America
31 March 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Profound sadness for the murder of Italian missionary Mgr. Bruno Baldacci
Vitória da Conquista (Fides Service) - The lifeless body of Bruno Baldacci, an Italian priest from the diocese of Las Spezia, was found on 30 March in the priest’s room at the parish of Nossa Senhora das Candeias of w ...
31 March 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops’ statement on USA/Mexico Migratory Agreement: “We join the Bishops of the United States in calling for a reform which is just and reasonable, does not exclude anyone and always recognises that these are laws which strike human beings”
Mexico City (Fides Service) - “We join the Bishops of the United States in calling for a reform which is just and reasonable, does not exclude anyone and always recognises that these are laws which strike human beings ...
30 March 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The work and teaching of John Paul II will be the theme of conferences organised by Bogota archdiocese to commemorate the late Pope on the 1st anniversary of his death
Bogota (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Bogota has planned a number of initiatives to commemorate Pope John Paul II on the first anniversary of his death including three conferences on the figure, work and teaching o ...
28 March 2006
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Pro Life-Venezuela forum calls for more synergy between organisations working to protect human life at every stage
Caracas (Fides Service) - As part of initiatives for the Pro-Life Week in Venezuela (see Fides 18/3/2006), organised by the Venezuelan Bishops’ Family and Childhood Commission numerous pro-life organisations and groups ...
28 March 2006
AMERICA - Minutes of 1st Conference of Church Movements and New Communities held in Bogota 9-12 March available on the Internet
Bogota ( Fides Service) - The general secretariat of CELAM and the department for ecclesial communion and dialogue have made available on the Internet the minutes of the 1st Conference of Church Movements and New Commun ...
27 March 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Meeting for diocesan PMS Directors: “the Church entrusts you with a special mandate which comes from Christ and sets you at the heart of ecclesial life ”
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - Diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies are “called to be the chief agents of missionary animation and cooperation”, a task which “the Church entrusts to you as a spe ...
25 March 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Day for the Unborn Child: “may Argentineans have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the different trends so as not to feel remorse for innocent bloodshed””
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - At a time when “the most fundamental right, the right to exist, is violated with impunity, we pray Argentineans may have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the di ...
25 March 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Number of TB sufferers drops 40% in decade
Lima (Fides Service) - Annual World TB Day was held recently. In the last decade the number of TB cases registered in Peru dropped 40% from 50,000 in 1995 to 30,000 in 2005.
The number of mortal cases has also decreased ...
25 March 2006
AMERICA - Day for the Unborn Child spreads in Latin American countries and beyond
Rome (Fides Service) - The annual Day for the Unborn Child, first launched in 1993 in El Salvador as Day for the Right to be Born, is spreading to other countries, particularly in Latin America.
In Argentina it was adop ...
24 March 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Present day society: the battle between culture of life and culture of death
Sante Fe della Vera Cruz (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the Day of the Unborn Child in Latin America celebrated on March 25 the feast of the Annunciation, the Cursillos de Cristiandad movement in Argentina issued a ...
23 March 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - “A society which does not respect the value of life, loses its principal and basic value, humanity”, says Bishop president of Family Pastoral Commission on “Pro Life Day”
Mexico City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the national Pro-Life Day 25 March the Mexican Bishops’ Conference through its Commission for Family Pastoral issued a message signed by Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martíne ...
23 March 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops of Perù mark 4th centenary of the death of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo with a solemn mass. Commemoration also in Rome
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Today 23 March with a solemn Mass the Bishops of Peru are commemorating Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo (1538-1606) who died 400 years ago. The saint, the second archbishop of Lima, was proclaimed patro ...
22 March 2006
AMERICA/PERU - “Day for the Unborn Child”, Bishops’ message: “Defend life always, everywhere and against all injustice because it is a gift of God”
Lima (Fides Service) - “We celebrate the Day of the Unborn Child on the same day as the Mystery of the Incarnation is announced by God who does not leave us at the mercy of evil but protects all men and women, especia ...
21 March 2006
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “It is our duty as pastors and teachers to promote, preserve, and protect marriage as it is willed by God”: US Catholic Bishops’ statement
Washington (Fides Service) - “It is our duty as pastors and teachers - a responsibility we share with the Christian faithful and with all persons of good will - to promote, preserve, and protect marriage as it is wille ...
20 March 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - 2nd Continental Meeting for National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies in America
Mexico City (Fides Service) -Some 24 national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over American continent have arrived in Mexico City to take part in the 2nd Continental Meeting for National Directors ...
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