Europe

• 8 January 2013
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Closure of the Jubilee Year dedicated to Pauline Jaricot, founder of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, January 9, the Jubilee Year dedicated to Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) ends, held on the 150th anniversary of her death and the 50th anniversary of the decree on her heroic virtues. The cel ...
• 28 December 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "We are faced with a family and faith emergency ": On Sunday a demonstration in defense of the Christian family Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian family is misunderstood and mistreated" denounced the President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, speaking to the Catholic TV COPE, on the o ...
• 20 December 2012
  EUROPE/GERMANY - From the Star Singers: a blessing for Tanzania Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 55th time, in the days leading up to January 6th, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany will be on the country’s street-corners singing Christmas ...
• 12 December 2012
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Recognition of Parliament to Caritas, for the protection of social rights and the fight against poverty Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Caritas Portugal, Eugenio Fonseca, received from Parliament the Human Rights Award 2012. "Caritas welcomes this award - he said - as a sign of appreciation for the work of animat ...
• 7 December 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Right to education denied to 61 million boys and girls who do not attend school Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - In the world 61 million children do not attend school, 31 million live in Africa and 53% are girls. These statistics were published by the Spanish Entreculturas, on the occasion of the Internatio ...
• 6 December 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - Prayer Vigil in Jasna Gora for the evangelization of the world Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - About 500 people attended the vigil of prayer at the Shrine of Jasna Góra, in Poland, for the evangelization of the world (see Fides 30/11/2012), which was held on December 1. Thousands of ...
• 5 December 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Hunger, unemployment and exploitation aggravate the already precarious situations Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Every day 100,000 people, half of them children, die of hunger. It is about 85% of the world population. In the European Union every year 89 million tons of food is thrown away. According to figu ...
• 30 November 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world": pilgrimage and missiological session in Jasna Gora Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world" is the theme of the missiological session and of the pilgrimage promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) in Poland to be held on 1 an ...
• 16 November 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 220 million malnourished children, penalized in their growth and future Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the International Day of the Child, which will be held on November 20, the Spanish organization Acción contra el Hambre has reported that over 200 million children suffer from ...
• 13 November 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - Assembly of Bishops of North Africa in Mazara del Vallo: Churches around the Mediterranean called upon to collaborate on Migration and New Evangelization Mazara del Vallo (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, as from next Sunday, November 18, the Bishops of the Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa will celebrate a session of its General Assembly in Sicily, guests ...
• 30 October 2012
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Catholic organizations denounce the social regression and the increase of poverty Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - "We note that a huge social decline is taking place, which affects especially the most vulnerable, leading to an increase of poverty, insecurity, violence and other social problems," is what is r ...
• 23 October 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - "Missionary workshops" dedicated to the Year of Faith Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith is strengthened when it is announced" was the theme of the "missionary workshops" dedicated to the Year of Faith and Missionary Week, which took place on October 20 at the Metropolita ...
• 22 October 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Two thousand children involved in fundraising for World Mission Sunday Tui (Agenzia Fides) - More than two thousand children in the Diocese of Tui-Vigo, in the Province of Pontevedra, Spain, walked the city streets with the classic tin containers used for the collection in favour of World M ...
• 19 October 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "There is no mission without missionaries": 14,000 Spanish missionaries in the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Day is celebrated on Sunday, October 21 also in the whole of Spain, known under the name of "Domund." The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, Fr. A ...
• 18 October 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Christians before the conflicts in the Middle East Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The demands of the Arab peoples in order to obtain constitutional, economic and social reforms are just and legitimate, but what is not right is the fact of imposing such changes "from the outside ...