Europe

• 25 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “This law which equals homosexual unions to marriage is a tremendous aberration against marriage, a grave injustice and deception. It will lead only to the fall and end of society " President of Spanish Institute for Family Policy told Fides Madrid (Fides Service) - “Since it came to power the present Spanish government has failed to keep its promises, such as supporting the family and appointing an observer for the family. What is more it is sustaining re ...
• 25 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Human life is sacred because from the start it involves the creative hand of God and is always a special relationship with the Creator, its only end”: Spanish Bishops’ statement Madrid (Fides Service) - "Human life a precious gift of God" is the title of a document issued by the sub-commission for the Family and Life of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of ...
• 23 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “A homosexual union cannot be called marriage : this is a lie, a contradiction, a falsification, and moral perversion”: Archbishop Francisco Pérez González tells Fides Madrid (Fides Service) - “The term ‘homosexual marriage’ is a contradiction, a perversion" Archbishop Francisco Pérez González military ordinary and national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain ...
• 23 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The union of people of the same sex cannot be called marriage. They are acting outside all coherence and common sense" the Dean of the Alfonso VIII International University in Soria told Fides VIII Soria (Fides Service) - “The law recently approved by parliament is another act of imprudence on the part of the Spanish government” D. Carlos de la Casa, Dean of the Alfonso VIII International University in Sorìa, ...
• 22 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "The approval of the bill to legalise homosexual marriage is an attack on the family. They are promoting disorder social with serious consequences" the Rector of Marcia University told Fides. Murcia (Agenzia Fides) - " The approval of the bill to legalise homosexual marriage is an attack on the family " Rev. José Luis Mendoza Pérez, Rector of Murcia Catholic University told Fides. Rev. Mendoza Pérez is al ...
• 22 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Statement issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Spain with regard to marriage between homosexuals: “The State cannot recognise a non existent right except by acting in an arbitrary manner which oversteps its competencies and will cause serious harm to the common good” Madrid (Fides Service) - Yesterday, 21 April, a Bill to Reform the Civil Code and allow marriage between two persons of the same sex was approved by the lower house of the Spanish parliament with 183 votes in favour and ...
• 22 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Maria in Loreto to celebrate 10th anniversary of the canonisation of founder St. Eugene De Mazenod Loreto (Fides Service) - Italian Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate with laymen and young people who share the same Oblate charisma will be in Loreto for two days, 23 and 24 April to celebrate the 10th anniversary o ...
• 22 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cursillos of Christianity pray in St Paul’s Basilica for John Paul II and the new Pope Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - On Saturday 23 April in St Paul’s Basilica some 4.000 members of the Cursillos of Christianity Movement in Italy will hold an all day prayer event, 9am to 5pm, for the repose of the soul of John ...
• 21 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Benedictine Abbot Primate Notker Wolf says “the choice of the name Benedict was an act of love ” Rome (Fides Service) - At the time of Cardinal Ratzinger’s election as Pope, Abbot Notker Wolf Primate of Confederated Benedictines since 2000, in Mexico at the time, was surprised at the choice of the name Benedict X ...
• 21 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “As faithful heirs of St Daniel Comboni, we respond to the request of Pope Benedict XVI assuring incessant prayer and renewed commitment for the mission of the church today : Message from the Superior general of the Comboni missionary sisters Rome (Fides Service) - Superior General of the Comboni missionary sisters, Mother Adele Brambilla, sent a message to her congregation on the occasion of the election of Pope Benedict XVI in which she wrote: “Suddenly ...
• 21 April 2005
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Missio Austria: Commitment for peace and justice, always necessary, was particularly important for John Paul II and so it will be for Benedict XVI Vienna (Fides Service) - “With all those involved in missionary activity I express great joy for the election of the new Pope Benedict XVI” national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria - Missio A ...
• 21 April 2005
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - “Pope Benedict XVI is God’s gift to the Church” Catholic Archbishop Kondrusiewicz of the Mother of God diocese in Moscow tells Russia’s Catholics Moscow (Fides Service) - With regard to the election of Benedict XVI in a message to his people to be read on Sunday 25 April in all the Catholic churches in the diocese Catholic Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Moth ...
• 21 April 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “The Pope’s smile will win the hearts of children”: National Director of Holy Childhood in Germany expresses his joy for the election of Benedict XVI Santa Cruz (Fides Service) - When Pope Benedict XVI imparted his first Blessing Urbi and Orbi on 19 April, Mgr. Winfried Pilz, director of Holy Childhood in Germany, was in Santa Cruz, in Bolivia, where he followed even ...
• 21 April 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “After the tragic events of the 20th century the fact that this latest Successor of St Peter is German is for us a great honour and a promise for reconciliation among all peoples” : Superiors general of religious orders and lay Catholic associations in Germany pledge prayers and support for Benedict XVI: Bamberg/Bonn (Fides Service) - In a message to Fides the Union of Superiors General in Germany (Vereinigung Deutscher Ordensoberen, VDO) wrote: “For the new Pope Benedict XVI we ask God’s help and abundant blessings ...
• 20 April 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Youth Day organisers offer joyful welcome to the new Pope : “we know we can rely on him to guide the Church towards God with great responsibility.” Cologne (Fides Service) - In his message at the end of Mass with the Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel this morning, Benedict XVI recalled that his pontificate starts in the Year of the Eucharist and he said “the Eucha ...