Europe

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  2 December 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Day of Disability: solidarity initiatives for children and adults who are blind Milan (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the International Day of disability which is celebrated on December 3 each year, CBM Italy, an NGO engaged in the fight against preventable blindness and disability in developin ...
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  29 November 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - For 10 years a helping hand to women forced into prostitution Seville (Agenzia Fides) - "Al Alba", the reception and support center for women in Seville, is ten years old and has welcomed 2,107 women. The center works according to the objectives that led to the foundation of the Ob ...
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  28 November 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr. Andrea Santoro: man, believer, a pastor and a witness of the Gospel Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened a decade ago on February 5th in Trabzon church moved and wounded beyond the confines of the Diocese of Rome and the Vicariate of Anatolia in Turkey, but it is a wound from which spir ...
• 23 November 2016
  EUROPE - Testimony: the first value by which the Church can and must communicate Glasgow (Agenzia Fides) - "In times marked by an intense individualism, where persons, with their desires and emotions, become the measure of all decisions and communications, a personal and consistent witness of one’s ...
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  22 November 2016
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The Scalabrinians discuss the reorganization and revitalization of the service to migrants Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, known as Scalabrinians, are celebrating the IX General Assembly of their congregation in Lisbon, which brings together representatives of the vario ...
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  21 November 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Around the world one out of ten children grow up alone Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – One child out of ten worldwide grows up alone, without any assistance and protection. This is what the international organization SOS Children's Villages denounced on the occasion of Universal ...
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  28 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 360° panorama of the Mission, virtual tour where missionaries worldwide work Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, on the occasion of World Mission Sunday, prepared a "virtual tour" of the Catholic Church throughout the world, elaborated with images sent by the ...
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  27 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Conclusion of the Meeting of Bishops of Southern Spain Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Bishops of southern Spain, which includes the dioceses of Seville, Granada, Almería, Cádiz and Ceuta, Córdoba, Guadix, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Jerez ended in Cordoba (Spai ...
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  26 October 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Support for the rights of African girls Lodi (Agenzia Fides) - "On Nice’s side" is the multimedia campaign in support of the rights of African girls supported by the Fighting World Hunger Movement that tells the stories of seven girls who in various parts of ...
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  26 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Holywins not Halloween: holiness wins Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - Several Spanish dioceses have encouraged the faithful to celebrate the feast of "Holywins" on 31 October, with images and costumes of saints, virgins and religious, in response to the most pop ...
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  21 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Domund 2016: thirteen thousand Spanish missionaries in the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – There are more than 13 thousand Spanish missionaries working all over the world. Among these, two lay missionaries have set up a shelter home for abandoned children in Bayaka, in southern Chad. ...
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  21 October 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Let us open our eyes" campaign for the prevention of trachoma in Ethiopia Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Following the success of the first issue, Italian non-profit organization CBM (Christian Mission for the blind in the world) launches the second issue of Occhiolino, the magazine which was born fr ...
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  20 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Capuchin Tertiary support help programs in Equatorial Guinea Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish NGO Promotion and Solidarity with the poor of the Third World (PROYSO), founded by the Congregation of the Capuchin Tertiary, has assisted more than 4,600 children in Equatorial Gui ...
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  14 October 2016
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Migrants and natives: together on the move for a new future Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - From 7 to 9 October, the Center of Spirituality of the Scalabrini Missionaries in Stuttgart, hosted the annual Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits, 2016, with the collaboration of the Scalabrinian Secul ...
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  13 October 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Haurkizuna: organization to help the vulnerable children in Ecuador Tolosa (Agenzia Fides) - The foundation Haurkizuma, made up of people from Tolosa and Mundaka, will support solidarity projects in the area of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador. It is a nonprofit association, whic ...