America

• 4 June 2005
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In a joint Pastoral Letter leaders of Christian Churches in Bolivia appeal to all sectors of society, institutions and government to put aside personal interests and defend life above all else La Paz (Fides Service) - In answer to a request from the President of Bolivia Carlos Mesa for the Catholic Church and the other Christian denominations in the country to promote national dialogue in order to overcome the ...
• 3 June 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mission at the service of Peace: presentation of handbooks for mission campaign 2005. “Promoting Peace is a question of being faithful to the missionary mandate of Jesus Christ” Brasilia (Fides Service) - Accepting the challenge and appeal launched by the 2005 Fraternity Campaign promoted by the National Council of Churches in Brazil with which all are called to to promote and defend peace, this ...
• 1 June 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Encourage missionary spirit in the Church and increase Brazilian society’s awareness of the Amazon region” one gaol of National meeting 9-11 June Brasilia (Fides Service) - Today the Amazon region has urgent need of help: it covers 43.38% of south America and is the region with most of the planet’s natural resources and bio-diversity, and is therefore the world� ...
• 31 May 2005
  AMERICA/CUBA - Being a “missionary Church”, growing in missionary spirituality, proclaiming the Gospel everywhere, start Missionary Youth groups: resolutions of the first Missionary Meeting in Cuba Havana (Fides Service) - “Let us make the pilgrim Church in Cuba a missionary church” said Bishop Juan García Rodríguez chairman of the Cuban Bishops’ Commission for Mission during the 1st National Mission Meetin ...
• 30 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - There exists a sort of “international club” which aims to promote social aberrations, hedonist sex as a life style, a new sort of feminism which fails to realise that maternity is God’s most valuable gift to women and upholds homosexuality as a sexual option: Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima interviewed by Fides Lima (Fides Service) - In view of repeated attempts by certain Latin American governments to approve laws which attack human life and the family, Fides asked the opinion of Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop ...
• 28 May 2005
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Chamber of Deputies rejects national plan which goes against life and the family; success for Ecumenical Demonstration which called on legislators to reflect before approving laws contrary to life Asuncion (Fides Service) - With 57 votes out of 66, Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies rejected a proposed “National programme for the prevention of punishable crimes against sexual autonomy and minors and assistance to ...
• 28 May 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Nothing and no one can authorise the death of a human person, and certainly not when the person is helpless and unprotected”: says President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference with regard to the inapplicability of an article of law which penalises abortion Bogota (Fides Service) - “The situation in this country with regard to crimes against life is most concerning. We are grieved and concerned for criminal actions which happen day after day: homicide, violent deaths, as ...
• 25 May 2005
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Ecumenical demonstration pro-life and pro-family against proposed national plan of prevention of crimes against sexual autonomy and against minors and assistance for victims Asuncion (Fides Service) - This evening, 25 May at 7pm in the square in front of the cathedral of Asuncion, Paraguay there will be an ecumenical demonstration pro-life and pro-family against proposed national plan of pre ...
• 24 May 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Initiative for culture of life against culture of death”: slogan of International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress 17 to 19 June in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “Initiative culture of life against culture of death” is the slogan chosen for an International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress to be held 17 to 19 June at the Spanish Club in Buenos A ...
• 24 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU Year of the Eucharist - more intense preparation for Corpus Christi with diocesan Eucharistic Weeks and various other initiatives to deepen awareness and gratitude for the gift of the Eucharist Lima (Fides Service) - Various Church initiatives all over the country have served to intensify preparations for the annual solemnity of Corpus Christi in this Year of the Eucharist. One particular initiative was that of ...
• 24 May 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Chapter confirms Mother Gabriella Bono as Superior of Consolata missionaries soon to celebrate Foundation Centenary Sao Paulo (Fides Service) - On 22 May Trinity Sunday almost at the end of its meeting in Sao Paulo the General Chapter of the Consolata Missionaries re-elected as Superior Mother Gabriella Bono for another six year manda ...
• 23 May 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Intense Course in Missiology in Caracas in September will “animate and form local Churches to assume their missionary responsibility starting from the originality of the Venezuelan ecclesial experience” Caracas (Fides Service) - A Course in Missiology organised by the National Mission Council of Venezuela will be held in Caracas in September 12 to 16. In a report to Fides Fr José Rafael Villalobos Araujo, DEMIS-SPEV na ...
• 21 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “We and our communities are in a state of mission… In this year of the Eucharist, may the Lord Jesus Christ stay with us so we are able to communicate him to our brothers and sisters””: Closing Message of 30th CELAM meeting Lima (Fides Service) - During a media conference at the offices of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference in Lima at the end of the 30th plenary assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM, 17 to 2 ...
• 20 May 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Euthanasia is always either homicide or suicide”: Church in Mexico harshly condemns propose law to allow euthanasia Matehuala (Fides Service) - In a statement issued on 18 May the Catholic Bishops of Mexico strongly criticised a proposed “general law on the rights of persons who are terminally ill” presented in parliament by the D ...
• 20 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Conference calls for more communion among the peoples of Latin America and build hope in each of the countries Lima (Fides Service) - “As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of CELAM and prepare with gratitude to commemorate 400 years after his passing to the Home of the Father of Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo - proclaimed patron o ...