Europe

• 5 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “In their service in Argentina the sons of Don Orione fulfil the passionate longing of their Founder to render more dignified the life of the humble people”: Don Orione Director General comments appointment of Orione Bishop as Bishop of Anatuya diocese, one of the poorest in Argentina Rome (Fides Service) - “The Pope has appointed our confrere Father Adolfo Armando Uriona Bishop of the diocese of Anatuya. We welcome the news as a sign of confidence in our Father Adolfo and a sign of esteem and affec ...
• 4 March 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Hispanic America Day: “Efforts for evangelisation must not wane, they must increase to meet new challenges ” Madrid (Fides Service) - On March 7 the Church in Spain will mark Hispanic America Day with the motto “United in Missionary Efforts ”, in communion with the American Missionary Congress held in Guatemala last Novemb ...
• 3 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Poor and abandoned youth “weigh on the conscience of society which wants and has globalised its economy but not its commitment for the development of peoples and the promotion of the dignity of every human person” says Salesian Rector Major Rev. Chavez Rome (Fides Service) - The precarious conditions of so many children and young people in many parts of the world and Don Bosco’s work in favour of poor, abandoned children, referred to today as ‘young people at risk� ...
• 3 March 2004
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - “Love one another”: for Lent Cardinal O’Brien recalls Jesus' commandmentand calls Christians in Scotland to defend Christian schools, assist refugees and reject a draft Sexual Health Bill at variance with Catholic teaching Glasgow (Fides Service) - “What I wish to remind you of on the occasion of this Lenten Station Mass is quite simply that our journey toward Christ and the Sacraments is a journey toward love. Among the last words of Je ...
• 2 March 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Preparations for the canonisation of Blessed Giuseppe Manyanet y Vives, the “prophet of the family”: “every home must become the home of Nazareth”. Barcelona (Fides Service) - Next Sunday, the first Sunday in March in every parish where there are Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus Mary and Joseph and Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, preparations will ...
• 1 March 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “We must take care of the brothers and sisters in the faith living in the land of Jesus Christ where Christianity was born” say Bishops of Switzerland calling Swiss Catholic to be generous in giving to the Holy Week collection which this year will go to help Christians in the Holy Land Friburg (Fides Service) - In a Pastoral Letter for Lent the Bishops of Switzerland called on the Swiss Catholic to be generous in giving to the Holy Week collection which this year will go to help Christians in the Holy ...
• 27 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Give us our daily bread…today.” - Hunger in the world is the theme of a 2004 Lenten Solidarity Campaign organised by the German Bishops starting on the first Sunday of Lent Bamberg (Fides Service) - On February 29, first Sunday in Lent, the annual Lenten Solidarity Campaign launched by the charity organisation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Germany ,Misereor, will start with a sol ...
• 26 February 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - On the first day of Lent French Cardinal Barbarin calls Christians and all people of good will to show solidarity with earthquake victims in Morocco Lyons (Fides Service) - On the first day of Lent the season of fasting, prayer and sharing, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, urged Catholics to show solidarity towards victims of the earthquake in Morrocc ...
• 24 February 2004
  EUROPE/SERBIA - MONTE NEGRO - Presidents of Catholic Bishops Conference of South East Europe end annual meeting: the Church must strengthen its Christian witness, proclaiming the Gospel and promoting fundamental values including respect for life and the family Belgrade (Fides Service) - The presidents of 7 Bishops' Conferences (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro and Turkey) met from 20th to 22nd February in Belgrade - a city sometimes t ...
• 23 February 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “International Days for Charity and Voluntary Work” organised by San Antonio Catholic University in Murcia: conferences, testimony, exhibitions and initiatives of solidarity Murcia (Fides Service) - San Antonio Catholic University in Murcia UCAM is hosting the 3rd edition of International Days for Charity and Voluntary Work organised jointly by the university with the Pontifical Council Cor ...
• 20 February 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Sacred Heart Missionaries (MSC): 150 years proclaiming God’s love for all men and women Rome (Fides Service) - On December 8, 1854, the day Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, in France Father Jules Chevalier (1824-1907) founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart MSC who thi ...
• 20 February 2004
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - The role of Consecrated Life in formation of a moral conscience in the new multi-cultural Europe: Meeting of the Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors Ljubljana (Fides Service) - The Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors U.C.E.S.M, established 23 years ago to promote cooperation and reciprocal help among Major Superiors in Europe and encourage col ...
• 20 February 2004
  EUROPE/ RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Visit of President of Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Unity of Christians, Cardinal Walter Kasper in Moscow: brief report on meeting with Orthodox Metropolita Kirill Moscow (Fides Service) - On the second day of his visit to Moscow Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Unity of Christians had a meeting with the head of the Orthodox Patriarchate ...
• 20 February 2004
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - In the battle against meningitis courageous Glasgow Mum calls on George the gorilla to help. Glasgow (Fides Service) - A brand new weapon in the battle against killer disease, meningitis, is being deployed by bereaved mum and former Scotswoman of the year Eileen McKiernan and her colleagues at the Meningitis Ass ...
• 19 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Growing synergy among religious engaged in evangelisation through culture and publications: in January 2005 third meeting for operators in the sector Rome (Fides Service) - An increasing number of religious congregations are putting energies, funds and human resources into print and electronic media to evangelise culture. With this in mind the Union of Superiors Gene ...