Europe

• 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 ...
• 29 January 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - MARIANNHILL MISSIONARIES MOURN DEATH OF GENERAL SUPERIOR FATHER DIETER GAHLEN Roma (Agenzia Fides) - German born Father Dieter Gahlen, Superior General of the Mariannhil Missionaries CMM died at the age of 56 on 24 January, in hospital in Rome where he had been in care since January 3. The funeral ...
• 29 January 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 400 MILLION CHILD SLAVES: EXHIBITION UNMASKS SLAVERY “THESE ARE NOT CHILD WORKERS THEY ARE CHILD SLAVES” Madrid (Fides Service) – “The different faces of slavery: these are not child workers they are child slaves ” is the title of an exhibition which opened on 26 January at the Alfonso X el Sabio House of Culture prom ...
• 28 January 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - PROFILE OF MISSIONARY PARISH FOR NEW EVANGELISATION: FOCUS OF NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ITALIAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE IN MAY Rome (Fides Service) – Mission in parishes in view of new evangelisation will be the main theme for the work of the next General Assembly of the Italian Bishops Conference in May. The topic emerged from the Winter sess ...
• 27 January 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - WITNESSES OF HOPE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DAY: OBLATES OF MAY IMMACULATE PREPARE FOR 34TH GENERAL CHAPTER Rome (Fides Service) – The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate will hold the 34th general chapter of their institute from 30 August to 28 September 2004. The 97 chapter members will come to Rome from all over the w ...