Europe

• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Children have a Voice ” is the slogan for 2005 Holy Childhood Star Singer collection for children in need and the symbol country is Thailand where “between 60.000 and 200.000 children are forced to prostitute themselves”, says Andreas Mauritz, president of the Association of German Catholic Youth BDKJ Aachen (Fides Service) - “Children have a Voice” is the motto chosen by the German branch of the Pontifical Mission Societies for 2005 for the Star Singer collection in January 2005 to help children in need. The coll ...
• 16 February 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND “We must not make the victims of mines victims also of oblivion and discrimination.”: Holy See permanent Observer Archbishop Tomasi, tells standing committee of experts on the Convention prohibiting anti-personnel mines. Geneva (Fides Service ) - “In Asia and Africa I have personally seen the ravages caused by anti-personnel mines on the bodies of fleeing refugees and of working women and men in border villages. Such mines are a sour ...
• 10 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - To mark ten years of service in Moscow the Daughters of St Paul have published the first edition of the Roman Breviary in Russian: the two volume work will be on sale from Easter this year Moscow (Fides Service) - This year 2004 the community of the Daughters of Saint Paul in Moscow is marking its 10th anniversary and to celebrate the event the Sisters have produced the first Russian language edition of th ...
• 10 February 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses of Christ for a Europe of Hope”: 50.000 young people expected to make Youth Pilgrimage to Santiago di Compostela in August Santiago di Compostela (Fides Service) – Witnesses of Christ for a Europe of Hope is the slogan of the 2004 Pilgrimage of European Youth to Santiago di Compostela 5 to 8 August. Some 50.000 young people from various ...
• 9 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Lay Franciscan call for peace in the Holy Land: “Europe cannot simply stand and watch” : Second year running “Painting Piazze with Peace” young people create awareness Rome (Fides Service) – “Let’s empower hope! Peace is possible, and peace is a duty!”. This appeal comes from the association of lay Franciscans of Italy who state: “deeply concerned by so many wars afflicting h ...
• 9 February 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Celebrations in Lourdes for the 12th World Day for the Sick open today – Papal Message: “If Jesus is the source of life which triumphs over death Mary is the loving mother who answers the call of her children obtaining for them health of body and soul ” Lourdes (Fides Service) – On Wednesday 11 February, feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, all over the world the Church will hold celebrations for the 12th World Day for the Sick, instituted by Pope John Paul II, on 13 May 19 ...
• 6 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIA – Archbishop Kondrusiewicz voices grief of Russia's Catholic community after tragic bomb blast in Moscow metro: "This is another appearance of the terrible face of terrorism…we ask all Catholics to pray for the repose of the souls of the dead, the recovery of the injured and the consolation of the families” Moscow (Fides Service) - Archbishop Thadeusz Kondrusiewicz of the Catholic archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, sent Fides a copy of the official statement issued after the terrorist attack in the Moscow undergro ...
• 5 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - S. Egidio Community marks 36th anniversary of its foundation: Cardinal Ruini presides special Mass of Thanksgiving Rome (Fides Service) – The S. Egidio Community founded in Rome in February 1968, today has about circa 50,000 volunteer members in 63 different countries. On February 5 a solemn Mass of thanksgiving to mark its 36th an ...
• 4 February 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES (CCEE) AND OF THE CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN CHURCHES (CEC) LOOK TOWARDS THIRD EUROPEAN ECUMENICAL ASSEMBLY ON THE THEME ‘CHRIST IS THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE’ St Gallen (Fides Service ) - The Joint Committee of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met in Kamien Slanski, (archdiocese of Opole) Poland, from 29 Jan ...
• 3 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY – CONCRETE COMMITMENT FOR PROMOTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS A DUTY FOR ALL BELIEVERS: GERMAN BISHOPS FOCUS THIS YEAR’S CAMPAIGN OF SOLIDARITY ON PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA Bonn (Fides Service) –“Solidarity with Persecuted and Discriminated Christians in our Day ” is the slogan of a second annual campaign launched by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Germany to increase awareness ...
• 3 February 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN – DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE - “OUR MISSIONARY CONCERN WITH REGARD TO THE FUTURE MUST BE NOT TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF COMMITMENTS BUT TO FILL WHAT WE DO WITH LIFE AND MEANING ” Madrid (Fides Service) – I64.966 Spanish religious in 7.526 communities belonging to 391 different congregations celebrated the 8th Day for the Consecrated Life with the motto “Seduced by Jesus for the Cause of Justi ...
• 2 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY – “AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED” OPENS NEW RADIO STUDIOS WHICH WILL FOCUS ON AREAS WHERE THE CHURCH IS PERSECUTED OR IN PARTICULAR NEED Munich (Fides Service) – The German branch of “Aid to the Church in Need” ACN recently opened a new Radio Studios in Munich. According to ACN Statement the studios will begin by broadcasting Universal Church News ...
• 2 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - A DELEGATION OF S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY LED BY MONS. VINCENZO PAGLIA VISITS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN MOSCOW Rome (Fides Service ) – From 25 to 28 January a delegation of the Rome based charity association S. Egidio Community led by its Spiritual Counsellor Bishop Vincenzo Paglia, Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia paid another vi ...
• 30 January 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “CHRIST HOPE OF EUROPE”: 2ND EUROPEAN DAY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: PRAYER VIGIL SATELLITE LINKS WITH CAPITALS OF 10 FUTURE EU MEMBERS Rome (Fides Service) – The 2nd Day for European University Students, organised jointly by the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, the Commission of the European Bishops’ Conferences and the Vicariate of Rome, ...
• 30 January 2004
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND – THIS SUNDAY EVERY PARISH IN SCOTLAND WILL DISTRIBUTE LEAFLETS ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY AS PART OF YEAR OF THE FAMILY 2004 CALLED BY CATHOLIC BISHOPS Glasgow (Fides Service) – The Catholic Bishops of Scotland issued comprehensive statement on Marriage and the Family on Wednesday 28 January 2004. Quarter of a million (250,000) leaflets containing the text of a compr ...