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8 March 2006
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Flood emergency: Caritas Bolivia assists thousands of homeless
La Paz (Fides Service) - At least 25,000 families have been affected by serious floods in nine different regions of Bolivia. The worst hit areas are the eastern regions of Potosí and La Paz, where respectively 6,018 and ...
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8 March 2006
AMERICA/PERU - 1st national Missionary Youth Meeting examines present situation of Missionary Youth in Peru and formulates a series of proposals
Lima (Fides Service) - “Jesus calls us to remain with Him and to announce Him to others” was the slogan of the 1st national Missionary Youth Meeting organised jointly by the Pontifical Mission Societies PMS and the n ...
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8 March 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Annual Catechists Meeting in Buenos Aires looks towards CELAM 5: deepen communion in Christ and live catechist vocation more fully
La Pampa (Fides Service ) - Disciples of Jesus and brothers and sisters for all people” is the slogan of the annual Meeting for the Catechists of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The meeting will be on Saturday 11 Marc ...
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7 March 2006
AMERICA/URUGUAY - A call to all Catholics: may Lent be a time for increasing awareness and participation in view of 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in May 2007
Minas (Fides Service) - Bishop Francisco D. Barbosa of Minas, national co-ordinator for unified Lenten Pastoral 2006, has called on Uruguayan Catholics to work to increase awareness and involvement in view of the 5th CEL ...
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7 March 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Meeting for Forest Youth Pastoral in Requena Apostolic Vicariate
Requena (Fides Service) - From 8 to 12 March young people of the Apostolic Vicariate of Requena will gather in Yurimaguas for the 11th Meeting for Forest Youth Pastoral promoted by the Peruvian Bishops’ Commission for ...
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7 March 2006
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “Only a union between a man and a woman fulfils God’s plan both for sexuality and for marriage itself”: Catholic Bishops of Arizona issue statement on the importance of marriage
Arizona (Fides Service) - “Why is marriage important for the Catholic Church?” is the question-title of a Pastoral Statement dated March 1 issued by the Catholic Bishops of Arizona in the United States. In a joint st ...
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6 March 2006
AMERICA/CUBA - Blessed image of Child Jesus travels from home to home and a ceramic of Our Lady of Charity signals next home to host Sunday Mass in a small village which has no church
Santa Clara (Fides Service) - “Sunday 26 February was a morning for blessing for Santa Clara diocese ” says Rev. Raul Rodríguez National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Cuba. Some communities in the ...
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6 March 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - International Women’s Day: number of unemployed women in Latin America continues to grow, 6.5 million women in cities without jobs, those who do work are only temporarily employed and receive scarce social benefits
Bogota (Fides Service) - Every year in view of international Women’s Day on 8 March the commission for social pastoral of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference organises a campaign to increase awareness of the conditions ...
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3 March 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Saint Pio da Pietrelcina missionary in the world: in the Amazon forest new complex with church, school and medical centre opens tomorrow 4 March
Borba (Fides Service) - Tomorrow in the village of Autazes in the heart of the Amazon forest region of Brazil a new centre named after St. Padre Pio consisting of a church, a school and a medical centre will be officiall ...
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3 March 2006
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Catholic Bishops issue joint pastoral letter on the country’s social situation: “Walking the Path of Hope”
Tegucigalpa (Fides Service) - “Walking the Path of Hope” is the title of a joint Pastoral Letter issued by the Catholic Bishops of Honduras on 1 March. The letter treats the social situation of the country and is add ...
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3 March 2006
AMERICA - Once again this year Vaccination Week in 39 countries in the American hemisphere, a Pan-American Health Organisation success
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to efforts of the Pan-American Health Organisation and a collective effort on the part of member countries in America vaccination campaigns are now a regular, growing initiative: in 2003 cam ...
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2 March 2006
AMERICA - President of CELAM appeals to enclosed contemplative men and women religious: "Help us with the power of your prayer to prepare for the 5th CELAM Conference... so we may be faithful to our vocation as disciples and missionaries so in Him our countries may have life
Bogota (Fides Service) - Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Archbishop of Santiago and President of CELAM the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences and CELAM general secretary Bishop Andres Stanovnik of ...
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1 March 2006
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Lenten Message from the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference: The programme of every Christian must be a “heart which ‘sees’ where love is needed and acts accordingly”.
Cartago (Fides Service) - The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Costa Rica, Bishop José Francisco Ulloa Rojas of Cartago addressed a Lenten message to Catholics with the title “Lent, a season for enc ...
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28 February 2006
AMERICA/PERU - The Pope appoints Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez archbishop of Santo Domingo his Special Envoy to Celebrations for 4th Centenary of the death of Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo
Lima (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the Archbishop of Santo Domingo Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez his Special Envoy to celebrations for the 4th centenary of the death of ...
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28 February 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Sharing with joy” Lenten charity campaign in aid of thousands of homeless Colombians victims of natural disasters or manmade violence
Bogota (Fides Service) - Colombians forced out of their homes by natural disasters or man made violence will be the first to benefit from a the funds raised by the annual Lenten charity campaign organised by the Colombia ...
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