America

• 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, ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 25 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church in Brazil is close to the Pope with affection and prayers: Bishops urge Catholics to pray for the Pope that God may strengthen and comfort him at this time of suffering Brasilia (Fides Service) - The Bishops of the standing Council of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement on 24 February calling the nation to pray for the health of Pope John Paul II. In the statement sig ...
• 24 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies promote Young Missionaries programme for 2006: a year of mission commitment and service in another diocese Bogota (Fides Service) - During their recent meeting in Bogota diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over Colombia, aware of the need to encourage concrete commitment for mission among young pe ...
• 23 February 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Helping children live Holy Week and Easter with more awareness and to realise that mission is a result of an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist: Lenten retreat for children in Arequipa Arequipa (Fides Service) - The Archdiocese of Arequipa, led by Archbishop Jose Paulino Rios Reynoso is organising a series of Lenten Liturgies for different groups, adults, young people, elderly and children to help the ...
• 23 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies hold annual meeting: busy agenda of initiatives to make missionary dimension part of all pastoral activity Bogota (Fides Service) - Diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies PMS from all over Colombia met for their annual meeting 1-4 February at Santandercito, Bogota to discuss the important theme: “the necessi ...
• 23 February 2005
  AMERICA/GUYANA - Three weeks of worst floods in a century in much of Guyana thousands abandon homes, thousands are missing: disaster completely ignored by international media Georgetown (Fides Service) - For three weeks much of Guyana suffered worst floods in a century which caused thousands to abandon homes and villages, and thousands more were reported missing. The floods started on 17 Janu ...
• 21 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The media should promote development of the human person and society rather than de-humanisation”: Bishops of all America launch pressing appeal Bogota (Fides Service) - “Secularisation of Society and Means of Communication” in the light of the post synodal exhortation Ecclesia in America was the theme of the 33rd meeting for Catholic Bishops of the continen ...
• 18 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New missionary animation and activity for missionary congregations in Brazil in the light of Vatican II: goal of 1st Inter-Congregational Mission ad gentes Congress in April Brasilia (Fides Service) - In the context of the present debate on Mission ad gentes, encouraged by recent National Mission Congresses and the American Mission Congress CAM 2, and in the awareness that Consecrated Life i ...
• 17 February 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado holds 6th Assembly in Lima on the theme “Lay Catholics helping to build a better world” Lima (Fides Service) - “Lay Catholics helping to build a better world” is the theme of the 6th assembly of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado which started on 14 February at the Santa Rosa House of Spiritual ...
• 17 February 2005
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Concerning scarcity of formation, accompaniment and sending of lay missionaries ad gentes says 3rd Continental Lay Missionaries Meeting in Final Statement Panama (Fides Service) - “Basis and Processes for integral formation of laity for mission ad gentes” was the theme of the 3rd Continental Lay Missionaries Meeting ECOLMI 3 held 26-30 January in Panama. The meeting, ...
• 16 February 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - “National Youth Mission 2005”: young Chilean Catholics reach out to evangelise their peers. New web site offers information on mission Santiago (Fides Service) - Preparations for National Youth Mission 2005, organised by Chilean Youth Pastoral Office with the slogan “You are my brother”, are at the final stage and will end on March 25. The Youth Mis ...
• 15 February 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church in front line to provide emergency aid following floods in six states of Venezuela: at least 16,000 people homeless Caracas (Fides Service) - Venezuela is facing an emergency following torrential rains and floods over the last week affecting six states in the west and centre of the country and in the Andes region (Carabobo, Vargas, ...
• 15 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL “The murder of Sister Dorothy highlights the need to disarm hands and spirits without succumbing to intimidation, making a patient effort to promote a culture of peace” say Catholic Bishops of Brazil Brasilia (Fides Service) - Following the brutal assassination of American born Sister Dorothy Stang of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame on 12 February in Anapu in the south west region of the state of Para, ...