Europe

• 3 March 2005
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Disabled people and terminally ill patients at Missionaries of Charity Home in Tirana pray for Pope John Paul II Tirana (Fides Service) - The terminally ill, the suffering, the elderly at the Home for the Poor run by Missionaries of Charity in Tirana in Albania understand the Pope’s present situation in hospital and they are pra ...
• 2 March 2005
  EUROPE/GREECE - More than 500 are expected to attend to a Conference on World Mission and Evangelism organised by the World Council of Churches in Athens in the month of May Athens (Fides Service) - “Offer an opportunity to Christian individuals and Churches to share experience and reflect on priorities of mission and the future of Christian witness to be channels of reconciliation; promot ...
• 2 March 2005
  EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Fifth meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe: common responsiblity for peace and the Gospel in this part of Europe Sarajevo (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe (Albania; Bulgaria; Bosnia Herzegovina; Greece; the SS Cyril and Methodius Bishops' Conference of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedoni ...
• 1 March 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “America receives and sends missionaries”: Church in Spain confirms mission commitment on Hispanic-America Day; Spain has 946 diocesan priests on mission in various different countries Madrid (Fides Service) - On March 6 the Church in Spain celebrates Hispanic-America Day with the slogan “America receives and sends missionaries”. Promoted fifty years ago by the Spanish Bishops’ Commission for Mi ...
• 1 March 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY- “A just man among the nations” award in memory of medical doctor Borromeo top clinician at St John of God Brother Hospital on the River Tiber during World War II who saved the lives of many Roman Jews ‘infected with K disease’ Rome (Fides Service) -The “Giusto fra le Nazioni” medal will be awarded in memory of medical doctor Giovanni Borromeo top clinician at St John of God Brother Hospital on the River Tiber who saved the lives of many J ...
• 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 ...