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17 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - 10,590 Capuchins in 104 nations; largest number of novices in Asia and Oceania
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to statistics updated on December 31, 2008, there are a total of 10,590 Capuchins worldwide, 96 fewer than in 2007. Here are some details: Number of Postulants: 558, Novices: 363, Tempo ...
17 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - “New Disciples of Emmaus Being Christians in the University”: 1,500 European university students to meet in Rome and visit the Pope
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Study is a “Providential opportunity to advance on the path of faith”: these were the words of the Holy Father Benedict XVI in one of the many encounters he has held with university students, ...
17 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - Religious against trafficking in human persons: a new form of missionary activity; initiatives for the World Cup in South Africa and World Ski Championships in Canada
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Working against trafficking in human persons is a new form of missionary activity that is now seeing more and more participation from among female religious congregations. This is what has been s ...
17 June 2009
EUROPE - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with a String”: “I didn't think they were taking us...to sell us. I decided to fight against trafficking. Now I am director of an organization. The number of victims has increased from 25 to 225 in the last three years.”
Transnistria (Agenzia Fides) – Oxana Alistratova is the President of the NGO “Interaction” in Transnistria. Her decision to combat trafficking in human persons came from the dramatic experience she herself lived th ...
16 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - “Like Christ, faithful to the mission”: a campaign from the Pontifical Mission Societies for the World Day for the Sanctification of Priests
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the celebration of the World Day for the Sanctification of Priests, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on June 19, which this year marks the opening of the Year of the Priest decla ...
16 June 2009
EUROPE/GERMANY - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with a String”: “To the young women of Nigeria, I say: do not come. There is nothing here! They're only interested in selling your body.”
Dusseldorf (Agenzia Fides) – Prostitution and exploitation: immigration is not only a dramatic reality, but it has also brought to the surface an evil that is now enveloping the entire globe. There are so many terribl ...
15 June 2009
EUROPE - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with the String”: stories of Chinese immigrants to Europe: “To survive, you either have to be strong or commit illegal actions.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Two testimonies from Chinese immigrants - the first from Naples, known for its factories, and the second from London, where the Chinese community is an age-old historical reality of integration ...
15 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - Two and a half million people are victims of human trafficking: religious take action against trafficking, which now involves all countries
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly two and a half million people are the victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, 500,000 of which are in Europe and between 29,000 and 38,000 in Italy. As a result of these alarming f ...
12 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - June 20, Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo celebrate ordinations to the priesthood and diaconate
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, June 20, at 3:30pm, Archbishop Paulo Pezzi of the Diocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, will preside an Ordination Mass for priests and deacons of the Priestly Fraternity of the Mi ...
12 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - “The Suitcase with a String”: Haven't we noticed how Africa is here among us, cultivating our lands? Haven't we all realized that our fields are no longer filled with our youth?
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “When I hear someone with a big heart say 'now I want to give Africa an ambulance,' I think of the fact that beforehand, they would need streets, sewage systems, water purifiers, drinking water.. ...
10 June 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - Day for analyzing the efficiency of youth drug prevention activity
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – A study performed by the University of Valencia, promoted by the Don Bosco Confederation, with the support of the Health and Social-Political Minister, concluded that youth who participate in a ...
9 June 2009
EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Centennial anniversary of the death of Abbot Pfanner, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Mariannhill Missionaries to be celebrated in his hometown of Langen
Langen (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the death of Abbot Franz Pfanner (1825-1909), founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Mariannhill Missionaries, on June ...
9 June 2009
EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - Pontifical Mission Societies in England and Wales re-focuses missionary work with launch of “Missio”
London (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in England and Wales announced today, June 9, that they will relaunch the missionary society with the name of “Missio,” according to a statement sent to ...
8 June 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - Archdiocese of Czestochowa's Missionary Congress dedicated to John Paul II on the 30th anniversary of his visit to Poland
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's first apostolic journey to Poland (June 2-10, 1979), the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa organized a ...
8 June 2009
EUROPE/MOLDAVIA - “The Suitcase with a String”: “Can we blame a person for working under the table as a care-giver? Or the young women used for sexual exploitation? They are all victims. They are all people with no other choice.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I have worked as director of the General Prosecutor's office in fighting human trafficking, child prostitution, which involve small groups of 2-3 people, sometimes even relatives. In 2001, the I ...
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