Europe

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  30 September 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Diocesan Directors of the PMS in Poland: pilgrims to the tomb of Blessed Paolo Manna Ducenta (Agenzia Fides) - In the year of the centenary of the Pontifical Missionary Union, founded by Blessed Father Paolo Manna (PIME) in 1916, the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Polan ...
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  29 September 2016
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - President Ilham Aliyev: Islamophobia and xenophobia are the "new fascism" that threatens Europe Baku (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the visit of Pope Francis in Georgia and Azerbaijan (30 September-2 October) Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev denounced the risk of a resurgence of fascism in the heart of the Old Co ...
• 28 September 2016
  EUROPE/ENGLAND AND WALES - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. Anthony Chantry MHM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 17, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Anthony Chantry, of the Mill Hill Missionaries - St. Joseph’s ...
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  28 September 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mgr. Mazzolari, a missionary in Sudan for 30 years Concesio (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary commitment and service of Mgr. Cesare Mazzolari (1937-2011), who spent 30 years of his life in sub- Saharan Africa, in Sudan, will be remembered thanks to a biographical exhibiti ...
• 23 September 2016
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - National Director of the PMS, Fr. Karl Wallner Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 5, 2016, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Karl Wallner, of the Cistercian Order as National Director ...
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  21 September 2016
  EUROPE/POLAND - "Go and proclaim": diocesan Directors of the PMS and missionary animators program the new year Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 and 14 September the diocesan Seminar of Czestochowa hosted the meeting of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), in charge of the missions of religious congrega ...
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  6 September 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Woman and illiterate: a combination for marginalization Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On September 8 International Literacy Day is celebrated. The Spanish NGO "Manos Unidas" clearly expresses the serious discomfort experienced by millions of women around the world. Among these, m ...
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  2 September 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - International Congress of the Dominicans on Human Rights, between past and future Salamanca (Agenzia Fides) - The Master General of the Order of Preachers (OP), Fr. Bruno Cadoré opened yesterday afternoon the "Dominicans conference in the promotion and defense of human rights: past, present and futur ...
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  10 August 2016
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Missionaries of Mercy", a tribute to the more than 500 missionaries of the diocese of León León (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of León (Spain) wants to pay tribute to the 508 Leonesi missionaries who are scattered around the world by celebrating the "Diocesan Jubilee of the missionaries". The event, held as p ...
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  8 August 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - CUAMM cheers with Africa in the Olympic Games Padova (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Olympic Games 2016, Doctors with Africa Cuamm cheers for the people who every day they take care of. In particular CUAMM will follow the Olympic adventure of Tanzania, whic ...
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  1 August 2016
  EUROPE/ITALY - Franciscans: mercy and forgiveness in these times of conflict Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "May this centenary help us experience a little healthy shame because no one appears to want to do anything to put peace and concord in the conflicting reality in which we live and may it hel ...
• 29 July 2016
  EUROPE/CROATIA - Confirmation of the National PMS Director Rev. Antun Stefan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 30 June 2016, confirmed Rev. Antun Stefan, a member of the clergy of the diocese of Varazdin ...
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  28 July 2016
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Church's Social Teaching with an app especially for young people Krakow (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, on 26 July presented the young participants at the 31 World Youth Day in Krakow an app on the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching create ...
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  26 July 2016
  EUROPE/FRANCE - An elderly priest has his throat slit as he celebrates Mass Rouen (Agenzia Fides) – This morning an elderly priest, Fr. Jacques Hamel, aged 84, had his throat cut while he was celebrating mass in the church of Saint Etienne du Rouvray, Normandy (France). Two men entered the ch ...
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  25 July 2016
  EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - Growing cooperation between Caritas Westminster and Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM – Growing cooperation between Caritas Westminster and Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) London (Agenzia Fides) – Growing cooperation between the volunteers of Caritas Westminster and Jewish Vo ...