Europe

• 19 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 1 MILLION OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN LED TO PROSTITUTION; 2 MILLION KILLED IN WAR AND 6 MILLION WOUNDED OR MUTILATED; EVERY DAY 7000 CHILDREN ARE INFECTED BY AIDS: ITALY’S NATIONAL DAY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Rome (Fides Service) – November 20 in Italy and in several other countries is National Day for Childhood and Adolescence to highlight the importance of building a world suitable for children. Every year 1 million of th ...
• 14 November 2003
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “RE-LAUNCH VALUES OF SCOUTING FOR THE FORMATION OF AUTHENTIC DEMOCRATIC LEADERS”: NEW WORLD SECRETARY OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT, EDUARDO MISSONI TELLS FIDES ABOUT HIS COMMITMENTS Geneva (Fides Service) – “The strategy of the Scout Movement works at two levels: valorise the patrimony of cultural, social e religious identity at local level; act at the global level, because Scouting has always ...
• 13 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CHINESE COMMUNITY IN ROME MARKS 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS “AGOSTINO CHAO” CENTRE WITH A MASS PRESIDED BY CARDINAL SHAN Rome (Fides Service) – On Sunday 16 November the community of Chinese Catholics in Rome will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the opening of its religious and cultural Centre named after Agostino Chao. A special Mass ...
• 10 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC SPECTATORS CLOSE TO BISHOPS CONFERENCE HOLDS 16TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: “THE MEDIA AT THE SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON AND THE COMMUNITY” Rome (Fides Service ) – The 16th general assembly of AIART, Association of Catholic Spectators close to the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference on the theme: “The Media at the Service of the Individual Person and th ...
• 7 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - VOLUNTARY WORK AND SOCIAL COOPERATION IN A WORLD IN MOVEMENT: HOSPITALLER BROTHERS ASSOCIATION OUTREACH TO DISTANT SICK CONFERENCE Roma (Fides Service) - Solidali con la solidarietà, volontari con il volontariato is the slogan launched by the Genzano section of AFMAL – Hospitaller Brothers Association Outreach to Distant Sick – on the occasion ...
• 6 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - GIORGIO LA PIRA, “SAINTLY MAYOR” OF FLORENCE, LUMINOUS MODEL OF LAY HOLINESS. INITIATIVES FOR CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH Florence (Fides Service) - «In Giorgio La Pira we see a shining example of lay holiness» said Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, Archbishop of Florence when he spoke of the «saintly mayor», during a special Mass for the 26th ...
• 6 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES, VETERAN AND NEW, CELEBRATE BLESSED BISHOP GUIDO M. CONFORTI – ANNOUNCING 2004 CHAPTER FOR ITALY Parma (Fides Service) – On 5 November Xaverian Missionaries in every corner of the world commemorate their spiritual Father: Blessed Bishop Guido M. Conforti, of Parma the Institutes Founder who died on 5 November 1931 ...
• 5 November 2003
  EUROPE/FRANCE - “PACEM IN TERRIS” AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS BUILDING PEACE IN THIS ERA OF GLOBALISATION UNDERLINED BY CARDINAL MARTINO AT UNESCO OFFICES IN PARIS Paris (Fides Service) - “The path to peace is the only path that leads to the building of a society of more justice and solidarity, and it is the duty of all believers and all persons of good will to work to ensure tha ...
• 5 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “FILIPINO IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS” – A CONFERENCE IN ROME ON THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH AND PASTORAL QUESTIONS Rome (Fides Service) – More than 40 delegates and immigration pastoral workers from all over Europe are meeting in Rome for the 5th European Conference of Pastoral Care for Filipino Immigrants in Europe, 3-6 November. ...
• 3 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY:CELEBRATIONS TO MARK CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF OUTSTANDING CATHOLIC STATESMAN GIORGIO LAPIRA Roma (Fides Service) – 2004 will be the centenary year of the birth of Giorgio La Pira an outstanding Catholic statesmen whose cause for beatification is underway. To celebrate the event a national committee was formed ...
• 3 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - REV. PASQUALE LIBERATORE SALESIAN POSTULATOR WORKING ON BEATIFICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL I DIES AT THE AGE OF 71 Rome (Fides Service) –Salesian Father Rev. Pasquale Liberatore, Postulator General for the causes of Saints of the Congregation of St John Bosco, died on 31 October at the age of 71. ANS Salesian news agency reports th ...
• 31 October 2003
  EUROPE/KOSOVO - GIRLS SAVED FROM THE STREETS THANKS TO ITALIAN BUSINESS WOMEN IN MONTALCINO Pristina (Agenzia Fides) – Education rather than assistance is provided for girls at a new professional training centre built in Pristina, Kosovo by the International Association of Volunteers for Development Volontari ...
• 31 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - WATER IS CERTAINLY ONE OF GOD’S GIFTS MOST ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE: ITALIAN BISHOPS ISSUE MESSAGE FOR THANKSGIVING DAY Rome (Fides Service) - “The gift of water is for everyone” is the theme chosen by the Italian Bishops’ Conference for a national Day of Thanksgiving for Creation on 9 November. A message for the Day has been issu ...
• 30 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “HELP US TO HELP THE POOR AND THE SICK IN AFRICA” SAYS BROTHER LEOPOLD GNAMI, ST JOHN OF GOD COUNSELLOR FOR THE PROVINCE OF AFRICA Rome (Fides Service) - “Heath structures in Africa are not subsidised by national institutions and they have great economic difficulty in meeting the needs of a people for whom poverty and need are the order of the day ...
• 29 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - IMMIGRATION STATISTICS DOSSIER 2003: RECOGNISE IMMIGRANTS’ EQUAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES AND ENABLE THEM TO TAKE ACTIVE PART IN SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL REALITY OF ITALY AND EUROPEAN UNION Rome (Fides Service) – In the world there are at least 175 million migrants according to a census taken by the United Nations Organisation in 2000. Surprisingly there are more migrants in developing countries (98.678.0 ...