Europe

• 8 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - 4th Day for European University Students, meeting with Pope Benedict XVI: “May the Gospel open new ways for cooperation among the peoples of Europe and Africa” Rome (Fides Service) - Speaking after the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday March 5, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned that next Saturday, 11 March, at 5 p.m. in the Paul VI Audience Hall, a Marian Vigil will be held, organised ...
• 7 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Let us put aside the fear and false modesty which many times paralyse us, let us put aside commodities which often make us act against our conscience, let us take a step forward like Francis of Xavier”: says Archbishop of Pamplona at first ‘Javierada’ for the 5th centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier Pamplona (Fides Service) - Over 10,000 people braved icy temperatures last Sunday 5 March to make the first of the traditional 'Javierada' pilgrimages in the framework of celebrations for the 5th centenary of the birth o ...
• 6 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital opens new Patients’ Family Home Rome (Fides Service) - A new Home for family members of child patients in need of a long period of hospital treatment at Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital will be opened on Thursday 9 March.. The Home, not far from th ...
• 3 March 2006
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Movemos algo or, Let’s make something move! Swiss Holy Childhood ‘Starsinger’ children collect almost one million Swiss Francs to spend for children in need Fribourg (Fides Service) - “Movemos algo!” or, let’s make something move, was the motto for the annual Starsinger collection taken by children members of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Mission Society in Switzerland ...
• 3 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - European Meeting for National Pontifical Mission Societies Offices (PMS) and National Offices for Missionary Cooperation 10 to 14 March. Focus: 50th anniversary of Fidei donum, Encyclical, PMS youth experience at WYD Cologne, dialogue with Islam Palermo (Fides Service) - A European Meeting for National Pontifical Mission Societies Offices (PMS) and National Offices for Missionary Cooperation will be held from 10 to 14 March at the Convento S. Giovanni Battista d ...
• 3 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday 5 March Latin America Day: “In our day the material needs of poor countries still press us to share what we have, but faith must always be the basis and principle object of missionary activity” Madrid (Fides Service) - In Spain Sunday March 5 is Latin America Day an initiative organised by the Missions Commission of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. In a letter to present the Day the president of the Commissio ...
• 2 March 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Lent 2006: “Sharing the Fullness of Life” motto of German Bishops’ Lenten Solidarity Campaign focused on establishing equal rights for women particularly in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America Hamburg (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Hamburg representing all the Catholic dioceses of Germany, will officially open the Lenten fundraising Campaign 2006 promoted by Misereor the aid agency of the German Bishops� ...
• 1 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Fifth centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier: “Go out into the whole world” slogan of Xavier pilgrimages ‘Javieradas’ 5 and 11 March. The Saint’s relics in Spain on March 3 Pamplona (Fides Service) - This year the annual Xavier pilgrimages in Javier, Pamplona, will be marked by special joy for the 5th centenary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier patron saint of missions and patron of the ...
• 1 March 2006
  EUROPE/GREECE - Annual Meeting of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe will focus on the Social Doctrine of the Church Corfu (Fides Service) - From 3-5 March 2006 the sixth meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe, accompanied by expert advisors, is scheduled to take place in Corfu (Greece). Six Bishop ...
• 24 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Approved Law on Assisted Human Reproduction meets with protests: “the unborn child is reduced to matter for experimentation and goods at the mercy of pharmaceutical economic interests and ambitions in certain scientific circles” Madrid (Fides Service) - A new recently approved Law on Assisted Human Reproduction has met with protest from various sides. The law is denounced for going against Natural Law, allowing the ‘production’ of human pers ...
• 23 February 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “The future starts here: marriage and the family”. German Bishops' three year programme to promote marriage and the family Berlin (Fides Service) - Prospects and commitments with regard to a new family policy were the focus of a recent Forum on the theme “The future starts here: prospects for marriage and the family” held in Berlin part ...
• 23 February 2006
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Process opened for beatification of Louis Joseph Marie Querbes founder of the Clerics of Saint Viator present in 16 different countries Lyons (Fides Service) - Today 23 February the diocese of Lyons in France opens the first session to investigate the life, heroic virtues and saintliness of Fr Louis Joseph Marie Querbes who founded in the earthly 19th ce ...
• 23 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - First issue of new quarterly publication “L’Animatore Missionario” focuses on Day for the Commemoration of Martyred Missionaries promoted by Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies Rome (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy have published the first issue of a new quarterly publication the Missionary Animator “L’Animatore missionario” for people who produce at the local, ...
• 21 February 2006
  EUROPE/POLAND - Diocesan directors of Pontifical Mission Societies at National Meeting identify goals and challenges, discuss methods and schedule for next five years 2006/2010 Warsaw (Fides Service) - “Missionary cooperation always a fruit of the Pontifical Mission Societies” was the theme of a national meeting for diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland held ...
• 20 February 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Building Europe after God’s own heart and meeting the most urgent needs of humanity today: conclusions of general assembly of Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors Fatima ( Fides Service) - “Men and women Religious, with trust in the life of the Spirit and in the Church can be present where new paths are being traced for Europe. This is an urgent call to build Europe after God’ ...