Europe

• 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 ...
• 11 July 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Bicycles to reach blind children in remote areas of Africa Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "Together we can bring light into the lives of thousands of blind children in Africa". This is the message of the event Luci in Bici promoted by CBM Italy Onlus. We are talking about a night cycli ...
• 7 July 2014
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - "Protagonists of education, promoters of development": strengthening of primary schools in Shkodra Scutari (Agenzia Fides) - 600 children and 8 schools, 220 teachers and headmasters have benefited from the project to strengthen primary schools in Shkodra, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and carried out by AV ...
• 5 July 2014
  EUROPE/POLAND - A school of missionary animation Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The School of Missionary Animators, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland, which began at the Missionary Formation Center in Warsaw on June 30, ends today, July 5. Accor ...
• 1 July 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The emerging phenomenon of women who are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Spanish police estimated 10,862 "potential victims" of human trafficking, found in places where other victims have been identified, such as industrial areas, strip clubs or brothels. The police a ...
• 28 June 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - A "social audio book" in defense of the Africans with albinism, the last of the last Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "They are white in Africa. They are the last of the last" reads the home page of the site dedicated to the initiative in defense of Africans suffering from albinism which bears the same name of th ...
• 16 June 2014
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Cardinal Filoni concludes the jubilee celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the Diocese of Funchal Funchal (Agenzia Fides) - "As the Trinitarian love of God, even ecclesial love must be given to others. First of all, for those who do not know the love of God, or are far away from him, or do not feel humanly worthy to ...