America

• 17 January 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Local Catholic Church appeals for solution to Mapuche conflict Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement “Peace in Araucanía, Fruit of Justice”, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Chile, Bishop Alejnadro Goic Karmelic, has given voice to the local Church desire ...
• 17 January 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops defend Mexico's peasants and indigenous peoples: “When market laws are applied to the rights of individuals and peoples, profit becomes a supreme value” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Mexico is concerned for the social-economic situation of the country's peasants especially following the coming into force in January 1 of the final stage of lifting customs du ...
• 16 January 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - OCSHA Meeting: Spanish priests on missionary service in America “discuss missionary challenges in the different American countries” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - About 100 priests from Latin America and the United States members of OCSHA (Hispanic-American Priestly Cooperation) have gathered this week for a meeting for Spanish priests on missionary servic ...
• 16 January 2008
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The local Church heeds the Great Continental Mission call: “good opportunity to give new life to our Church and intensify pastoral animation ” Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In a Pastoral Letter issued for the feast of Our Lady of Altagracia, the patroness of the country on 21 January, the Bishops of the Dominican Republic offer the people a “word of suppor ...
• 14 January 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “The best service we can offer is to be united, faithful in announcing the Gospel of reconciliation, build bridges of understanding and offer ethical values and principles”: Bishops Message at the end of Ordinary Plenary Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of its 89th plenary 8-11 January in statement with the title “Paths to Reconciliation and Hope” the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Venezuela proposed a "Christian vision to illum ...
• 14 January 2008
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops request: a solution to violence, discrediting campaigns in pre-election year must be avoided, economic interests must not prevail in the exploitation of natural resources, family and the right of parents to educate children must be defended Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Panama issued a statement at the end of a plenary meeting 7 - 11 January during which the Bishops reflected on various aspects in the life of the local Church and the impl ...
• 11 January 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards 3rd American Mission Congress CAM 3: initiatives in 2007 Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Osvaldo Fierro, secretary executive of the Third American Mission Congress CAM 3, to be held in Quito, Ecuador 12 - 17 August 2008 sent a report to Fides on preparatory initiatives during the past ...
• 10 January 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Following two day Diocesan Church Meeting the diocese of Chillán committed "to building an intensely missionary Church whose sign will be a Great Diocesan Mission” Chillán (Agenzia Fides) - Some 300 delegates from parishes, Catholic schools, moves of apostolate, services and diocesan offices, took part in a two day Diocesan Church Meeting held Chillán 4 and 5 January organised b ...
• 10 January 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cuba prepares to celebrate 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit: ““he Church came out into the open and was seen by the nation and by the world: the Catholic Church was there, full of life and close to the people” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Cuba is preparing to celebrate an important event on 21 January: the tenth anniversary of the historic visit to the island made by the Servant of God John Paul II 21-26 Jan ...
• 9 January 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Presentation of Cardinal Marc Ouellet Foundation, social initiative connected with the 49th International Eucharistic Congress, to promote the integration of immigrants and refugees in the region of Quebec For more informationQuebec (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Mgr Jean Picher, secretary general 49th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC2008), gave an official presentatio ...
• 8 January 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Catholic priest found dead in his home in Caracas Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas has announced the tragic death of Fr Pedro Daniel Orellana Hidalgo, aged 50, found dead in his home early on Sunday January 6. The priest's body showed evident signs of ...
• 8 January 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - The Archbishop of Lima convokes “Great Mission of Lima”: to start on 27 April, feast of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, and to close in 2010 with a Eucharistic and Marian Congress Lima (Agenzia Fides) - During Mass on January 1st, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, announced the start of a Great Mission of Lima, an initiative to respond to the ca ...
• 7 January 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Migration Week 6 to 12 January: “If we fail to minister to the needs of these newcomers, we fail our Lord himself” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - “From many, one family of God” is the theme of 27th National Migration Week organised by Committee on Migration of the United States Catholic Bishops' Conference. In a letter for the o ...
• 7 January 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In a New Year Message Bishops' Conference President urges the people to be members of an “active, faithful and credible Church” to make the nation “an example of reconciliation, justice and peace” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In a new year message the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ecuador Bishop Néstor Herrera Heredia, called on the people to be members of “an active, faithful credible Church”, ...
• 7 January 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Volunteers Operation Colomba (Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII) solidarity with “Indigenous Communities of Peace” in Colombia San Josè de Apartadò (Agenzia Fides) - On January 4th three volunteers of Operation Colomba, Non Violent Peace Corps of the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII founded by the late Rev Oreste Benzi, started a visit to Comuni ...