Europe

• 24 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - New general council for Hospital Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who specialise in psychiatric care; lay co-workers participate at general Chapter for the first time Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Spanish born Sister María Camino Agós Munárriz has been re-elected superior general of the Congregation of the Hospital Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded by Saint Benedetto Menni, who ...
• 24 May 2006
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Carrying Christ to the world”: 6th National Holy Childhood Congress prepares to celebrate Society’s 150th anniversary Warsaw (Fides Service) - The Polish branch of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) is soon to hold the 6th National Holy Childhood Congress, we are told by National PMS Director Fr. Jan Piotrowski. The Congress will ha ...
• 22 May 2006
  EUROPE - Catholic women religious organise various initiatives of women to prevent prostitution during the World Football Championships in Germany Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Union of the European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors UCESM, is giving full support to initiatives promoted by a number of religious congregations of women to prevent sexual abuse an ...
• 20 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - CISRO International Centre for Studies and Research in Venice issues 3rd edition multilingual six-monthly review Oasis which offers space for debate on international terrorism Rome (Fides Service) - The third issue of Oasis review sponsored by the archdiocese of Venice opens with a reflection by the Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn with the title “Paths of Mission” on the ...
• 20 May 2006
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Promotion and protection of the rights and living conditions of children and adolescents: International Interdisciplinary Conference on Children's Rights closes in Ghent Rome (Fides Service) - An International Interdisciplinary Conference on Children's Rights organised by the IAP Inter-University Attraction Poles in Ghent, Belgium has just ended. IAP members are the three most important ...
• 20 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - PMS organises first Holy Childhood Javierada as part of initiatives to mark 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier : “Feel Mission in your Heart!” Navarra (Fides Service) - The Spanish office for Holy Childhood and the dioceses of Pamplona, Logroño, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria, Saragozza, Tarazona, Burgos, Barbastro and Huesca, invited PMS delegations and dio ...
• 19 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New impulse to continue working for the poor, ecumenical statement on life, new Hospital in Kenya, fruits of 22nd International Congress of Catholic Doctors Barcelona (Fides Service) - About 1,000 doctors from 78 different countries took part in the 22nd International Congress of the International Federation of Catholic Doctors FIAMC (see Fides 12/5/2006) held 11 - 14 May in ...
• 16 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Resolution on homophobia in Europe represents a serious threat to marriage and family life and social order in Europe": Spanish Bishops’ statement Madrid (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Spain join other European Bishops’ Conferences expressing concern for a resolution passed by the European Parliament P6-TA (2006) 0018, on January on "homophobia in Eur ...
• 16 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Christian initiation, a process for becoming Christians: conclusions of 10th Meeting of Bishops and National Directors for Catechesis in Europe Rome (Fides Service) - The necessity of differentiated paths which faithfully reflect and meet the many situations of individuals, the decisive role of the family, the great utility of ecclesial movements where there exi ...
• 15 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - After the approval of Ley sobre Técnicas de Reproducción Humana Asistida: “the people who approved the law forget that the only possible progress is ethical and that history is filled with examples of abuse in the name of technological progress” Madrid (Fides Service) - The Spanish Congress approved the Ley sobre Técnicas de Reproducción Humana Asistida which allows therapeutic cloning, genetic selection and production of embryos and the faculty to destroy the ...
• 12 May 2006
  EUROPA/SPAIN - 22nd Congress of Catholic Doctors: “Wherever medicine is non profit there the Church cares for the sick and the needy”. First ever exhibition on Missionary Medical Care Barcelona (Fides Service) - The 22nd Congress of Catholic Doctors organised by the International Federation of Medical Associations FIAMC which has over 50,000 members, opened on 11 May. The theme of the Congress “Cat ...
• 11 May 2006
  EUROPE - New Franciscan paths for Europe: “Rediscovering the joy of the missionary vocation” Assisi (Fides Service) - Franciscans will intensify their missionary efforts in Europe. This emerged from a recent Seminar in Assisi organised by the office for evangelisation of the Order of Friars Minor and attended by ...
• 10 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - In preparation for the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec in 2008 the Arc of the Eucharist is welcomed by young Catholics of Rome before starting its journey across Canada Rome (Fides Service) - In preparation for the next International Congress which will be held in Quebec, Canada 15 - 22 June 2008, young Catholics of Rome will gather in the church of S. Agnes to welcome the Arc of the Eu ...
• 10 May 2006
  EUROPE - Successful WFP videogame on hunger in the world launched last year attracts almost four million players Rome (Fides Service) - Twelve months after its launch, the world’s first humanitarian video game about hunger is being celebrated as an unprecedented success story. “Food Force” is about clean fun for kids, in an e ...
• 9 May 2006
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - Prayers, communion and proclamation interwoven in popular missions in Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu (Fides Service) - From 30 April to 7 May the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI took part in a poplar mission in Târgu Jiu, at the request of parish priest Fr Petru Husariu of St John of Capestrano pa ...