Europe

• 7 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Seas and Oceans: alive and healthy or polluted and dead”: World Environment Day for Oceans and Seas Rome (Fides Service) - The sea is a resource and riches for the entire planet and as such it must be protected. This year World Environment Day, June 5, focussed on Oceans and Seas which unfortunately are not in the best ...
• 7 June 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Members of Holy Childhood Society pay a visit to the King and Queen: a group of little members of Holy Childhood tell Royals about their prayers, sacrifices and concrete acts of solidarity to help children in need Madrid (Fides Service) -As part of celebrations in Spain to mark the 160th anniversary of the Pontifical Society Holy Childhood, a group of young members of the Society, accompanied by Archbishop Francisco Pérez Gonzál ...
• 7 June 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Pope in Switzerland: “The Church is mission! The time has come to prepare young generations of apostles who are not afraid to proclaim the Gospel. For every baptised person it is essential to grow from a faith of habit to a mature faith expressed through clear, convinced and courageous decisions.” Bern (Fides Service) - “The purpose of my apostolic pilgrimage is to join young Catholics of Switzerland on the occasion of their national meeting... it is the duty to proclaim the Gospel of Christ that pushes me onto ...
• 4 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Holiness should not be the privilege of a few but rather a mass phenomenon involving all Christians. Frascati diocese opens process for the beatification of the Servant of God Igino Giordani: writer, journalist, politician, ecumenist and patrologist. Rome (Fides Service) - On Sunday June 6, at St Peter’s Cathedral, Frascati, with the installation of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal, the diocesan process for the beatification of Igino Giordani will open. At 7pm Bishop Gi ...
• 4 June 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “The people of Europe and Switzerland need to hear the Good News of the Gospel, especially young people ” Bishop Denis Theurillat, Auxiliary of Basle and national youth delegate pastoral told Fides Rome (Fides Service) - “Today more than ever Europe is a land of mission” Bishop Denis Theurillat auxiliary of Basle and national delegate for youth pastoral said as the Church in Switzerland prepares to welcome Pope ...
• 4 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - French Father Gérard Chabanon will guide the White Fathers for the next six months Rome (Fides) - The 26th General Chapter of the Society of Missionaries of Africa known as the White Fathers, which opened on 10 May at the General House in Roma, has elected as Superior general of the Society French Fath ...
• 3 June 2004
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - “Ethical Responsibility in the World in Transformation”: Interdisciplinary Convention on Science and Faith promoted by the Pontifical Counsel for Culture and by the Slovenian Academy of Science Ljubljana (Fides Agency) - From June 3rd to 6th, 2004, the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Slovenian Academy of Science have organised an Interdisciplinary Meeting on science and faith, titled Ethical Responsibili ...
• 1 June 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Revive at all levels the awareness of being one “great family” the Church of Jesus Christ, and as such naturally inclined to be missionary “ad gentes”: one objective of Diocesan Mission Day in Madrid, Sunday 6 June. Madrid (Fides Service) - On Sunday June 6 the archdiocese of Madrid will celebrate its annual Mission Day with the slogan “We are Church: we send missionaries!”. According to information from the diocesan Director ...
• 31 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - New missionary presence in the world of the internet: on line web site of Missionaries of Mary, Xaverian Sisters Rome (Fides Service) - Today 31 May 2004, the Missionaries of Mary, Xaverian Sisters, inaugurate their web site www.saveriane.it. “Today’s liturgical feast which recalls the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Visit to her cousi ...
• 28 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Papaboys forum promotes new young opinion movement “Europa Cristiana” Rome (Fides Service) - Europa Cristiana, a new opinion movement of young Catholics in various countries of Europe who want to help the continent re-discover its Christian identity, will be officially launched on Sunday 3 ...
• 28 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Internet to evangelise the world: 2nd meeting for Catholic net surfers Rome (Fides Service) - TotusTuus Network is organising 29 and 30 May in Bologna the 2nd meeting for Catholic net surfers. “Internet does not function with hierarchical logic, it is based on the authority of a presence� ...
• 28 May 2004
  EUROPE/POLAND - "Carrying love to the Whole World": two day Missionary Childhood Congress in Poland Częstochowa (Fides Service) - The 5th National Missionary Childhood Congress Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland is being held 28 and 29 May at Jasna Gora, Częstochowa. The theme of the congress is "Carrying ...
• 27 May 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “We are the Church precisely because we send missionaries…missionaries are most obvious proof that we are Church ” says Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Ma Rouco Varela, in a pastoral letter for Diocesan Mission Day in Madrid. Madrid (Fides Service) -Madrid Archdiocese will celebrate Diocesan Mission Day on Sunday 6 the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and Pro Orantibus Day for persons consecrated to the contemplative life who offer their life f ...
• 26 May 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “New evangelisation will be possible only when Christians let themselves be filled by the Holy Spirit with love for Jesus to enable them to become builders of ecclesial communion, overcoming activism and willing to be a reflection of the Risen Lord at every moment of life””. Pentecost Sunday Day of Lay Catholic Apostolate Madrid (Fides Service) - On Pentecost Sunday 30 May the Church in Spain will celebrate a Day of the Apostolate of the Laity and Catholic Action with the motto "Christian laity, builders of hope". This invitation is addre ...
• 25 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Pope who acted to save Jews. Vatican Secret Archives reveal the whole truth about Pius XII. Book by Matteo Luigi Napolitano and Andrea Tornielli. Fides Service met one of the authors Rome (Fides Service) - “The Pope who saved Jews” is the title of a book on Pope Pius XII based on hitherto hidden facts preserved the Holy See’s Secret Archives will be presented on May 31 at 4pm at LUMSA Catholic ...