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12 January 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “I ask you in God’s name to stop fighting among brothers”: Archbishop of Cochabamba appeals for prayers after serious clashes in which 2 died and 70 were injured
Cochabamba (Fides Service) - “My words have no power to solve such a serious problem as the one we are living. But I would ask you in the name of God to stop fighting among brothers. Confrontation leads to nothing beca ...
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11 January 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops encourage dialogue to settle disagreements and avoid violence “which only breeds more violence”
Cochabamba (Fides Service) - "Dialogue is the only way to solve conflict. Violence only breeds more violence and deplorable results causing offence and damage" said Archbishop Tito Solari of Cochabamba at a press confere ...
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10 January 2007
AMERICA/PERU - First National Meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru 15 to 18 January will deepen missionary spirituality and build bonds of reciprocal knowledge and brotherhood
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Lima will host the First National Meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru from 15 to 18 January, Fides was informed by executive secretary of the meeting Fr. Ambrogio Cortesi. The meeting, to be ...
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10 January 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - 4th National Mission: Catholic university and high school students bear witness to Christ in 58 different areas of the country
Santiago (Fides Service) - Once again this year Catholic university students and high school pupils in Chile are spending part of their three month Summer holidays on mission in various parts of the country as part of th ...
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9 January 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Application of Plenary Council, CELAM 5, democracy, constitutional reform, corruption and violence: issue addressed by Bishops’ Conference president during 87th assembly
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In his opening address at the 87th of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, CEV, Conference President Bishop Ubaldo Santana presented a panorama of the Church and the nation starting ...
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8 January 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In New Year Message Catholic bishops urge all Bolivians of good will to work tirelessly to promote peace and to defend the human person and inalienable human rights
La Paz (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Day of Peace 2007 was the subject of a New Year Message addressed by the Catholic Bishops of Bolivia to all Bolivians. The Message was signed by the Bisho ...
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21 December 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - Maryknoll Missionaries assigns Keller Award to Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico for outstanding support for the missions: award given to people outside the United States for first time
Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, also known as Maryknoll Missionaries, has selected the Conference of Mexican Bishops as recipient of the Keller Award, marking the centenary ...
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21 December 2006
AMERICA/PERU - “Christmas is giving without expecting anything in return, being able to forgive and be forgiven” Bishops’ Conference Christmas Message
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas is a new opportunity to meditate and enjoy God’s love for us revealed in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo, president of the Catho ...
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20 December 2006
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: 3rd American Mission Congress has theme and slogan; continental competition for official poster and hymn
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations continue for the Third American Mission Congress, CAM 3, Fides is informed by CAM 3 Secretary Osvaldo Fierro Terán. The year 2007 will be important in preparation for CAM 3, due to b ...
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20 December 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of Patagonia-Comahue say all life must be protected and all children must be guaranteed adequate human and spiritual development
Patagonia-Comahue (Agenzia Fides) - In a Christmas Message the Catholic Bishops of the Argentinean region of Patagonia-Comahue, dioceses of Alto Valle, Comodoro Rivadavia, Neuquén, Río Gallegos, San Carlos de Bariloche ...
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19 December 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - It is more than ever necessary to rediscover the authentic sense of Christmas to calm the pain of the wounds and rebuild social tissue: Christmas Message from Archbishop of Oaxaca
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “Is it worth celebrating Christmas in the present situation?" Archbishop José Luis Chávez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca (Mexico), and his auxiliary Bishop Oscar Campos Contreras, ask in a Chris ...
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19 December 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Forming pastoral workers for mission and sustaining evangelisation activity of the Church in Latin America: 2007 course at Cono Sud Missiology Centre, 25 years at the service of mission
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Juan Pablo II Cono Sud Missology Centre in Buenos Aires will offer its next course in Missiology 29 January to 17 February 2007. This centre for missionary animation and formation, ope ...
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16 December 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Only from peace and with peace is it possible to have respect for human dignity and rights” Catholics Bishops say in Christmas Message
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In a message for Christmas the Catholic Bishops of Colombia make a strong appeal to the people to reject all forms of violence. “Celebrations for the joyful feast of Christmas - the Bishops wri ...
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15 December 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Christmas celebrations are a wonderful opportunity to evangelise on the great values of the family”: Archbishop of Leon sends his people a special Christmas message
Leon (Agenzia Fides) - In a special Christmas Message addressed to the diocese of León, Archbishop José G. Martin Rabago says that Christmas celebrations are a “wonderful opportunity to evangelise on the great values ...
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15 December 2006
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Salesian Cooperator considered authentic witness of honesty and justice killed in ambush
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 December 34 year old Johnny Morales, a Salesian Cooperator in Guatemala was killed in an ambush. Rev Stjepan Bolkovac, SDB, Central Delegate of the Association of Salesian Cooperato ...
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