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• 24 September 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Initiatives for the Month of the Bible include “Exhibition of the Christian Book”: the smallest Bible in the world among the books on show Lima (Fides Service) - As part of the “Month of the Bible 2004” 31 August to 3 October, the Office for Catechesis, Biblical Pastoral and Pastoral Care of Indigenous Peoples of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference has ...
• 24 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In harmony with the Church's annual Brotherhood Campaign, Mission Campaign 2004 focuses on brotherhood and water: “the right to water and respect for creation calls for brotherhood and human solidarity” Brasilia (Fides Service) - For the Pontifical Mission Societies and the whole of the Church in Brazil and the world over, the annual Mission Campaign for the month of October, which has its climax on World Mission Day th ...
• 24 September 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Death toll continues to rise after tropical storm in Haiti: Caritas present with aid and assistance for stricken people all over the island. Port de Paix (Fides Service) - “Yet another calamity, on a scene of poverty, precariousness, social unbalances” Jean Lucien, of Caritas Haiti said in a statement sent to Fides. Jean has just returned from Gonaïves, ...
• 23 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Mass leads to Mission”: October mission month celebrations in Colombia in harmony with the now imminent International Eucharistic Congress in Mexico Bogota (Fides Service) - As every year the Church in Colombia is about to begin celebrations for the mission month of October which will have its climax on Mission Sunday 24 October, a day marked by the Church all over ...
• 22 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 4th annual campaign “Springtime for Life”, promoted by the Ecumenical Co-ordination Service CESE: to care for youth today means to invest in their present and in their future and the future of the nation San Salvador (Fides Service) - “Youth and Peace” is the theme of the 4th edition of the Springtime for Life campaign, promoted every year throughout Brazil by the Ecumenical Service of Coordination CESE. The objectiv ...
• 21 September 2004
  AMERICA - Franciscans the world over mobilised for the United Nation’s International Day for Peace New York (Fides Service) - Franciscan the world over are trying to increase awareness with regard to peace and to build a world of more justice and solidarity in view of the International Day for Peace instituted by the ...
• 21 September 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Another emergency in Haiti: Caritas appeals for help after tropical tempest Port de Paix (Fides Service) - “The tropical storm ‘Jeanne’ struck mainly the north eastern part of the country. The highest number of persons killed and the greatest damages are reported in the areas of Gonaives, ...
• 17 September 2004
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "People in Zamora hunger for God but missionaries, churches and structures are scarce,” Bishop Fausto G. Trávez, Vicar Apostolic of Zamora told Fides Rome (Fides Service) - Ecuadorian Bishop, Mgr Fausto G. Travez Travez, OFM, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Zamora on 14 January last year, 2003, is one of a group of Bishops taking part in a seminary in Rome organised by t ...
• 17 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Reflecting with young people on the missionary nature of the Church: Bishops of Brazil call Catholic youth to National Meeting on Youth Mission and Parish Missions Brasilia (Fides Service) - Young people, local Church leaders and missionaries will come together for a National Meeting on Youth Mission and Parish Missions 8 to 11 October at the Dom Fernando Gomes pastoral centre at G ...
• 17 September 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - World Mission Sunday 2004: theme chosen “Eucharist and Mission” in harmony with a national Eucharistic Congress in Corrientes and the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara and the Pope’s message Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “In harmony with the national Eucharistic Congress in Corrientes 2 to 5 September and the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara Mexico, 10-17 October, for all our activities t ...
• 16 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The experience of being taken hostage helped me discover the value of solidarity, prayer and communion... the Church will continue to work for peace and reconciliation in the country: Bishop Vacca Ramirez of Yopal tells Fides about his adventure as a hostage in the hands of guerrillas. Rome (Fides Service) - A Colombian Bishop recently taken hostage by guerrillas in his country and who happily survived to tell the story, told Fides about his experience. Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal is one of t ...
• 15 September 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 48th International Eucharistic Congress “will be a great opportunity to contemplate and meditate on the Mystery of the Eucharist, in order to spread peace reconciliation and justice in the world…”: statement Mexican Bishops’ Conference Mexico City (Fides Service) - With less than a month to go to the opening of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress organised by the Catholic Church which will take place this time in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10 - 17 O ...
• 15 September 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Despite much effort there is no end to armed violence in Colombia and the number of displaced persons continues to rise: Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela voice concern Caracas (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela have expressed deep concern and dismay that despite efforts made by the local Church, governments, the United Nations Organi ...
• 14 September 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Truth will make you free”: International Congress organised by the national Catholic University ten years after the publication of Pope John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor encyclical Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - As part of various initiatives to mark the tenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor, the John Paul II chair of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentin ...
• 14 September 2004
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “We have reached the point of having two generations who survive by begging. Silent suicides among adults, caused by the economic crash, are affecting children and adolescents”: dramatic statement by the Uruguay Council of Christian Churches (CICU) Montevideo (Fides Service) - Faced with the alarming deterioration of the standard of living in Uruguay, the national Council of Churches, CICU, issued a statement with the title “A call to the country, institutions, p ...