Europe

• 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 ...
• 26 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 ...
• 22 January 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - OBLATE MISSIONARIES OF MARY IMMACULATE UPDATED WEB SITE : MORE OMI INFORMATION ON LINE Rome (Fides Service) – After months of hard work, OMI communication staff announce that the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate now have a completely renewed web site (www.omiworld.org). The new site has more pages ...
• 21 January 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - STREET CHILDREN “ONE OF THE MOST SHAMEFUL TRAGEDIES OF MODERN SOCIETY ” SAY COMBONI MISSIONARIES AND JESUITS Madrid (Fides Service ) - “Ninety million of the world’s children live on the streets geographically distributed as follows: 40 million in Latin America, 10 million in Africa, where the phenomenon is relatively new a ...
• 17 January 2004
  EUROPE/GT. BRITAIN – WEST AND EAST MEET AT WESTMINSTER: FOR THE FIRST TIME LONDON’S CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WILL HOST RUSSIAN ORTHODOX VESPERS. CHRISTIAN MARTYRS HONOURED WITH TOWER OF LONDON PLAQUE Rome (Fides Service) – For the first time ever the Catholic Cathedral of Westminster in London will host a Russian Orthodox liturgical service. This is one of several initiatives planned by Westminster archdiocese for ...
• 16 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS AN EXCELLENT PARTNER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST AIDS ” SAYS DESMOND JOHNS OF UNAIDS IN NEW YORK Aachen (Fides Service ) – In a recent interview with the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany “missio Aachen”, a representative of the United Nations department for AIDS, UNAIDS stressed the important role of th ...
• 14 January 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “YOU TOO ARE A MISSIONARY”, MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD DAY IN SPAIN Madrid (Fides Service) - “You too are a missionary” is the slogan chosen by the Church in Spain for the national celebration of Missionary Childhood Day Sunday, 25 January 2004. In preparation for the event the Pont ...
• 14 January 2004
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “JOHN PAUL II AWARD” FOR CHAMPIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND PEACE ESTABLISHED BY LISBON BRANCH OF AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED Lisbon (Fides Service ) – On Saturday 10 January the Portuguese branch of the Catholic aid organisation of pontifical right, Aid to the Church in Need, established the John Paul II Award for the promotion of justice a ...
• 12 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - WORLD YOUTH DAY IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNISE THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GROW IN THE FAITH AND BECOME A MISSIONARY CHURCH: GERMAN BISHOPS SAY IN PASTORAL LETTER IN VIEW OF WORLD YOUTH DAY WJT 2005 Berlin (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 11 January a Letter from the German Bishops in view of World Youth Day 2005, was read out in every parish in the country. “We have come to adore him” (Mt 2,2) is the theme of the ...
• 12 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - PROMOTING PENAL ACTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE IN SEX TOURISM: SYMPOSIUM PROMOTED BY MISSIO ON OBSTACLES AND POSSIBILITIES Aachen (Fides Service) “Bringing Paedophiles to Court ” is the theme of a Symposium promoted by the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany missio Aachen scheduled for 14 and 15 January in Berl ...
• 7 January 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - CHILDREN BUILD BRIDGES: HALF A MILLION STERN SINGERS ALL OVER GERMANY COLLECT MONEY FOR LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED: THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN CAMPAIGN Aachen (Fides Service) – Yesterday January 6th Feast of the Epiphany, for the 46th time German children all over the country took part in the traditional star singers collection for children in need. Dressed as the Thr ...
• 19 December 2003
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - WHO ISSUES REPORT ON WORLD HEALTH, 194 PAGES ON LIFE ON THE PLANET: IN JAPAN PEOPLE LIVE TO BE 85, IN SIERRA LEONE MOST DIE BEFORE THEY ARE 36 Geneva (Fides Service) - The World Health Organisation WHO warns of a growing gap between health conditions in poor countries and the rest of the world. While people live longer in most of the world, in Sub-Saharan Afri ...