Europe

• 24 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - General Charter of the Comboni missionary Sisters confirms Mother Adele Brambilla come Superior general for another term Rome (Fides Service) - On 23 September the 18th Chapter of the Comboni Missionary Sisters being held in Rome, elected Mother Adele Brambilla Superior General for another six year term. After the election the chapter memb ...
• 23 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Despite 14.000 missionaries and countless initiatives much remains to be done to ensure that in Italy mission is less preached and more practised”: Interview with Mgr. Giuseppe Andreozzi national Pontifical Mission Societies Director on the eve of the National Mission Congress Rome (Fides Service) - More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the Italian national Mission Congress 27 to 30 September in Montesilvano, Pescara, to reflect on the present missionary situation of the Church in Ita ...
• 22 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - First open air church dedicated to Rom gypsy Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla: inauguration on Sunday 26 September Rome (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of Sunday 26 September the vice regent of Rome diocese Bishop Luigi Moretti, will bless the first open air church in Italy built for Rom and Sinti gypsies. The place of worship, si ...
• 22 September 2004
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - “The consequences of the enlargement of the European Union for the Church’s pastoral care for migrants in Europe”: theme of annual meeting of Europe’s National Directors for Migration held in Mechelen Belgium Mechelen (Fides Service) - The CCEE Commission for Migration and the European National Directors for the Pastoral Care of Migrants held their annual meeting at the diocesan pastoral centre in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium, ...
• 21 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Young people of www.comunicanto.it: new portal at the service of Christian music on-line world wide Rome (Fides Service) - Music and evangelisation through this universal language is the objective of a new portal www.comunicanto.it. opened by a group professional musicians working on the international market for the pr ...
• 21 September 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Disappointment and concern in the local Church and Pro-Family Associations after the approval of a proposed Bill to change the country’s Civil Code with regard of divorce Madrid (Fides Service) - The Church in Spain is deeply distressed after the Spanish cabinet approved a bill to propose changes in Civil Law with regard to divorce. The Bill suppresses the former period of one year of sep ...
• 21 September 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Mission central focus of German Bishops’ Autumn Plenary Fulda (Fides Service) - From 20 to 23 September the Catholic Bishops of Germany are meeting in Fulda for the Autumn Plenary Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference DBK. One of items on the agenda is an ample refle ...
• 17 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Today we realise that our liberty is a little poorer unless it is shared by all” Luigi Bobba, President of the Association of Christian Workers in Italy told Fides at the end of a Post-Global Meeting in Orvieto. v ...
• 16 September 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Peace demands a positive attitude which respects the identity of immigrants while safeguarding the cultural heritage of the hosting people”. Spanish Bishops issue letter for National Migration Day: “Similar or different but in peace” Madrid (Fides Service) - In a pastoral Letter to mark the National Migration Day 26 September, with the title “Similar or different in peace”, the Catholic Bishops of Spain say “our attitude towards people who are ...
• 16 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Benedictine monks in Congress will also discuss globalisation Rome (Fides Service) - Some 230 Abbots of the oldest monastic order of the Church in the West will gather in Rome for a Congress from 21 to 29 September. Benedictine abbots meet every four years to discuss matters concer ...
• 16 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Communion co-responsibility for Mission”: National Mission Congress 27 to 30 September aims to help the Church in Italy renew its missionary spirit Rome (Fides Service) - ‘Communion and Co-responsibility’ is the title of a National Mission Congress organised by the Italian Bishops Conference’s Office for Missionary Cooperation in Montesilvano, Pescara 27 to 30 ...
• 16 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Padre Steckling re-elected Superior general of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate for another six years - “He sent me to evangelise the poor” the motto Saint Eugenio de Mazenod chose for his missionaries Rome (Fides Service) - The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate have re-elected Father. Guglielmo Steckling Superior General for another six year term. On 15 September the General Chapter meeting in Rome, confirmed Fat ...
• 15 September 2004
  EUROPE/POLAND - Aid to the Church in Need on Pilgrimage 16 to 20 September to important shrines in Poland including Jasna Góra and Nowa Huta Rome (Fides Service) - From 16 to 20 September Aid to the Church in Need will hold an International Pilgrimage in Poland. For five days benefactors from 16 European countries, from North and South America and Australia w ...
• 14 September 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Living mission - daring to meet others”: German PMS launches mission campaign for October 2004 to encourage Catholics to go out and meet people who are different, Muslims especially. Aachen (Fides Service) - “Living mission - daring to meet others” is the theme of a campaign launched in view of the missionary month of October 2004 by the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germ ...
• 10 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 2nd Day of Inter-dependence: individuals, peoples, and nations for a more united world. “Dialogue in diversity is possible” says Lucia Fronza a member of the Focolari Movement Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd edition of the Day of Interdependence, an initiative of Benjamin Barber professor Maryland University USA, will be held this year in Rome on 11 and 12 September with a day of interreligio ...