America

• 10 July 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 1st National Hispanic Youth Pastoral Meeting: in 15 years time more than 50% of Catholics in the US will be Hispanic Indiana (Agenzia Fides) - About 2,300 young people and 20 bishops attended a 1st National Hispanic Youth Pastoral Meeting (PENPJH) at Notre Dame University Indiana, 8-11 June, Fides was informed by Fr Manuel Peláez, Coo ...
• 7 July 2006
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Catholic Bishops discuss situation of seminaries, Church Council of Venezuela and next year’s CELAM general conference Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 6 July the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela opened its 86th ordinary assembly in Montalban, Caracas during which the Bishops will discuss various aspects of the situation o ...
• 7 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops join debate on new education law: “Education must be at the service of the integral development of the person... it must create conditions for the growth of a society where there is more justice and solidarity” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina is considering the government proposal to reform the education law, hoping that the new law will maintain the spirit of the old law, respect freedom of education, th ...
• 5 July 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - Initiatives to increase missionary awareness in view of World Mission Sunday; new Holy Childhood web site and commitment Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - With great enthusiasm the French speaking section of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Canada is preparing for World Mission Sunday 22 October. In June heads of missionary pastoral from ...
• 5 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Final statement from Latin American Businessmen and Bishops after Symposium of on the theme ‘business creates jobs and spreads prosperity’ Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - About seventy businessmen and bishops from 15 different Latin American countries at the invitation of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM and the International Union ...
• 4 July 2006
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - 1st International Meeting on Bio-Ethics in Paraguay 5 to 7 July Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - From 5 to 7 July the city of Asuncion in Paraguay will host the 1st International Meeting on Bio-Ethics promoted jointly by the Consortium of Catholic Doctors in Paraguay and the Pontifical Ac ...
• 4 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Latin American Managers and Bishops discuss social responsibility of businesses to create jobs and spread prosperity, international trade and migrations Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Managers and bishops from Argentina, Uruguay and Chile met 3 and 4 July in Pilar, province of Buenos Aires to discuss the social responsibility of businesses to create jobs and spread prosp ...
• 3 July 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Bishops express concern for violence in various regions of the country Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) -In a statement entitled ‘Justice and Peace will Kiss’, the Catholic Bishops of Brazil have voiced concern for increasing violence in various regions of the vast country. At their 44th genera ...
• 30 June 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Lay Catholic: you are a disciple and missionary. Let us walk together": 1st national meeting of committees of lay people associated with mission institutes and congregations Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Lay Catholic: you are a disciple and missionary. Let us walk together " is the slogan of the 1st national meeting of committees of lay people associated with mission institutes and congregations ...
• 30 June 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops warn against proposed sterilisation law, a “form di discrimination against the poor, which will not eliminate poverty, but only prevent the birth of children” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In view of a possibility that the Argentinean parliament may approve a Bill to grant free sterilisation treatment for poor people at state health centres the Catholics Bishops issued a stat ...
• 28 June 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Posadas prepares for the Diocesan 50th Jubilee Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - “Towards an open and evangelising Church” is the title of a pastoral letter issued by Bishop Juan Rubén Martínez, of the diocese of Posadas, as part of preparations for a Jubilee Year to m ...
• 26 June 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Two years of evangelisation and solidarity in Valparaíso: “may every Christian realise the urgency of spreading the Good News and knowledge of communion with Jesus Christ and the brothers and sisters expressed especially in Christian love Valparaíso (Agenzia Fides) - “Be bold, announce Christ. He is Life!” is the title of a 2006-2007 pastoral plan issued by the diocese of Valparaíso Chile which has proclaimed two years of Evangelisation and Solidari ...
• 26 June 2006
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Panabaj community emergency: 100 families in danger every night after Octoberlandslide buried the area Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 October 2005 a landslide buried the Tzutujil Maya village of Panabaj, Santiago Atitlàn, Guatemala, leaving 600 families homeless, 100 dead, 600 missing, 77 widows, 25 orphans of both parents ...
• 23 June 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “We must look to the future with optimism ... and work for unity to guide and help our country towards progress and prosperity”: Bishops’ post election call Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “The election is over and now we face the challenge to build the future, strive for the common good, serve with responsibility the many marginalised people, build with generosity, cultivate healt ...
• 21 June 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Full participation in definition of national education policy": Bishops’ Commission for Education meets Bolivian Forum for Education La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - To examine the present situation of education in Bolivia and draft a new education proposal the Bishops’ Commission for Education and the Bolivian Forum for Education are in La Paz taking part ...