Europe

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  11 April 2026
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - European Conference of Missionary Childhood: "Creativity in the New Evangelization" Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) – From Sunday, April 12, to Thursday, April 16, representatives of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood from across Europe will gather in Bratislava for the "European Conference of ...
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  5 April 2026
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Easter Vigil, Archbishop Pezzi to 18 catechumens: "Our life belongs to Christ" by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – "Christ is risen!" It was with this proclamation, repeated three times, dear to the tradition of the Eastern Churches, and to which the faithful responded "He is truly ris ...
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  5 April 2026
  "Christ is risen." Bishop Lipke and the Easter Vigil of the "little flock" of Nižnyj Tagil Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – “It is impossible for any of the victims of history, any of the innocent or those who tried in some way to love, to do good, to be caring, to be forgotten. It is the Lord himself who raises ...
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  1 April 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Mission focused on young people: 120 years of Salesian presence in Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Don Bosco had expressed his desire to go as a missionary to Asia and Oceania. His dream became a reality when the first Salesian missionaries arrived in Asia about 120 years ago. Founded in 1859 ...
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  28 March 2026
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - The mission of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Rrëshen: Hope in the Lord does not disappoint Rrëshen (Agenzia Fides) - “Hope in the Lord does not disappoint” is the motto of the mission organized by the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Albania, in the Diocese of Rrëshen. ...
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  27 March 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - Easter for the students of the European University of Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – From Holy Wednesday to Easter Sunday, a group of students will participate in the Holy Week Mission promoted by “Missionary Youth,” the youth apostolate of the Regnum Christi movement. The ...
• 23 March 2026
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Father Manuel Augusto Lopes Ferreira, MCCJ, new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agency Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Manuel Augusto Lopes Ferreira ...
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  23 March 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles: "Peace is a gift, but it is also a commitment" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “In a world beset by fear and division, we want to continue believing that fraternity is possible. We want to be people who, with simplicity and courage, bear witness that peace begins with rec ...
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  19 March 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY: Sister Inês Paulo Albino: "The presence of children, wherever they are, should guide us to a change of perspective" Trani (Agenzia Fides) - “The presence of children, wherever they are, should guide us to a change of perspective and encourage us not only to invest all our resources in them, but also to roll up our sleeves together w ...
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  16 March 2026
  SIPRI Report 2026: The global arms market is growing, while in Africa it remains a mystery by Cosimo Graziani Stockholm (Agenzia Fides) – On March 9, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published its report on the development of the arms market for the five-year period 2021–2025 ...
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  12 March 2026
  EUROPE/MALTA - "Forward with Hope": Missio Malta’s Annual Fundraising Marathon to be held on Saturday, March 14 Valletta (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, March 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Missio Malta (the national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Malta) will once again promote its annual fundraising event t ...
• 4 March 2026
  EUROPE/SWEDEN - Anna Sandberg, new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Nordic Countries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 23, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Anna Sandberg ...
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  28 February 2026
  Faith according to Joseph Ratzinger: “Like a child in his mother’s arms” by Cardinal Pietro Parolin* We are publishing excerpts from Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s preface to the volume “La fede del futuro, il futuro della Chiesa” (“The Faith of the Future, the Future of the Church”) ...
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  27 February 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - The number of Italian "Fidei Donum" priests who leave on mission continues to decline Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Of approximately 31,000 Italian priests, 227 are currently serving as "Fidei Donum" missionaries abroad. Updated data published by the National Office for Missionary Cooperation of the Churches o ...
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  26 February 2026
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "The spirituality of the Pontifical Mission Societies" at the center of the meeting of European Directors Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - The European national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies are meeting this week in Heiligenkreuz, near Vienna. Thirty-two participants attended this event, organized by the Pontifical N ...