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30 May 2005
AMERICA/PERU - There exists a sort of “international club” which aims to promote social aberrations, hedonist sex as a life style, a new sort of feminism which fails to realise that maternity is God’s most valuable gift to women and upholds homosexuality as a sexual option: Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima interviewed by Fides
Lima (Fides Service) - In view of repeated attempts by certain Latin American governments to approve laws which attack human life and the family, Fides asked the opinion of Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop ...
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28 May 2005
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Chamber of Deputies rejects national plan which goes against life and the family; success for Ecumenical Demonstration which called on legislators to reflect before approving laws contrary to life
Asuncion (Fides Service) - With 57 votes out of 66, Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies rejected a proposed “National programme for the prevention of punishable crimes against sexual autonomy and minors and assistance to ...
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28 May 2005
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Nothing and no one can authorise the death of a human person, and certainly not when the person is helpless and unprotected”: says President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference with regard to the inapplicability of an article of law which penalises abortion
Bogota (Fides Service) - “The situation in this country with regard to crimes against life is most concerning. We are grieved and concerned for criminal actions which happen day after day: homicide, violent deaths, as ...
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25 May 2005
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Ecumenical demonstration pro-life and pro-family against proposed national plan of prevention of crimes against sexual autonomy and against minors and assistance for victims
Asuncion (Fides Service) - This evening, 25 May at 7pm in the square in front of the cathedral of Asuncion, Paraguay there will be an ecumenical demonstration pro-life and pro-family against proposed national plan of pre ...
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24 May 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Initiative for culture of life against culture of death”: slogan of International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress 17 to 19 June in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “Initiative culture of life against culture of death” is the slogan chosen for an International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress to be held 17 to 19 June at the Spanish Club in Buenos A ...
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24 May 2005
AMERICA/PERU Year of the Eucharist - more intense preparation for Corpus Christi with diocesan Eucharistic Weeks and various other initiatives to deepen awareness and gratitude for the gift of the Eucharist
Lima (Fides Service) - Various Church initiatives all over the country have served to intensify preparations for the annual solemnity of Corpus Christi in this Year of the Eucharist. One particular initiative was that of ...
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24 May 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Chapter confirms Mother Gabriella Bono as Superior of Consolata missionaries soon to celebrate Foundation Centenary
Sao Paulo (Fides Service) - On 22 May Trinity Sunday almost at the end of its meeting in Sao Paulo the General Chapter of the Consolata Missionaries re-elected as Superior Mother Gabriella Bono for another six year manda ...
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23 May 2005
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Intense Course in Missiology in Caracas in September will “animate and form local Churches to assume their missionary responsibility starting from the originality of the Venezuelan ecclesial experience”
Caracas (Fides Service) - A Course in Missiology organised by the National Mission Council of Venezuela will be held in Caracas in September 12 to 16. In a report to Fides Fr José Rafael Villalobos Araujo, DEMIS-SPEV na ...
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21 May 2005
AMERICA/PERU - “We and our communities are in a state of mission… In this year of the Eucharist, may the Lord Jesus Christ stay with us so we are able to communicate him to our brothers and sisters””: Closing Message of 30th CELAM meeting
Lima (Fides Service) - During a media conference at the offices of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference in Lima at the end of the 30th plenary assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM, 17 to 2 ...
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20 May 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Euthanasia is always either homicide or suicide”: Church in Mexico harshly condemns propose law to allow euthanasia
Matehuala (Fides Service) - In a statement issued on 18 May the Catholic Bishops of Mexico strongly criticised a proposed “general law on the rights of persons who are terminally ill” presented in parliament by the D ...
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20 May 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Conference calls for more communion among the peoples of Latin America and build hope in each of the countries
Lima (Fides Service) - “As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of CELAM and prepare with gratitude to commemorate 400 years after his passing to the Home of the Father of Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo - proclaimed patron o ...
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20 May 2005
AMERICA/CUBA - 1st National Catholic Mission Assembly to give new impulse to missionary activity and respond to present day challenges
Havana (Fides Service) - The 1st National Catholic Mission Assembly to be held in Havana from 24 to 28 May Missioni will bring all the missionary forces of the Catholic Church in Cuba to reflect on the path outlined by t ...
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16 May 2005
AMERICA/PERU - With the participation of 2 Cardinals and more than 120 Bishops of the continent of America the 30th Ordinary Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences, CELAM and celebrations for its 50th anniversary opens tomorrow in Lima
Lima (Fides Service) - The Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM), created in 1955 by Pope Pius XII at the request of the Catholic Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, is marking its 50th anniver ...
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16 May 2005
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The late Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala “worked passionately to promote reconciliation among the people whom he accompanied with humility and firmness” says adjunct secretary of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Conference
Guatemala City (Fides Service) - This morning the Church in Guatemala will pay its last respects to Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala who died on May 13 at the age of 79. The funeral will take ...
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13 May 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Consolata Missionaries elect new Superior general: Fr. Aquileo Fiorentini, first non Italian to head the Institute founded more than 100 years ago
Sao Paolo (Fides Service) - The general chapter of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) taking place in Sao Paolo, Brazil, has elected as new superior general to lead the institute for the next six years, Brazilian born Fr A ...
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