Europe

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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 ...
• 30 January 2019
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On December 19, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. José Maria Calderon Castro, of the clergy of the Arch ...
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  22 January 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - ACSE has been serving immigrants and refugees for half a century: "An adventure of solidarity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago, in 1969, ACSE, Comboni Association Service for Migrants and Refugees, was born in Rome thanks to Father Renato Bresciani, a Comboni missionary who had worked in South Sudan where h ...
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  21 January 2019
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Star Singers of Holy Childhood for the first time in the Senate of the Republic Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in history, the Star Singers, the children of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society (MCA), visited the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Polish Republic. On January 16, ...
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  28 December 2018
  EUROPE/GERMANY - "Star Singers" collection 2019: "Together next to disabled children" Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2,600 "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany will participate today, Friday, December 28th at the official inauguration of their 61st Annual Campaign ...
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  20 December 2018
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Scalabrinians on Global Compact: "the entire planet feels the need to treat the issue of migrants in a unified manner" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Global Compact on immigration testifies that the entire planet feels the need to treat the issue of migrants in a unified manner. This is a theme to be considered without the political borders ...
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  17 December 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The preparation of the Extraordinary Missionary Month begins Toledo (Agenzia Fides) - The second edition of the missionary formation seminar «The joy of the Gospel» has begun, promoted by the diocesan direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, which prepares p ...