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30 November 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops urge the people to put the good of the country before personal opinions and sentiments, to work to build true peace which comes with reconciliation
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia faithful to the Church's mission and commitment " to be witnesses of hope even in times of difficulty" have issued a statement expressing the hope that confrontat ...
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30 November 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - On the eve of the Referendum, a Day of prayer and fasting, that "Jesus may reign in Venezuela and in the hearts of the people”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the referendum on Sunday 2 December when over 16 million Venezuelans will vote yes or no to proposed constitutional amendments to change 69 of 350 articles in the Constitution of 199 ...
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30 November 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Santa Rosa "totally rejects" approval of the "inhuman act contrary to natural" of “therapeutic” abortion
Santa Rosa (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Rinaldo Fidel Bredice, Bishop of Santa Rosa, has expressed "total rejection" of what is termed as “therapeutic” abortion recently approved by the regional parliament. The Bishop sa ...
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29 November 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First meeting of Special Commission for Great Continental Mission called by 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean last May in Aparecida
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Special Commission set up for the implementation of the Great Continental Mission called by 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean la ...
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29 November 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - As tension rises in the country, the local Catholic Church calls national prayer campaign "For life and reconciliation among Bolivians ”
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Bolivia between government and opposition increases as strikes called in six of the country's nine regions continue. On Monday activists started a hunger strike against the President o ...
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28 November 2007
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops say Budapest Treaty: "must be interpreted according to Costa Rican law so as to respect the dignity of the human person or the inviolable right to life "
San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Costa Rica have expressed concern with regard to the Budapest Treaty and the approval of a Bill entitled "Costa Rica joins the Budapest Treaty on the International Reco ...
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28 November 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "In the name of the God of life I urge you to stop the race to the precipice of hatred and rancour to which they have pushed our nation”: Message from president of Bishops' Conference
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 26 November in a telephone message from Rome where he was taking part in the Consistory, Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz and president of the Catholic Bishops Conference ...
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27 November 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - In view of the December 2nd referendum on proposed constitutional reform the Bishops say “this reform is unnecessary, morally unacceptable and will bring no benefit to the country ”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the referendum on Sunday December 2, on proposed constitutional reforms presented by the president of Venezuela and the National Assembly, the country's Bishops have once again issued ...
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27 November 2007
AMERICA/PERU - Pontifical Mission Societies “Youth Without Frontiers” organise 2nd Solidarity Campaign in aid of people in earthquake disaster areas in the south
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - To face the disastrous situation in South Chico following the earthquake last August, through its Youth Without Frontiers movement the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru have organised a 2nd Soli ...
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26 November 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - After the serious events in recent days the Bishops call for respect for life and an end to hostilities
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the gravity of clashes in recent days the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia issued statements on the 23 and the 25 November expressing deep concern and calling on the people to put aside v ...
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26 November 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - “Dialogue, definitively, is the compulsory path to overcome the present concerning deterioration of day to day co-existence”: Bishops' appeal at the end of plenary assembly
Punta di Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us make room for dialogue" is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Chile at the end of a four day plenary assembly 19 to 22 November of which the main task w ...
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26 November 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico's national Cathedral reopens after closing for a week following episodes of violence in the church
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - After having been closed for a week, the national Cathedral of Mexico opened in the evening of Saturday 24 November for first Vespers of the Solemnity of Christ the King, according to a stat ...
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23 November 2007
AMERICA/PERU - Successful parish plan anti domestic violence in areas of high social risk
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In view of Anti Domestic Violence Day on Sunday 25 November, a number of parishes in Lima, including the parish of Our Lady of Cocharcas, has succeeded in reducing domestic violence using a Model o ...
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23 November 2007
AMERICA/UNITED STATES -The President of the United States Catholic Bishops' Conference urges Catholics to pray for peace in the Holy Land and announces Day of Prayer for Peace Sunday 25 November
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and newly elected president of the United States Catholic Bishops' Conference, has asked all Catholics to pray for peace in the Holy Land. The a ...
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22 November 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3, Third American Mission Congress: Working Paper issued in Portuguese, presentation of official CAM 3 Hymn on December 4 as part of celebrations for 50th anniversary of the Fidei donum encyclical
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for CAM 3, Third American Mission Congress to be held in Quito, Ecuador, 12-17 August 2008, the Congress Working Paper has been published in Portuguese, Fr Osvaldo Fierro, CAM 3 Ex ...
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