America

• 4 May 2007
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Health authorities keep careful watch on Dengue which has already infected 27,000 people in the country Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Sixty days after announcing a state of emergency the national health authorities in Paraguay have said they will continue to keep close watch to prevent the outbreak of dengue from spreading. ...
• 3 May 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Catholic Church in Brazil has stopped losing members, and the country is still home to the largest Catholic population in the world Río de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - According to a report issued by the Getulio Vargas Foundation although in the 1990s Brazil saw a drastic decline in its Catholic population, the soul drain has stopped and the numbers ha ...
• 3 May 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “ There is urgent need for reflection and deeper awareness of who we are and what we offer to the world: and from this depends our qualified manner of exercising the mission of the Church.”: interview with Archbishop Odilo P. Scherer Archbishop of Sao Paulo and secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil. Aparecida (Fides Service) - Ten days before the opening in Brazil of a major Catholic Church event CELAM 5, the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops' Conferences, Fides interviewed CELAM 5 Secr ...
• 2 May 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentinean Bishops stress the need for serious reflection on social behaviour, rights and duties in view of elections this year Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their 93rd plenary assembly the Argentinean Catholic Bishops issued a statement on the citizens social duties and in view of elections this year underlining the necessity to " ...
• 2 May 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Church of the 3rd Millennium”: Catholic Bishops launch TV project to promote the Values of the Kingdom of God and encourage ongoing creative, objective and ethical reflection Santo Domingo (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Dominican Republic has announced the creation of a television station "The Church of the 3rd Millennium", official media of the local Church which w ...
• 30 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “There is no future for a society which dares to attack its most vulnerable members. Instead of making social progress, it is preparing a return to a rule of force”: Archbishop of Mexico City deplores de-penalisation of abortion Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a deplorable fact. We firmly condemn voluntary interruption of pregnancy. This reform undermines the foundations of the Law and damages civil harmony in which all rights must be r ...
• 30 April 2007
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops conclude Plenary Assembly with an appeal not to let the image of marriage as the foundation of the family be weakened Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The imminent 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops' Conferences was one of the themes discussed by the Catholic Bishops of Uruguay in a recent Plenary Assembly which co ...
• 27 April 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Shaky treaty in Mogadishu where humanitarian situation is precarious Mogadiscio (Fides Service)- A shaky treaty has been agreed in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, where hostilities between Ethiopian troops and Somali rebels connected with fundamentalism have now ceased. More than 1,400 civ ...
• 27 April 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - School for poor children run by Catholic sisters, Servants Sisters of the Home of the Mother in Manabí almost had to close. The sisters persevered and now the school offers also secondary education Playa Prieta (Agenzia Fides) - After a battle against corruption and party interests the Servants Sisters of the Home of the Mother succeeded in keeping open a school for poor children in Playa Prieta, rural area of Port ...
• 26 April 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Vocations Week 2007 to ask the Lord to increase the numbers of consecrated persons and the energy and perseverance of those who have already responded to the call Santiago ( Fides Service) - In view of the "World Day of Prayer for Vocations" next Sunday 29 April, 4th Sunday of Easter, on Monday 23 April the Church in Chile began its annual Vocation Week. To mark the occasion Bi ...
• 25 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Even though depenalised by the government, abortion is still an abominable crime against God's commandment, 'You shall not kill’: Bishops of Oaxaza on depenalisation of abortion up to 12th week of pregnancy Mexico City Agenzia Fides) - Ignoring a request for a referendum presented by over 76,000 citizens, on 24 April the Federal District Legislative Assembly approved with 46 votes in favour, 9 against and one abstention the ...
• 25 April 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “A country has no future unless the harmony of its citizens in based on the moral and social values of truth, freedom, justice, honesty, dialogue and solidarity”: Bishops' message at the end of Plenary Assembly Cochabamba (Fides Service) - "The Risen Christ, Our Hope" was the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Bolivia at the end of their 84th plenary assembly in which they treat important aspects of the eccles ...
• 25 April 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Course of Missiology sound formation to enable pastoral workers to tackle challenges of evangelisation at home and abroad Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A Course in Missology organised jointly by CENAMIS National Mission Centre of the Peruvian Bishops' Commission for Missions and the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru, starts today, 25 April and ...
• 25 April 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Difficulties persist after serious flooding La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Bolivia are still struggling to recover from the consequences of the worst floods in 25 years. This year the El Niño phenomenon has caused serious damage with floods, drought and b ...
• 24 April 2007
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church is not in favour of the extraction of mineral resources: this would impoverish and damage the country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “Plans to exploit minerals bring little development and much environmental, economic and social harm ”, said Caritas El Salvador. With this statement the organisation which supports th ...