America
23 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Lay faithful, consecrated persons, priests and bishops must unite in bonds of charity and action for new evangelisation”: Bishops in Plenary Assembly issue message
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) -“Our pastoral duty is evangelisation, because we realise the urgency of God's Kingdom and the call to be apostles with our life-style. Our hope grows with the celebration of the 5th genera ...
23 April 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Solidarity for the particular Church in Tierradentro after eruption of volcano Nevado de Huila
Tierradentro (Agenzia Fides) - Following an eruption of the volcano Nevado de Huila, in the territory which includes the Vicariate Apostolic of Tierradentro in Colombia, Bishop Edgar H. Tirado, Vicar Apostolic of the are ...
23 April 2007
AMERICA/CUBA - Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez of Pinar del Río denies closing of 'Vitral' magazine
Pinar del Rìo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Pinar del Río, Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, has denied that anything was said about ‘closing’ the local Centre of Civic and Religious Formation, denying the news ...
21 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Human life from conception to natural end must be respected Bishops launch National Peace and Justice Crusade to fight present situation of violence
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In several statements issued during their recent plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Mexico expressed serious concern for the tragedy of abortion, at present the subject of nation wide ...
21 April 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops demand more attention for the poor, youth and education and policies for the integral good of the person and the common good
Punta de Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - "Restoring Hope in Chile" is the title of a statement issued by the Bishops of Chile at the end of their 93rd Assembly held 16 to 20 April which marked the beginning of a path of prepara ...
21 April 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Hand in Hand with Jesus on Mission" Holy (Missionary) Childhood and Adolescence Day
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Hand in Hand with Jesus on mission" is the slogan of Holy Childhood Day in Bolivia on Sunday 22 April. The theme is in keeping with the path of formation undertaken in the last two years: 2005 ...
18 April 2007
AMERICA - Towards CELAM 5: “We must share our hope based not on human, social, economic objectives etc., but on the concrete person of Christ”. Interview with the late Archbishop Luis Robles Díaz, vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May Pope Benedict XVI will open the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM at the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Here ...
17 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “As a missionary Church we are called to recognise the challenges to new evangelisation in America presented by modernity, in a complex process of globalisation": Bishops start Plenary Assembly
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico began a five day plenary assembly (see Fides 12/4/2007). In the opening address, the Conference President Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes ...
13 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Objection to abortion “is not merely a position of faith, or sentiment or compassion, it is a human and anthropological question”: Bishops of Province of Hidalgo issue message to promote respect for the value of life
Hidalgo (Agenzia Fides) - In the present context of the debate in Mexico with regard to penal code reforms to de-penalise abortion up to 14 weeks, the Catholic Bishops of the province of Hidalgo issued an Easter Message ...
12 April 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic priest of German origin murdered in Brazil
Belém (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest of German origin, Fr Wolfgang Hermann, was murdered by a young man who broke into his home probably to commit a robbery on 10 April at Belém in the north of Brazil. The man has ...
12 April 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “This is a favourable time granted us by Divine Providence!”: in view of the Pope’s visit in May Bishops issue Message to the people of God in Brazil and launch nation-wide solidarity campaign involving young people
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In a message addressed to the People of God in Brazil on the occasion of the forthcoming visit by Pope Benedict XVI the Catholic Bishops of that country write: "we rejoice for the visit of Po ...
11 April 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Life and Family Foundation" established by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference will help society in activities to sustain and defend life and the family
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - A Life and Family Foundation established by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference during a recent plenary assembly, begins to operate today 11 April. The offices at the Edificio Esperanza in the cit ...
11 April 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: first draft working paper; missionary key booklets for young people; “the missionary dimension of the Church" theme for next Bishops’ Conference plenary
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations continue for the 3rd American Mission Congress CAM 3 to be held next year in Quito, Ecuador 12 - 17 August, according to CAM 3 executive secretary Osvaldo Fierro Terán. During a meet ...
4 April 2007
AMERICA/URUGUAY - To reawaken in our diocesan Church commitment to the evangelising mission entrusted by Jesus”: new diocesan pastoral plan to be consigned during Holy Thursday Mass of the Chrism
Mercedes (Agenzia Fides) - During the solemn Mass of the Chrism on Holy Thursday, at Saint Joseph the Worker parish in Mercedes, the Bishop Carlos Collazzi will officially consign the new Diocesan Pastoral Plan to his di ...
3 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “ No Mexican shall dare attack a new human life developing in the mother's womb”. Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera recalls John Paul II exhortation to safeguard life and ban abortion
Mexico City (Fides Service) - “We must say once again in the name of the Church that to have recourse to abortion in any form, to propose and assist abortion is immoral … people who do commit a seriously evil action ...
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