres of the General Council and the Representatives of the English speaking countries, met from 16th to 18th June in view of a new English speaking missionary delegation. Rev. Flavio ...
• 19 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - First Peruvian Coordinator General of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Rosary: “I have always tried to be available to work wherever the need arose... now in this spirit I accept this new service” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - During their 18th general chapter held in Madrid the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Rosary elected a new General co-ordinator Peruvian born Mother Dominga Esther Garro Pérez, the first Lati ...
• 19 June 2006
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - General Secretaries of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences meet to discuss collaboration in urgent pastoral concerns and issues connected ecumenism and with the process of European unification Ljubljana (Agenzia Fides) - The General Secretaries of Europe’s 34 Bishops’ Conferences are to meet in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 24 - 27 June 2006. Items for discussion by the representatives of the Bishops’ Confer ...