Europe

• 28 February 2005
  EUROPE/AMERICA - New paths for Church co-operation Italy/Peru: meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru, closing message Rome (Fides Service) - “No less than 49% of the world’s Catholics live in America. Like all local Churches, the Church in Peru is called to open to mission ad gentes. This is why Italian missionaries must guarantee t ...
• 25 February 2005
  EUROPA/SPAIN - Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid asks Catholics in the capital to pray for the health of the Pope; Archbishop of Toledo calls on contemplative orders to pray for the Pontiff Madrid (Fides Service) - Cardinal Antonio Mª Rouco Varala Archbishop of Madrid and the auxiliary Bishops asked for special prayers to be offered in monasteries, convents, parishes, church movements and associations in t ...
• 24 February 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “New parchments” monks of the third millennium write on magnetic tape: Monastic Fraternity of Peace committed to proclaiming Christ from television aerials Alicante (Fides Service) - Since 1999 the monks of the Monastic Fraternity of Peace, while continuing to live their rule of life hidden for Christ in God in the monastery dedicated to their Trinity at Tangel, Alicante, ...
• 24 February 2005
  EUROPE - Saturday 5 March: European University Day, Prayer Vigil with John Paul II in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican and simultaneous events in 10 European Cathedrals and sanctuaries Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Intellectual and scientific research, a way to meet Christ” is the chosen theme for European University Day, promoted by the University-Catechesis Office of the Council of European Epi ...
• 23 February 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Youth Day Cross stops at Aachen: “The Cross is a sign of salvation and hope for the world” says National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Germany Aachen (Fides Service) - As part of the initiative “kreuzbewegt - a cross moves the world”, the World Youth Day Cross which has already crossed 26 European countries, is now visiting the diocese of Germany in prepara ...
• 22 February 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY Collaborate in the mission of the Church in every area of society. This is the goal of Communion and Liberation, started in Milan in 1954 by don Luigi Giussani and today present all over the world. Rome (Fides Service) - Communion and Liberation is a Church movement and its main goal is mature Christian education of its members and their collaboration in the mission of the Church in every area of society. It began ...
• 22 February 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Expectation for meeting of different Franciscan realities gathered in assembly Rome (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist: Sacrament of Communion” is the theme of the 29th General Assembly of the Union of Conferences of Franciscan Provincial Ministers of Italy, a body of 60 Superiors at the head of ...
• 22 February 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Don Massimo Camisasca shares with Fides thoughts on the death of don Luigi Giussani Rome (Fides Service) -With Don Luigi Giussani the lives of thousands and thousands of people have moved over the past fifty years. This happened because he did not fear the movement which the winds of God caused in him, ...
• 21 February 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - A video with German and International sign language illustrates World Youth Day: latest addition to official web site for World Youth Day 2005 in Germany Cologne (Fides Service) - Organisers expect between 700,000 and 800,000 young people to take part in the main celebrations of the 20th World Youth day organised by the Catholic Church to be held this time in Germany, in ...
• 18 February 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Paul, from Tarsus to the world: a film in seven parts on the missionary adventure of the Apostle of the Gentiles and the life of the first Christian communities Rome (Fides Service) - A long journey by land and sea offers the viewer insight into the life and thought of Paul of Tarsus, Apostle of the Gentiles by revisiting the sites of his intense missionary activity: Turkey, Cre ...
• 17 February 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Through its New Evangelisation Fund the Spanish Bishops Conference provides 300,000 Euro for pastoral programmes in 21 mission territories Madrid (Fides Service) - During a recent meeting in Madrid the Standing Committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference CEE approved a proposal put forward by the Consultant Commission of the New Evangelisation Fund to gr ...
• 16 February 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Charity of Christ towards migrants: ethnic mobility calls religious life to reflect on mission ‘at home’ Rome (Fides Service) - At the end of an annual course on Pastoral for Migrants women religious participants of various nationalities affirmed “We cannot simply choose to ignore the immigrants in our towns and in our pa ...
• 15 February 2005
  EUROPE/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - The social situation, stability and solidarity focus of 5th annual meeting of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe Sarajevo (Fides Service) - The Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe are to meet in Sarajevo from 25-27 February. The nations represented - Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Sain ...
• 14 February 2005
  EUROPA/ITALY - Meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru: Church in Italy and Church in Peru dialogue on mission Lima (Fides ) - A meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru will start this afternoon at the Neocatechumen Santa Rosa Centre in Lima. “About 120 men and women missionaries have signed up for the meeting - Mgr. Giuseppe ...
• 14 February 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Mission of communities of consecrated life central topic of German Bishops plenary Assembly Stapelfeld/Cloppenburg (Fides Service) - From 14 to 17 February the Catholic Bishops of Germany will gather in Stapelfeld/Cloppenburg for their annual Spring plenary assembly. Within the framework of the assembly the Bis ...