Europe

• 29 December 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Children with disabilities at the centre of 53rd Campaign by Star Singers (Sternsinger) who have chosen Cambodia as the symbolic country Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 53rd time, around the time of 6 January, the “Star Singers” (Sternsinger) of the German Mission of Childhood, will be on the streets of Germany with their Christmas carols. “Childre ...
• 20 December 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Sending missionary groups of children and young people of Czestochowa, 20 years on from Redemptoris Missio Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, 18 December, the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa organized a pilgrimage to the church of San Giacomo, where the material prepared ...
• 18 December 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “The world needs priests!”: “Missio Austria” raises funds for priests from three continents Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - “The world needs priests because it needs Christ. If the world no longer has Christ it will degenerate. Therefore investment in the formation of priests is the best investment in the future of ...
• 16 December 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Inauguration of a School for Missionary Promotion in Jaen “to revitalize the missionary spirituality and missionary movements” Jaen (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, 11 December, a School for Missionary Promotion in the Diocese of Jaen was officially inaugurated. The event, held at the diocesan seminary, was attended by Bishop D. Ramón del Hoyo ...
• 10 December 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - A return by “Angels for a Day”: young students and academics engaged on behalf of children in difficulty Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, 12 December, in various cities (Rome, Florence, Milan and Palermo), “Angels for a Day” returns, the volunteering initiative carried out on behalf of needy children on the outskirts ...
• 10 December 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Pilgrimage and missiological session of the Pontifical Missionary Union in Jasna Góra Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Communion with one heart and spirit” was the theme of the missiological session and pilgrimage promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union of Poland, which took place on 4 and 5 Decembe ...
• 3 December 2010
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “Safe Cities”: the security of women in poor and marginalized urban zones Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The abuse of women has been going on for centuries and it is often the case that a woman is killed before the problem is taken seriously. In this regard, the United Nations Fund for the Developme ...
• 29 November 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - 3 December, 2010, International Day for Disability: about 10% of the world population is affected by disability, 80% of the disabled live in poor countries Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1998, every year on 3 December the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated worldwide, officially promoted by the UN. About 10% of the world population of 650 million p ...
• 24 November 2010
  EUROPE - Freedom of religion violated all over the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Violations of religious freedom, oppression and discrimination are the damages to religious minorities that are still being recorded today in many countries in the world: states the 2010 Report on ...
• 24 November 2010
  EUROPE - Author, Guitton: “50 million Christians persecuted in the world” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “It is difficult to make precise estimates, however, according to international reports, we can say that more than 50 million Christians suffer persecution, contempt, and discrimination.” Thi ...
• 19 November 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Catholic Church saves the State 4 billion Euros on public education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “In education, the Church allows the state to save more than 4 billion euros," noted Diego Zalbidea, Professor of Canon Law at the University of Navarra, during the 26th Refresher Course in C ...
• 12 November 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sunday, November 21, Day of Prayer for Christians in Iraq Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "All communities are invited to pray Sunday, November 21, Solemnity of Christ the King, for the Christians of Iraq, who suffer the terrible ordeal of a bloody witness to the faith”: declared by ...
• 9 November 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - 30 years of the Jesuit Refugee Service: "caring for those who have no one to care for them” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On November 14, 1980, the Father General of the Society of Jesus, Spaniard Fr. Pedro Arrupe, founded the Jesuit Refugee Service, inviting all Jesuits to "care for those who have no one to care for ...
• 21 October 2010
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Message from Bishop of Setubal for World Mission Sunday: Catholics should not think Christianity is irrelevant for society Setubal (Agenzia Fides) – "Catholics should make a greater effort in the proclamation of Christianity," writes the Bishop of Setubal, Portugal, Bishop Gilberto Delio Goncalves Canavarro dos Reis, in his message for Wor ...
• 19 October 2010
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 11th Missionary Volunteer Day: fighting poverty to promote integral human development Leiria (Agenzia Fides) - 11th Missionary Volunteer Day to be held October 23 at Teatro Miguel Franco and Santana Mercado in Leiria, will reflect on the fight against poverty and social exclusion. "Against Poverty, You Ca ...