Europe

• 18 January 2024
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, José María Calderón Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 19, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed for a another five years the Reverend Father José María Calderón Castro ...
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  18 January 2024
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - New Russian edition of Pope Benedict XVI "Jesus of Nazareth" presented in Moscow by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday evening, January 17, the new Russian-language edition of the book "Jesus of Nazareth" was presented in Moscow at the Biblioteca dello Spirito cultural center. The ...
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  4 January 2024
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - A Samizdat for the Council: Story of Sister Eliška and her “secret printing press” by Chiara Dommarco Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "He who does not know how to speak with love to his neighbor shows that he has not learned to speak to God in prayer". With these words, Sister Eliška Pretschnerová describes ...
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  29 December 2023
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers Campaign 2024: "Together for our Earth - in the Amazon and worldwide" Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - "Together for our Earth - in the Amazon and worldwide" is the motto of the 66th Star Singers campaign of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood in Germany (Kindermissionswerk/"Die Sternsing ...
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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 ...