America

• 12 March 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Possibilities and Challenges of the Latin American Family”: theme for the preparatory Congress in June for the 6th World Family Encounter Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - June 5-7, there will be a Latin American Family Congress held in Argentina, with the theme: “Possibilities and Challenges of the Latin American Family.” The Congress is being held in pr ...
• 12 March 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 5th National Missionary Congress, to recover the missionary strength of the Church in Bolivia and awaken missionary conscientiousness in all sectors Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we are living in a time of grace.(cf. DA, 548) Aparecida offers us a beautiful itinerary for fulfilling our missionary vocation, starting with that command we receive to “go and ma ...
• 11 March 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Celebration of Unborn Child Day: “the unalienable right to life of the human being is a natural law written deep in the heart of every man.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference’s Commission for the Family and Defense of Life invites all to join in celebrating, on March 25, Unborn Child Day, especially in our time, when “life is threat ...
• 11 March 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “The Church is trying to respond to the present needs, by supporting support of farmers, working in favor of women, and education”: Interview with the Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Peten Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Ottavio Sassu, OP, Pro-Vicar Apostolic for the Vicariate of Peten, which depends from the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was in Rome for his recent “Ad Limina Apostolorum” ...
• 10 March 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Visit of the Secretary General of Missionary Childhood to groups of children and adolescents from the country’s 11 dioceses Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Patricio Byrne, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood, visited the various dioceses of Cuba February 25-March 5, according to a statement made to Agenzia Fides b ...
• 10 March 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “A living Church with an abundance of vocations, over 2,000 catechists, and 23 martyrs, despite today’s numerous problems and challenges...” - Interview with the Apostolic Vicar of Izabal. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Guatemala is divided into 12 diocese and 2 Apostolic Vicariates, one of which is the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal, that depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its Apostolic ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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, ...