America

• 28 September 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Consolata missionary wins UNESCO education to peace award for “course in forgiveness and reconciliation” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A Colombian missionary of the Consolata (IMC) Father Leonel Narvaez Gomez received special mention at a ceremony in Paris for the presentation of the UNESCO Education to peace Award 2006. The awa ...
• 28 September 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Continental Pastoral Marian Meeting “discovering the inexhaustible riches of the missionary pastoral of Mary, first disciple and missionary of her Son and teacher of His disciples and missionaries” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “At this time of grace as we are preparing for the Conference at Aparecida, we felt the pastoral necessity to celebrate this Congress to discover the inexhaustible riches of the missionar ...
• 27 September 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Conference backs nation wide rubella vaccination campaign Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A nation wide campaign in Peru to vaccinate the entire population against German measles, rubella, will start in October. In a meeting with the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of ...
• 27 September 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Catholics Bishops call for participation and transparency in electoral process, they also denounce new Health Code for attacking life and the family Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In view of general elections on 15 October the Bishops of Ecuador have issued a message in which they call the Electoral Commission to ensure “transparency in the process, indispensable to guara ...
• 26 September 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Drug addiction challenges our pastoral charity”: Bishops’ Message on scourge of drug abuse and urgent need to find solutions Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - “The problem of drug addiction calls for attention from society and from the Church and demands pastoral charity” the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Chile Bisho ...
• 26 September 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Local Church calls on government to eliminate poverty and tackle worst ever humanitarian crisis Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Colombia has urged the government to give serious attention to the problem of widespread poverty and to tackle the worst humanitarian crisis the country has ever known. ...
• 23 September 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Charity source of Mission”: 2nd National Missionary Meeting for men and women religious Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Serving the Gospel can never be considered a solitary undertaking but rather a commitment for the entire community" Bishop Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo of the apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro p ...
• 22 September 2006
  AMERICA - “This Seminar has been an experience of the catholicity and universality of the Church, an experience of communion around the Eucharist the centre of our meeting”: impressions Latin American bishops in Rome for CEP Study-Seminar Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I believe this Seminar has been a wonderful opportunity for all concerned” Fides was told by Bishop José di Jesús Quintero Díaz, Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia, one of 98 bishops in R ...
• 22 September 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pro-Family Pro-Life Parade in Mexico City will close annual Pro-Life campaign aimed at strengthening the family and addressing the tragedy of child suicide Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A Pro-family and Pro-life Parade through the streets of Mexico City on Sunday 24 September will mark the closing of the country’s annual two week Pro Life Campaign promoted by the Pro-Life ...
• 20 September 2006
  AMERICA - Faith formation for the laity, more priests, problem of religious sects: voices of new American Bishops in Rome for Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I am finding this experience most enriching, an opportunity to share views and ideas with almost a hundred bishops for all over the world” Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar, appointed a year ago ...
• 20 September 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Italian Comboni Missionary Bishop Gianfranco Masserdotti dies in road accident Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Comboni General House has announced the death of Italian missionary Bishop Gianfranco Masserdotti, Bishop of Balsas in Brazil, killed in Brazil in a road accident 12 km from the town of Balasa ...
• 19 September 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First National Meeting for Youth Movements to consolidate ecclesial unity in diversity of charisma Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The commission for youth pastoral of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia has organised the First National Meeting for Youth Movements for members of movements of a pastoral character a ...
• 16 September 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Youth Pilgrimage to Basilica Nostra Senora of Itatí: “May Mary teach us to be disciples of Jesus that all young people may have life in Him" Corrientes (Agenzia Fides) - Young people are preparing to take part in the 27th north-east Argentina Youth Pilgrimage to the Basilica di Nostra Senora of Itatí, at Corrientes, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September with t ...
• 16 September 2006
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “For the Church there must be no walls and frontiers for migrants, only bridges to unite peoples”: Catholic Bishops condemn xenophobia and discrimination Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - “A major pastoral concern today is the increase in human mobility due to social-economic and political situations and great injustices in countries where migratory waves start”. This is pa ...
• 15 September 2006
  AMERICA - Promoting evangelisation and vocations, fighting poverty and corruption: priorities for Bishops from Latin America taking part in Study-Seminar for Bishops in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops from Latin America are very grateful for the opportunity to take part in the special Study Seminar for newly appointed Bishops organised in Rome by the Congregation for the Evangelisation o ...