Europe

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  30 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Death of Don Antonio Ugenti, Director of Fides from 1993 to 1994 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of July 27, Don Antonio Ugenti of the Saint Paul Society (SSP), who was the Director of Agenzia Fides in the period 1993-1994, died at Umberto I hospital in Rome. In March he had bee ...
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  29 July 2020
  EUROPE/GREECE - Migrants: new mission of the Scalabrinians in Lesbos, "to ask permission to do a little good" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today a new temporary mission of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters leaves for Lesbos. In August, two religious groups will succeed one another. In collaboration with the Community of Sant’Egidi ...
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  27 July 2020
  EUROPE/FRANCE - In the memory of Father Hamel, the rejection of all violence and respect for human life Rouen (Agenzia Fides) - "For the fourth year, we are gathered in this too small church of Saint-Étienne du Rouvray, with you priests, nuns, parishioners, with you, the dear family of Father Jacques Hamel, with you witne ...
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  27 July 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The PMS Director: "Spreading the message of Jesus’ love is a mission that involves all the baptized" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "We have received the Holy Father’s message with great enthusiasm. We sincerely believe that it is not a simple protocol speech, but a message aimed at renewing the missionary spirit of the Chu ...
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  25 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two Italian missionaries at the service of the poor have died of coronavirus in Madagascar Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church, in its missionary commitment in many parts of the world, is paying for its contribution to the Covid-19 pandemic which does not spare peoples and nations from all continents. I ...
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  18 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Each of us has a reason to continue to remain united with Fr. Gigi Maccalli" Padua (Agenzia Fides) - There are always many people who continue to pray and hope for the release of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions, kidnapped in Niger on 17 September 2018. There are a ...
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  14 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Ministers of the Sick celebrate their founder: "The pandemic we are going through is not a divine scourge" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In a situation that makes us aware that we are all potentially sick, for us, animated by the charisma of Camillo de Lellis, the announcement of Christian hope becomes even more urgent and perhaps ...
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  7 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Leaving for Africa, CUAMM volunteers keep the missionary and spirit of service alive Padua (Agenzia Fides) - After three months of total lockdown that has blocked every flight and every airport, the first 16 volunteers of the Doctors with Africa CUAMM are about to leave for Africa. Many of the CUAMM volu ...
• 7 July 2020
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Appointment of the national Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ad interim Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 31, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Georges Colomb, MEP, Bishop of La Rochelle as Nation ...
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  7 July 2020
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Bishops' letter: in the time of pandemic, Christians have "a hope to offer to the world" Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - "We are sent by Christ, by our baptism. In the face of this pandemic, this world, capable of great generosity, is also caught up in doubt. Let us offer the world our solidarity, our hope and th ...
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  4 July 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Videoconference to present the report on the activities of the PMS in 2019 Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain have organized a virtual press conference to present their 2019 Activity Report, which will be held on Monday 6 July at 11.30 am via Zoom. As the n ...
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  2 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Xaverian missionaries open the jubilee year Parma (Agenzia Fides) - The Jubilee year of the Institute of St. Francis Xavier for foreign missions, whose members are known as "Xaverian missionaries" will begin with a mass presided by the Superior General, Father Fer ...
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  1 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian missionary dies in Madagascar after 59 years dedicated to education and the poor Reggio Emilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Don Pietro Ganapini is one of the most singular figures, perhaps the most significant, of the missionaries from Reggio who lived their ministry in the second half of the twentieth century ...
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  30 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Networking and cultivating new migration strategies: the Scalabrinians in the hottest border areas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment to support migration is a "great light" that allows us to pursue new challenges and strategies for dialogue and comparison among peoples. The opportunity to take stock of migration a ...
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  22 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sister Maria Laura Mainetti, educator of young people, killed while forgiving her murderers will be blessed Como (Agenzia Fides) - On June 19 the Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decree concerning the martyrdom of the Servant of God Sister Maria Laura Mainetti of the Congregati ...