Europe

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  9 October 2020
  Rome (Agenzia Fides) - FESMI for missionary October: "Here we are, send us" to help keep the mind and heart open Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Mission Press Association, FESMI, published a message for World Missionary October 2020 which recalls that in "this year, marked by the suffering and challenges caused by the Covid-19 p ...
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  9 October 2020
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Armenian Cathedral in Shushi damaged in bomb attack: Patriarch Karekin II denies rumors regarding "religious conflict" Shushi (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Cathedral of the city of Shushi, in Nagorno Karabakh, dedicated to Christ the Savior, was hit by a launch of missiles on Thursday, October 8, which caused significant damage to the r ...
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  8 October 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Paths for a "missionary" reform of the Church Brescia (Agenzia Fides) - Next Saturday, October 10th, there will be a conference entitled "Missione Oggi" (English: Mission Today) in Brescia, organized on the initiative of the Xavier Missionaries magazine, on the refo ...
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  6 October 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - World Mission Month opens in Meyrin opened: "Everyone can be part of the chain of communication of the Gospel" Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Month was inaugurated in Switzerland on Sunday 4th October in the parish of The Visitation in Meyrin. Under the motto "Here I am, send me!" the Catholics of Switzerland are invited ...
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  5 October 2020
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Salesian missionary Father Josef Thannhuber remembered, 100 years after his martyrdom in Brazil Wurmannsquick - (Agenzia Fides) - One of the first German-speaking Salesian missionaries, Fr. Josef Thannhuber (1880-1920), was remembered in his hometown, Wurmannsquick, diocese of Passau, in Bavaria, 100 years after hi ...
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  3 October 2020
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Towards World Mission Sunday 2020: "Every baptized person is responsible for evangelization in the world" Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - "In the first week of October we invite all believers in Romania to celebrate a novena for the beatification of Pauline Marie Jaricot at home as well, with which we want to revive the mission ...
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  1 October 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Ten missionary institutes launch 10 live meetings for young people, with missions in the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “To the ends of the Earth” is the title of the new live column dedicated to young people, for a virtual journey to discover the daily work of missionaries in the world. The inaugural meeting wi ...
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  28 September 2020
  EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Towards World Mission Day - Let's try to be the messengers of the missions and their best ambassadors Sarajevo (Agenzia Fides) - "As Pope Francis highlighted in his message for Mission Sunday 2020, I would like first of all to thank the Creator for the gift of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019, which the ...
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  26 September 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Migrant Day: "To welcome today as if we were to welcome Christ as a refugee" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In the flight to Egypt, Jesus experienced being a refugee. In the eyes of Mary and Joseph we see the same worried and fearful gazes of today's refugees. In Christ, however, we see the same conditi ...
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  25 September 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Letter from Cardinal Antonio Cañizares:"Let us not harden our hearts in the face of migrants and refugees" Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - "The scenes that come to mind, the situations we see or imagine are tremendous, terrible and affect our conscience. It is a dramatic situation that makes us reflect and prevents us from crossin ...
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  24 September 2020
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Towards World Mission Day: "in times of coronavirus, solidarity is more important than ever" Monaco (Agenzia Fides) - The largest solidarity campaign of Catholics in the world - Missionary Month - in October 2020 takes place with the coronavirus pandemic underway. "Especially in these times of global pandemic, i ...
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  23 September 2020
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Towards Mission Sunday: the testimony of a Slovenian nun on mission in Uganda Rushooka (Agenzia Fides) - "With three of my sisters we came to Uganda almost two years ago to start a new mission among our poorest brothers and sisters, in the parish of Rushooka. We are still trying to learn the langu ...
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  21 September 2020
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Towards Mission Sunday: a painting to learn about the life and work of Pauline Jaricot Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - A painting of the venerable servant of God Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) will have a place of honor on the wall in the meeting room of the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PM ...
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  19 September 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Towards World Mission Day: support for missionaries who "remain" and announce the Gospel in difficult situations Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not give up and we will stay here": this phrase, repeated in different languages by about thirty men and women on mission in more than twenty-five countries, is the heart of the message ...
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  17 September 2020
  EUROPE/LITHUANIA - Towards Mission Sunday: "Mission before a territory is a way of life", says a Salesian missionary in Vilnius Vilnius (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Massimo Bianco, a Salesian of Don Bosco (SDB), has been a missionary in Lithuania for twenty years. He is 57 years old, lives and works in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, in a large sub ...