America

• 6 June 2006
  AMERICA/CILE - 2nd Conference on Hispanic-American Catholics and Public Life: the light of the Gospel must illuminate private and public life Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The 2nd Conference on Hispanic-American Catholics and Public Life organised by San Tommaso University in Chile will be held 8 and 9 June. The 1st Conference held in 2005 was attended by over 1 ...
• 6 June 2006
  AMERICA - Catholic Church and the fight against AIDS. Report to UN New York (Agenzia Fides) - During a meeting of the United Nations Organisation held recently in New York on results and goals in the fight against HIV/AIDS there emerged the serious concern of His Holinesss Benedict XVI ...
• 5 June 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops and social pastoral workers in frontier dioceses in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay search for paths of dialogue in social-environment conflict Uruguayana (Agenzia Fides) - About eighty people, bishops, priests, religious, social pastoral workers and experts gathered in Uruguayana (Brazil), from 29 to 31 May for the “21st Meeting of Frontier Dioceses" from Arg ...
• 5 June 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Morón announces Diocese’s 50th anniversary Jubilee Year calling for “profound renewal in each of our communities in view of new ardour and enthusiasm for the task of evangelisation commanded by the Lord” Morón (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the diocese of Morón in Argentina has called a Jubilee Year to mark the 50th anniversary of the diocese created by Pope Pius XII on 11 February 1957. The first ...
• 3 June 2006
  AMERICA - World Environment Day: Christians on three continents call for help for most affected peoples Rome (Agenzia Fides) - June 5 is World Environment Day and Christians on 3 continents are calling for the earth to be protected. Climate change is a serious threat to the life and means of subsistence of the most vulner ...
• 31 May 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Valdivia lives Diocesan Year of Mission 2006 with enthusiasm, mission in work places offers a path of Christian initiation Valdivia (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean diocese of Valdivia is living a special year, Diocesan Year of Mission 2006 Fides was informed by Ms Karin Retting secretary of the diocesan pastoral office. The mission has the slo ...
• 31 May 2006
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Young people brave cold and discomfort for a Weekend Mission to bear witness to God’s Word and Love for all men and women San José (Agenzia Fides) - Last weekend 70 young members of Youth Pastoral from various towns in the diocese of San José, visited 150 families in the area of Cañada Grande. The young people lived an authentic mission ...
• 30 May 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Preparation for 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM continues with a series of meetings for indigenous priests, religious and laity Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM which will take place in May 2007 at Aparecida, Brazil, the Mexican Bishops’ Commission f ...
• 30 May 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Evangelising youth is one of the most important aspects of the Church’s missionary activity”: Bishops soon to issue pastoral letter on “Evangelisation of Youth” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - “The evangelisation of youth is one of the most important aspects of the Church’s missionary activity, since it involves handing on to the new generations the legacy of faith” Bishop Odil ...
• 30 May 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic hospitals in New Jersey promote research on adult stem cells New Jersey (Agenzia Fides) - Legislators in support of research with embryo stem cells and representatives of the local Catholic community have united to promote research with adult stem cells in the 15 Catholic hospital ...
• 27 May 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “With this initiative become evangelisers, announcers of the Gospel of charity in your environments”: Cardinal Rivera inaugurates 2006 Charity Campaign Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico’s 2006 Charity Campaign was inaugurated by Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico City on 23 May. The main goal of the campaign is to foster a spirit of charity by i ...
• 27 May 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “With Jesus Missionary ...we want to be the light of the world”: thousands of children take part in Holy Childhood Day in Peru 27 and 28 May Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of children all over Peru will be taking part this weekend 27 and 28 May in Holy Childhood Day. “With Jesus Missionary ...we want to be the light of the world” is this year’s theme ...
• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: helping Particular Churches in America assume a ‘state of mission’ and opt for new evangelisation and mission ad gentes Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations continue for the 3rd American Mission Congress CAM 3 scheduled for 11-16 August 2008 in Quito (Ecuador). The main aim of the Congress, as we see at http://www.cam3ecuador.org/index_O ...
• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Basic Ecclesial Communities, school for disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ”: Meeting for delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean on the mission of Basic Ecclesial Communities Quito (Fides Service) - A three day Meeting for delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean which opens today in Quito Ecuador will focus on the mission of Basic Ecclesial Communities CEB. ...
• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Leaving the 15th national Eucharistic Congress with a commitment in the heart to “bear witness that the Church lives of the Eucharist” Florianopolis (Fides Service) - “Now that the 15th National Eucharistic Congress in Florianopolis from 18 to 21 May is over and people return to their homes with warm memories, will the event have consequences on the ...