Europe

• 29 September 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Solidarity, forgiveness, sharing: fourth national meeting of young people sponsored by the SVD Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - To reflect on how, inspired by faith, we can be an example of solidarity, forgiveness and sharing is the aim of '"Encontro Verbum Jovem" to be held in October from 7 to 9 at the parish of St. Pet ...
• 28 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Students engaged in social responsibility Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement between the Director of Caritas Rome, Msgr. Enrico Feroci, and the Rector of the European University of Rome, Father Paolo Scarafoni LC, has just been signed, which will allow students ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - A statue of Mother Teresa has been inaugurated in Moscow, but her sisters are homeless Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 September, a statue dedicated to the Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta was inaugurated in Moscow, during the celebrations for the centenary of the consecration of the Immaculate Conception ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/ ITALY - 50 years of commitment to the Italian Association Friends of Raoul Follereau Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - From 21 to 23 October 2011, the Italian Association Friends of Raoul Follereau (AIFO) will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation on the occasion of the XXIII International Confere ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Permanent Episcopal Council of CEI recalls Mgr. Mazzolari "among the greatest missionaries of all times", the story of Africa and persecuted Christians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, as everyone knows, the fiftieth nation was born, South Sudan, to which we express our affection and our friendship. Main protagonist of this independence was one of our missionary broth ...
• 26 September 2011
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - CCEE Plenary Assembly on the New Evangelization in Europe Tirana (Agenzia Fides) – The next Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ conferences (CCEE) will take place, from September 29 to October 2. The central theme of the assemblt will be the New Evangelizat ...
• 23 September 2011
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Religious communities are aware of their role in the construction of a new society Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "All the religious communities showed a keen awareness that Albania today is still a society in transition: some issues from the past remain unresolved and there are significant political, social a ...
• 20 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 142th Salesian missionary expedition; the first mission in South Sudan for the Caritas Sisters of Jesus Turin (Agenzia Fides) - 74 missionaries are leaving to reach the 5 continents where they will bring the Gospel, in the educational style of Don Bosco, thus giving rise to the 142th Salesian missionary expedition. Accordi ...
• 15 September 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND -Prevention, concrete initiatives, prosecution of traffickers: how to counteract the globalization of human trafficking Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - "To counteract the scourge of trafficking of women and children with greater determination and more concrete results, a convergence of efforts is necessary: a mentality that is centered on the un ...
• 14 September 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Appeal during the International Meeting Man and Religions: "It is time to change, the world needs more hope and more peace" Munich (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to change. The world needs more hope and more peace. We can learn again to live, not against each other, but with each other. We are aware of the responsibilities of religions in enda ...
• 12 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Archives and Evangelization", a conference on the importance of the documentation concerning evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From September 13 to 16, the Conference "Archives and Evangelization," which aims to promote the enhancement of church records kept in the archives on evangelization will be held at "Il Carmelo" In ...
• 8 September 2011
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Albanian model of inter-religious and intercultural relation: Conference of the European Justice and Peace Commissions Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The inter-religious and intercultural relations - opportunities and challenges for our solidarity. An Albanian contribution to building Europe". This is the theme proposed for the next meeting of ...
• 7 September 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - International Literacy Day: nearly 800 million illiterates in the world, including more than 70 million children Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On September 8, International Literacy Day is celebrated, we want to remind society in general, governments and institutions dealing with education that there are still nearly 800 million illiter ...
• 2 September 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Rosary for missions is said in the editorial office Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - From 1 September, the editors of the Catholic Weekly "Niedziela", based in Czestochowa, after the morning Mass which is celebrated in the chapel dedicated to Mary Mater Verbi, on the premise ...
• 26 August 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY -The national Week of missionary formation and spirituality begins Cassino (Agenzia Fides) - Today, August 26, the ninth "National week of missionary formation and spirituality begins" which introduces the themes chosen for the missionary promotion of the Italian ecclesial communities i ...