America

• 17 February 2005
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Concerning scarcity of formation, accompaniment and sending of lay missionaries ad gentes says 3rd Continental Lay Missionaries Meeting in Final Statement Panama (Fides Service) - “Basis and Processes for integral formation of laity for mission ad gentes” was the theme of the 3rd Continental Lay Missionaries Meeting ECOLMI 3 held 26-30 January in Panama. The meeting, ...
• 16 February 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - “National Youth Mission 2005”: young Chilean Catholics reach out to evangelise their peers. New web site offers information on mission Santiago (Fides Service) - Preparations for National Youth Mission 2005, organised by Chilean Youth Pastoral Office with the slogan “You are my brother”, are at the final stage and will end on March 25. The Youth Mis ...
• 15 February 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church in front line to provide emergency aid following floods in six states of Venezuela: at least 16,000 people homeless Caracas (Fides Service) - Venezuela is facing an emergency following torrential rains and floods over the last week affecting six states in the west and centre of the country and in the Andes region (Carabobo, Vargas, ...
• 15 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL “The murder of Sister Dorothy highlights the need to disarm hands and spirits without succumbing to intimidation, making a patient effort to promote a culture of peace” say Catholic Bishops of Brazil Brasilia (Fides Service) - Following the brutal assassination of American born Sister Dorothy Stang of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame on 12 February in Anapu in the south west region of the state of Para, ...
• 10 February 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Maria, your priests want to see Jesus " theme of 5th International Retreat for Priests Monterrey (Fides Service) - "Maria, we your priests want to see Jesus" is the theme of a 5th International Retreat for Priests organised by the Archdiocese of Monterrey in collaboration with Catholic Charismatic Renewal ...
• 10 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Christians who take part in efforts to promote peace and solidarity become valid channels of evangelisation”, says Pope John Paul II in a message to the Church in Brazil for the 2005 Fraternity Campaign Brasilia (Fides Service) - In a message on the occasion of Brazil’s Fraternity Campaign 2005 Pope John Paul II said the Campaign organised every year by the local Church for the past forty years, and this year extended ...
• 9 February 2005
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops’ Conference signs important co-operation agreement with the Ministry for Education to re-launch the country’s school system San Jose de Costa Rica (Fides Service) - On Wednesday 2 February at the offices of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Costa Rica, an agreement for co-operation to develop joint programmes, exchange experience and vari ...
• 9 February 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Minute of Mission radio ‘pill’ of missionary animation produced by Pontifical Mission Societies in Ecuador informs, forms and animates Quito (Fides Service)- Minute of Mission is a ‘radio pill’ lasting 60 seconds containing a brief, accurate and incisive message on the activities of the Church with testimonials from Ecuadorian missionaries ad gentes ...
• 8 February 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Youth Day on the theme “We have come to adore Him”, in preparation for World Youth Day in Germany Caracas (Fides Service) - The Church in Venezuela will celebrate the 2nd National Youth Day on 13 February, David Miguel Gonzalez, executive director of department for youth and university pastoral of the Venezuelan Bis ...
• 8 February 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Migration and development”: Andes-Hispanic Symposium 14-17 February in Quito on migration and ensuing pastoral challenges facing the Church Quito (Fides Service) - Migration and Development is the theme of an Andes-Hispanic Symposium, 14-17 February in Quito, organised by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, Caritas Spain, Migration and co-developm ...
• 8 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Help eliminate violence by promoting solidarity and building a culture of peace: Church in Brazil launches 41st Fraternity Campaign 2005 on Ash Wednesday, Brasilia (Fides Service) - To coincide with the liturgical Celebration of Ash Wednesday, the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference CNBB and the Brazil National Council of Christian Churches CONIC will open officially the 41st ...
• 7 February 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - “The bill under discussion is offensive to the moral and religious sensibility of a great number of citizens, both Catholic and non-Catholic”: open letter by Cardinal Marc Quellet in answer to a proposed Bill to include same sex partnerships within the same legal framework as the conjugal relation between a man and a woman. Ottawa (Fides Service) - “As a Canadian citizen and as the Primate of Canada, I feel it is my duty to express my concern and disagreement and that of a great number of Canadians who have asked me to step forward to giv ...
• 7 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We want a country which respects freedom, promotes truth and installs justice”, Catholic Bishops of Colombia say at the 98th plenary assembly Bogota (Fides Service) - In a message at the end of their 78th plenary assembly, dated 4 February, the Catholic Bishops of Colombia denounce violence which has waged against the people of Colombia for years and a “plot ...
• 4 February 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Towards National Mission Congress: 3rd national meeting for missionary animation and formation on the theme “Eucharist and Mission” La Paz (Fides Service) - “Eucharist, source and summit of Mission” is the slogan of the 3rd National Meeting for Missionary Animation and Formation which will take place from 7 to 11 February in La Paz, Mexico, organ ...
• 2 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Help find peaceful solution for problems at the root of the deterioration of Colombian” goal of international symposium attended by 3 Nobel Peace prize winners, 20 international experts and some 800 participants Cali (Fides Service) - An International Symposium for Restorative Justice and Peace in Colombia organised by the Fundacion Paz y Bien, Fundacion Alvaralice, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the Corporacion Exelen ...