Europe

• 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 ...
• 19 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION - In Moscow Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, speaks on “Orthodox Christianity and the Catholic Church forty years after the Vatican II decree on ecumenism Unitatis redintegratio” Moscow (Fides Service) - At the invitation of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation, Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian unity, is on a six da ...
• 18 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Visit to Moscow by Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Unity among Christians. See Cardinal Kasper’s homily at the Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Mary Moscow (Fides Service) - At the invitation of the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation, Cardinal Walter Kasper President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Unity among Chr ...
• 18 February 2004
  EUROPE/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO - Annual Meeting of the South-East European Bishops’ Conference with strong ecumenical and interreligious emphasis Belgrade (Fides Service) - At the invitation of the Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade, Archbishop Stanislav Hocevar, Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe are to meet in Belgrade from 20-22 February ...
• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate renew devotion to Our Lady and commitment to holiness: letter from Superior General Rome (Fides Service) - “Dear Brother Oblates, 150 years ago in 1854 the Successor of Peter solemnly recognised the Immaculate Conception of Mary as part of our faith. The 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the Do ...
• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “It is time to act! - Uganda needs new peace initiatives“. Following talks with representatives of the different Churches in Germany organised by the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Ugandan leaders hope for new commitment for peace Aachen/Berlin (Fides Service) - A firm “no” to military solutions and a promise for more commitment for peace and the national and international level by German political leaders was the result of talks between Germa ...