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2 February 2009
AMERICA/PERU - I Congress on Sodalite Spirituality concludes: “that the flame of faith becomes a living torch that moves throughout the world setting hearts on fire, giving life to new initiatives in a world walking in darkness: this is our mission.”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The I Congress on Sodalite Spirituality concluded on January 31, with great enthusiasm and gratitude for all the graces received in the event, which was attended by over 100,000 members of the sp ...
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30 January 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - University students deplore violence and confrontation in the country, calling them “events that upset and sadden the people of Venezuela, who want to live in peace and democracy.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Department of Youth and Campus Ministry has issued a statement to all universities in Venezuela, expressing its stance on the violent events that have recently taken place in the universit ...
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30 January 2009
AMERICA/PERU - First Spirituality Congress of the “Sodalite” Family, “a special occasion to reflect, discuss, and give meaning to the community”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In an authentic family environment and in spiritual reflection, with over 1,200 members of the “Sodalite” Family, today the First Spirituality Congress of Sodalite began in the city of Lima, ...
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29 January 2009
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - National Youth Day on January 31: “The youth need missionaries that carry out their apostolate with normality, energy, and joy.”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – On January 31, the Dominican Republic will celebrate its National Youth Day, organized by the National Commission for Youth Ministry, presided by Msgr. Julio Cesar Corniel. There will be ...
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28 January 2009
AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - “Episcopal Leadership in Today's World, in the Spirit of Aparecida,” a course for Bishops in Latin America, begins
San Juan (Agenzia Fides) – From January 20-31, the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan and the Saint Vincent Ferrer Preaching House in Bayamon are hosting a course entitled: “Episcopal Leadership in Today's Wo ...
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27 January 2009
AMERICA - Second meeting of CELAM's Support Team for Life Issues: publication on biological rights, bioethics course for Latin American Bishops, Statute for bioethics committees among proposals
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – In the spirit of the 6th World Meeting of Families in Mexico, CELAM's Support Team for Life Issues has held their second meeting, January 19-21, 2009. The meeting was organized by Bishop A ...
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27 January 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Triduum of Prayer in all parishes for Cardinal Cipriani on his 10th anniversary of the beginning of his pastoral ministry as 32nd Archbishop of Lima
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Lima has come together to pray on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the pastoral ministry of Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne in the Archdiocese. As pr ...
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27 January 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Priestly Council of the Archdiocese of Caracas comes out in support of Cardinal Urosa and the country's Nuncio
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Priestly Council of the Archdiocese of Caracas has issued a statement entitled “Blessed are the peacemakers,” expressing their solidarity and communion with their Archbishop, Cardinal ...
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26 January 2009
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The main cause of the problems in the country is a “placing aside of moral criterias in the area of decision-making and in daily life,” the Bishops say at the close of their Plenary Assembly, calling for solidarity in response to the global economic recession
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Guatemala have published a document at the close of their Plenary Assembly, celebrated on January 19-23. In the statement, the Prelates recall that the most serious probl ...
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26 January 2009
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Archdiocese of San Jose launches Continental Mission: “our objective is to enter into a permanent missionary state”
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – Priests, seminarians, and faithful gathered together this past Sunday, January 25, in the Cathedral of San Jose (Costa Rica), to celebrate the Conversion of St. Paul and inaugurate the Great ...
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23 January 2009
AMERICA/PERU - On Sunday, January 25, a new Church to be inaugurated in Lima, on the occasion of Cardinal Cipriani's 10th anniversary as Archbishop of Lima
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Lima will inaugurate a new Church this Sunday, January 25, in honor of Cardinal Cipriani's 10th anniversary as Archbishop of Lima.
After 18 years of waiting, the dream of the ...
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23 January 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops once again call on authorities to use just treatment and not to involve the Church nor her Hierarchy in pre-election political propaganda
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) has expressed “its surprise and concern for the constant attacks and disqualifications that the highest authority in the country has made against the pe ...
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23 January 2009
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops alert on the situation of violence and the rise of delinquency in the country
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Auxiliary Bishops of Santo Domingo and Santiago, in their homilies in honor of Our Lady of Altagracia (the country's patroness), their concern for the situation of violence and the r ...
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23 January 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The exclusive moving testimony of Cardinal Castillo Lara given to Agenzia Fides just days before his death: “taking lives does not eliminate poverty.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara, a Salesian from Venezuela, President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See and President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatica ...
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22 January 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hispanic Alliance for Life and Family founded to provide pro-life information and educational material for Hispanics in the USA
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Following the first Hispanic National Pro-Life Congress that took place in Dallas, Texas September 19-21, 2008, several leaders have been working on the formation of a coalition of pro-life ...
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