Europe

• 28 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 4.000 Italian charismatics at 28th Renewal in the Spirit Conference Rome (Fides Service) - Animators of the Italian branch of Renewal in the Spirit charismatic movement from all over the country will attend the 28th Renewal in the Spirit Conference in Rimini, 29 October to 1 November, to ...
• 27 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Loppiano, first Focolari Little Town is forty years old: a thousand people from 70 countries live a utopia of peace come true Rome (Fides Service) - The Little Town of Loppiano, the first of 33 Focolari Centres, is marking its 40th anniversary. Situated on the hills of Tuscany not far from Florence it has schools, industries and craft centres a ...
• 27 October 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - International Rosary Congress: an opportunity to meditate on the mystery of Christ through the eyes of Most Holy Mary Seville (Fides Service) - An international Rosary Congress organised by the Mount Sion Confraternity in collaboration with the Dominican Province of Andalusia will be held from 28 to 30 October in Seville (Spain) on the ...
• 26 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - From Peru to Italy: Latin American immigrants in many Italian towns make “Señor de los Milagros” procession. The Pope greets a group in St Peter’s Square Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A group of people from Latin America bearing an image of the famous Señor de los Milagros were among the thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with Pope John Paul ...
• 25 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - To mark World Mission Sunday OMI missionaries in Catanzaro and a youth group launch a web site In Italian on Father Mario Borzaga Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate who died on mission in Laos at the age of 28 Rome (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, with Italian Oblates missionaries in Catanzaro young members of a movement in Calabria called Costruire have opened a web page in memory of young Father Mar ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sunday 24 October, World Mission Day an appointment to savour communion with more than a thousand local Churches in mission territories all over the world Rome (Fides Service) - " Hungry for bread, hungry for God " is the theme chosen by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy for World Mission Day 24 October. It is also the underlying theme for formative activities of ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - World Mission Sunday “prayer to embrace the world” at all latitudes Lyons (Fides Service) - Once again this year for World Mission Day the head office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France has invited national offices all over the world to join in a round the world prayer success ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Mission Festival part of a long term plan to restore missionary awareness and commitment Dublin (Fides Service) - As part of the National Mission Council’s plan to restore October as Mission Month, a four day festival of mission was opened in Bishopstown, Cork City by Bishop John Buckley of the Diocese of ...
• 20 October 2004
  EUROPE/MALTA - More than 1,300 priests from all over the world in Malta “in the footsteps of St Paul”, to take part in International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy La Valletta (Fides Service) - More than 1,300 priests from 90 different countries are in Malta taking part in the now traditional International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy 18 to 23 Oc ...
• 18 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Communion and Liberation movement pilgrimage to Loreto for its 50th anniversary. At Mass Cardinal Sepe encourages the pilgrims to “continue to announce the beauty and joy of encounter with the Redeemer of mankind” Loreto (Fides Service) - On Saturday 16 October the church movement Communion and Liberation made a pilgrimage to Loreto on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation. At least 45,000 members of CL from all ...
• 12 October 2004
  EUROPE/POLAND - “We aim to make the Church in Poland ever more open to mission Ad Gentes” says Father Jan Piotrwski National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Warsaw (Fides Service) - The national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland Father Jan Piotrwski told Fides about recent initiatives to increase mission awareness and missionary cooperation among Catholi ...
• 9 October 2004
  EUROPE/UNITED NATIONS - Following Pope John Paul’s repeated appeals to abolish capital punishment, Franciscans and many other Catholic groups say once again “no death penalty” Geneva (Fides Service) - Capital punishment violates the most important of human rights, the right to life. It is not only contrary to the values of love and forgiveness it violates the international declaration of human ...
• 7 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY -Yet another lethal heritage of modern warfare: Campaign to ban Cluster bombs reaches Italy Rome (Fides Service) - An international Campaign to ban cluster bombs has reached Italy. Cluster bombs, yet another lethal heritage of modern warfare, are small explosive bomblets carried in a large cannister that opens ...
• 5 October 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “This is the hour of mission and missionary commitment,” says national Director Pontifical Mission Societies Archbishop Pérez. “We must work harder to achieve God’s plan and to meet the many needs of the world today” Madrid (Fides Service) - “It is time for your missionary commitment”: is the slogan chosen by the Church in Spain for World Mission Day 2004. In a dossier prepared for the occasion, a copy was sent to Fides, national ...
• 5 October 2004
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - CCEE Bishops discuss the significance of Christianity in Europe: a new Commission for “Evangelisation and Dialogue” with other Churches, religions, beliefs and cultures Leeds (Fides Service) - The event - a four-day assembly of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) at Hinsley Hall, Leeds - was the biggest gathering of senior Catholic bishops in Britain since the Synod ...