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7 March 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombia-Ecuador Conflict: today at 12noon, an Our Father “for peace in Colombia.” Meeting held for the 22 Presidents of Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Following a meeting with Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe, Cardinal Pedro Saenz Rubiano, Archbishop of Bogota, declared that “this is a tough and difficult situation, but it shows what the g ...
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7 March 2008
AMERICA - Colombia-Ecuador Conflict: The Church calls for serenity, dialogue, and peace: “In a war, everything is lost and nothing is gained.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The most highly qualified representative of the Catholic Church in Venezuela, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, has made an appeal to the President of the Republic, the authorities, and the people, a ...
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7 March 2008
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Interview with an Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala City: the family, caring for the poor, sects, young people, Christian formation...among the main challenges that the Church is facing
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Raul Martinez Paredes, Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala City, has recently been in Rome for his “ad limina” visit. In an interview with Agenzia Fides, the Bishop explains the main challenge ...
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7 March 2008
AMERICA - Colombia-Ecuador crisis. Bishops ask for prayers that “the plague of enmity and violence may leave our country and that we may be strengthened in our vocation as a fraternally united Continent.”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, March 7, by the end of the day at the summit meeting in the Dominican Republic, in an annual gathering of Latin leaders, they declared the crisis over with a handshake: Presiden ...
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6 March 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Colombia-Ecuador conflict: Bishops ask for prayer and sacrifice for peace, because “nothing positive and lasting can be established with violence, hate, and war”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Nothing positive and lasting can be established with violence, hate, and war,” say Venezuelan Bishops in their Message of March 5, issued amidst the tension and uncertainty that has envelop ...
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6 March 2008
AMERICA - Meeting for the Secretary Generals of Episcopal Conferences for discussing and planning the Continental Mission
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From Tuesday to Friday (March 7), the meeting of Secretary Generals from the 21 Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean was held in the headquarters of the Latin American Episcop ...
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6 March 2008
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “Missionary Parish, Without Limits” is the theme for the I Missionary Congress of El Salvador, in preparation for CAM3
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - May 16-18, the city of San Salvador will host the First Missionary Congress of El Salvador, with the theme: “Missionary Parish, Without Limits,” according to a statement sent to Agenzia ...
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5 March 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Conflict with Colombia: Bishops call for a disarming of the aggression, paving the way for sincere dialogue and reconciliation
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On March 4, the Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement expressing their deep sorrow and regret for what has occurred “between two sister-nations, Ecuador and Colombia, historically ...
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5 March 2008
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops take a stance against use of embryonic cells in scientific investigation: “it is a living being that cannot be destroyed.”
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their meeting for the Permanent Council, the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB) has reaffirmed the Church’s position on the use of embryonic cells in scientific research, ...
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5 March 2008
AMERICA - II Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities: “may every movement and community, in its own charism, contribute however they can to the success of the Continental Mission”
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, March 2, Bogota saw the close of the II Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, an event organized by CELAM, together with the Pontifical Council for the Laity, that was atte ...
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4 March 2008
AMERICA/PANAMA - Days of Reflection on the teachings of John Paul II on marriage and the family on the 25th anniversary of his visit
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 5, the Church in Panama will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the visit of Servant of God, John Paul II, which took place on March 5, 1983. In commemoration of the event, there wil ...
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4 March 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops ask for peace and to avoid confrontation with neighboring countries
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Roberto Luckert of Coro and Vice-President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, has made declarations to Union Radio saying that the Church is asking for reconciliation and peace, ...
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4 March 2008
AMERICA - The Great Continental Mission: “We must take advantage of this time of grace. We need a new Pentecost!”; during the CAM 3, missionary sending
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On February 28 - March 2, the Second Congress of Church Movements and New Communities took place in the city of Bogota, Colombia. The event was organized by the Department for Ecclesial Communion ...
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3 March 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Archbishop of La Plata: new subject, “Building Citizenship,” is “a dangerous instrument of indoctrination and politicization of adolescents, with no reference to the integral concept of the human person and the ethical nature of his activity”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Hector Aguer, of Plata, recently warned faithful of the dangers of a new subject that is trying to be introduced in schools, called, “Building Citizenship,” similar to the ...
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3 March 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The expansion of the Missionary Childhood and Youth, and Missionary October among the themes of the Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Argentina took place on February 26-27 and was attended by the directors of each ecclesiastical district of the country, according ...
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