Europe

• 27 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Congress on Religious Life ends today: “we must aim for quality witness and commitment to evangelisation and human promotion” says José Maria Arnaiz Rome (Fides Service) - "Passion per Christ Passion for Humanity" was the theme of a six day International Congress in Rome attended by 850 religious, representing more than one million men (200,000) and women (800,000) m ...
• 24 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saturday 27 November 2004, 8th National Food Collection Day: sharing basic necessities in order to share the meaning of life. Rome (Fides Service) - This year’s national Food Collection Day, involving 4,000 supermarkets all over Italy, including 200 in Lazio region and 130 in the city of Rome alone, scheduled for 27 November, was presented th ...
• 23 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Convention of European University Students and pilgrimage of Icon Maria Sedes Sapientiae just returned for Gt. Britain: preparations for 20th World Youth Day in Germany Rome (Fides Service) - As every year Pope John Paul II will preside the annual December Mass for Rome’s university students in St Peter’s on 14 December. A full agenda of initiatives has been planned in preparation f ...
• 20 November 2004
  EUROPE/ BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Banja Luka Cathedral will host funeral of Catholic priest brutally murdered in his parish at Bosanska Gradiska Sarajevo (Fides Service) - The funeral of Father Kazimir Viseticki found dead in his home next to the parish church of Saint Roko at Bosanska Gradiska, in the north of the country near the border with Croatia will take p ...
• 17 November 2004
  EUROPE/GT. BRITAIN - Global Report on Child Soldiers 2004 says governments are incapable of stopping children’s involvement: “children are fighting in almost every major conflict, in both government and opposition forces. They are being injured, subjected to horrific abuse and killed” London (Fides Service) - In London this morning the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers released its report on child soldiers 2004. The report was presented by the Coalition international director Casey Kelso. ...
• 16 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fides asks Renato Farina about a new book “Humanity, its present and its destiny: conversations over a cup of coffee” a collection of interviews with Mgr. Luigi Giussani. Rome (Fides Service) - Conversations on the present and on destiny. For everyone. This is the essence of the latest book by Mgr. Luigi Giussani, founder of the Communion and Liberation Movement CL. “Humanity its prese ...
• 15 November 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Although the faith is often subject to social and cultural marginalisation, men and women today still long to hear the Good News of Christ”: Message from Lay Congress Madrid (Fides Service) - In a message issued at the end of a Lay Congress in Spain lay Catholics said that concern for the situation in Spain marked by lack of faith in God, moral relativism does not discourage them inde ...
• 15 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Communion and solidarity between Africa and Europe Christ calls upon us - Christ sends us”. Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe issue Message following Symposium in Rome Rome (Fides Service)- “Our meeting allowed us to gain a new appreciation of our histories and our mutual relationships, founded upon truthfulness and benevolence, recognising the gifts received on both sides. We share ...
• 13 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe say “we want to see what can be done to make the Gospel have greater impact on the present day” Rome (Fides Service) - Solidarity among Churches of Africa and Europe, first evangelisation on both continents, immigration, the challenge of religious fundamentalism, Africa’s development, were some of the topics disc ...
• 11 November 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Lay Apostolate Congress: more than 2.000 lay people intend to give new impulse to their presence in society, reflect on their Christian identity and foster a spirit of communion among groups and movements Madrid (Fides Service) - ‘Witnesses of Hope’ is the theme of a National Lay Apostolate Congress in Madrid, from 12 to 14 November 2004. The congress intends to be a place of encounter for everyone, where the differen ...
• 10 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Justo Lacunza Rector of PISAI, the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in Rome, told Fides about burial rites in the Islamic world Rome (Fides Service)- “Islam has no rigid burial rituals which must be followed by all Muslims countries, only a few general indications” Father Justo Lacunza, Rector of the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic S ...
• 10 November 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Consecrated Life a “prophetic frontier presence”: 11th general assembly of the Spanish Conference of Religious - 6 inter-congregational projects to help socially excluded people Madrid (Fides Service) - To conclude celebrations for the 50th anniversary of its activity, the Spanish Conference of Religious will hold its 11th General Assembly 10 to 12 November at the Virgen del Recuerdo College in ...
• 9 November 2004
  EUROPE/ ITALY - Starting tomorrow African and European Bishops discuss Communion and Solidarity between Africa and Europe Rome (Fides Service)- - Three days of wide-ranging, intense reflection on the theme ‘Communion and Solidarity between Africa and Europe’ are about to begin at the first symposium organised by the Council of European ...
• 9 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Relics of Saint Augustine of Hippo brought to Rome to mark the 1650th anniversary of his birth in 354 Rome (Fides Service) - At the Basilica of Saint Augustine in Campo Marzio in Rome excited crowds gathered last Sunday evening, November 7, to welcome relics of Saint Augustine brought to Rome from Pavia on the occasion o ...
• 5 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Theology East and West in the 20th Century” meeting at the International Centre of the movement Communion and Liberation to present a basic Christian theology in a series of “100 Theological Works of the 20th Century” in Russian Rome (Fides Service) - Metropolita Filaret (Vachromeev), Esarch of Belo-Russia (Minsk) and President of the Theological Commission of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow and Prof. Adriano dell’Asta ...