Europe

• 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 ...
• 10 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - World Food Programme and S. Egidio agreement for HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa Rome (Fides Service) - On April 11 at 11am at the WPF Rome offices, the United Nations’ World Food Programme and the S. Egidio will sign an agreement to provide food support for an HIV/AIDS prevention programme in Afr ...
• 7 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “St Francis Xavier was God’s great gift to Navarra, the universal Church and to all humanity”: says Archbishop of Pamplona in pastoral letter Navarra (Fides Service) - In a letter for the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier the Archbishop of Pamplona Fernando Sebastián described the main celebrations on April 7th in Javier the birth place ...
• 7 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Francis Xavier incarnated radical obedience to the Lord’s mandate to his apostles: Go, make disciples of all nations!": papal envoy Cardinal Rouco Varela presides celebrations for the 5th centenary of the birth of Francis Xavier Navarra (Fides Service) - This morning at Javier Castel in Navarra, Spain special envoy of Pope Benedict XVI Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela archbishop of Madrid, presided a solemn concelebration of the Eucharist t ...
• 6 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “People are still attracted by the figure of St Francis Xavier because of the lucidity of his criteria and values, the generosity and joy of his dedication, the conviction and enthusiasm with which he preached Jesus Christ”: interview with Rector of Javier Shrine Navarra (Fides Service) - Friday 7 April is the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier (1506-1549), the patron saint of missions. Central events will be celebrated in Navarra, Spain. According to the recto ...
• 5 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The steel thread of religion may appear fragile but it is still a strong bond of solidarity and unity”: impressions of Fr Justo Lacunza-Balda at 2nd international meeting of Rabbis and Imams held in Seville Seville (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Meeting of Imams and Rabbis for Peace was held from 19 to 22 March in Seville (see Fides 16/3/2006). The meeting, organised by the Hommes du Parole Foundation, had as its m ...
• 4 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The World Meeting for Families will be a unique opportunity to rediscover and proclaim the beauty of the vocation to marriage”: Spanish Bishops issue message in view of 5th World Meeting for Families Madrid (Fides Service) - “We warmly encourage you to take part in the 5th World Meeting for Families in Valencia 1 to 9 July. Jesus Christ will be present through the working of the Holy Spirit to strengthen and fort ...
• 3 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The human embryo has less legal protection than certain species of protected animals”: Bishops statement on new Fertility Treatment Law Madrid (Fides Service) - At the end of its 86th plenary assembly the Spanish Bishops’ Conference issued a statement “Some Advice on the unlawfulness of artificial human reproduction and unjust practices authorised by ...
• 1 April 2006
  EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG - Holy Childhood European Conference “Children of Abraham-Inter-religious Dialogue” Luxembourg (Fides Service) - “Children of Abraham-Inter-religious Dialogue” was the timely topic discussed at a Holy Childhood European Conference (CEME) held from 26 to 29 March 2006 in Luxembourg. The meeting was ...
• 1 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Journalists take courage”: A book containing Pope John Paul II's messages to journalists Rome (Fides Service) - A book containing a collection of 27 messages to journalists written by Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the annual World Communications Day was presented a few days before the first anniversar ...
• 31 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome opens “All for One” multidisciplinary centre for patients with a disability, the first of its kind in Italy Rome (Fides Service) - The Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome opens “All for One” multidisciplinary centre which offers families an opportunity to give comprehensive treatment to infants and children sufferin ...