Europe

• 9 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - There are 19,564 Jesuits in the world: statistics confirm falling numbers of priests and brothers, slight rise in numbers Africa, Asia and Oceania Rome (Fides Service) - According to statistics compiled by the General House of the Society of Jesus on 1 January 2006 there were 19,564 Jesuits in the world, (13,735 priests - 231 less than in 2005) 3,067 scholastics (+ ...
• 9 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Life is a gift from God. It is the unavoidable duty of everyone to protect, defend and promote life”: Europe for Life International Congress conclusions Murcia (Fides Service) - “The Congress increased our awareness that we are the People of Life and with God’s help we are committed to announcing to the world the Gospel of Life” participants affirmed in a statement ...
• 8 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Holy Childhood children messengers of Hope in Europe. Following in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II Rome (Fides Service) - Italian children members of the Pontifical Society for Holy Childhood will set out as messengers of Hope in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II along the roads of mission from 24 June to 1 July 200 ...
• 5 May 2006
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - There are now 250 million children exploited all over the world: the International Labour Organisation publishes “The end of child labour: within reach”, its new report on child labour Rome (Fides Agency) - For the first time child-labourers in the world are diminishing, and the phenomenon in its worst forms may be eliminated in the next ten years: it is what the ILO says in its latest report on child ...
• 5 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Three thousand families of Latin-American immigrants will take part in the fifth Meeting of American Peoples next Sunday, at the Shrine of Torreciudad Huesca (Fides Agency) - About three thousand Latin-American families coming from the various Spanish regions, will gather next Sunday, 7 May, for a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Torreciudad (Huesca), to take part in the fi ...
• 2 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - From the Eucharist " the power to transform the world and culture...to vivify Christian life at the heart ": Spanish Bishops’ Conference issues new pastoral plan 2006-2010 Madrid (Fides Service) - “I am the bread of Life (Jn 6,35). Living the Eucharist": is the title of a new pastoral plan drafted by the Catholic Bishops of Spain for 2006-2010. The Bishops present the Eucharist as the ce ...
• 2 May 2006
  EUROPE - “Restoring Europe’s Soul”: European Meeting of Christian Culture, organised by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Department for Foreign Relations of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow Vienna (Fides Service) - For the first time an organism of the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow have organised together a Meeting on Culture in Europe, to be held in Vienna 3-5 May 2006. The meeting, a fruit of ...
• 28 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Hospitality: a charisma to witness”, 19th General Chapter, Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Rome (Fides Service) - From 5 to 29 in Rome May the Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will hold their 19th General Chapter on the theme “God’s Healing, good news for the men and women of today”. The ...
• 28 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - ‘Handbook for Bishop’s Mission Delegate and Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies’ gives guidance and fosters co-ordination for this important task in Spanish dioceses Madrid (Fides Service) - CEM, the Missions Commission of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, and the PMS Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain have issued a Handbook for the Bishop’s Mission Delegate and Diocesan Direct ...
• 28 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - National Missionary Youth Meeting: “Witnesses of Hope in the World” Rome (Fides Service) - Some 270 young people involved in missionary activity and animation have gathered for the National Missionary Youth Meeting organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies which opens today 28 April ...
• 26 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain has 16,781 diocesan missionaries on mission all over the world: Diocesan Missionaries Day calls to mind their witness and supports their work of evangelisation Madrid (Fides Service) - At this time of the year many dioceses in Spain celebrate Diocesan Missionaries Day to express gratitude to their own local men and women missionaries working in many different parts of the world ...
• 26 April 2006
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “Bicycles are very Useful”: “Delegados de la Palabra” May Collection bicycles for catechists in mission lands Vienna (Fides Service) - Delegados de la Palabra is the title of a special collection organised by MIVA (Missions-Verkehrs-Arbeitsgemeinschaft) to help catechists in young Churches of Africa and Latin America move around ...
• 21 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Opening tomorrow in Rimini 29th National Meeting of Renewal in the Spirit: expected 20,000 participants from 1,900 groups from Italy and other countries Rimini (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 22 April at the Fiera di Rimini there will be the opening of the 29th National Meeting of Renewal in the Spirit on the theme: “You are the people God has won for himself to proclaim Hi ...
• 21 April 2006
  EUROPE - April 22 Triple Jubilee for the Society of Jesus all over the world celebrates, In St Peter’s meeting with the Pope Rome (Fides Service) - Saturday 22 April feast of the Virgin Mother of the Society of Jesus is the day chosen by Prepositor General Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach for the celebration of a Triple Jubilee of the first three com ...
• 20 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Go out to the whole world": reflecting on missionary vocation looking at St Francis Xavier: 3rd Missionary Youth Meeting organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies Javier (Fides Service) - “Go out to the whole world” is the theme of the 3rd national Missionary Youth Meeting organised in Spain by the Pontifical Mission Societies 21 - 23 April. This year the event will be held in ...