America

• 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 ...
• 2 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “We confirm our 'yes' to life especially the life of the most defenceless the unborn child who has every right to be born and to live": Bishops of Monterrey issue statement with regard to proposed legalisation of abortion Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “We, the Bishops of north east Mexico, express concern for the many manifestations of the culture of death we see, social and intra-family violence, organised crime, abuse of drugs and alc ...
• 31 March 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meetings for diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies and Mission Group delegates: towards 3rd National Mission Congress in August Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Some 50 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina met in early March for the annual meeting in Buenos Aires, the National Director Fr Jairo Calderón Benavides rep ...
• 31 March 2007
  AMERICA - “Our Catholic tradition and personal option for the Lord must be profoundly rooted in the peoples and hearts of Latin America... or it will become ever feebler and disappear”: Summary of continental CELAM 5 Input will serve the Bishops taking part in the May general conference in Aparecida Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A “Summary of input for CELAM 5” which will serve the Bishops taking part in the May general conference in Aparecida, has been presented at CELAM head offices in Bogota, Colombia. The documen ...
• 30 March 2007
  AMERICA - Since the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences will be decidedly missionary it will conclude with the launching of a Great Continental Mission to foster renewed evangelising impulse Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Andres Stanovnik OFM Cap of the diocese of Reconquista (Argentina) secretary general of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM issued a statement as reading key for CE ...
• 29 March 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Pentecost continues, Argentina hears and answers”: 3rd National Mission Congress in August to intensify missionary animation and cooperation and prepare for 3rd American Mission Congress Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Pentecost continues, Argentina hears and answers” is the theme of the 3rd National Mission Congress organised by the Church in Argentina from 18 to 20 August in the town of San Nicolá ...
• 28 March 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Nation wide Palm Sunday church collections in aid of projects to defend Amazon peoples and region Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Next Sunday April 1, Palm Sunday, special collections in churches all over Brazil are part of the annual Lenten Fraternity Campaign devoted this year to a project to help the peoples and the r ...
• 27 March 2007
  AMERICA - The Presidents of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences called for final preparatory meeting before CELAM 5 General Conference in Brazil in May Bogota (Fides Service) - Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile and President of CELAM the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America has convoked the Presidents of Latin Ameri ...
• 27 March 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “If we save the family we are rebuilding humanity” in his Holy Week Message Bishops’ Conference president says life, family and peace must be protected Bogota (Fides Service) - The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga of the diocese of Tunja has called for more protection for life, the family and peace. In a ...
• 27 March 2007
  AMERICA/HAITI - Continental Caritas Meeting concludes with election of new direction, next meeting in Argentina Port au Prince (Fides Service) - The 16th Latin American and Caribbean Caritas Conference and 3rd Continental Pastoral-Social Caritas week-long Meeting in Porta au Prince Haiti, on the theme "Disciples and Missionaries o ...
• 26 March 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church in Mexico raises her voice to protest against penal code reforms to de-penalise abortion and euthanasia and allow same sex marriages: “At stake, is the good of the family, the cradle of society and the Church” Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Mexico is firmly against penal code reforms to de-penalise abortion up to 14 weeks. The Archdiocese of Mexico City and 50 civil associations, lay Catholics and members ...
• 26 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 1st National Pro-Life And Pro Family Congress vows to promote respect for life, better marriage preparation for young couples, support for married couples and study programmes to include respect for value of human life Guayaquil (Fides Service) - The first pro-life and Por-Family national congress in Ecuador on the theme "The whole truth on Life and the Family concluded with the celebration of the Day of the Unborn Child on March 25. D ...
• 23 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “We must raise our voices to unmask interpretations which dare to put aside the truth of the Gospel on the grounds that it is culturally outdated and inadequate for the problems of our epoch”: Cardinal Cipriani addresses Pro Life and Family Congress Guayaquil (Fides Service) - With the participation of over 3,000 people Ecuador is holding its first National Pro Life and Pro Family congress in Guayaquil in 6 different parishes. The first conference was given by ...