Europe

• 29 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Second Vatican Council and Europe. Future directions?" theme of plenary assembly of Europe’s Catholics Bishops’ Conference presidents opening today Rome (Fides Service) - From today September 29, the plenary assembly of the Presidents of Europe's Catholic Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) will open in the "Salesianum" center in Rome. The gathering will reflect on the t ...
• 28 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sudden death of White Father Fr. Daniele Lattuada founder of Simba Ngai Youth Centre in Congo and tireless mission animator in Italy Rome (Fides Service)- “A tragic loss for all of us which only faith in the Lord can illuminate” said Fr. Luigi Morell Superior of the Italian Province of the White Fathers with regard to the sudden death of Fr Danie ...
• 28 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Holy Spirit in the history of the 20th century: international meeting on the lights and shadows of the 20th century, testimonials from different countries Lucca (Fides Service) - An unprecedented re-reading of lights and shadows of the last century with testimonials from protagonists in different parts of the world. This is the gaol of an international meeting on “Signs ...
• 26 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - 2nd international meeting of Youth Groups for Adoration of the Eucharist 4 to 9 October in Rome on the theme “Eucharist and the identity of the human person” Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Meeting of Youth groups of Eucharistic Adoration will be held 4-9 October in Rome while the Bishops of the world are assembled for their ordinary Synod to reflect on the Eucha ...
• 24 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Spiritual care for the sick must help them realise that even alone and immobile at home they can do something for society”. 1st meeting of the International confederation of Centro Volontari della Sofferenza Rome (Fides Service) - The International confederation of Centro Volontari della Sofferenza CVS, organism of pontifical rights which operates in about 20 different countries has just ended its first meeting . Pastoral w ...
• 24 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fidei donum Enclycal 50 years on: a resource for the missionary Church Rome (Fides Service) - Fidei donum was the last encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII on 21 April 1957. Faced with the situation of extreme need in Africa at that time, the Pope called on Bishops of long established Churche ...
• 23 September 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Pontifical Mission Societies Office in Spain launches prayer and solidarity campaign for Sahel region of Africa where many of Spain’s missionaries are serving Madrid (Fides Service) - Bishop Francisco Pérez national director of the PMS in Spain has launched a campaign in aid of people in the Sahel region of Africa afflicted by a critical food shortage, more than 5 million men ...
• 23 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Prestigious UNESCO award to Catholic priest at the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - A Catholic priest Fr. Michel Lagarde, professor of Arab language and culture, is to receive the Sharjah Award for Arab Culture 2005 assigned by UNESCO and funded by the United Arab Emirates. This i ...
• 23 September 2005
  EUROPA/ESTONIA - Ordination in Tallinn of new Bishop Apostolic Administrator of Estonia Tallinn (Fides Service) - Mgr Philippe Jourdan, appointed Apostolic Administrator of Estonia in March this year by Pope John Paul II of venerated memory, was ordained a bishop on 10 September in Tallinn by papal nuncio A ...
• 22 September 2005
  EUROPA/SPAIN - “As the new school year starts the family finds itself at the epicentre of social and ecclesial upheaval We must lose no time in updating and intensifying pastoral care for families” urges Cardinal archbishop of Madrid Madrid (Fides Service) - “We must lose no time in updating and intensifying pastoral care for families” Cardinal Antonio Mª Rouco Valera archbishop of Madrid said on September 18 during his weekly Sunday address on ...
• 21 September 2005
  EUROPE/POLAND - Faced with the variety of ways to happiness proposed by the media, the Church teaches another way through meeting the living Christ: final message from Plenary Assembly of the European Bishops' Media Commission Warsaw (Fides Service) - To analyse the current media culture and to try to understand how young people relate to it, in an attempt to discover possible future priorities in the Church's work with and for young people: t ...
• 21 September 2005
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - Bishop Friends of Focolari Movement in Bucarest for 24th Ecumenical Meeting Bucarest (Fides Service) - At the invitation of Theocist I Orthodox Patriarch of Rumania and his Holy Synod, the annual International Meeting of Bishops of different Churches, Friends of the Focolari Movement is being he ...
• 20 September 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Family movements welcome appeal against unconstitutional law to allow same sex ‘marriage’. “we have never seen such a strong and coordinated family movement with this social and political impact” says Eduardo Hertfelder president of Spain’s Family Policy Institute Madrid (Fides Service) - Numerous family institutions and movements have welcomed the announcement that the Spanish Popular Party PP intends to appeal against the law which gives same sex unions the status of marriage an ...
• 19 September 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Today Christian witness of family love and communion has unequalled potential for evangelisation”: Cardinal Sepe presides 16th Family Marian Day at Shrine of Our Lady of Torreciudad Huesca (Fides Service) - Thousands of families, more than 15,000 men, women and children gathered on Sunday 18 September at the Marian Shrine of Torreciudad, Huesca in Spain for the 16th Family Marian Day meeting preside ...
• 17 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - 1st World Conference of Benedictine Oblates: representatives of 24,000 Oblates all over the world will reflect on “Communion with God - Communion with the world” Rome (Fides Service) - From 19 to 25 September at the suggestion of Benedictine Abbot Primate Notker Wolf the 1st World Congress of Benedictine Oblates will be held in Rome. Oblates are affiliated with one of the world� ...