Europe

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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 ...
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  15 September 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - A priest entirely dedicated to the marginalized has been killed Como (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning Don Roberto Malgesini was murdered in Como by a homeless man with mental problems": this was announced by the diocese of Como, where the priest, 51 years old, originally from Valtelli ...
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  10 September 2020
  EUROPE/GREECE - "Europe should not be blind and deaf": appeals after the fire at Moria refugee camp Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The fire at Moria refugee camp, in Lesbos, confirms once again that the States of all of Europe cannot be blind to a crisis dictated by wanting to turn their backs on those who ask for help. We ca ...
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  9 September 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Despite the adversity, we will not leave!" video message of hope from missionaries around the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, the missionary Church shows its unanimous will to remain on mission, among the people. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain are launc ...
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  4 September 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Missionary Month focused on the commitment of the laity of Guinea and Switzerland Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "Here I am: send me": this is the theme chosen for the Missionary Month of October by Missio, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Switzerland. The Church of Guinea and the role of the lait ...