Europe

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  18 November 2020
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan's President promises protection for Armenian churches and monasteries Stepanakert (Agenzia Fides) - After the signing of the armistice between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which ended the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh with Russian mediation, there are fears about the fate of Armenian churches an ...
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  12 November 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: the Covid emergency does not stop the tragedies in the Mediterranean Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The umpteenth tragedy in the Mediterranean, which caused the death of 6 migrants, is the umpteenth signal given to the Governments in Europe and the world that the world's crises have not stopped ...
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  10 November 2020
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Controversial ceasefire agreement for Nagorno-Karabakh: "For many Armenians this is a surrender" Stepanakert (Agenzia Fides) - "When weapons are silent there is always hope. But for many Armenians, the ceasefire agreement represents only a surrender. Evidently, there was currently no other viable solution for the Ar ...
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  10 November 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting between the Pope and the recently released Italian missionary in Mali, Father Pierluigi Maccalli, SMA Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a moment of great emotion. I never thought I would one day find myself face to face with the Pope, to be able to shake his hand", Father Gigi Maccalli told Agenzia Fides immediately after m ...
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  6 November 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - "Children need our help": Star Singers continue their commitment with creativity and flexibility Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "Children need our help. Let's not forget them!" is the exhortation with which the Star Singers of the Pontifical Missionary Society of Holy Childhood (POSI) are preparing to start their annual ...
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  31 October 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Mission Stories: Spanish Missionaries around the World Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A 102-year-old priest serving as a missionary in Taiwan. A nun who discovered an illness while working as a doctor in Benin and thus became known worldwide. A Bishop who acts as a human shield ag ...
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  31 October 2020
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - One year after their establishment, the children of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood report rapid growth Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - A little more than a year after its establishment in Romania, the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI) continues to grow: on 3 October a group of children from the diocese of Târ ...
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  30 October 2020
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Bishops: "despite the pain, Catholics refuse to give in to fear" Paris (Agenzia Fides) - A few hours after the Islamist terrorist attack, in which three people were killed yesterday morning (October 29) in the Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice, the French Bishops' Conference expressed its d ...
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  26 October 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian Missionaries: 125 years at the service of migrants, a very current charism Piacenza (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo, also known as "Scalabrinians", are celebrating their 125th anniversary. Since that 25 October 1895 they have been the "migrant nuns". "This wil ...
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  23 October 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Thanks from the PMS to all those who participated in World Mission Day "in times of pandemic" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Day 2020 on October 18th was marked by the pandemic, but this year too, thanks to the creativity of dioceses, parishes and schools, it was possible to carry out the initiatives. Fr. ...
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  17 October 2020
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Towards Mission Sunday: from climate crisis to conflicts in the world, it is more important than ever to be a light in the darkness London (Agenzia Fides) - On World Mission Day 2020 - the one time in the whole year when the global Church comes together in celebration and support of mission - the Pontifical Mission Societies of England and Wales (Mis ...
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  15 October 2020
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - Armenian Patriarch Karekin II calls for decisive intervention by the international community in Nagorno-Karabakh Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The Azerbaijani military operations in the Nagorno Karabakh region, "ignore the ceasefire agreement", and confirm the failure of the negotiations carried out so far. In the face of this scenario ...
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  15 October 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - In the wake of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: "Baptized and Sent" to become "Weavers of Fraternity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This year's missionary October follows in the wake of the Extraordinary Missionary Month that we celebrated in 2019. The theme 'Baptized and Sent', which aimed to rediscover the universality of th ...
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  12 October 2020
  EUROPE FRANCE - Towards Mission Sunday - the Superior of the MEP: Pauline Jaricot and Therese of Lisieux, examples of missionary life Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The figure of Venerable Pauline Jaricot "will be able to help the baptized to grow stronger in the missionary path through the network of sharing material offerings and sharing prayer. Today each o ...
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  10 October 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - World Mission Day: Mission and digital technology Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - How to prepare and live the Missionary Month of October when the country is hit by the Covid-19 pandemic? The difficult situation in Spain in this regard has prompted the National Direction of Po ...