America

• 23 March 2007
  AMERICA - Numerous initiatives all over the continent for Pro-Life Day Sunday 25 March: prayers, demonstrations, marches, publications Rome (Fides Service) - Latin American countries are preparing to mark Pro-Life Day Sunday 25 March with numerous activities to underline the sacredness of the gift of life and the need to protect life in all its stages. ...
• 22 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 1st national “Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress” to uphold the whole truth on life and the family in the light of the Gospel and the teaching of the Church and condemn the culture of death Guayaquil (Fides Service) - “The Whole Truth about Life and the Family” is the theme of Ecuador’s 1st National Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress 21 - 24 March which opened yesterday in Guayaquil. Some 3,000 experts, ...
• 21 March 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In preparation 9th National Missionary Youth Congress : “Young people, disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ” and the challenges of the new millennium Guadalajara (Fides Service) - “Young people, disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ” is the theme of the 9th National Missionary Youth Congress held every three years and organised by the Pontifical Mission Socie ...
• 17 March 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - 26th edition of Youth Easter Mission offers young people an opportunity to live Easter in a spirit of mission: “it is not enough to be Christ’s disciples we must be his missionaries” Lima (Fides Service) - To increase missionary awareness and spirit among young Peruvian Catholics the national Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies PMS and its Youth Without Frontiers Movement JSF, is organising th ...
• 17 March 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We are the Church it is time to share": 3rd national Church-support campaign 17 and 18 March in dioceses throughout the country Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - "We are the Church it is time to share" is the theme of the 3rd national Church-Support campaign next weekend in dioceses throughout the country 17 and 18 March promoted by the Argentinean ...
• 15 March 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 25 March Day for Life: say yes loud and clear to the gift of life, celebrating life and serving life in the mission entrusted by God Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Manipulation of human embryos, are we faced with a new holocaust?” is the theme of 3rd international Pro Life Conference to be held 23 - 25 March 2007, in Mexico City to give a global re ...
• 14 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Dioceses all over the country prepare for 1st national Pro Life and Family Congress. Expecting mothers will take part in pro-life march on 20 March Guayaquil (Fides Service) - To combat serious and insistent attacks on life and the family here and all over the world, every diocese in Ecuador is making a major effort to prepare and participate in the 1st Pro Life and ...
• 14 March 2007
  AMERICA/HAITI - 16th Latin American and Caribbean Caritas Conference and 3rd Continental Pastoral-Social Caritas Meeting aim to strengthen bonds and intensify articulated sharing Port au Prince (Fides Service) - From 19-23 March 16th Port au Prince will host the 16th Latin American and Caribbean Caritas Conference and the 3rd Continental Pastoral-Social Caritas Meeting on the theme "Disciples an ...
• 12 March 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On-line request for suggestions and ideas in view of great Continental Mission to follow 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in May Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations continue for CELAM 5, the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in Aparecida, Brazil, 13 to 31 May. The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, wi ...
• 12 March 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We are each called by name for mission and evangelisation”: Archbishop of Tucuman Pastoral Letter on the Sacrament of Confirmation Tucuman (Agenzia Fides) - "Lord, May Your Promise Come True in Us" is the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by Archbishop Luis H. Villalba of Tucuman archdiocese in Argentina focussed on the Sacrament of Confirmation wit ...
• 8 March 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Symposium of Marian Pastoral 9 - 11 March and CELAM 5: gathered with Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit, discern God’s plans and set out for mission with faith and courage Belém do Pará (Fides Service) - From 9-11 March one of Brazil’s two main Marian Shrines the Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth in Belém do Pará will host a Symposium of Marian Pastoral. The Symposium, which will bri ...
• 7 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “True Love; Family and Educative Community; How to be good parents today”: themes of Pro Vita et Familia Pre-Congress to intensify evangelisation all over the country Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “True Love; Family and Educative Community; How to be good parents today” are three themes for reflection during a Pro Vita et Familia Pre-Congress organised in the archdiocese of Quito (Ecuad ...
• 6 March 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Towards CELAM 5: 15th Theology Week also via the Internet, focus on Discipleship Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Discipleship is the theme of the 15th Theology Week 5 to 9 March organised jointly by the Inter-Continental University of Mexico and the Missionaries of Guadalupe. The theme was drawn from ...
• 6 March 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Great Mission in the Prelature of Ayaviri: 140 missionaries visit families and organise sessions of catechism and preparation for the sacraments Ayaviri (Fides Service) - In the Prelature of Ayaviri in the southern Peruvian province of Carabaya, large crowds gathered to celebrate the closing of a Great Mission which had lasted three weeks in February. Some 140 mi ...
• 6 March 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Rafaela diocese devotes Lent to “Rediscovering the beauty and joy of being a family” and plans First Diocesan Family Meeting in October Rafaela (Fides Service) - “The Joy of being a Family” is the title of a Pastoral letter issued by Bishop Carlos María Franzini of the diocese of Rafaela, in Argentina in which he suggest that "Lent can be an oppor ...