Europe

• 9 December 2003
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN – SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES’ CHARITY AUCTION WILL HELP REBUILD CHURCH DESTROYED BY STALIN AND PROVIDE FOR ORPHANS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE Baku (Fides Service) – Catholics in Azerbaijan are a small community, 150 people, but they are deeply committed to fighting poverty and restoring hope among orphaned and abandoned children and homeless people. The Baku ...
• 5 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - SALESIAN SISTERS: 1ST SEMINAR ON THEMES EMERGING FROM GENERAL CHAPTER Rome (Fides Service) – From 2-7 December 33 Salesian Sisters are meeting at the FMA Generalate in Rome to reflect on themes which emerged during the recent general chapter of the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix (FMA). Ni ...
• 3 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - USE VALUES TRANSMITTED BY SPORT: COOPERATION, SOLIDARITY AND TOLERANCE. EU CHOOSES ANNUAL THEME FOR “2004” Rome (Fides Service) – Every year the European Union selects a theme to increase awareness among people and national institutions for a whole year. These themes have focussed on a variety of subjects ranging from prote ...
• 3 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 3 DECEMBER 2003: ST FRANCIS, ITALIAN XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES MARK CENTENARY OF “MISSIONE OGGI” REVIEW Parma (Fides Service) – The feast of Saint Francis Xavier, patron of the missions, is also the anniversary of the Italian Xaverian Missionary review “Fede e civiltà”, today known as Missione Oggi”. Which has bee ...
• 2 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 3 DECEMBER 2003, 21ST EUROPEAN DISABLED DAY: “GLI AMICI” PROGRAMME S. EGIDIO MOVEMENT IN AID OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY Rome (Fides Service) - A manifesto issued by “Gli Amici”, movement of the S. Egidio Community with 1000 members with mental or physical disabilities opens with the words: “We are many, we are known in many cities� ...
• 2 December 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - EXHIBITION ON 20 CENTURIES OF CHRISTIANITY IN SPAIN, “TO KNOW THE PAST AND UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT” AND CELEBRATIONS FOR COMPOSTELA HOLY YEAR 2004 DISCUSSED BY SPANISH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE Madrid (Fides Service) - “Christus Splendor: 20 centuries of Christianity in Spain” is the name of an exhibition next year which aims to make known the spiritual heritage and full importance today of the Christian me ...
• 1 December 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS: A CALL AND HOPE FOR AFRICA DOVE WITH 30 MILLION SUFFERING FROM HIV/AIDS, BUT NO THERAPY Rome (Fides Service) – The Rome based community of S. Egidio supports the warning launched by Kofi Annan on the risk that the AIDS battle may be lost and it supports the moral appeal of the AIDS struggle as a central ...
• 29 November 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN – DECEMBER 1 WORLD DAY AGAINST HIV/AIDS: CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN FRONT LINE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC Rome (Fides Service) – 12% of the institutions caring for people with HIV/AIDS are run by the Catholic Church and 13% of aid to persons suffering from HIV/AIDS is provided by Catholic NGOs. Through church run instituti ...
• 29 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY 30 NOVEMBER: CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD LIGHT UP MONUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CULTURE OF LIFE Rome (Fides Service) – “There is growing support for the campaign to eliminate the death penalty and this encourages us. To be here in Rome for this World Day is a source of courage and hope”, David Atwood, directo ...
• 29 November 2003
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - CARDINAL O'BRIEN CALLS FOR NATIONAL EFFORT TO RE-CHRISTIANISE SCOTLAND: CHRISTIAN MESSAGE HANDED ON AND LIVED FOR ALMOST 2000 YEARS IS THE STANDARD BY WHICH WE SHOULD BE LIVING OUR LIVES AND WHICH WE SHOULD BE HANDING ON TO OUR YOUNG. Edinburgh (Fides Service) - Cardinal O'Brien calls for national effort to re-Christianise Scotland and reminds Scots of 1600 years of Christian history and urges resistance to tide of secularisation, especially concernin ...
• 26 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “FORTY YEARS OF LIFE OF ARIS HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN THE WORK OF JESUS WHO HEALED THE SICK AND IN HIS COMMAND TO HIS DISCIPLES” CARDINAL RUINI SAYS AT THE END OF ARIS CONFERENCE Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Religious Association of Social-Health Institutes ARIS marked its 40 years of activity with a conference in Rome attended by about one hundred members of ARIS from all over Italy. Talks ...
• 25 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - RELIGIOUS HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION MARKS 40TH ANNIVERSARY: PRESIDENT FRIAR CICINELLI STRESSES NEED TO FIND BALANCE BETWEEN STATE, MARKET AND NON PROFIT, THREE POLES IN SYNERGY WITH EQUAL DIGNITY Rome (Fides Service) – The Italian Religious Association of Social-Health Institutes ARIS is marking 40 years of activity. Representatives of government, the Catholic Church and local health bodies met to discuss the p ...
• 25 November 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “MAY CAM2 BRING BREATH FO FRESH AIR TO AMERICA AND INSPIRE IN EUROPEANS WAYS TO ANIMATE AND CONTINUE MISSION IN EUROPE” SAYS NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES IN SPAIN THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST MISSIONARIES Madrid (Fides Service ) – “I hope CAM 2 will bring fresh air to America and help Europeans to animate and continue mission in Europe, materially rich by spiritually impoverished” Bishop Francisco Pérez González, ...
• 24 November 2003
  EUROPE/AFRICA - MEETING OF FRENCH/AFRICAN TWIN DIOCESES ORGANISED BY PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES TO GROW IN THE UNIVERSAL DIMENSION OF FAITH Lyons (Fides Service)- A two day meeting of “twin” dioceses has been organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies in France, 22-23 November in Lyons, France. Some 85 participants have gather representing French dioc ...
• 20 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2003, WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY: NGO “INTERVITA” AFFIRMS THAT 82 MILLION YOUNG GIRLS FORCED BY POVERTY INTO MARRIAGE Rome (Fides Service) – On the occasion of World Children’s Day 20 November the Milan based NGO Intervita denounces the tragedy of child brides. According to the 2003 Report on the State of the World issued by the Uni ...