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10 March 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “John Paul II leans on the staff of our prayers, the prayers of the Church”: children, adolescents, young people, adults, the elderly, in the city and beyond, regardless of race or ideological divisions, unite in a crusade of prayer for the Pope
Mexico City (Fides Service) - Every day at the end of mass in the chapel of Guadalajara minor seminary one of the students takes the microphone and says: “Let us pray for the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. He needs us ...
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10 March 2005
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religion is a factor of peace. This was the subject of a meeting sponsored by the American Embassy to the Holy See held at the S. Egidio Community centre in Rome
Rome (Fides Service) - Since the Treaties of Westphalia (1648) which marked the end of the Thirty Years War, the West has put aside the concept of a war of religion . The 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 in the United Stat ...
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9 March 2005
AMERICA/PERU - “Women with their work and selflessness, at times heroic, make human life worth living, as the sign of the infinite love of God who desired to be born of a woman”.
Lima (Fides) - “The woman, the heart of the Family” is the title of a message issued by the Pervian Bishops’ Commissions for Lay Apostolate and the Family on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. The sho ...
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9 March 2005
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Catholic Bishops call for changes in proposed Bill to impose on women a life style contrary to their nature and role: “the Church does not oppose the promotion of women but recognition of equality must be accompanied by the valorisation of the gifts with God has endowed them”
Managua (Fides Service) - The Bishops’ Conference of Nicaragua has voiced concern with regard to a proposed Bill on Equal Rights, approved by the Women’s Commission of Nicaragua’s Legislative Assembly.
The Bishops ...
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7 March 2005
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “The country is precipitating in a situation of illegality, confusion mistrust and fear”: concerned Catholic Bishops appeal for more democracy and justice
Quito (Fides Service) - “In our Ecuador rich in enormous potential, we note with deep concern and anxiety an accumulation of errors and irresponsibility. The country is precipitating into a dark chasm of illegality, co ...
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5 March 2005
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Dear Pope, we hope you will be better soon because we boys and girls in Chone want you to be well and hope you will never be ill again. We children of Chone love you and pray for you always": young school children in Ecuador offer simple, spontaneous prayers for the Pope
Chone (Fides Service) - “Dear Pope, we hope you will be better soon because we boys and girls in Chone, want you to be well and hope you will never be ill again because it makes us sad. May God protect you always. Dear ...
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4 March 2005
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Catholic street children, many of them in poor health, share the Pope’s suffering and pray for him every day
Santo Domingo (Fides Service) - "Since the Holy Father was admitted to hospital, former street children benefiting from a youth pastoral programme "Yo también” in the archdiocese of Santo Domingo, have prayed for him ...
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4 March 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Quechuas in Peru : “We want the Holy Father to know at this time of suffering that he has the support of our humble prayers offered for his recovery”
Lima (Fides Service) - Quechua speaking Catholics in Lima as individuals and as a community are praying intensely for the Pope since they first heard that he had been admitted to hospital Fr. Juan Serpa parish priest at ...
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2 March 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Hundreds of evangelisers ready to announce the Gospel door to door: Ica diocese launches Great Catholic Mission
Ica (Fides Service) - To strengthen faith among local Catholics in the area, Ica diocese in Peru is starting a Great Catholic Mission which will continue from March to December 2005. To undertake this evangelising missio ...
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1 March 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Peace, a gift and a commitment, for harmony in fraternity: Forum and prayer-meeting to demonstrate how ecumenical and interreligious dialogue can promote peace
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - In continuity with other similar events in Argentina on 17 April in Buenos Aires there will be a National Meeting for Peace - Ecumenical and Intereligious Dialogue on the theme “Peace, a ...
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1 March 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “As National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies you must be the soul of the Church’s mission in your respective countries”: Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples says in message to National PMS Directors of all America meeting in Brasilia
Brasilia (Fides Service) - A solemn celebration of the Eucharist presided by Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri Papal Nuncio in Brazil this morning opened the meeting of PMS National Directors of America, 1 to 5 March in Br ...
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28 February 2005
AMERICA - Every year more than 11 million babies and 15% of mothers die of complications during pregnancy or childbirth. World Health Day 2005 will focus on health of mother and child
Rome (Fides Service) - World Health Day will be marked on 7 April this year and the World Health Organisation has decided to focus on the health of mother and child and the reduction of the number of deaths of babies and ...
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26 February 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Testimonial from one of those missionaries sent by don Giussani and who is now a bishop in Brazil.
Rome (Fides Service) - “One day - said Rev. Filippo Santoro in the 1980s a simple priest in Puglia - don Giussani came to Puglia for a series of meetings and I was sent to fetch him at the airport. In the car he said, ...
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25 February 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church in Mexico shares this time of apprehension but is convinced that the Pope will carry on his mission and like Jesus, he will not come down from the cross: the Bishops pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe to protect the Pope
Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Church in Mexico, hearing the news that the Pope was admitted to hospital a second time, while invoking the maternal help and protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Guadalupe, also vo ...
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25 February 2005
AMERICA/URUGUAY - “We ask Our Lady to protect the Pope with her maternal love to help him overcome this difficult moment so he may continue to lead the Church" say Catholic Bishops of Uruguay
Montevideo (Fides Service) - United in faith and charity and in ecclesial affection for the Successor of Peter, the Catholic Bishops of Uruguay, together with the ecclesial community of the whole country offer prayers fo ...
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