Europe

• 2 October 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Year for Priests, 50th anniversary of “Manos Unidas,” economic crisis, abortion, and education, at the heart of session for Permanent Committee of Spanish Bishops' Conference, as they express support to Bishops of Honduras Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – From September 29 – October 1, the Permanent Committee of the Spanish Bishops' Conference has been holding its traditional meeting. Among the themes discussed were the Year for Priests, the e ...
• 1 October 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Seek the Face of God”: Pastoral Letter to the Youth on the occasion of the canonization of Trappist monk Maria Rafael Arnaiz Baron Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Seek the Face of God” is the title of the Pastoral Letter that seven Spanish Bishops have written to the youth “in age and in spirit,” in light of the canonization of Trappist monk Maria ...
• 25 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Archbishop Crepaldi: “Peace and political and social stability are indispensable” for Africa's agricultural, human, and economic development Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa is the place that presents the challenge for the future of Catholicism: or we manage to spread the Gospel in that continent or we will suffer many more difficulties.” This is what newly ...
• 25 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Priests and catechists of Granada meet to reflect on “Vocation and Catechesis,” in this Year for Priests Granada (Agenzia Fides) - “Vocation and catechesis” is the theme of the 9th Interdiocesan Encounter of priests and catechists of the Archdiocese of Granada, scheduled to begin today, September 25 and last until Sept ...
• 25 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Archbishop of Czestochowa presents copy of Black Madonna icon to Orthodox Russian monks whose monastery was once used as a concentration camp, where over 6,000 Polish soldiers were killed Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of monks from the Russian Orthodox Church, who are visiting Poland September 23-29, yesterday (September 24), participated in a time of Marian Prayer entitled “Jasna Gora Ap ...
• 24 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - First phase of the XVII General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries ends: “Re-foundation, re-qualification, new plan” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The first phase of the XVII General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries (see Fides 2/9/2009), which is being held in Rome at the General House of the missionary institute founded by Saint Daniel ...
• 23 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bagnasco meets with the President of the Italian Rabbinical Assembly and Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome; resumes common celebration of the Day for Hebrew-Christian reflection on January 17 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference, met on September 22 with Rabbis Giuseppe Laras, President of the Italian Rabbinical Assembly, and Riccardo Di Segni, Chief ...
• 22 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Catholic weekly “Niedzela” leads pilgrimage to Shrine of Jasna Gora for the Year for Priests; support for Church mass media projects Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Fidelity of Christ, fidelity of the priest” is the main theme of the Year for Priests and it has also been the theme for the pilgrimage led by the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela” ...
• 17 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “In your Word we will walk together” over 1,000 members of 50 Christian movements and associations come “Together for Europe” Loppiano (Agenzia Fides) – Only a Europe that is united, beyond every barrier and nationalism can talk about brotherhood in the world. This is the spirit behind “Together for Europe,” the first national rally promo ...
• 15 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Archbishop Marchetto: “Where the stranger becomes a guest and is welcomed, the possibility of seeing others as enemies disappears.” Recoaro Terme (Agenzia Fides) - “The causes that often force migrants to leave their own countries, in search of better opportunities elsewhere, are poverty, the impossibility of finding an adequate and dignified emplo ...
• 15 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Legionaries of Christ Novitiate in Gozzano celebrates first vows and donning of cassock Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On September 13, in the Shrine to the Crucified in Boca (Novara, Italy), 16 young men of the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Gozzano made their first religious vows and concluded their ...
• 15 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pilgrimage of the World Youth Day Cross begins. Archbishop of Madrid: “We wish to reach the end of our path as pilgrims who have sought and found Christ Crucified.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “We wish to reach the end of our path as pilgrims who have sought and found Christ Crucified.” This is what Cardinal Antonio M. Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, said during a Prayer Vigil ...
• 11 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - 23rd International AIFO Convention: “Becoming Persons. The path of the downtrodden towards universal citizenship” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Assisi will be hosting the International AIFO (Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau) Convention, October 16-18. It is one of the most important events organized by the Association in pr ...
• 11 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Interfaith relations in the realization of the Church's mission, focus of the International Conference of Canonists in Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “A divided Church is against the will of Jesus Christ and is anti-missionary and anti-evangelizing. We should use every means possible, such as prayer, to fulfill Jesus' will. Loving the C ...
• 10 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - September 13, XX Marian Day for the Family at Torreciudad Shrine Huesca (Agenzia Fides) – This coming Sunday, September 13, the Marian Shrine of Torreciudad (Huesca), will host the XX Marian Day for the Family, which this year will be presided by Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellin of B ...