America

• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “In love the salvific meaning of suffering is completely accomplished and reaches its definitive dimension”, National Commission for health pastoral in Guatemala remembers the Pope Guatemala (Fides Service) - Ninety five percent of Guatemala’s population of 13 million are Catholics and they are mourning Pope John Paul II, who “illuminated our commitment of health pastoral and will continue to d ...
• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Putting Pope John Paul II teaching into practice: Catholic Medical Centre Hogar San Camilo cares for HIV+ children and adults, and promotes solidarity and respect for AIDS patients Lima (Fides Service) - Hogar San Camilo is an important point of reference point for people with AIDS and their families in Peru. The Centre, opened ten years ago, it has assisted 12,000 people directly and indirectly. I ...
• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Chinese Catholics in Hawaii recite the Rosary to accompany the Pope on his last earthly journey Hawaii (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics in Hawaii learned of the Pope’s death as they were reciting the rosary for Pope John Paul II. “To accompany the final lap of his earthly journey we recited the Rosary his fa ...
• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “For us, John Paul II was a Dominican born in Poland” says Fr Luis Rosario Pena, the responsible for youth pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo Santo Domingo (Fides Agency) - “The news of the disease and death of John Paul II has reached the Dominican Republic as if it struck one of its dearest children” Fr Luis Rosario Pena, responsible for youth pastoral c ...
• 4 April 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Pope John Paul II travelled the world. He reached out to the humble and the poor, the children the young people, the elderly and the sick": Bishops of Colombia issue statement on the death of the Pontiff Bogota (Fides Service) -"The Catholic Bishops, clergy and people of Colombia join the world to thank God for the life, example and spiritual legacy of Pope John Paul II who has gone to receive the crown of glory promised ...
• 4 April 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “We have lost our great missionary, a Holy Father who embodied so completely the vocation given to us in baptism” said National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States Washington (Fides Service) - “We have lost our great missionary, a Holy Father who embodied so completely the vocation given to us in baptism and who encouraged everyone in the world to do the same. His personal exampl ...
• 1 April 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Please God make the Pope get better!” kindergarten children pray with teachers Mocoa-Sibundoy (Fides Service) - Every day at the same time children at Mocoa-Sibundoy kindergarten go to the school chapel to say a special prayer to God the Father. Since the Pope was first admitted to hospital the chi ...
• 1 April 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Children at Peten Orphanage offer prayers and little sacrifices for the health of the Pope Petén (Fides Service) - Poor and abandoned children in Guatemala are praying for the Pope, the Dominican Sisters of St Sixtus told Fides. The Sisters run an orphanage at Petén, affected by an earthquake which robbed m ...
• 1 April 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Manchai, where people are extremely poor, the Pope is dearly loved and everyone is praying hard for him at this difficult moment Lima (Fides Service) - Manchai is one of the poorest districts of Lima. People fled here to this arid outer district of the capital to escape terrorism in the interior and find safety. Living conditions are precarious bu ...
• 31 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Evangelisation and bearing witness - Mission of the Church to face challenges of the present day”: 43rd General Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil will focus on the dignity of human life and bio-technology, cultural and religious pluralism, ecclesial and social commitment Brasilia (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Brazil will hold their 43rd general assembly at Queen of the Apostle Retreat House Itaici, Indaiatuba (Saõ Paolo), from 6 to 15 April. This important church event will ...
• 22 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Confessions via the Internet are not valid, the indispensable requisite for the celebration of a Sacrament, including the sacrament of Reconciliation, is the physical presence of the believer and the minister: Peruvian Bishops warn the faithful about “cyberspace confessions” Lima (Fides Service) - Faced with a growing misinformation with regard to the possibility of celebrating the Sacrament of Penance via the Internet “cyberspace confessions”, in conformity with the Code of Canon Law ( ...
• 22 March 2005
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Speak Lord your Church is listening!”: Catholic Bishops of Paraguay launch nation wide consultation in view of new pastoral guidelines to respond to the real needs of the People of God Asunción (Fides Service) - After reflection born in organisms involved directly in pastoral (Coordination National of Catechesis, Liturgy, Social Pastoral, the Bible, of the Family…) and faced with the concerning nati ...
• 22 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Everyone can rediscover the beauty of what it means to life the life of Christ”: interview with Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, on the eve of the final stage of the Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro” Lima (Fides Service) - The Great City Mission in the archdiocese of Lima, which started 25March 2003 and will close 27 April 2006, will enter a period of celebration in April this year. The mission with the slogan “Pu ...
• 15 March 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - Canadian ecumenical delegation representing various Christian churches and communities visits Mexico to assess effects of ‘free trade’ on the people of Mexico, the poorest in particular Ottawa (Fides Service) - From 11 to 19 March a ecumenical delegation from Canada of representatives of various Christians is in Mexico to assess the effects on the people of Mexico of free trade, propose alternatives and ...
• 14 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First national Meeting of Missionary Youth representatives 27-30 May in Brasilia: “The idea is not to create a new movement but to co-ordinate and support young people anxious to operate in the field of mission ad gentes” National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil told Fides Brasilia (Fides Service) - “To help organise and articulate Missionary Youth, thinking above all of the many young people who started their mission formation as members of Holy Childhood and now wish to continue their ...