Europe

• 26 August 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY -The national Week of missionary formation and spirituality begins Cassino (Agenzia Fides) - Today, August 26, the ninth "National week of missionary formation and spirituality begins" which introduces the themes chosen for the missionary promotion of the Italian ecclesial communities i ...
• 23 August 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The crisis of vocations empties seminaries and convents but the Church in the country promotes the so called "Feria Vocacional" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - In the whole of Spain, in 2010, only 162 priests were ordained and the average age of religious men in the country is 70. The vocation crisis is emptying seminaries and convents, and causes much ...
• 18 August 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - In the Year of Voluntary, the National Missionary Days on "Voluntary work and Mission" Lisbon (Fides Service) – Voluntary work is one of the most evangelical expressions of Christian witness, and during the Year of Voluntary the Missionary National Days on the theme "Voluntary work and Mission", which wi ...
• 18 August 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Humanitarian Day: Caritas recalls the role of local partners Freiburg (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 August the United Nations celebrates World Humanitarian Day to honor the commitment of those who live to help others around the world. The day recalls in particular the bombing of the UN ...
• 17 August 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - World Youth Day is also a missionary event Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - This week Madrid is "the world capital for the youth" gathered from all over the world to attend World Youth Day and to show their love to God and the Church. If most of them come from countries ...
• 9 August 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY-Missionary Childhood supports 2,785 projects for children around the world Aachen (Fides Service) - German Missionary Childhood (Die Sternsinger) reported a 9.9% increase in donations in 2010 for a total of 73 million of which almost 41 million euros have been collected by the initiative of th ...
• 6 August 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The diaconate of communications as an instrument of evangelization and missionary action of the Church Warsaw (Fides Service) - "The mass media as an instrument of evangelization and the diaconate of social communications" was the theme of the meeting that was held on August 3 at the House of Light-Life Movement of the A ...
• 5 August 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy celebrate the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan Rome (Fides Service) - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy will celebrate on August 11 the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan. According to a statement sent to Fides, the National Day of Minorities in P ...
• 5 August 2011
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - 4.5 million sick people will benefit from the aid sent by the organization Missio Austria to fight leprosy Vienna (Fides Service) - For over 25 years the organization for the fight against leprosy (Aussätzigen-Hilfswerk) of the national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria (Missio Austria) is organizing a ...
• 3 August 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - The German Church presents the report on her missionary activities all over the world Aachen (Fides Service) - "Universal Church 2010". This is the title of the first report on the missionary activities carried out by different members of the Catholic Church in Germany. The document gives an account of th ...
• 1 August 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - "In the land loved by Saint Justin De Jacobis 12 million risk dying of hunger", Prefect Filoni recalled in his homily for the 150 years since the death of the evangelizing Saint of Ethiopia Rome (Fides Service) - "This land was fertilized by the heroic witness of the life of St. Justin De Jacobis" recalled His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in the ...
• 29 July 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples will conclude the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of St. Justin, preacher in Ethiopia Rome (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will conclude on Sunday, July 31, in the diocese of Mefi-Rapolla-Venosa, the cycle of celebrations fo ...
• 28 July 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - For World Youth Day 60 "Young Swiss Guards" will welcome the Holy Father Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the next World Youth Day to be held in August in Madrid, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will be greeted by a special group of bodyguards: 60 children, dressed in the trad ...
• 23 July 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND-50th anniversary of the Secular Institute of the Scalabrinian Missionaries (1961-2011) Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2011 the Scalabrinian will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their Secular Institute of the Scalabrinian Secular Missionary women. The Institute was founded in Solothurn, Switzer ...
• 22 July 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL-Voluntary Missionary: 1,130 Portuguese around the world, many will spend their holidays in mission lands Lisbon (Fides Service) - More than 1,130 Portuguese youth and adults will dedicate themselves this year in carrying out voluntary missionary projects in developing countries and also in Portugal, about half of them will ...