America

• 5 November 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Do not be afraid, Christ takes nothing but gives all!”: more than 400 students attend 7th Congress for Catholic University Students Guayaquil (Fides Service) - One of many initiatives promoted on the occasion of Guayaquil Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress 15 September to 20 November on the theme “Eucharist: heart of the Church and the World”, was ...
• 4 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Catholic Church wishes to promote dialogue and participation of citizens helping to consolidate democracy and improve the quality of political debate ” say Bishops in view of presidential elections in 2006 Mexico City (Fides Service) - To help people take a responsible and constructive part in presidential elections in 2006, the Catholic Bishops of Mexico have issued a statement with the title “The electoral campaign, an ...
• 3 November 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Arequipa diocese intensifies preparations for Ist Diocesan Eucharistic Congress: more than 1,000 Catholics attend Penitential Celebration presided by the Archbishop Arequipa (Fides Service) - Saturday 29 at La Salle Education Centre in Arequipa, about 1,000 people, members of religious communities, parish groups, lay movements took part in a Penitential Celebration led by the Archbi ...
• 31 October 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - “Love is given to us that our Gift may be Love”: “breath of mission” blows from coast to coast across Canada thanks to Pontifical Mission Societies Quebec (Fides Service ) - World Mission Sunday 2005, October 23 was widely celebrated in Canada, the national Canada/Quebec office of the Pontifical Mission Societies reported. Parishes in French speaking Canada prepare ...
• 31 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - At the request of the Bishops of Brazil Pope Benedict XVI prolongs Year of the Eucharist in Brazil until the 15th National Eucharistic Congress in May 2006 Brasilia (Fides Service) - The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil Cardinal Agnelo Geraldo Majella archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia announced that Pope Benedict XVI has granted a request made by ...
• 31 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The time has come for a united effort of solidarity on the part of the whole Church in Brazil for evangelisation in the region of the Amazon” says Bishop Odilo Pedro Scherer, Secretary of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference commenting the Fraternity Campaign 2007 Brasilia (Fides Service) - The Amazon region of Brazil presents various challenges to the Church’s mission to evangelise: situation of indigenous peoples, devastation of forests, chaotic growth of urban centres, land d ...
• 28 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Eucharist, light and life of the new millennium”: in November Eucharistic Congress for northern dioceses and 4th Eucharistic-Marian Congress in Ica diocese Lima (Fides Service) - At the end of the Year of the Eucharist 13 ecclesiastical jurisdictions Piura, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Chulucanas, Chimbote, Cajamarca, Chota, Huamachuco, Jaén, Chachapoyas, Moyobamba, Huaraz and Hua ...
• 28 October 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Space for reflection on the concept ‘secular state’ in the context of human rights and the best way to guarantee authentic religious freedom: objective of International Congress on “Churches, Secular State and Society” 14 to 18 November Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Mexican Bishops’ Commission for Church-State relations, together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the National Human Rights Commission and the Mexican Institute of Christian Social ...
• 27 October 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - World Mission Sunday despite national disaster: spreading hope and solidarity among the suffering New York (Fides Service) - Gathered at the Eucharist this World Mission Sunday, October 23, celebrating our common mission to bring the Gospel “to the ends of the earth,” were the suffering - of the United States and ...
• 26 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Mission Sunday marks the start of 5th Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in Garanhuns on the theme “Eucharist: Life and Mission” Garanhuns (Fides Service) - On 23 October World Mission Sunday, Garanhuns diocese in Brazil Pernambuco state, started its 5th diocesan eucharistic congress in the theme Eucharist: Life and Mission, with a Eucharistic ma ...
• 26 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Over 2,300 children take part in Mission Sunday celebrations: special mention of 90 Holy Childhood children victims of Hurricane Stan Guatemala City (Fides Service) - October 25th Mission Sunday Mass was presided by Bishop Gerardo Flores Reyes, emeritus Bishop of La Verapaz a member of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Commission for Missions in Guatemala City ...
• 25 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Now that Hurricane Stan has gone leaving in its wake over 2,000 dead, Guatemala seems to be once again a country of little interest for the rest of the world” Bishop Gabriel Peñate, Vicar Apostolic in Izabal said sadly. People in affected areas will need aid for many months to come Guatemala City (Fides Service) - Bishop Gabriel Peñate, Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, has expressed concern and disappointment that international media have removed the spotlight from the tragedy in countries affected by t ...
• 25 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Protect life, the family, human values and right: various pro-vida activities in Lima involving adults, children and young people Lima (Fides Service) - In the face of persistent, global and determined attacks on human life and the family (birth control abortion, easy divorce, same sex ‘marriages’, euthanasia, manipulation of human embryos etc. ...
• 24 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Knowing the present to build the future” slogan for 1st Social Week at the University of Callao. Helping future national leaders reflect and contribute towards the common good Callao (Fides Service) - Organised by the office for universal pastoral of the diocese of Callao with the collaboration of the University of Callao, Bartolome de las Casas Institute and the Association of Social Services ...
• 24 October 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - Pope Benedict XVI canonises Chile’s first male Saint: Alberto Hurtado, “a contemplative in action” who devoted his life to helping the poor, promoting vocations and forming the laity Santiago (Fides) - Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga was a priest for only 15 years, but those were years of intense spiritual and apostolic activity, the expression of his love for Christ. He dedicated himself to helping t ...