America

• 21 December 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' Christmas Message and wishes to families “intensify the spirit as the cradle of life and love…and reaffirm commitment for peace and justice ” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico have urged to people to “reaffirm at Christmas commitment for peace and justice”, in response to Pope Benedict XVI's Message for World Peace Day on 1 January 2008. ...
• 21 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' Christmas Message: “Only honest and respectful dialogue which is learned in the family, will thwart the temptation to resort to violence and open the way for just solutions ” Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - “May the Child Jesus bless us with his grace, give peace to our hearts and lead us on the path of dialogue so that life in families and in society there may be more respect the dignity of eve ...
• 20 December 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Christmas message from Bishops' Conference president: “I call the country's governors to work together to guarantee citizens a worthy life and an environment of peace and serenity ” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “In this season of Christ I wish to send greetings of peace and brotherhood to all who share our faith and to all men and women of goodwill" Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo Presi ...
• 19 December 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - On the occasion of Christmas the Bishops ask to people to make “concrete gestures of reconciliation and dialogue” and to “intensify personal and community prayer ” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In a Christmas message "Christmas of encounter, peace and hope” the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Venezuela thanks the people for “exemplary electoral day on 2 December…peaceful and happ ...
• 18 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - First international refresher course in theology to enable priests respond to present day issues and the challenges of moral theology: “ongoing formation aims at increasing the priest's awareness of his share in the Church's saving mission” San Bernardo (Agenzia Fides) - San Pedro Apóstol major seminary in the diocese of San Bernardo (Chile), in collaboration with the faculty of theology of the University of Navarra and annexed Superior Institute of Religi ...
• 17 December 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Conference calls for fraternal, sincere and constructive dialogue: "Bolivia deserves much more than its present condition and together we can save our country ” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “We hope that the fraternal, sincere and constructive dialogue which the whole country awaits, will start as soon as possible" said the secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of B ...
• 17 December 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Christmas Novena on national television: Bishops' initiative to reaffirm the true sense of the Nativity of Jesus and the human and social values it brings Quito (Agenzia Fides) - To bring the true sense and Message of Christmas into the homes of Ecuadorians, starting on Sunday 16 November a special Novena of Christmas television programme will be broadcast every evening un ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Christmas helps us realise God's closeness and his love for all humanity” Cuban Bishops' Christmas Message Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas helps us realise God's closeness, his love for all humanity and his desire for our happiness", the Catholic Bishops of Cuba said in a Christmas message issued on 12 December addressed ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' Pastoral Letter to men and women who live on and work the land: “only a healthy society can recognise and protect the rural world as a gift of God ” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 12 December, feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to whom all America is dedicated, the President of the Catholic Bishops of Chile Archbishop Alejandro Goic, presented a Pastoral L ...
• 11 December 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Seven million pilgrims expected for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mgr Monroy Ponce: "the event offers the sons and daughters of Mexico and all America an opportunity to realise they are brothers and sisters” Guadalupe (Agenzia Fides) - All is ready for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness of Mexico and all America on 12 December, the date of the first apparition 476 years ago, to Juan Diego, canonised by the Servant ...
• 11 December 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - Bishops issue pastoral Message for National Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples: “your Amerindian and Inuit traditions permit the development of new ways of expressing the message of salvation" Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Catholic Aboriginal Council for Reconciliation issued a message for the 5th National Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples, in which it r ...
• 10 December 2007
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops of Guatemala say adoptions have become a business for profit Guatemala City(Agenzia Fides) - "In Guatemala, some people have made adoption of children a profitable business, losing the noble desire to give a home to a child who has been abandoned, or is disabled or unwanted". This ...
• 10 December 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Against the approval of so-called "Worthy Death" law the Bishops of Rio Negro reaffirm once again the “Dignity of human life” Rio Negro (Agenzia Fides) - The 'Dignity of human life' has been reaffirmed by the Bishops of Rio Negro region (dioceses of Alto Valle, San Carlos de Bariloche and Viedma) after the approval on 29 November of the so-call ...
• 6 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Catholic Church committed to fighting drug abuse: suffering caused by drug abuse is a social phenomenon which involves real people and reveals 'new forms of poverty' Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "It is out of love for Christ that we are called to undertake initiatives of prevention ", said Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel, auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, at the first meeting on 5 De ...
• 6 December 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' Conferences launches radio project to make the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine, better and wider known Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Through its Commission for Social Communications the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Peru has launched a radio project to make the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine better and wider known. ...