America
3 July 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Bishops express concern for violence in various regions of the country
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) -In a statement entitled ‘Justice and Peace will Kiss’, the Catholic Bishops of Brazil have voiced concern for increasing violence in various regions of the vast country. At their 44th genera ...
30 June 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Lay Catholic: you are a disciple and missionary. Let us walk together": 1st national meeting of committees of lay people associated with mission institutes and congregations
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Lay Catholic: you are a disciple and missionary. Let us walk together " is the slogan of the 1st national meeting of committees of lay people associated with mission institutes and congregations ...
30 June 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops warn against proposed sterilisation law, a “form di discrimination against the poor, which will not eliminate poverty, but only prevent the birth of children”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In view of a possibility that the Argentinean parliament may approve a Bill to grant free sterilisation treatment for poor people at state health centres the Catholics Bishops issued a stat ...
28 June 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Posadas prepares for the Diocesan 50th Jubilee
Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - “Towards an open and evangelising Church” is the title of a pastoral letter issued by Bishop Juan Rubén Martínez, of the diocese of Posadas, as part of preparations for a Jubilee Year to m ...
26 June 2006
AMERICA/CHILE - Two years of evangelisation and solidarity in Valparaíso: “may every Christian realise the urgency of spreading the Good News and knowledge of communion with Jesus Christ and the brothers and sisters expressed especially in Christian love
Valparaíso (Agenzia Fides) - “Be bold, announce Christ. He is Life!” is the title of a 2006-2007 pastoral plan issued by the diocese of Valparaíso Chile which has proclaimed two years of Evangelisation and Solidari ...
26 June 2006
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Panabaj community emergency: 100 families in danger every night after Octoberlandslide buried the area
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 October 2005 a landslide buried the Tzutujil Maya village of Panabaj, Santiago Atitlàn, Guatemala, leaving 600 families homeless, 100 dead, 600 missing, 77 widows, 25 orphans of both parents ...
23 June 2006
AMERICA/PERU - “We must look to the future with optimism ... and work for unity to guide and help our country towards progress and prosperity”: Bishops’ post election call
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “The election is over and now we face the challenge to build the future, strive for the common good, serve with responsibility the many marginalised people, build with generosity, cultivate healt ...
21 June 2006
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Full participation in definition of national education policy": Bishops’ Commission for Education meets Bolivian Forum for Education
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - To examine the present situation of education in Bolivia and draft a new education proposal the Bishops’ Commission for Education and the Bolivian Forum for Education are in La Paz taking part ...
20 June 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Buga National Pilgrimage 2006, young people start preparation for 23rd World Youth Day in Australia
Buga (Agenzia Fides) - The National Buga Pilgrimage 2006 in Colombia 30 June to 3 July, will be an opportunity for young people to come together from all over the country to experience a time of communion and share propo ...
20 June 2006
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church calls on the government to respect transcendent and spiritual values in education and to guarantee parents right to give their children a religious education RE
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, and Bishop Angel Divassón of Puerto Ayacucho president of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Commission for Education recently presented a memorandum ...
19 June 2006
AMERICA/CUBA - Cuban Bishops’ pastoral plan aims to foster Christ centred spirituality and a laity aware of its vocation, strengthened in missionary spirit with new ardour, creativity and courage
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - “Together to Build Tomorrow” is the title of a 2006-2010 pastoral plan issued by the Catholic Bishops of Cuba to mark the 20th anniversary of the National Meeting of the Catholic Church which ...
17 June 2006
AMERICA - Continental Marian Pastoral Meeting focuses on Latin American Catholics’ love for Mary and new paths for Marian devotion
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - As part of preparations in local Churches for CELAM 5, a Continental Meeting on Marian Pastoral has been organised render more profound the encounter with the living Jesus Christ, by means o ...
17 June 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops of Southern Pastoral Region issue message to encourage the faithful to continue on-going formation and draw new strength from the Holy Spirit
Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico’s Southern Pastoral Region have addressed a message to encourage priests, men and women religious, committed lay people, all Catholics and all men and women of good will ...
16 June 2006
AMERICA/PERU - “Eucharist source and summit of the life and mission of the Church”: 2nd Symposium on the Eucharist in Lima from 19 to 23 June
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Following a successful 1st Symposium on the Eucharist organised in Barranco, a district of Lima, in June 2005 to mark the Year of the Eucharist, a second Symposium has been convoked with the “Eu ...
16 June 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church concerned for social situation: poverty and maginalisation only slightly reduced
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The social situation in Argentina is still concerning because of the high percentage of poor people” said Bishop Jorge Casaretto president of both the Argentinean Bishops’ Commission for Soc ...
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