America

• 9 May 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - At the start of their general assembly on the theme of evangelisation of youth Brazilian Bishops ask “will we succeed in handing on the deposit of faith to the new generations?” Itaici (Fides Service) - Evangelisation of youth is the theme of the 44th general assembly of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference 9 - 17 May. The Bishops consider the theme of utmost importance because the handing on of ...
• 5 May 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - "To be witnesses of the sacred and inalienable value of each human life means to contribute to humanising the Canadian society”: National March for Life on May 11th Ottawa (Fides Agency) - “The greatest treasure of Canada: its people” was the title of the message published by the Catholic Organisation for Life and Family for the National March for Life, to be held in Canada for ...
• 5 May 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The diocesan delegates of the Missionary Groups in search of common criteria to evangelise the most distant and disadvantaged areas of the country and form lay ad gentes missionaries Buenos Aires (Fides Agency) - Summoned by the National Council of Missions, the Delegates of 21 Argentinean dioceses gathered recently in the national headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies to take part in the ...
• 5 May 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - "For a human network of responses and help”: first meeting of RIIAL-Peru, to help the members of the Church use the computer in their pastoral activity Lima (Fides Agency) - From May 9 to 13, the Computer Network of the Church in Latin-America in Peru (RIIAL-Peru), will hold its first seminar with the slogan “For a human network of responses and help”. The main obje ...
• 4 May 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The fifth CELAM General Conference “will show new routes for the evangelising mission of the Church”: Message of the Bolivian Bishops at the end of their Plenary Assembly Cochabamba (Fides Agency) - At the end of their 82nd Plenary Assembly, the Bishops of Bolivia published a Message addressed to the People of God on the topics they consider of greatest concern in the crucial era their Co ...
• 3 May 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - We need young men and women willing to dedicate their life to following the Lord and we need courageous married couples deeply committed to their calling to love and holiness: initiatives for Vocation Week promoted by the Bishops’ Conference of Chile Santiago (Fides Service) - “We need young men and women willing to dedicate their life to following the Lord putting themselves at the service of brothers in the priesthood and the consecrated life. But we also need an ...
• 2 May 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops of Chile reaffirm three basic principles for human progress: protect life, recognise family founded on marriage, rights of parents to educate children Santiago (Fides Service) - At the end of its 91st plenary assembly the Chilean Bishops Conference issued a message with the title “New Life in Christ” in which they dwell on four priorities to take into consideration ...
• 2 May 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Revision of Bishops’ Conference structures, national general elections and situation of miners and migrants: issues treated at Mexican Bishops plenary assembly Lake Guadalupe (Fides Service) - In a statement issued at the end of a recent plenary assembly the Bishops of Mexico shared their concerns and explained the questions discussed during the meeting. The Message was signed ...
• 28 April 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - First Regional Meeting to intensify evangelisation among communities in the interior called by the Bishops’ Commission for Catechesis, Biblical and Indigenous Pastoral San Ramon (Fides Service) - To intensify evangelisation and spread of the Word of God among communities in the interior of Peru, the Peruvian Bishops’ Commission for Catechesis, Biblical and Indigenous Pastoral organis ...
• 28 April 2006
  AMERICA - Form authentic missionary disciples to announce the faith with courage and conviction: aims of 3rd Latin American Catechesis Week Bogota (Fides Service) - As part of preparations for the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM next year 2007, 13 to 31 May in Aparecida, Brazil, with the theme ““Discip ...
• 27 April 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina meet to intensify mutual knowledge, consolidate brotherhood and discuss the migratory problem in the region San Carlos de Bariloche (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina met 18 and 19 April at San Carlos di Bariloche (Argentina) to intensify mutual knowledge and consolidate brotherhood among bi ...
• 27 April 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The importance of awareness of being and knowing for evangelisation : focus of 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators Bogota (Fides Service) - The 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators will take place at San Buenaventura University 9 to 11 May 2006 organised by the Colombian Bishops respective Commissions for Pastoral of Evangel ...
• 27 April 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The Eucharist: life of the community and source of mission”: slogan 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in archdiocese of Mariana organised to mark the diocese’s 100th anniversary and in preparation for the National Eucharistic Congress Mariana (Fides Service) - As part of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the archdiocese of Mariana in Brazil the 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress is being held 26 - 29 April in the town of Conselheiro Lafaiet ...
• 26 April 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Celebrations in Lima and Rome for Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo "who distinguished himself for the spirit of selfless dedication to building and consolidating the ecclesial communities of his time with a great spirit of communion and collaboration” a Papal Message recalls Lima (Fides Service) - To mark the 4th centenary of the death of Saint Toribio di Mogrovejo, 2nd archbishop of Lima and patron saint of Latin American Bishops, an International Academic Congress is taking place in Lima ( ...
• 25 April 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Children: 50% undernourished, 20% underweight and smaller than average, 70% lives below poverty line Quito (Fides Service) - In the world 150 million children suffer from under-nourishment, 6000 contract HIV/AIDS, more than 120 million cannot go to school and thousands are subject to abuse and violence. In Ecuador, sin ...