America

• 23 March 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops of Perù mark 4th centenary of the death of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo with a solemn mass. Commemoration also in Rome Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Today 23 March with a solemn Mass the Bishops of Peru are commemorating Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo (1538-1606) who died 400 years ago. The saint, the second archbishop of Lima, was proclaimed patro ...
• 22 March 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “Day for the Unborn Child”, Bishops’ message: “Defend life always, everywhere and against all injustice because it is a gift of God” Lima (Fides Service) - “We celebrate the Day of the Unborn Child on the same day as the Mystery of the Incarnation is announced by God who does not leave us at the mercy of evil but protects all men and women, especia ...
• 21 March 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “It is our duty as pastors and teachers to promote, preserve, and protect marriage as it is willed by God”: US Catholic Bishops’ statement Washington (Fides Service) - “It is our duty as pastors and teachers - a responsibility we share with the Christian faithful and with all persons of good will - to promote, preserve, and protect marriage as it is wille ...
• 20 March 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 2nd Continental Meeting for National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies in America Mexico City (Fides Service) -Some 24 national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over American continent have arrived in Mexico City to take part in the 2nd Continental Meeting for National Directors ...
• 20 March 2006
  AMERICA - Viral haemorrhaging fevers have 80% mortality rate. Diagnosis kit for Ebola, Marburg and other infective diseases Rome (Fides Service) - Laboratory researchers on infective diseases at Columbia University have developed a quick test to identify viral haemorrhaging fevers like those caused by the Ebola and Marburg viruses. Increasi ...
• 20 March 2006
  AMERICA - Work continues on Central American Mission Ad Gentes Centre for formation and new mission commitment Tegucigalpa (Fides Service) - The Central American Mission Ad Gentes Centre soon to be opened is a fruit of the 2nd American Mission Congress CAM 2 held in Guatemala in November 2003 and a Central American Mission Plan t ...
• 17 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Life as a principle. Family as a means”: preparations for 2nd International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “Life as a principle. Family as a means” is the slogan of the 2nd International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress to be held in Buenos Aires 19 - 21 August. The organising committee sta ...
• 17 March 2006
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “A humane law to promote the common good”: Central American Bishops concern for new immigration law San José (Fides Service) - Deep concern about the new immigration laws being discussed in the United States has been expressed by the Catholic Bishops of central American countries in a statement signed by Bishop José ...
• 17 March 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 4th World Water Forum: a renewable resource most important and indispensable for life Rome (Fides Service) - The 4th World Water Forum has opened in Mexico City and will close on 22 March. An estimated 13,000 people from 120 countries are taking part. A UN Report on the World’s Water Resources said be ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We must reawaken interest for Jesus Christ and his Gospel, we must start again from Christ” say participants at 1st Meeting for Church Movements and new Communities in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI Bogota (Fides Service) - Some 122 leaders of 45 Church Movements and new Communities from 23 different countries in Latin America, 32 bishops, the presidency of CELAM (Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences) an ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Come and protect the life of the unborn child”: slogan of pro-life pilgrimage scheduled for 2 April in Bogota Bogota (Fides Service) - To assume commitment to protect human life and work tirelessly to guarantee every human person including the unborn child the right to life and a dignified life a pro life pilgrimage has been org ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Forming pastoral workers in theology, pastoral, anthropology and culture from the point of view of mission” - 24th anniversary of Missiology Course promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The South Horn Missology Course organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina marks its 24 anniversary this year. It aims is to “Form pastoral workers in theology, pastoral ...
• 14 March 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - International Conference on Land Reform and Rural Development: and opportunity to tackle the problem of hunger Puerto Alegre (Fides Service) - From 6 to 10 March in Puerto Alegre in Brazil there was an International Conference on Land Reform and Rural Development to discuss the situation of rural communities in countries in the s ...
• 14 March 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - In Arequipa a hundred local children take part in Lent Missionary Retreat Day Arequipa (Fides Service) - To help local Catholics make Lent a time of conversion, the archdiocese of Arequipa has organised a series of Day Retreats for various categories of people, children young people, married coup ...
• 13 March 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Work groups at 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America as part of preparations for 5th CELAM Conference in May 2007: “Do not be afraid to announce Christ openly to change present day culture” Bogota (Fides Service) - The 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America held 9 to 12 in Bogota reflected on preparations for 5th CELAM Conference in May 2007 The 180 participants represented ...