Europe

• 16 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Deus caritas est and the secular man: a contribution on Benedict XVI's first encyclical by Nicola Bux Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish a contribution on the first encyclical of Benedict XVI “Deus caritas est” by Rev. Nicola Bux, docent at the Pugliese Faculty of Theology, Vice director of the Ecumenical Institute of ...
• 15 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Together to restore hope in Africa: Harambee 2006 campaign to meet and help a changing Africa Rome (Fides Service) - Harambee, a fund started in 2002 on the occasion of the canonisation of the founder of Opus Dei Saint Josemaría, is collecting funds for four new development programmes in Africa: helping displace ...
• 14 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Realty and fiction: Opus Dei press conference to present Harambee programme 2006, to denounce deformed image of the Catholic Church as presented in the film “The Da Vinci Code” soon to be released Rome (Fides Service) - Today in Rome a press conference was held to present the 2006 edition of Harambee an Opus Dei initiative in aid of Africa first launched on the occasion of the canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escr ...
• 13 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Unless this law is altered it will go down in history as one of the first in the world to authorise therapeutic cloning and open the door for reproductive cloning: Catholic Bishops voice serious concern with regard to proposed “Law on methods of assisted human reproduction” Madrid (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Spain have expressed serious concern with regard to a proposed Law on methods of assisted human reproduction to be discussed soon in Parliament. In a statement the Bishops ...
• 8 February 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Day for former Child Soldiers: China Keitesti tells of her sad experience at a meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies München (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Day for Child Soldiers 12 February the national office for Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany missio München has organised an ecumenical service on Saturday 11 ...
• 8 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - National PMS Director says : “faith helps us believe the death of Fr Andrea will bear the fruit of more missionary vocations and service”. Archbishop of Trent says: “may inter-religious contact develop in full religious freedom, mutual respect, constructive dialogue and collaboration all over the world” Rome (Fides Service) - “I am still in Brazil where I took part in the meeting of Italian ‘Fidei Donum’ in Latin America who all expressed the unanimous desire to continue their service to other Churches after the s ...
• 2 February 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Religious life today: our spiritual life and the challenges facing Europe” theme of next general assembly in Fatima of the Union of European Conferences of Major Religious Superiors representing Europe’s 400,000 men and women Catholic Religious Fatima (Fides Service) - “Religious life today: our spiritual life and the challenges facing Europe today” is the theme of next general assembly of the Union of European Conferences of Major Religious Superiors UCESM ...
• 2 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families in July 2006 in Valencia: official prayer and prayer intentions Valencia (Fides Service) - The official prayer in view of the 5th World Meeting of Families WMF in July 2006 in Valencia can be seen at http://www.wmf2006.org. The prayer was composed by the Spanish Bishops’ commission ...
• 30 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - New look and new contents for Holy Childhood Society Italian branch monthly magazine Il Ponte d’Oro Rome (Fides Service) - The January issue of “Il ponte d’oro” (the golden bridge) the monthly magazine issued by the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society has a new look and new contents. Interesting features include � ...
• 26 January 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Report on the evolution of the family in Spain in the past 25 years: situation worsens, difficulties increase and public administration ever less present Madrid (Fides Service) - Families in Spain face increasing problems while public administration is totally absent, according to a Report on the Evolution of Families presented by Eduardo Hertfelder, president of Spain’ ...
• 25 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mission territories deserve more media attention say Italian missionaries EUROPE/ITALY - Mission territories deserve more media attention say Italian missionaries Rome (Fides Service)- “We are dismayed by the way in which Italian media ignore problems in mission territories”: this lament ...
• 21 January 2006
  EUROPE - United and co-ordinated to fight Aids: Meeting for Catholic organisations which care for 25% of the world’s AIDS patients Geneva (Fides Service) - Share resources and know-how, improve cooperation in the fight against AIDS: these are the objectives of a meeting in Geneva 23-26 January of representatives of Catholic organisations involved in ...
• 19 January 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Feel mission in your heart”: Sunday 22 January Holy Childhood Day in Spain: concern for millions of children ill, exploited, deprived of rights, many have never heard about Jesus Christ Madrid (Fides Service) - “We must feel mission in our heart because if it is something cold and lacks the warmth of love and charity our experience would be absurd and useless” says Archbishop Francisco Pérez Gonzá ...
• 18 January 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain’s families ever stronger and ready for the future: great expectations for 5th World Meeting of Families: family movements ever more committed Madrid (Fides Service) - As Spain’s families react vigorously to recent attacks against the institution of the family they are gaining strength and support and are ready to face any challenges in the future according t ...
• 16 January 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Once again this year Germany’s Holy Childhood Sternsingers win ‘donation seal’ for responsible donation management issued by German Central Institute for Social Issues Aachen (Fides Service) - For accurate and responsible management of donations received, once again this year the Holy Childhood initiative Sternsingers (Star Singers) campaign has won the ‘donation seal’ given by the ...