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4 April 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - International Encounter on the life and work of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, American missionary and defender of the indigenous peoples
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In commemoration of the 280th anniversary of the founding of the University of Havana by the Dominican Order, an International Encounter will be held on the meaning of the life and work of Fray B ...
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4 April 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Sunday, April 6, Interreligious Walk for peace and human values: “all the members of this community, no matter their religious beliefs, share in the desire for peace.”
Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jose Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) has written a letter asking all Catholics to participate in the Walk for Peace and Human Values, an interreligious activ ...
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4 April 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Conference President opens plenary assembly: “Bolivia must make every effort to become a builder of peace, filled with hope, love and freedom”
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “More than ever today in the present situation of tension in our country, there resounds the promising greeting which the Risen Lord addressed to his Apostles: ‘Peace be with you'. Peace ...
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3 April 2008
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops discuss: Pastoral Guidelines for next few years, Continental Mission, National Youth Day and participation at World Youth Day in Sydney
Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Uruguay (CEU) is holding its first plenary assembly of 2008, 2 - 9 April at the Jesus Good Shepherd Retreat House in Florida. The plenary opened with a spiri ...
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3 April 2008
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Statement from San Marcos diocese after Bishop and several pastoral workers received death threats
San Marcos (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of San Marcos, which belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Los Altos (Guatemala), issued a statement addressed to the civil society of Guatemala and the international communit ...
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2 April 2008
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Life and the Dignity of the Human Person” Congress April 3-5, organized by the Bishops’ Conference
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops’ Conference has organized the first “Life and the Dignity of the Human Person” Congress, scheduled to take place April 3-5 in the Major Seminary.
The Congress will begi ...
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2 April 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Among the objectives of general assembly of Bishops: a Church which is alive, faithful, credible; commitment to helping the poor; foster the presence of God in society; intensify pastoral care for the family and for life
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Mexico have gathered for their 85th general assembly 31 March to 4 April. The Assembly opened with a Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe, presided by Bishop Carlos Agui ...
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1 April 2008
AMERICA/PERU - The Law on Rapid Divorce Settlement “in no way strengthens or upholds the family; on the contrary, it weakens it and leads to its rupture and separation.”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo, President of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference, issued a statement in light of the recent approval of the so-called “Law on Rapid Divorce Settleme ...
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1 April 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Preparing for the General Assembly of Bishops: study on the document “Pastoral Goals and Guidelines,” commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the week of prayer for Christian unity, 50th anniversary of Caritas
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - From April 3 - 8, the Bishops of Bolivia will hold their General Assembly in the city of Cochabamba. There are three main points that will be addressed during these days, according to the Exe ...
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31 March 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Celebration for the 50th anniversary of Caritas in thanksgiving for “the privilege of being His instruments” and in preparation for “the next 50 years”
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - This week, Caritas Bolivia will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Participating in the commemorative event on April 5-6 in Cochabamba are Bolivia’s 17 ecclesial jurisdictions, as well as gues ...
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31 March 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops’ Plenary Assembly begins today, to more deeply understand and assimilate the New Evangelization according to the spirit of Aparecida
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishops (CEM) will be holding their 85th Plenary Assembly from March 31 to April 4 at their headquarters in Cuautitlan (Mexico). The focus for the Assembly is “To deeply unders ...
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31 March 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - On the way to CAM 3: event locations prepared, key-note speakers confirmed, preparatory celebrations of National Missionary Conferences in 10 countries
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The last minute preparations are being made for the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3), scheduled to take place in Quito (Ecuador) August 12-17, 2008. According to information sent to Agen ...
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28 March 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Presentation of the “Diocesan Procedure in the Mission of Permanent Evangelization”: the best service we can offer man “is in offering Christ Himself, through the testimony of our own lives”
Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos of Toluca (Mexico) recently issued a Pastoral Letter entitled, “Our diocesan path as missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.” In the document, he conveys ...
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28 March 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church appeals for dialogue and prayer to resolve conflict between farmers and the national government
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Countless numbers of Bishops and Church organizations are showing their concern for the situation that has arisen in the country following the outbreak of a conflict between farmers and the ...
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27 March 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Various initiatives for celebrating the Day of the Unborn Child, to create awareness of the value of unborn life
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Bishops’ Conference is promoting, as they have in the past, the celebration of the Day of the Unborn Child, thus uniting its efforts to the Church’s international campaign for a ...
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