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19 June 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Letter for Priests at the inauguration of the Year for Priests: “May we conform ourselves more each day to the image of Jesus, the Good Shepherd.”
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Nestor Herrera Heredia of Machala, President of the Commission for Ministers and Consecrated Life for the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference, sent a letter to all the priests in the country f ...
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16 June 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church decries assassination of a priest and two seminarians and calls for a prompt investigation to determine perpetrators of the crime
Ciudad Altamirano (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference has issued a statement in which they decry the murders of a priest and two seminarians, which took place on June 13 in Ciudad de Arcelia (Guerrero) an ...
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16 June 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Letter from the Archbishop of Sucre to his priests: “The priestly vocation grows, develops, and remains faithful and fruitful, only in an intense relationship with Christ.”
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Jesus Perez Rodriguez, OFM, of Sucre has written a letter addressing all the priests of the diocese, for the beginning of the Year of the Priest, which will take place on June 19, Sol ...
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15 June 2009
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Following the assassination of a catechist working in Social Ministry, the Church asks that civilians not be caught up in the conflict
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The National Secretariat for Social Ministry in Colombia issued a statement in response to the murder of Jorge Humberto Echeverri Garro, a 40-year-old professor and catechist, making an appeal ...
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15 June 2009
AMERICA/PANAMA - “The Eucharist: Source and Summit of Our Mission,” theme of the 39th Eucharistic Congress, during which the Archdiocese will launch its Great Mission
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Panama will officially launch its Great Mission, this Sunday, June 21, at 9am, in the Roberto Mano Arena of Piedra Duran, on the occasion of its 39th Eucharistic Congres ...
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12 June 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Launching of “Compartir” Campaign 2009, to promote the reconstruction of churches destroyed in the 2007 earthquake
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – With the title: “Earthquakes Destroy, Sharing Rebuilds,” the Peruvian Bishops' Conference will launch a campaign on June 12, entitled “Compartir” (Share) 2009. This year, the Bishops are ...
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12 June 2009
AMERICA/REPUBLICA DOMINICANA - Government rejects proposal to modify civil effects of marriage in Constitution
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – On June 10, the Revisionary Assembly vetoed a proposal aimed at acknowledging the civil effects of the marriages held in all the churches present in the Dominican Republic, in the Consti ...
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12 June 2009
AMERICA/CUBA - Community of Sant'Egidio inaugurates “Home of Peace and Dialogue” in Havana
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – On June 5, the Community of Sant'Egidio inaugurated the “Home of Peace and Dialogue” in Havana (Cuba). From now on, it will serve as the headquarters of the movement on the island.
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10 June 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “The Suitcase with a String”: the whole day spent in the fields, under the sun, without food, with only water...but we can't go back home until we pay the debt, the entire debt we owe the ones who led us here
New York (Agenzia Fides) – The immigrants who manage to reach the US from Mexico become prisoners of those who had helped them get there, and until they pay their debt with the traffickers, they cannot even think about ...
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10 June 2009
AMERICA/HONDURAS - National Pastoral Commission denounces weakening of democratic system with the public loss of credibility and trust in government institutions
Siguatepeque (Agenzia Fides) – In a meeting held in Siguatepeque, June 1 and 2 for the ordinary session, members of the National Pastoral Commission analyzed the situation of the country, which they view with great con ...
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10 June 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' Conference accepts government's petition for mediation work with Amazon communities involved in the conflict
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Peruvian government has asked the Catholic Church to join in the mediation effort with the Amazon communities in the conflict that took a bad fall on Friday following an uprising near Baguan ...
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9 June 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - Church in Mexico gathers in prayer for the children who died in the day care fire and for those that remain in serious condition in the hospitals “that they may soon recover and return home with their parents”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference issued a statement signed by their Secretary General Bishop Leopoldo Gonzalez, expressing their condolences to the families whose children died in the tragi ...
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9 June 2009
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Conclusion of the XI Continental Encounter of the Information Network if the Church in Latin America, with guideline proposals in support of the Continental Mission
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The XI Continental Encounter of the Information Network if the Church in Latin America has finally concluded, offering guidelines to continue promoting RIIAL's spirit.
“As Bishop and on beha ...
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9 June 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Suitcase with a String”: the shirt in style on sale in Europe is often made by people working in slave-like conditions in Latin America, and the business prospers...
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The immigration problem, beyond any judgment on economics and politics, is a question of respect for the dignity of the person, of the other individual that lives in our midst. As a young ...
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8 June 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Amazon indigenous conflict: “In the name of the God of life, love, and peace, we firmly condemn these inhumane acts occurring in our country. We cannot become accustomed to this manner of resolving problems!”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM, Archbishop of Trujillo and Defender of the People, Dr. Beatriz Merino Lucero, have issued a joint state ...
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