America

• 16 February 2006
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “Evangelisation, principal task for Panama Catholics”, says Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Our main task is to evangelise young people and families”, says Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama. “And while we are organising diocesan meetings to propose ...
• 16 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “All of us, as individuals and as a community, must work for the transformation and moral regeneration of our country”: say Catholic Bishops two months ahead of elections Lima (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Peru have issued ethical guidelines for electors and candidates to encourage reflection and responsibility for the nation in view of elections in two months time. In the sta ...
• 15 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - 1st annual meeting of Missionary Youth pastoral delegates will examine progress made and draft plan of formation and action Lima (Fides Service) - Lima will host 1st annual meeting of Missionary Youth pastoral delegates 25 and 26 February organised by SENAJUMI the national office for Missionary Youth, part of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 14 February 2006
  AMERICA - Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Church presented in Central America Havana (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church will be presented in the coming days in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with an illustration of the fundamental lines of ...
• 13 February 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In the present situation Mexico needs lay people to opt for the truth and the common good: Bishops call on Catholics not to give in the delusion or apathy Mexico City (Fides) - “Your task is to contribute with the values of the Gospel to the rebuilding of Mexican society and politics. This is the time for sharing and commitment, the time for faith, hope, presence and act ...
• 9 February 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Ethics must be the basis for behaviour in public life national and international: conclusions of World Ethics Forum Guadalajara (Fides Service) - From 27 to 29 January a World Ethics Forum was held in Mexico (see Fides 10/12/2005) to promote ethics as the basis for behaviour in national and international public life. The Forum was hel ...
• 8 February 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary Youth ever more committed to service of animation and formation: conclusions of meeting of Pontifical Mission Societies National Directors Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “For the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies this meeting was the realisation of a dream to insert young people in the missionary service of the Pontifical Society of t ...
• 3 February 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Lenten Fraternity Campaign 2006 in aid of 200,000 children in Chile under six living in conditions of vulnerability and social risk Santiago (Fides Service) - “Don’t shut us out” is the slogan of the annual Lenten Fraternity Campaign promoted by the Catholic Church in Chile which this year 2006 will be in aid of children violated in their right ...
• 3 February 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivian Bishops call for solidarity with victims of natural disaster: “No Bolivian can be indifferent in the face of so much suffering and desperation” La Paz (Fides Service) - “In various regions of our country the people are living the negative effects of nature: overflowing rivers, loss of life, harvests, animals, spreading disease, lack of food and medicine, the m ...
• 2 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church in Peru gives children in need a home and loving care in Catholic homes, medical centres and feeding centres Lima (Fides Service) - The Church in Peru gives children in need a home and loving care in Catholic homes, medical centres and feeding centres all over the country says Bishop Adriano Tomasi, auxiliary of Lima. There are ...
• 1 February 2006
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Holy Childhood Day dedicated to the theme “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church”, living Missionary Rosary re-launched as source of spiritual impulse Caracas (Fides Service) - “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church” was the theme of national Holy Childhood Day in Venezuela celebrated on Sunday 29 January. Holy Childhood children from parishes and ...
• 31 January 2006
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Catholic Bishops of Guatemala confirm commitment to proclaim with courage the Gospel of Peace and preferential option for poor and excluded people: statement after recent plenary assembly Guatemala (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Guatemala have reconfirmed their commitment to shoulder the serious responsibility given to the Church by Jesus Christ to proclaim with courage and firmness the Gospel ...
• 30 January 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America in preparation for 5th CELAM Conference in May 2007 Bogota (Fides Service) - ‘Disciples and Missionaries Today’ is the theme of the 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America to be held from 9 to 12 March in Bogota (Colombia) in preparation ...
• 28 January 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The local Church is committed to finding new ways of assisting emigrants with responses of charity and evangelisation: 3rd national congress on “Migration, Multicultural societies and Pastoral of Culture, Conclusions Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Mexico have stressed the need to create more awareness among political, social and church workers in view of a better and fairer response to the phenomenon of migrati ...
• 28 January 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards the 50th anniversary of the Fidei Donum Encyclical: 30 January to 3 February meeting for Italian Fidei Donum priests in Latin America Salvador de Bahia (Fides Service) - As part of initiatives to mark the 50th anniversary of the Encylical Fidei Donum published by Pope Pius XII, (21 April 1957), in which the Pope urged Bishops of older dioceses to send ...