America

• 19 February 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - Joint delegation Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Canadian Catholic Organisation for Development and Peace visits reconstruction programmes in tsunami stricken areas Montreal (Fides Service) - A joint delegation of the Canadian Catholic Organisation for Development and Peace DP and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB is visiting Indonesia to review the successful reconst ...
• 17 February 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Ninety year old Italian Consolata missionary dies of injuries inflicted by robbers Manizalez (Fides Service) - A ninety year old Italian Consolata missionary Fr Mario Bianco died in Manizales, Colombia, on 15 February after being attacked ten days earlier on 4 February by thieves. The bandits broke int ...
• 17 February 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - In our times the Church calls us, priests especially, to bear witness to the cross the ‘sign of contradiction’: Cardinal Cipriani addresses Lenten Letter to Priests Lima (Fides Service) - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, addressed a Lenten Letter to his priests reminding them that their mission in the Church demands " continual personal con ...
• 16 February 2007
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - “The nature of matrimony cannot be redefined because this would undermine the fundamental values which belong to the common and original heritage of the human family” president of Bishops’ Conference criticises proposed reform of Civil Code San Juan de Puerto Rico (Agenzia Fides) - On February 14 during a public debate on proposed amendments to the country’s Civil Code Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan San Juan de Puerto Rico president of B ...
• 15 February 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Young Builders of a New School and a New World”: Catholic Student Week calls young people to build a civilisation of love Caracas (Fides Service) - In view of the annual Student’s Day celebrated by the Church in Venezuela on the Sunday following February 12 the animators and advisers of Youth and Student Pastoral Care of the Venezuelan As ...
• 14 February 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We promise to make our prophetic voice heard to denounce falsehood and corruption and to announce the truth”: Catholic Bishops call for reconciliation and respect for the truth Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “We, the members of the Church, lay people, religious, clergy, and bishops, admit our limits and promise to make our prophetic voice heard to denounce falsehood and corruption and to announce t ...
• 13 February 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 25 years at the service of formation for mission: Juan Pablo II Missiology Centre Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On 10 February the Juan Pablo II Missiology Centre in Buenos Aires celebrated its 25th anniversary and 25 years of activity at the service of Formation priest, religious and lay people in t ...
• 9 February 2007
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “We refuse to be simply spectators while minority groups impose on society legal patterns foreign to our culture and heritage": Pro Life Manifesto at the end of a Pro-Life March in Chitré Chitré (Agenzia Fides) - Families and educators of Panama’s Azuero region diocese of Chitré, concerned by a loss of values in society especially the greatest of all values, human life a gift of God, organised a Pro-L ...
• 8 February 2007
  AMERICA - CELAM 5 will not discuss dogmatic questions, it will be entirely missionary and pastoral": final preparations Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - “Starting from Jesus Christ and his Revelation we attempted to see how the Spirit is calling us to be present in this culturally new America, and identify from a point of view of ec ...
• 6 February 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We ask for more missionary commitment, first of all from ourselves ... we wish to hear the missionary mandate resound with all its demands”: in plenary assembly bishops discuss missionary activity Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - " We ask for more missionary commitment, first of all from ourselves ... we wish to hear the missionary mandate resound with all its demands, struggle for its goals and realise all this as Church ...
• 5 February 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “He called those he wished to be with Him”: Mar del Plata diocesan Vocation Week to intensify commitment to pray for vocations and announce that “the Lord continues to call” Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - ‘He called those he wished to be with Him’ is the theme of a special week for vocations in the Argentinean diocese of Mar del Plata. The week opened on February 4 with a solemn Mass pr ...
• 3 February 2007
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ builders of the Civilisation of Love Here and Now” 15th Latin American Youth Pastoral Meeting opens 4th February Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - "Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ builders of the Civilisation of Love Here and Now” is the theme of the 14th Youth Pastoral Meeting organised by the Youth Section of the Council ...
• 3 February 2007
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Reforms of Penal Code “must be based on respect for the right to life in all its stages” says Catholic Archbishop in a letter to be read in all churches on Sunday Panama (Agenzia Fides) - In view of a National Assembly discussion on a proposed Bill to modify Panama’s Penal Code, the Archbishop José Dimas Cedeño Delgado of Panama has written a letter on the matter be read in ev ...
• 3 February 2007
  AMERICA/BRASIL - Inaugurated new web site for Pope Benedict XVI’s May visit Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - As from 1 February news information on preparations for Pope Benedict XVI’s scheduled visit in May to Aparecida Brazil for the inauguration of the 5th General Conference of the Council of La ...
• 2 February 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Free ‘day after pill’ is not the solution the country deserves, “because it attacks human life when it is most helpless” says President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - “Protection of life at every stage is an essential value for human life and human dignity” said Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic of the diocese of Rancagua and president of the Catholic Bisho ...