Europe

• 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 ...
• 9 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Monsignor Enzo Serenelli, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy, for 15 years: a life spent for the missions Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Monsignor Enzo Serenelli died yesterday, September 8, at the age of 78, of an incurable disease. He had served as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy from 1983-1998. T ...
• 9 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Archdiocese of Madrid begins pilgrimage of WYD Cross on September 14; Archbishop tells youth: “life your Christian vocation with faith” and rejoice “in the privilege of carrying the Cross of Christ and making it visible to everyone” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Rejoice in the privilege of carrying the Cross of Christ and making it visible to everyone, without making exceptions.” This is what Cardinal Antonio M. Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, s ...
• 9 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Peace Appeal at the close of International Meeting in Krakow: “We are led onwards by the memory of the Second World War, the prophesy of John Paul II, as pilgrims of peace, establishing a new season of dialogue with patience and audacity.” Krakow (Agenzia Fides) - “We are led onwards by the memory of the Second World War, the prophesy of John Paul II, as pilgrims of peace, establishing a new season of dialogue with patience and audacity, uniting those wh ...
• 7 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Institute for Family Policies finds a child is aborted every 25 seconds in the European Union Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – In Europe, in 2007, over 1,200,000 abortions were registered, which is equal to one abortion every 25 seconds. In the past 10 years, over 13 million children have been “eliminated” by this ...
• 4 September 2009
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - President of Bishops' Conference to preside Mass in honor of new name adopted by Pontifical Mission Societies in England and Wales, “Missio” London (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, September 9, at the Westminster Cathedral, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, will preside a Mass in ho ...
• 4 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - “The Spirit of Assisi in Krakow”: September 6-8, International Encounter of Religions for Peace promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, on the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II Krakow (Agenzia Fides) – The leaders of the great world religions, leaders of countries, as well as men and women of the world of culture will meet in Krakow, September 6-8, upon the invitation of the Community of Sant ...