Europe

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  9 May 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - The memory of Father Maccalli is constant among the confreres gathered at the General Chapter Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Thought and prayer for our father Luigi Maccalli, kidnapped eight months ago in Niger, is present in a special way among us". This is what Fr. Ceferino Cainelli, Argentine priest of the Society of ...
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  6 May 2019
  EUROPE /CZECH REP. - Spiritual retreat and new impetus for the animators of Missionary Childhood Mountain Hatching (Agenzia Fides) - About forty leaders of the Little Mission Club of Bohemia and Moravia gathered in Mountain Hatching in the Krkonoše Mountains for a meeting promoted by the National Director of the Po ...
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  29 April 2019
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - The testimony of a Slovak with an African heart Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - Among the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight, heading towards Nairobi which crushed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday 10 March, in addition to a Kenyan missionary and nu ...
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  26 March 2019
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Pastoral care of migrants, a great opportunity for the Catholic Church in Switzerland Zurich (Agenzia Fides) - "If we manage to intensify coexistence between local faithful and immigrants and to make their cohabitation more gratifying, the pastoral care of migrants represents a great opportunity for the C ...
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  22 March 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Persecuted because they tell the truth and announce Jesus Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It might be hard for us to believe, but there are more martyrs today than in the first centuries because they speak the truth and proclaim Jesus Christ… particularly where religious freedom is n ...
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  22 March 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - "For the sake of my people I will not keep silent": Day in memory of the martyr missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The biblical verse "For the sake of my people I will not keep silent" (see Is 62,1), chosen as the theme of the 27th Day of prayer and fasting in memory of the missionary martyrs that is celebrate ...
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  14 March 2019
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - Cardinal Tomko celebrates his 95th birthday and 70 years of priesthood in his native land Košice (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, celebrates two significant goals in these days: his 95th birthday, he was born on 11 March 1924 in U ...
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  12 March 2019
  EUROPE/FRANCE - The diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of Don Hamel concludes Rouen (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen presided over the final session of the diocesan inquiry into the life and martyrdom of Fr. Jacques Hamel. Fr. Hamel was killed July 26, 2016, when two men sto ...
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  7 March 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionology Symposium: "Pope Francis’ missionary appeal" in the face of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - Promoted by the Faculty of Theology of Northern Spain, today the 29th Symposium of Missionology in Burgos begins, under the theme "Pope Francis’ missionary appeal" before the Extraordinary Miss ...
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  7 March 2019
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Extraordinary Missionary Month: from the oldest baptistery to the sending on a mission Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - With a ceremony to be held on 1 October at the Riva San Vitale baptistery in Ticino, the Extraordinary Missionary Month (EMM) will begin in Switzerland. According to information sent to Agenzia ...
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  23 February 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - Missionary animation: a look back at the past and one at the future, towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Opole (Agenzia Fides) - The summary of the activities carried out last year by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the individual dioceses and the initiatives for the next Extraordinary Missionary Month were the ma ...
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  7 February 2019
  EUROPE/FRANCE - MEP colloquium: Theology of the mission ad gentes, towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Paris (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 360th anniversary of the foundation of the "Missions Etrangeres de Paris" (MEP), and in preparation for the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019, organized by Pope ...
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  7 February 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - A light against human trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Together against trafficking" is the theme of the fifth World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking, celebrated on 8 February, on the day when we remember the liturgical memorial ...
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  6 February 2019
  EUROPE/FRANCE - France will establish the "National Day of Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide" Paris (Agenzia Fides) - On April 24th, France has declared a "National Day of Commemoration" to remember the 1915 Armenian genocide, which will be celebrated for the first time. This was announced by French President E ...
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  5 February 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Female genital mutilation: 200 million girls violated in their rights Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a common practice in a large number of African countries and in some Asian countries and constitutes a serious violation of girls' rights. This abusive practice ...