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22 September 2004
AMERICA/BRAZIL - 4th annual campaign “Springtime for Life”, promoted by the Ecumenical Co-ordination
Service CESE: to care for youth today means to invest in their present and in their future and the future of the nation
San Salvador (Fides Service) - “Youth and Peace” is the theme of the 4th edition of the Springtime for Life campaign, promoted every year throughout Brazil by the Ecumenical Service of Coordination CESE. The objectiv ...
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21 September 2004
AMERICA - Franciscans the world over mobilised for the United Nation’s International Day for Peace
New York (Fides Service) - Franciscan the world over are trying to increase awareness with regard to peace and to build a world of more justice and solidarity in view of the International Day for Peace instituted by the ...
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21 September 2004
AMERICA/HAITI - Another emergency in Haiti: Caritas appeals for help after tropical tempest
Port de Paix (Fides Service) - “The tropical storm ‘Jeanne’ struck mainly the north eastern part of the country. The highest number of persons killed and the greatest damages are reported in the areas of Gonaives, ...
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17 September 2004
AMERICA/ECUADOR - "People in Zamora hunger for God but missionaries, churches and structures are scarce,” Bishop Fausto G. Trávez, Vicar Apostolic of Zamora told Fides
Rome (Fides Service) - Ecuadorian Bishop, Mgr Fausto G. Travez Travez, OFM, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Zamora on 14 January last year, 2003, is one of a group of Bishops taking part in a seminary in Rome organised by t ...
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17 September 2004
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Reflecting with young people on the missionary nature of the Church: Bishops of Brazil call Catholic youth to National Meeting on Youth Mission and Parish Missions
Brasilia (Fides Service) - Young people, local Church leaders and missionaries will come together for a National Meeting on Youth Mission and Parish Missions 8 to 11 October at the Dom Fernando Gomes pastoral centre at G ...
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17 September 2004
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - World Mission Sunday 2004: theme chosen “Eucharist and Mission” in harmony with a national Eucharistic Congress in Corrientes and the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara and the Pope’s message
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “In harmony with the national Eucharistic Congress in Corrientes 2 to 5 September and the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara Mexico, 10-17 October, for all our activities t ...
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16 September 2004
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The experience of being taken hostage helped me discover the value of solidarity, prayer and communion... the Church will continue to work for peace and reconciliation in the country: Bishop Vacca Ramirez of Yopal tells Fides about his adventure as a hostage in the hands of guerrillas.
Rome (Fides Service) - A Colombian Bishop recently taken hostage by guerrillas in his country and who happily survived to tell the story, told Fides about his experience. Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal is one of t ...
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15 September 2004
AMERICA/MEXICO - 48th International Eucharistic Congress “will be a great opportunity to contemplate and meditate on the Mystery of the Eucharist, in order to spread peace reconciliation and justice in the world…”: statement Mexican Bishops’ Conference
Mexico City (Fides Service) - With less than a month to go to the opening of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress organised by the Catholic Church which will take place this time in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10 - 17 O ...
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15 September 2004
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Despite much effort there is no end to armed violence in Colombia and the number of displaced persons continues to rise: Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela voice concern
Caracas (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela have expressed deep concern and dismay that despite efforts made by the local Church, governments, the United Nations Organi ...
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14 September 2004
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Truth will make you free”: International Congress organised by the national Catholic University ten years after the publication of Pope John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor encyclical
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - As part of various initiatives to mark the tenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor, the John Paul II chair of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentin ...
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14 September 2004
AMERICA/URUGUAY - “We have reached the point of having two generations who survive by begging. Silent suicides among adults, caused by the economic crash, are affecting children and adolescents”: dramatic statement by the Uruguay Council of Christian Churches (CICU)
Montevideo (Fides Service) - Faced with the alarming deterioration of the standard of living in Uruguay, the national Council of Churches, CICU, issued a statement with the title “A call to the country, institutions, p ...
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13 September 2004
AMERICA/BRAZIL - 1st National Seminar on profile of Popular Missions, preferred means of achieving National Evangelisation Programme launched by the Catholic Church in Brazil
Brasilia (Fides Service) - To offer a concrete contribution to the National Evangelisation Programme launched by the Church in Brazil with the theme “We want to see Jesus - the Way, the Truth and the Life”, especiall ...
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11 September 2004
AMERICA/CHILE - Creeping drug trafficking threatens Chile’s development: 'Salmon Connection' threatens Europe. Vicar Apostolic in Patagonia informs Fides
Rome (Fides Service). “Chile has become a major transit point for cocaine destined for Europe. The problem, little known in the rest of the world, is the cause of growing concern.”. This alarming statement was made b ...
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6 September 2004
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “With social justice peace is possible”- initiatives for National Peace Week started yesterday: promoting peace, human rights and reconciliation
Bogota (Fides Service) - A National Peace Week with the theme “With Social Justice Peace is Possible” started on Sunday 5 September in Colombia. The goal of the initiative is to “develop actions involving the diffe ...
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3 September 2004
AMERICA/COLOMBIA As part of the “Week for Peace”, Regional Humanitarian Conference to examine situation in Andes area and problems provoked by armed conflict in Colombia
Bogota (Fides Service) - As part of the “Week for Peace” 5 to 12 September which will be marked all over Colombia this year, a Regional Humanitarian Conference will be held on the theme “Humanitarian Situation and ...
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