Europe

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  22 December 2023
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Star Singers visit the Federal Palace: Justice, peace and protection of Creation Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "Our house is not just made of bricks, it is the whole world, we must protect and preserve it for future generations". This is what Elisa says, one of the children who was part of the delegation ...
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  29 November 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - 800 years of the Franciscan Order and the Nativity scene celebrated by the Franciscans in Russia and Kazakhstan by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On November 29, 1223, exactly 800 years ago, Pope Honorius approved, with the Bull "Solet annuere", the final Rule of the Friars Minor, drawn up by Saint Francis, later calle ...
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  21 November 2023
  EUROPE/POLAND: Archbishop Nappa thanks the Polish Church for its cooperation with the Pontifical Mission Societies in supporting world mission Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Having evangelization at heart, concrete commitment to missions through collaboration with the Pontifical Mission Societies are the focus of the speeches of the President of the Pontifical Missio ...
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  17 November 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Maccalli: “The World Day of the Poor reminds us of the presence of Christ in the victims of wars” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The World Day of the Poor 2023 is framed today by a truly disturbing scenario of wars. From my missionary vision, the relationship between war and poverty appears immediate," emphasizes Father Pi ...
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  7 November 2023
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "Austria On Mission": missionaries and their commitment at the center of the initiative now in its fourth edition Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - For the fourth time in a row, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Austria awarded the bronze donkey “EMIL” last Friday evening to missionary personalities during the annual Austria On M ...
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  6 November 2023
  VATICAN - “Missionary Seed”: Children from the village of Zazriva in Slovakia pray together with others Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 'Missionary Seed' is the name of the representation of the children of the Missionary Childhood of Slovakia, who visited the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhoo ...
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  18 October 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The missionary Maccalli: While in captivity I understood that peace is not made with weapons Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very saddened by what I hear and see in the news. Now the conflict between Israel and Hamas has overshadowed that between Russia and Ukraine, while Sudan hasn't been mentioned for a long time ...
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  6 October 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Laurea Honoris Causa to author Maria Eugénia Neto, widow of one of the African revolutionary leaders received by Paul VI Rome (Fides News Agency) - "There is a long history of friendship between our two countries, similar to the time when a Pope received, for the first time, representatives of nationalist movements at war with colonizing P ...
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  2 October 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - First Regional Gathering of foreign priests: "not simple stopgaps to compensate for the lack of Italian priests" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Monday, October 2, the First Regional Gathering of foreign priests who carry out pastoral service in the dioceses of Lazio took place. The meeting, which is part of the missionary month of ...
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  1 October 2023
  Therese, Rome and the world by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, proclaimed by Pope Pius XI co-patron of the missions with Saint Francis Xavier, lived a good part of her short and fragile l ...
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  28 September 2023
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - A musical that tells the story of Blessed Jaricot delights the audience Vienna Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On September 30th, the successful musical “Pauline - Courage Changes the World” about the life story of Pauline Marie Jaricot, the foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of t ...
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  23 September 2023
  EUROPE/FRANCE - The Pope in Marseille: those who risk their lives in the Mediterranean cannot be rejected as "invaders" Marseille (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the multitudes of migrants trying to reach Europe, ports are closed and "people's fears" are fueled, with talk of an "invasion" and an "emergency". But "those who risk their lives a ...
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  21 September 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Pier Luigi Maccalli on the nature of the mission Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2023 I reported on my experiences in different cities in Italy. After speaking about my experiences as a missionary kidnapped in the Sahel, there was always room for questions from the audienc ...
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  16 September 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Catholic Bishops in Moscow: the mission does not complain about "difficult times" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not our pastoral plans, not our personal projects that make the Church grow, but our humble but persistent witness to God. Let us remember the words of Pope Benedict XVI: The Church does n ...
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  15 September 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The 'flying bishop': "The Earth is like a sister and is beautiful like a mother who welcomes us in her arms" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, listening to the cry of the poor and the earth, the degradation of nature, of rivers, the growing disappearance of diversity, the unbridled consumption of fossil fuels, the destruction of f ...