America

• 8 September 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Nation on the move in response to the legalization of abortion: over 50 Catholic organizations committed to defending life; inauguration of the “Shrine for the Victims of Abortion” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – About 50 lay Catholic organizations will inaugurate the Shrine for the Victims of Abortion in the “Panteón Civil de Dolores,” which will also become a “prayer space” for women suf ...
• 8 September 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops encourage the laity to participate in public life and elections: “Avoiding the responsibility to vote means renouncing the possibility of participating in the progress of our local governments.” Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Nicaragua, who are now in Rome for their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit, have published a Pastoral Letter in August, in response to the country’s current situation and the upcomi ...
• 5 September 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Multiple initiatives throughout the country for National Immigrant Day: “We can all try to offer something of our personal talents and possessions to help in understanding this situation, accepting it, and then working to improve it.” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Throughout the entire country, the local churches are preparing for the celebration of National Immigrant Day, on September 7. The theme is “Youth and Migration.” In addition to ...
• 5 September 2008
  AMERICA/HAITI - Caritas Haiti asks for aid for the victims of the most recent tropical storms that have left behind more damage, worsening the food crisis Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Haiti is asking for humanitarian aid for victims of Tropical Storm Gustav and the Storm Hanna, which have forced nearly 4,000 people to evacuate the Caribbean nation and that ha ...
• 5 September 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Three-year preparations begin for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the image of “Nuestra Señora de la Caridad.” Special collection on September 8 will go towards hurricane victims. Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The three-year preparation time for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the image of “Nuestra Señora de la Caridad” will be officially inaugurated at the National Shrine in Cobre (se ...
• 4 September 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “On the road to peace: Life with Dignity, Development, and Freedom” is the theme for Peace Week 2008, beginning this Sunday Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 7 marks the beginning of Peace Week 2008. The theme of this national event is “On the road to peace: Life with Dignity, Development, and Freedom” and it is scheduled to ...
• 4 September 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Message for National Immigrant Day: “In response to this situation of unjust detentions, death, massive deportations, violations of human rights, growing poverty...remaining indifferent makes us accomplices.” Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) – “Mother earth, life for the nations” is the title of a Message written by Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of San Marcos, President of the Pastoral Department for Migrants in the Guatemalan Bisho ...
• 3 September 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops ask the new government to keep in mind the innate values of the human person, especially respect for life from conception until natural death Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – Just days before the swearing-in of President Fernando Lugo, the Bishops of Paraguay sent a message to the new government, reminding them of the non-negotiable points in political life, which ...
• 3 September 2008
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “The family is a treasure. We have to protect it!” the Archbishop of San Jose tells the 100,000 participants in the March for the Family San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – At least 100,000 people participated in the March for the Family held on August 31, 2008 in the Archdiocese of San Jose (Costa Rica), where marchers gathered at 8:30am to begin making their w ...
• 2 September 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops’ response to the Supreme Court ruling on abortion: “This decision may declare a criminal action legal, but it will never make an intrinsically evil action morally just.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops have publicly expressed their lament for the Mexican Supreme Court’s decision to approve the law that decriminalizes abortion. The Bishops affirm that “human life i ...
• 2 September 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - “I tell you: the Mission is now”: Peru launches the Great Continental Mission Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, August 30, the Great Continental Mission was launched in Peru, with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, and concelebrated by all ...
• 1 September 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Launching of the Great Continental Mission at the close of CAM 3: “The Spirit is the one who leads us to unite ourselves with Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania in sharing our faith.” The “Message to Humanity, the Family of God.” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – With the motto, “America with Christ listens, learns, and announces,” the 3rd American Missionary Congress (CAM 3) was celebrated in the city of Quito (Ecuador) August 15-17, 2008. According ...
• 1 September 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Final Declaration from CAM 3: “Jesus sends us out to all the ends of the earth to be witnesses to all that we have heard, learned, and announced.” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Missionaries from all over the world issued a final document at the close of the Third Missionary Congress (CAM 3) in which they declared their willingness to announce the Gospel, build a world ...
• 1 September 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops prepare to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the presence of the “Virgen de la Caridad”: “symbol of our homeland, what unites us to our families, our people, and above all, to the Mother of Christ.” Havana (Agenzia Fides) – “We ask that you all join in celebrating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the “Virgen de la Caridad” in the year 1612. We have sent out this invitation to all Cubans, because she ...
• 1 August 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Missionaries for the Deaf Apostolate: support for deaf Catholics Hayward (Agenzia Fides) – The first religious community to work directly in an apostolate for the deaf began in the United States on August 27, 2006. The founder is Father Thomas Coughlin, who has been working for thir ...