America

• 4 April 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “We have lost our great missionary, a Holy Father who embodied so completely the vocation given to us in baptism” said National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States Washington (Fides Service) - “We have lost our great missionary, a Holy Father who embodied so completely the vocation given to us in baptism and who encouraged everyone in the world to do the same. His personal exampl ...
• 1 April 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Please God make the Pope get better!” kindergarten children pray with teachers Mocoa-Sibundoy (Fides Service) - Every day at the same time children at Mocoa-Sibundoy kindergarten go to the school chapel to say a special prayer to God the Father. Since the Pope was first admitted to hospital the chi ...
• 1 April 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Children at Peten Orphanage offer prayers and little sacrifices for the health of the Pope Petén (Fides Service) - Poor and abandoned children in Guatemala are praying for the Pope, the Dominican Sisters of St Sixtus told Fides. The Sisters run an orphanage at Petén, affected by an earthquake which robbed m ...
• 1 April 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Manchai, where people are extremely poor, the Pope is dearly loved and everyone is praying hard for him at this difficult moment Lima (Fides Service) - Manchai is one of the poorest districts of Lima. People fled here to this arid outer district of the capital to escape terrorism in the interior and find safety. Living conditions are precarious bu ...
• 31 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Evangelisation and bearing witness - Mission of the Church to face challenges of the present day”: 43rd General Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil will focus on the dignity of human life and bio-technology, cultural and religious pluralism, ecclesial and social commitment Brasilia (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Brazil will hold their 43rd general assembly at Queen of the Apostle Retreat House Itaici, Indaiatuba (Saõ Paolo), from 6 to 15 April. This important church event will ...
• 22 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Confessions via the Internet are not valid, the indispensable requisite for the celebration of a Sacrament, including the sacrament of Reconciliation, is the physical presence of the believer and the minister: Peruvian Bishops warn the faithful about “cyberspace confessions” Lima (Fides Service) - Faced with a growing misinformation with regard to the possibility of celebrating the Sacrament of Penance via the Internet “cyberspace confessions”, in conformity with the Code of Canon Law ( ...
• 22 March 2005
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Speak Lord your Church is listening!”: Catholic Bishops of Paraguay launch nation wide consultation in view of new pastoral guidelines to respond to the real needs of the People of God Asunción (Fides Service) - After reflection born in organisms involved directly in pastoral (Coordination National of Catechesis, Liturgy, Social Pastoral, the Bible, of the Family…) and faced with the concerning nati ...
• 22 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Everyone can rediscover the beauty of what it means to life the life of Christ”: interview with Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, on the eve of the final stage of the Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro” Lima (Fides Service) - The Great City Mission in the archdiocese of Lima, which started 25March 2003 and will close 27 April 2006, will enter a period of celebration in April this year. The mission with the slogan “Pu ...
• 15 March 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - Canadian ecumenical delegation representing various Christian churches and communities visits Mexico to assess effects of ‘free trade’ on the people of Mexico, the poorest in particular Ottawa (Fides Service) - From 11 to 19 March a ecumenical delegation from Canada of representatives of various Christians is in Mexico to assess the effects on the people of Mexico of free trade, propose alternatives and ...
• 14 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First national Meeting of Missionary Youth representatives 27-30 May in Brasilia: “The idea is not to create a new movement but to co-ordinate and support young people anxious to operate in the field of mission ad gentes” National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil told Fides Brasilia (Fides Service) - “To help organise and articulate Missionary Youth, thinking above all of the many young people who started their mission formation as members of Holy Childhood and now wish to continue their ...
• 14 March 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - “A journey of communion and hope”: 4 to 7 April International Congress on Family Eucharistic Catechesis, Eucharistic path travelled in 40 years by millions of children and parents extends to other continents Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) - From 4 to 7 April an International Congress on Family Eucharistic Catechesis will be held in Santiago de Chile with the slogan "A journey of communion and hope". The Congress is organi ...
• 11 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Human life is of sacred and inviolable value: any exception tends to consider it a good at our disposal, which can be negotiated, wounded, destroyed”: President of Brazilian Bishops’ Conference comments on Bio-Ethics Bill being discussed by parliament Brasilia (Fides Service) - Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Archbishop San Salvador de Bahia and President of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference, in an interview with the local press with regard to a proposed Bill on B ...
• 11 March 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Everywhere on the Continent profound cultural and religious changes are taking place, the Church is called to speak out in fidelity to her mission”: conclusions of meeting of general secretaries of Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean Bogota (Fides Service) - The annual meeting of general secretaries of Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean closed yesterday after reflecting on two important questions: the religious situation in th ...
• 10 March 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “John Paul II leans on the staff of our prayers, the prayers of the Church”: children, adolescents, young people, adults, the elderly, in the city and beyond, regardless of race or ideological divisions, unite in a crusade of prayer for the Pope Mexico City (Fides Service) - Every day at the end of mass in the chapel of Guadalajara minor seminary one of the students takes the microphone and says: “Let us pray for the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. He needs us ...
• 10 March 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religion is a factor of peace. This was the subject of a meeting sponsored by the American Embassy to the Holy See held at the S. Egidio Community centre in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - Since the Treaties of Westphalia (1648) which marked the end of the Thirty Years War, the West has put aside the concept of a war of religion . The 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 in the United Stat ...