America

• 13 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 1st National Seminar on profile of Popular Missions, preferred means of achieving National Evangelisation Programme launched by the Catholic Church in Brazil Brasilia (Fides Service) - To offer a concrete contribution to the National Evangelisation Programme launched by the Church in Brazil with the theme “We want to see Jesus - the Way, the Truth and the Life”, especiall ...
• 11 September 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Creeping drug trafficking threatens Chile’s development: 'Salmon Connection' threatens Europe. Vicar Apostolic in Patagonia informs Fides Rome (Fides Service). “Chile has become a major transit point for cocaine destined for Europe. The problem, little known in the rest of the world, is the cause of growing concern.”. This alarming statement was made b ...
• 6 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “With social justice peace is possible”- initiatives for National Peace Week started yesterday: promoting peace, human rights and reconciliation Bogota (Fides Service) - A National Peace Week with the theme “With Social Justice Peace is Possible” started on Sunday 5 September in Colombia. The goal of the initiative is to “develop actions involving the diffe ...
• 3 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA As part of the “Week for Peace”, Regional Humanitarian Conference to examine situation in Andes area and problems provoked by armed conflict in Colombia Bogota (Fides Service) - As part of the “Week for Peace” 5 to 12 September which will be marked all over Colombia this year, a Regional Humanitarian Conference will be held on the theme “Humanitarian Situation and ...
• 30 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus on a mission of peace for Colombia: excited last minute preparations for the arrival of the relics of the patron saint of the missions, to make a pilgrimage to 100 different places all over Colombia from 1 August to 19 September Bogota (Fides Service) - The relics of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, patron saint of the Missions will be in Colombia from I August to 19 September. The Carmelite Fathers in Colombia with the support of the Bishops’ ...
• 30 July 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Mission Cross Pilgrimage and Study Meetings involve young people in Lima and Callao in preparation for the Third National Youth Mission Congress Lima (Fides Service) - In view of the imminent opening of Peru’s 3rd National Youth Mission Congress 4 to 8 August in Arequipa, with the theme “Young man your life is mission”, delegations all over the country enga ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Thousands attend funeral of Italian missionary murdered in Santiago cathedral. Cardinal Errazuriz: “Father Faustino was killed because he was a man of God. He loved to serve in silence. We have his spiritual testimony to build peace: peace of heart which is peace with God and peace with people”. Santiago (Fides Service) - Despite pouring rain thousands of people filled Santiago cathedral on July 27 to pay their last respects to Italian missionary Father Faustino Gazziero, a member of the Institute of the Servant ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Safe and sound Catholic Bishop of Yopal Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez, released after four days captivity by ELN Bogota (Fides Service) - Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal, Casanare region, was released yesterday 27 July after being kept hostage for four days. The Bishop was taken prisoner by members of the ELN rebel group while ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US asks for Collaboration of Catholic organisations in the Global fight against AIDS: video-conference organised at American embassy to the Holy See Rome (Fides Service)- The United States calls for the collaboration of Catholic organisations in the ambit of their strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in the world. This was said Ambassador Randall Tobias, co-ordinator ...
• 27 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Pope calls for speedy release of Catholic Bishop taken hostage in Colombia by the ELN - Bishops’ Conference condemns “detestable crime which violates the fundamental rights of life and freedom”. Bogota (Fides Service) - Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez, of the Colombian diocese of Yopal, Casanare region, has been taken hostage apparently by guerrillas of the ELN (National Liberation Army). On Saturday 24 July the Bis ...
• 26 July 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Tomorrow funeral of Italian missionary stabbed to death in Santiago cathedral at the end of Mass Santiago (Fides Service) - The funeral of Italian missionary Father Faustino Gazziero, murdered on Saturday 24 July after saying Mass in Santiago cathedral, will be held on Tuesday 27 July at 10am. Father Faustino Gazzie ...
• 16 July 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - The rosary and a statue of Our Lady are the banners of a successful Great City Mission, ‘put out to sea’ in Lima, capital of Peru Lima (Fides Service) - Praying a Dawn Rosary is a custom which is increasingly popular among families Lima as part of the City Mission “Put out to Sea”. Very early before dawn more and more people gather at home or i ...
• 15 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic Church engages in integral evangelisation and pastoral dialogue to defeat violence and build peace in Colombia: Bishop of Magangue speaks with Fides Bogota (Fides Service) - To be faithful to its commitment for peace the Church in Colombia is convinced that there two main paths to contribute to reaching its goal, integral evangelisation and dialogue and consultation. ...
• 14 July 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Religious sects and sexual exploitation of girls in Brazil: Edinalva, a girl at “Casa Santa Bernardette” in Sau Paulo tells her story. Sau Paulo (Fides Service) - In Latin America the diffusion of religous sects and increasing explotation of girls is ever more concerning. This is seen from a touching testimony offered by Edinalva, who now lives at the � ...
• 14 July 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The path to reconciliation and peace. The country needs a leadership which is authentic and responsible ": Bishops' statement in view of Revocatory Referendum on 15 August Caracas (Fides Service) - "Referendum, Conscience and Responsibility" is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Venezuela at the end of a plenary assembly in Caracas 7 to 12 July, focussed mainly on a ...