America

• 30 July 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Mission Cross Pilgrimage and Study Meetings involve young people in Lima and Callao in preparation for the Third National Youth Mission Congress Lima (Fides Service) - In view of the imminent opening of Peru’s 3rd National Youth Mission Congress 4 to 8 August in Arequipa, with the theme “Young man your life is mission”, delegations all over the country enga ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Thousands attend funeral of Italian missionary murdered in Santiago cathedral. Cardinal Errazuriz: “Father Faustino was killed because he was a man of God. He loved to serve in silence. We have his spiritual testimony to build peace: peace of heart which is peace with God and peace with people”. Santiago (Fides Service) - Despite pouring rain thousands of people filled Santiago cathedral on July 27 to pay their last respects to Italian missionary Father Faustino Gazziero, a member of the Institute of the Servant ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Safe and sound Catholic Bishop of Yopal Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez, released after four days captivity by ELN Bogota (Fides Service) - Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal, Casanare region, was released yesterday 27 July after being kept hostage for four days. The Bishop was taken prisoner by members of the ELN rebel group while ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US asks for Collaboration of Catholic organisations in the Global fight against AIDS: video-conference organised at American embassy to the Holy See Rome (Fides Service)- The United States calls for the collaboration of Catholic organisations in the ambit of their strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in the world. This was said Ambassador Randall Tobias, co-ordinator ...
• 27 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Pope calls for speedy release of Catholic Bishop taken hostage in Colombia by the ELN - Bishops’ Conference condemns “detestable crime which violates the fundamental rights of life and freedom”. Bogota (Fides Service) - Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez, of the Colombian diocese of Yopal, Casanare region, has been taken hostage apparently by guerrillas of the ELN (National Liberation Army). On Saturday 24 July the Bis ...
• 26 July 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Tomorrow funeral of Italian missionary stabbed to death in Santiago cathedral at the end of Mass Santiago (Fides Service) - The funeral of Italian missionary Father Faustino Gazziero, murdered on Saturday 24 July after saying Mass in Santiago cathedral, will be held on Tuesday 27 July at 10am. Father Faustino Gazzie ...
• 16 July 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - The rosary and a statue of Our Lady are the banners of a successful Great City Mission, ‘put out to sea’ in Lima, capital of Peru Lima (Fides Service) - Praying a Dawn Rosary is a custom which is increasingly popular among families Lima as part of the City Mission “Put out to Sea”. Very early before dawn more and more people gather at home or i ...
• 15 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic Church engages in integral evangelisation and pastoral dialogue to defeat violence and build peace in Colombia: Bishop of Magangue speaks with Fides Bogota (Fides Service) - To be faithful to its commitment for peace the Church in Colombia is convinced that there two main paths to contribute to reaching its goal, integral evangelisation and dialogue and consultation. ...
• 14 July 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Religious sects and sexual exploitation of girls in Brazil: Edinalva, a girl at “Casa Santa Bernardette” in Sau Paulo tells her story. Sau Paulo (Fides Service) - In Latin America the diffusion of religous sects and increasing explotation of girls is ever more concerning. This is seen from a touching testimony offered by Edinalva, who now lives at the � ...
• 14 July 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The path to reconciliation and peace. The country needs a leadership which is authentic and responsible ": Bishops' statement in view of Revocatory Referendum on 15 August Caracas (Fides Service) - "Referendum, Conscience and Responsibility" is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Venezuela at the end of a plenary assembly in Caracas 7 to 12 July, focussed mainly on a ...
• 14 July 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexicans prepare with enthusiasm for the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara: 400 Seminarians visit families in the archdiocese to foster and renew faith in the Eucharist; local or category Congresses draw large crowds. Guadalajara (Fides Service) - “In this month of July about 400 students from the major seminary of Guadalajara archdiocese are working with parishes to provide intense animation activities to help rediscover awareness ...
• 13 July 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - International Meeting for Missionaries opens today in Chiclayo, “to renew missionary spirit and underline the need to open Mission Centres in diocese and parishes ” Chiclayo (Fides Service) - From 13 to 16 July to mark the 10th anniversary of the Diocesan Mission Centre in the Peruvian diocese of Chiclayo, there will be an “International Meetings for Missionaries” with the aim o ...
• 13 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - To heal the rift between faith and life, Catholic Bishops of Colombia decide to give new impulse to evangelisation and Christian Initiation Bogota (Fides Service) - “Many call themselves Christians but are not interested in following Jesus, the Lord!” the Bishops of Colombia say in a Message issed at the end of their 77th Plenary Assembly in Bogota 5 to ...
• 13 July 2004
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “The main challenge is to continue to help flood victims. The flow of aid must not slacken now that there are difficult months ahead" the Catholic Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros told Fides Rome (Fides Service) - The past year has been difficult for the Dominican Republic. Last September a serious earthquake caused much damage especially in two dioceses including Santiago de los Caballeros. The quake was fo ...
• 12 July 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Jesus you are my strength and my salvation. I am your Missionary!” This is the slogan of the National Day for the Union of Sick Missionaries celebrated yesterday by more than 600 sick and elderly people Lima (Fides Service) - On Sunday 11 July Peru celebrated a National Day of the Union of Sick Missionaries with the slogan “Jesus you are my strength and my salvation. I am your Missionary!” The Day celebrated by mo ...