America
6 May 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Message of the Bishops for the Pauline Year: “a special time to reaffirm our commitment as members of the Church and renew our decision to follow Christ the Lord.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pauline Year will be celebrated in the entire Universal Church and its objective is not only to make the life and works of the Apostle to the Gentiles known. Indeed, it is also an invitat ...
5 May 2008
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Leaders of seven Christian Churches write a letter of endorsement to the President for his veto of the “Reproductive Health Law” that favors abortion
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of seven Christian Churches (Anglicans, Apostolic Armenians, Baptists, Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Menonites, and Pentecostals), sent a letter to the President of Uruguay, Taba ...
5 May 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest murdered by two unidentified hitmen in Mexico City
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, May 2, Fr. Julio Cesar Mendoza Acuña, 33 year-old Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Mexico City, was killed by two unidentified hitmen, according to a report from “Agencia ...
5 May 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal Norberto Rivera introduces the “Stable Ministry of the Catechist” in the Archdiocese, convinced that “the activity of the lay faithful is becoming increasingly more necessary and invaluable.”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the Solemnity of the Lord’s Ascension, May 4, the Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, introduced “ad experimentum” for five years, the Ministry of the Catec ...
2 May 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops clarify the fact that, “under no circumstance would they accept a law in favor of legalizing homosexual unions as a source of specific rights and obligations”
Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil, President of the Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference, recently sent a letter to all Catholics in the country, clarifying some of the guidelines given by t ...
2 May 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops reaffirm their decision and commitment to work for peace and dialogue as the only means to solve the country’s problems
El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - “During these days when the number of speeches and intolerant attitudes abound, the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference reaffirms its own vocation to serve in the effort of peace and dialogue, as t ...
30 April 2008
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - First National Encounter for Lay Missionaries in Costa Rica, preparation for First Regional Encounter
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - This past weekend (April 26-27), Costa Rica held its First National Encounter for Lay Missionaries, organized and promoted by the “Ad Gentes” Department of the National Missions Council. Th ...
30 April 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Children’s Day celebrated one year after the legalization of abortion: “For the most part, children’s rights have remained the themes of speeches and paperwork.”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “May Children’s Day be a special occasion for the family and for institutions to promote respect for human life, as a gift and a task that begins at conception and is continued in a cons ...
30 April 2008
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “From a Brazil of baptized faithful, to a Brazil of missionaries without limits”: theme for the Second National Missionary Congress (May 1- 4)
Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme, “From a Brazil of baptized faithful, to a Brazil of missionaries without limits,” Aparecida (Brazil) will host the Second National Missionary Congress from May 1 to 4. The ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - The Holy Father will deliver the homily for the closing Mass of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress on the 400th anniversary of Quebec City
Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec, made a special invitation to the city’s inhabitants to participate in the closing ceremony of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Preparations for CAM 3 conclude in Costa Rica, after four years of hard work
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The formation meetings for study of the CAM 3 Manual and the forming of the national delegation for the Congress, which will be celebrated in Quito in August of this year, concluded in Costa Ri ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Great Mission of Lima begins “to help all people to find and nurture a vital relationship with Christ, our hope.”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Great Mission of Lima began on Monday, April 28, feast of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo, with a Solemn Mass and procession with an image and relic of the saint. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, A ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops speak out on the education system debate: “The education battle should not be won or lost by any party, because values and rights cannot be placed to a vote.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference has issued a statement to the public in order to present its position on some of the aspects of education in the country at this time. “Education is a mat ...
28 April 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops remind the Constitutive Assembly on some non-negotiable points that should be recognized as fundamental laws: life, family, freedom of education
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “We wish to continue our service in the extension of the Kingdom of God by preaching His Word and celebrating the faith and hope of the Christian people, together with social and charitable serv ...
28 April 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Jubilee Year for the Prelature of Ayaviri, “to thank God for all the blessings and fruits of the first evangelization of our land, that we have inherited”: Interview with Bishop Kay Martin Schmalhausen
Ayaviri (Agenzia Fides) - The Prelature of Ayaviri is located in southern Peru. Along with the other Prelatures and Dioceses that were formed in this country during the late 50s, it celebrates its 50th anniversary, makin ...
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