America

• 12 September 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - WEEK FOR PEACE 2003: “RECONCILIATION HORIZON OF PEACE” – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA PERMANENTLY COMMITTED FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AS A PATH FOR PEACE Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Colombian Bishops have reflected on their pastoral responsibilities in view of the armed conflict in the country. This reflection allowed the Church to understand better the reality of ...
• 10 September 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - IN VIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY: “WE WANT A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN BREATHE AND GROW IN FREEDOM IN EVERY SENSE” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Peace is possible, a Responsible Vote is an Opportunity” is the title of a message issued by the Conference of Bishops of Guatemala denouncing clearly and with courage spreading viol ...
• 5 September 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS CAM 2 AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS – PILGRIM IMAGES OF CRUCIFIED CHRIST OF ESQUIPULAS OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ARRIVE IN GUATEMALA AFTER VISITING CENTRAL AMERICA Guatemala City (Fides Service) – A special pilgrimage of Sacred Images in preparation for the Second American Mission Congress has arrived in Guatemala, where the Congress will take place. Since November 2002 images of ...
• 5 September 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - PRESBITEROS.COM.BR NEW PORTUGUESE WEB SITE TO BOOST PASTORAL WORK AND MISSION São Paulo (Fides Service) – www.presbíteros.com.br is the name of a new web site in Portuguese offering ongoing formation for the clergy. Inaugurated recently by Father Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller of the archdioces ...
• 5 September 2003
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - CHINESE CATHOLICS OVERSEAS ATTEND PASTORAL MISSIONARY CONGRESS IN SAN FRANCISCO: RELATION BETWEEN CHRIST AND CONFUCIUS, INCULTURATION, MISSION: San Francisco (Fides Service ) –The 2nd Pastoral and Mission Congress of Chinese Catholics Overseas held in San Francisco (USA) closed on 5 September after reflecting on the theme “Confucianism, prelude to the Gospel ...
• 4 September 2003
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - BOLIVIAN CATHOLC BISHOPS: “IT IS OUR DUTY TO FIND WAYS TO PREVENT FURTHER VIOLENCE…WE CANNOT REMAIN SILENT WHILE THE COUNTRY IS DESTROYED” La Paz (Fides Service) – Following serious episodes of violence which disrupted Bolivia in February, the Catholic Bishops have voiced their commitment to “support efforts and initiatives to promote national reconcili ...
• 3 September 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - “IN DEFENCE OF LIFE” : BISHOPS DENOUNCE GOVERNMENT POLICY WHICH THREATENS HUMAN DIGNITY AND LIFE Lima (Fides Service) - The standing council of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Peru recently issued a statement entitled “In Defence of Life” in which they express profound concern for the population policy b ...
• 3 September 2003
  AMERICA - TOWARDS THE AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – HOW LATIN AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESSES (COMLA) GREW TO BECOME ALL-AMERICA MISSION CONGRESSES (CAM) AMERICA TOWARDS THE AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – HOW LATIN AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESSES (COMLA) GREW TO BECOME ALL-AMERICA MISSION CONGRESSES (CAM) Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Second all-America M ...
• 2 September 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSIONARY CONGRESS (CAM 2) – 3RD CONGRESS OF SALTA ARCHDIOCESE MARKS GROWTH OF MISSIONARY AWARENESS Salta (Fides Service ) – With the motto “Church of Salta, your life is mission”, the archdiocese of Salta in Argentina will hold its 3rd Mission Congress from 10 to 12 October in preparation for the 2nd all America ...
• 1 August 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – “BE JOYFUL WITNESSES AND ENTHUSIASTIC APOSTLES OF THE GOSPEL!”: CARDINAL SEPE ENCOURGAES MEXICAN YOUTH AT THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS FOR MISSIONARY YOUTH Queretaro (Fides Service) - “Young people of the new millennium do not be afraid to carry the Gospel to the world”: This is the slogan of the 8th National Congress of Mexican Missionary Youth (8° CONAJUM) which ope ...
• 1 August 2003
  AMERICA/CANADA - DATABASE ON LINE FOR SARS: MANY GROUPS ARE TRYING TO REPRODUCE SARS PROTEIN IN LABORATORY TO WORK ON MEDICINES AND VACCINES Rome (Fides Service) – A new database on line of genetic information on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS could help to control SARS. A least this is the hope of Canadian scientists co-ordinating the programme ...
• 29 July 2003
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - TRADITIONS ARE WHAT DISTINGUISH EACH HUMAN SOCIETY FROM ALL THE OTHERS, THEY ARE ESSENCE WHICH ENRICHES THE HUMAN SPECIES: SAYS KOFI ANNAN IN A BOOK NOT TO BE MISSED “TRADITIONS, VALUES AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION” BY DR KEVIN CAHILL Rome (Fides Service) – How do religious, cultural ands social systems and the values they support shape humanitarian action? What are the bases of caring societies? Are there universal values for human wellbeing? And h ...
• 29 July 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - IN THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY A MARIAN CONGRESS ON MARY, STAR OF NEW EVANGELISATION Lima (Fides Service) - “Mary Star of the New Evangelisation is the theme of a Marian Congress organised by the Life and Spirituality Institute at St Augustine’s College in San Isidro district of Lima, the capital of ...
• 25 July 2003
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - LAY CATHOLICS AND YOUTH AT THE CENTRE OF PLENARY COUNCIL OF LOCAL CHURCH OPENS TOMORROW Caracas (Fides Service) – From 26 to 31 July at the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas the 4th session of the plenary council of the Church in Venezuela will bring together about three hundred people includin ...
• 24 July 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - REDEMPTORIST FATHERS LEAD SPECIAL PARISH MISSIONS AMONG THE POOR OF CERRO CORDILLERA DISTRICT TO MARK 100 YEARS OF MISSIONARY PRESENCE Valparaiso (Fides Service) – The Redemptorist missionaries first arrived in Cerro Cordigliera, on the outskirts of Valparaiso, in 1903. As part of centenary celebrations the Redemptorist Fathers of the Santiago provinc ...