America

• 25 April 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Difficulties persist after serious flooding La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Bolivia are still struggling to recover from the consequences of the worst floods in 25 years. This year the El Niño phenomenon has caused serious damage with floods, drought and b ...
• 24 April 2007
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church is not in favour of the extraction of mineral resources: this would impoverish and damage the country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “Plans to exploit minerals bring little development and much environmental, economic and social harm ”, said Caritas El Salvador. With this statement the organisation which supports th ...
• 24 April 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Plenary assembly of Bishops discuss consequences of new Education Law and Sexual Education Programme Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina have gathered for the 93rd plenary assembly 23 to 28 April of which the central question for discussion is Education. The assembly opened with Mass presided by Card ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops commence plenary assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church” in preparation for the 3rd American Mission Congress and Mission Year 2008 Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Today 23 April the Catholic Bishops of Ecuador opened a five day Plenary Assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church”. This evening the Bishops will unite in prayer. On Tuesd ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops express solidarity with Bishops and people of Zimbabwe in serious crisis, and appeal to international community Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States have expressed closeness and solidarity to the people of Zimbabwe experiencing a situation of suffering. Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of the diocese of Or ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Lay faithful, consecrated persons, priests and bishops must unite in bonds of charity and action for new evangelisation”: Bishops in Plenary Assembly issue message Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) -“Our pastoral duty is evangelisation, because we realise the urgency of God's Kingdom and the call to be apostles with our life-style. Our hope grows with the celebration of the 5th genera ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Solidarity for the particular Church in Tierradentro after eruption of volcano Nevado de Huila Tierradentro (Agenzia Fides) - Following an eruption of the volcano Nevado de Huila, in the territory which includes the Vicariate Apostolic of Tierradentro in Colombia, Bishop Edgar H. Tirado, Vicar Apostolic of the are ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez of Pinar del Río denies closing of 'Vitral' magazine Pinar del Rìo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Pinar del Río, Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, has denied that anything was said about ‘closing’ the local Centre of Civic and Religious Formation, denying the news ...
• 21 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Human life from conception to natural end must be respected Bishops launch National Peace and Justice Crusade to fight present situation of violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In several statements issued during their recent plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Mexico expressed serious concern for the tragedy of abortion, at present the subject of nation wide ...
• 21 April 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops demand more attention for the poor, youth and education and policies for the integral good of the person and the common good Punta de Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - "Restoring Hope in Chile" is the title of a statement issued by the Bishops of Chile at the end of their 93rd Assembly held 16 to 20 April which marked the beginning of a path of prepara ...
• 21 April 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Hand in Hand with Jesus on Mission" Holy (Missionary) Childhood and Adolescence Day La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Hand in Hand with Jesus on mission" is the slogan of Holy Childhood Day in Bolivia on Sunday 22 April. The theme is in keeping with the path of formation undertaken in the last two years: 2005 ...
• 18 April 2007
  AMERICA - Towards CELAM 5: “We must share our hope based not on human, social, economic objectives etc., but on the concrete person of Christ”. Interview with the late Archbishop Luis Robles Díaz, vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May Pope Benedict XVI will open the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM at the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Here ...
• 17 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “As a missionary Church we are called to recognise the challenges to new evangelisation in America presented by modernity, in a complex process of globalisation": Bishops start Plenary Assembly Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico began a five day plenary assembly (see Fides 12/4/2007). In the opening address, the Conference President Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes ...
• 13 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Objection to abortion “is not merely a position of faith, or sentiment or compassion, it is a human and anthropological question”: Bishops of Province of Hidalgo issue message to promote respect for the value of life Hidalgo (Agenzia Fides) - In the present context of the debate in Mexico with regard to penal code reforms to de-penalise abortion up to 14 weeks, the Catholic Bishops of the province of Hidalgo issued an Easter Message ...
• 12 April 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic priest of German origin murdered in Brazil Belém (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest of German origin, Fr Wolfgang Hermann, was murdered by a young man who broke into his home probably to commit a robbery on 10 April at Belém in the north of Brazil. The man has ...