America
22 September 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Activities and encounters in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Prelature of Ayaviri
Ayaviri (Agenzia Fides) – With a large gathering of youth entitled “Riqch´Ariy Wayna,” “Youth, get up!,” the Prelature of Ayaviri held another one of its important activities during this jubilee year, on the o ...
19 September 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops of Durango denounce violence, insecurity, and rise in drug trafficking: “May no one give in to this evil! May we not be discouraged!”
Durango (Agenzia Fides) – “We have seen how this bloodshed is tearing apart our country. We feel this pain because it has hurt our people and our families; it has been an attack on what is most sacred: life itself. ...
19 September 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Archdiocese of Caracas calls for the restitution of a Catholic church being used to train 8-14 year-old child soldiers
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Caracas has sent a message to the government and the armed forces in Venezuela, asking that they restore the “Jesus of Divine Mercy” Chapel, which has been taken “for ...
19 September 2008
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Anthology of Documents from Bishops of the Dominican Republic issued between 1955-2006 that “places the guiding words of the Church at public disposal”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops’ COnference of the Dominican Republic has published a 3-volume anthology of the “Documents from Bishops of the Dominican Republic” issued between 1955-2006, including p ...
18 September 2008
AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishop of Colon-Kuna Yala tells Agenzia Fides: “The great challenge is trying to draw the people back into the Church and getting Catholics to live their faith with fidelity, so they can be true witnesses for the community.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The great challenge is that large number of people who live in indifference,” Bishop Ausilio Aguilar of Colon-Kuna Yala (Panama) told Agenzia Fides while he was in Rome, participating in a s ...
18 September 2008
AMERICA - Caritas of Latin America and the Caribbean sends a message of support to Bolivia: “The youth of Bolivia deserve a future full of peace, where harmony and fraternity are the trademark of our cities.”
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – “We are pained by the fact that a country of our America, with its poverty and its great faith, is now facing great difficulties in maintaining national unity.” With these words begins the ...
18 September 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops declare September 19 “National Day of Prayer for Peace”: “We hope that sadness and pain will cease to afflict our people and our nation.”
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – “We wish to reunite all the faithful for a National Day of Prayer for Peace on Friday, September 19, in which each community is called to pray and carry out a public activity, pilgrimage, com ...
18 September 2008
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Crossing the desert on foot in search of a better life
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Veronica is 30 years old. She is from Puebla, Mexico and lives in New York with her husband. All day she works for a family living in Manhattan, where she earns 600 dollars a week. She take ...
17 September 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - Canadian Bishops’ Conference encourages Catholics to reflect and be informed as best they can before voting in the October 14 elections
Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) – The Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has issued a guide inviting Catholics to vote but to do so with discernment, in the upcoming October 14 elect ...
17 September 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference asks that Bishops and priests be respected in voicing their opinion, even if they are not shared by others
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Nicholas Dousdebes, Assistant Secretary General of the Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference sent a letter to the President of the country, Rafael Correa, asking that Bishops and priests be respe ...
17 September 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops call for prudence and common sense so that this extreme temporary recourse to the “state of siege,” may not interfere with the dialoguing that has begun, as it is the only way to reaching a resolution
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – In accord with the most recent message issued by the Bishops (see Fides 12/9/2008), the Secretary General of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference reiterates its concern during these important day ...
16 September 2008
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Rights being denied to illegal immigrants
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – In the midst of an imposing economic crisis and with the election campaign in full swing, the United States is having to face several internal political emergencies as well. Delicate issues ...
16 September 2008
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Rights being denied to illegal immigrants
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – In the midst of an imposing economic crisis and with the election campaign in full swing, the United States is having to face several internal political emergencies as well. Delicate issues ...
15 September 2008
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Consecration of the Nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on September 24, “to impress a sacred character on this land, showing our total belonging to Christ.”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – “With the unanimous support of our lay faithful, heads of apostolic groups throughout the country, as well as our priests, deacons, and religious, we the Bishops have accepted the deci ...
15 September 2008
AMERICA/PERU - On the National Day of the Family, Cardinal Cipriani asks that “legislation may respect human nature, of which the family is a part and that for centuries has been and still is fundamental for the human race.”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, September 14, Solemnity of the Exaltation of the Cross, Peru celebrated the National Day of the Family, in consistence with the 1982 law (#23465) passed by the Peruvian Government, w ...
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