America

• 17 December 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Conference calls for fraternal, sincere and constructive dialogue: "Bolivia deserves much more than its present condition and together we can save our country ” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “We hope that the fraternal, sincere and constructive dialogue which the whole country awaits, will start as soon as possible" said the secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of B ...
• 17 December 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Christmas Novena on national television: Bishops' initiative to reaffirm the true sense of the Nativity of Jesus and the human and social values it brings Quito (Agenzia Fides) - To bring the true sense and Message of Christmas into the homes of Ecuadorians, starting on Sunday 16 November a special Novena of Christmas television programme will be broadcast every evening un ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Christmas helps us realise God's closeness and his love for all humanity” Cuban Bishops' Christmas Message Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas helps us realise God's closeness, his love for all humanity and his desire for our happiness", the Catholic Bishops of Cuba said in a Christmas message issued on 12 December addressed ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' Pastoral Letter to men and women who live on and work the land: “only a healthy society can recognise and protect the rural world as a gift of God ” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 12 December, feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to whom all America is dedicated, the President of the Catholic Bishops of Chile Archbishop Alejandro Goic, presented a Pastoral L ...
• 11 December 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Seven million pilgrims expected for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mgr Monroy Ponce: "the event offers the sons and daughters of Mexico and all America an opportunity to realise they are brothers and sisters” Guadalupe (Agenzia Fides) - All is ready for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness of Mexico and all America on 12 December, the date of the first apparition 476 years ago, to Juan Diego, canonised by the Servant ...
• 11 December 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - Bishops issue pastoral Message for National Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples: “your Amerindian and Inuit traditions permit the development of new ways of expressing the message of salvation" Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Catholic Aboriginal Council for Reconciliation issued a message for the 5th National Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples, in which it r ...
• 10 December 2007
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops of Guatemala say adoptions have become a business for profit Guatemala City(Agenzia Fides) - "In Guatemala, some people have made adoption of children a profitable business, losing the noble desire to give a home to a child who has been abandoned, or is disabled or unwanted". This ...
• 10 December 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Against the approval of so-called "Worthy Death" law the Bishops of Rio Negro reaffirm once again the “Dignity of human life” Rio Negro (Agenzia Fides) - The 'Dignity of human life' has been reaffirmed by the Bishops of Rio Negro region (dioceses of Alto Valle, San Carlos de Bariloche and Viedma) after the approval on 29 November of the so-call ...
• 6 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Catholic Church committed to fighting drug abuse: suffering caused by drug abuse is a social phenomenon which involves real people and reveals 'new forms of poverty' Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "It is out of love for Christ that we are called to undertake initiatives of prevention ", said Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel, auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, at the first meeting on 5 De ...
• 6 December 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' Conferences launches radio project to make the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine, better and wider known Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Through its Commission for Social Communications the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Peru has launched a radio project to make the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine better and wider known. ...
• 5 December 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Massive mobilisation pro-life: great March against abortion, presentation of document “Respect, defend, serve and love life” San Pedro de Macorís (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds took part in a Pro Life March on 30 November in Marcia organised by the local Catholic Church and supported by many different Christian organisations. The March moved from ...
• 5 December 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Archbishop of Caracas says 'Christmas challenges us to be channels of God's peace, to overcome division, disputes, hatred and to avoid all violence' Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge L. Urosa Savino Archbishop of Caracas, has urged the people to live Christmas in a spirit of charity, putting aside hatred, rancour, selfishness and violence, in view of the situa ...
• 4 December 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuela rejects constitutional reform: this 'no' means 'no' to hatred, division, clashes and 'yes' to peace and reconciliation Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Contrary to forecasts, in Sunday's referendum in Venezuela 'no' votes won by a small majority: votes against the reform were 2% higher than those in favour. The voting took place in a climate of ...
• 4 December 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops of Durango province call citizens to "protect life and work with firmness and conviction to ensure every human person has access not only to a better quality of life but a life worthy of the children of God ” Durango (Agenzia Fides) - In a message issued at the end of their fifth meeting the Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Durango assume the commitment for renewal launched by the 5th General Conference of the Counc ...
• 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 ...