Europe

• 3 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “A suitcase tied with string”: how to respond nowadays without falling prey to demagoguery or neo-paternalism that breeds a dependency culture Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “A suitcase tied with string” (Italian: “La valigia con lo spago”) is a four-part series on immigration that will be aired on the RAI (Italian Public Television) starting June 22, not just ...
• 2 June 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Czestochowa launches Year of the Priest website dedicated to priestly and religious vocations Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The Pastoral Office for Vocations of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa and the Major Seminary of the same Archdiocese have started a website dedicated specifically to priestly and religious v ...
• 2 June 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain renews Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus after 90 years, on June 21 Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Next Sunday, June 21, 2009, a ceremony will be held at Cerro de los Angeles, in Getafe (Madrid), for the renewal of Spain's Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 90 years after it was firs ...
• 1 June 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Closure of the Year of Missionary Formation; various HCA Congresses planned for May and June in the country Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – This past May 28 saw the conclusion of the Year of Missionary Formaiton on a national level at the Center for Missionary Formation in Warsaw. Information on the event was sent to Agenzia Fides ...
• 1 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - General Chapter of the Dehonians, confirmation of General Superior Fr. Jose Ornela Carvalho, pilgrimage to the sites of Saint Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 22nd General Chapter of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), being held in this Year of St. Paul, from May 18 to June 11, bears the title of: “The love of Christ impels us” (2 Cor ...
• 29 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - May 30: 5,000 Roman children will become “Missionaries like Paul”: European Child Missionaries' Pilgrimage for the Year of St. Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The entire day of May 30 will be dedicated to Saint Paul and the Mission, which will be carried out by nearly 5,000 children from all over Italy, as well as other European countries: Croatia, Cze ...
• 26 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Annual Report from “Aid to the Church in Need”: over 5,000 projects funded in 137 countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The 2008 Annual Report shows that – in spite of the economic crisis and thanks to our benefactors – we have once again been able to maintain our funding for the Church in need.” With these ...
• 26 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Urbaniana Study Day: Communication experiences in a cross-cultural missionary setting Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Cross-Cultural Communication, Communicational Paths and Strategies in Times of Crisis,” was the title of the study day organized by the Pontifical University Urbaniana, at the close of the Mas ...
• 26 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “We should reach the point in which the death penalty is abolished throughout the entire world, because it is a sign of incivility, as one crime cannot be punished with another crime.” Cardinal Martino addresses the International Congress of Ministers of Justice Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “We should make the United States and China abolish the death penalty. These two giants have a great international role.” These were the words of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President of ...
• 25 May 2009
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - May 25-31: National Family Week: “The Home is a Holy Place” London (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Great Britain is celebrating National Family Week from May 25-31. In honor of the event, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have prepared a resource pack. The Ho ...
• 22 May 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Initiatives promoted by the Catholic weekly “Niedzela” for the 30th anniversary of John Paul II's first apostolic trip to Poland Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the 30th anniversary of John Paul II's first apostolic trip to Poland (June 2-10, 1979), the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” the most widely-read magazine in Poland with ...
• 22 May 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - National Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates and the National Assembly of National Directors of the PMS - “Growing in the missionary vocation is the challenge presented by the Year of Saint Paul.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On May 19-21, the National Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates and the National Assembly of National Directors of the PMS were held in Madrid. In addition to the National Director of the Pontif ...
• 19 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Bishops' Conference working in support of Sri Lankans Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The President's Office of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) issued a statement expressing the closeness of the entire Church in Italy to the victims of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. “Th ...
• 15 May 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy and Sexual and Reproductive Health” Bill passed, a law “rejected by an evident majority of citizens” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Without arriving at any kind of consensus with the opposition and denying the scientific evidence that exists on life's beginning, the Council of Ministers yesterday approved the draft-bill of ...
• 12 May 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Citizen groups protest the sale of “morning after” pill over the counter: “a human and medical aberration” that “implies the establishment of unrestricted abortion” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The statement issued on the morning of May 11 by Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez and Equality Minister Bibiana Aido, establishing the over-the-counter sales of the “morning after” pill (in ...