Europe

• 16 October 2014
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - Let us build a "missionary bridge of prayer" for World Mission Day Prague (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day, the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the Czech Republic, has launched the initiative to "build a missionary bridge of prayer ...
• 15 October 2014
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - Armenian and Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs: Recognize the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church are turning to the whole Christian world and the international community so that, on the occasion of the centennial co ...
• 11 October 2014
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Newness of the Blessed Scalabrini in the Migration world today Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - The work, thoughts and spirituality of Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini (1839-1905), Bishop of Piacenza, Father and Apostle of migrants, were the themes of the Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits held fr ...
• 9 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Now it is not possible to stop us": campaign against child mortality Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Every day 17,000 children worldwide die from diseases which could be avoided if vaccinated, if there were clean water, adequate food or mosquito nets. To cope with this emergency, the UNICEF Anda ...
• 8 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - V Centenary of St. Teresa of Jesus Avila (Agenzia Fides) - The main authorities of the Spanish Bishops' Conference of the Carmelite Order will attend the Mass that His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Blazquez, Archbishop of Valladolid, will preside on October 15, the l ...
• 3 October 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - A year ago, the tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea, memory and heritage Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "3rd October 2014, let’s go back one year: 368 migrants died in the waters of our sea. And after another 60, another 40, another 35.... Today we pray for our brothers and sisters -. Sister Neusa ...
• 27 September 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition: to go all over the world to educate and evangelize Turin (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, 28 September, the missionaries of the 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition will receive the missionary cross from the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime. Later, they will set ou ...
• 26 September 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Another Spanish missionary doctor suffering from ebola died in Madrid Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Brother Manuel García Viejo, a specialist in internal and tropical medicine and medical director of the San Juan De Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar, (Sierra Leone), tested positive for Ebola ...
• 8 September 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Middle East education emergency: school year at risk for millions of students Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Gaza the re-opening of schools – initially set for 24 August and involving more than 240,000 students – was postponed to 14 September. In Iraq more than half a million among the Iraqis force ...
• 1 September 2014
  EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - Caritas alarm: Summer of “humanitarian disasters” drains aid resources Amsterdam (Agenzia Fides) – “This Summer of humanitarian disasters” is draining the resources of international aid agencies; very soon they will be unable to address the needs of people affected by the consequences ...
• 4 August 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN – Celebration for 484 missionaries of Palencia around the world Palencia (Agenzia Fides) - About 40 missionaries of Palencia gathered for the usual summer meeting, together with the bishop of the diocese, Mgr. Esteban Escudero, and the diocesan delegate for the Missions, Father Dioni ...
• 24 July 2014
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - Over 700 million girls forced into marriage London (Agenzia Fides) - All over the world more than 700 million women were forced to marry when they were still children, of these 250 million (35.7%) before the age of 15. This is what was stated by the United Nations ...
• 22 July 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - March for solidarity: 1600 million unemployed and 400 million young slaves in the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Unemployment and slavery are two sides of the same coin. Young people from all over the world are slaves or are exploited. From the work done with the hands of 400 million children, clothes, shoe ...
• 16 July 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Twelve hours of continuous prayer for peace in the Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There will be a number of youth groups in Italy and in several countries, including Jerusalem, that will spiritually join the young people from Rome who tomorrow, July 17 will gather in the Basilic ...
• 12 July 2014
  EUROPE/UK - Global Trends 2045: the challenges of the world according to the British Ministry of Defense London (Agenzia Fides) - Religion will continue to be a significant component of personal identity, it is expected that evangelical Christian communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa will grow, while Islam will rema ...