Europe
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2 February 2007
EUROPE/GT BRITAIN - Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster expresses disappointment that Catholic adoption agencies will not be exempt from considering same sex couples as possible adoptive parents
London (Agenzia Fides) - “We are deeply disappointed that no exemption will be granted to our agencies on the grounds of widely held religious conviction and conscience" Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor Cormac, Archbishop of W ...
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31 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - UNICEF Spain report: 500 million Euro needed for people in 33 countries
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Presenting its 2007 report on humanitarian activity Spanish branch of the United Nations Children’s Fund said that to meet the needs of people in difficult situations in 33 countries at least 500 ...
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30 January 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 20.000 took part in Pro Life march through the streets of Lisbon supported by 160 different Pro-Life associations all over the world
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - Portugal reaffirms its determination to defend human life. On Sunday 28 January in Lisbon some 20,000 people braved icy rain to take part in a peaceful and happy demonstration to defend the life ...
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29 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Pope Benedict XVI message to Verbum Dei Mission Fraternity 3rd General Conference: listen and do what the Lord is asking of you and cooperate in the evangelising mission of the Church in obedience to your respective local Bishop
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - ‘A Charisma at the service of the Word’ is the theme of the 3rd General Conference of the Verbum Dei Mission Fraternity taking place in Madrid 17 January - 14 February. The Conference, being ...
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27 January 2007
EUROPA/ITALY - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI): 4,384 “evangelise the poor” on the different fronts of the mission on all continents
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to Omiworld January 2007, in the world there are 4,384 Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, 6 more than last year: 1 cardinal, 10 archbishops, 32 bishops, 2 apostolic prefects, 3,173 p ...
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24 January 2007
EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - Church leaders request that Catholic Adoption Agencies be exempt from the obligation to consider same sex couples as adoptive parents
London (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster has written to the British government asking for Catholic Adoption Agencies to be exempt from the obligation to consider same sex couple ...
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24 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Set out, you are a missionary!”: slogan for Holy Childhood Day on Sunday 28 January
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Set out, you are a missionary!”: is the slogan chosen by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain for Holy Childhood Day celebrated by that local Church on Sunday 28 January. “Set out” ...
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23 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - It fails to admit the existence of truth and good, it ignores the existence of God and the transcendent, it imposes an ideology of gender: reasons for rejecting Education to Citizenship proposed new compulsory School Subject
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Professionals for Ethics Association warns that the subject Education to Citizenship which the Spanish government intends to make compulsory “interferes with the moral formation of childre ...
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17 January 2007
EUROPA/ITALY - 13th Scalabrini General Chapter in search of basic lines for next six years of mission
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The 13th General Chapter of the Missionaries of San Carlo (Scalabrini) opened in Rome on January 16th with three days of spiritual reflection guided by Bishop Luciano Monari of the diocese of Piac ...
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17 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Ecumenism of holiness is the most effective. Only if obedient to the will of God Christian action in the world will bear fruit": Bishops’ message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ illuminates us all” is the title of a Message addressed to all Christians in Spain by the Catholic Bishops Conference in view of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the ...
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16 January 2007
EUROPA/PORTUGAL - “Life is in your hands” Schoenstatt movement launches campaign of prayer and awareness building on the theme of life; Sunday 28 January March Pro Life March promoted by the Portuguese Large Families Association
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Portugal is mobilising Catholics in view of a February 11 referendum on the legalisation of abortion (see Fides 14/12/2006). To increase awareness of the seriousness of the ...
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16 January 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Consecrated men and women are called to arrange their day around the prayer of the Church to enable them to announce to the world that “salvation is still present and comes from God through his Son”: Italian Bishops issue message for upcoming World Day for the Consecrated Life
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In a Message issued for the 11th annual Day for the Consecrated Life the Italian Bishops write: “February 2nd Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Church celebrates the Day for Consecrated ...
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12 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops’ message for Migration Day: "an opportunity to increase awareness of the situation and let it challenge us in the light of the word of God to make a new start with greater commitment "
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “You are 44 million members of one family... "you are members of the family of God " (Eph 2,19)", is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Spain on the occasion of Migration ...
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11 January 2007
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Co-ordination of Bishops’ Conferences in Support of the Church of the Holy Land: A group of European and North American bishops is visiting the Holy Land from 12th to 18th January
Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - A group of European and North American bishops is visiting the Holy Land from 12th to 18th January this year. This is an established group, which was set up at the request of the Holy See in J ...
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9 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish Family Policy Institute calls for National Plan to sustain the birth rate in a situation of social catastrophe of rising numbers of abortions
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Spanish Family Policy Institute IPF a growing number of Spanish women choose to abort their babies. IPF president Eduardo Hertfelder, said today 2 out of 10 pregnancies are termi ...
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