America

• 19 April 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Meeting of Central America missionary forces after CAM 2: what pastoral strategies to implement a Missionary plan ad gentes in Central America? Guatemala City (Fides Service) - To follow up the Mission ad gentes plan presented to the Second American Mission Congress (CAM 2) last November, the Church in Central America in front line for mission is meeting 19 to ...
• 16 April 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Divine Mercy Sunday must promote the building of a Culture of Mercy as part of the evangelising activity of the Church” says Catholic Bishop of Santo André Santo André (Fides Service) - “The celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday should promote not only devotion to Divine Mercy but it should also give rise to a new Culture of Mercy of the world ” said Bishop Nelson Westrup ...
• 15 April 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “To face the challenge of a globalised society we want to be a missionary Church with concrete commitment for mission in the Amazon region”: 6th national assembly of organisations of the People of God in Brazil. Belo Horizonte-Minas Gerais (Fides Service) - At the end of the 6th national assembly of organisations of the People of God in Brazil, held 26 to 28 March, the participants addressed a letter to the Brothers and Sisters ...
• 7 April 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Easter is not only taking part in religious celebrations…it means making visible God’s passover in our lives which transforms us and calls us to model our lives on the values of the Gospel”: President of the Bishops’ Conference issues message for Easter 2004 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In his message for Easter 2004, Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Archbishop of Bogota, President of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference (CEC) and Primate of Colombia, calls on the people to celebra ...
• 2 April 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CAM 2 Conclusions officially handed over to diocesan delegates for implementation in ordinary pastoral care: mission must be the basis of diocesan and parish pastoral plans Guatemala (Fides Service) - The Conclusions of the Second American Mission Congress CAM2 were officially handed over to delegates from every diocese in Guatemala and representatives of church groups, movements and instit ...
• 2 April 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “To protect life is a duty for everyone ”: Catholic Bishops of Venezuela launch appeal in the face of a national crisis Caracas (Fides Service) - Profound concern for the serious situation which threatens to destroy peace in Venezuela was expressed by the Conference of Venezuelan Bishops at the end of its 31st special assembly on March 30 ...
• 1 April 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Materialism, violence and permissiveness are the most dangerous threats to the family. Cardinal Martino speaks at the conclusion og the 3rd World Congress for Families Mexico City (Fides Service) - “The family is the key to the future of humanity. Every people aspiring to strengthen its soul and to guarantee itself a more human future of justice and solidarity must undoubtedly streng ...
• 30 March 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty which afflicts entire peoples and nations, focus of the first day of a pastoral visit to Mexico by Cardinal Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Mexico City (Fides Service) - The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato R. Martino, is in Mexico for a week long pastoral visit 28 March 2 - April 2 to take part in important church a ...
• 27 March 2004
  DOSSIER AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Guerrilla and paramilitary are causing irreparable damage to Columbia using children in fighting: more than 11,000 says Human Rights Watch. Bogota (Fides Service) - Although international law used to prohibit the use of minors under 15 in war (Geneva Convention 1949 and the Convention on Children’s Rights 1989) and since 2000 the age is 18, all the irregul ...
• 27 March 2004
  DOSSIER AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Children involved in armed combat, are not only subject to maltreatment and abuse they are also targets for assassins”: National Pontifical Mission Societies Director in Colombia told Fides. Bogota (Fides Service) - “In the first two months of this year, according to General Ospina, army chief commander, 44 children were killed in combat: 19 belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 5 ...
• 26 March 2004
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 101 child workers rescued from heavy labour at refuse dumps: Santo Domingo de los Colorados city council committed to eliminate child labour Quito (Fides Service) - It is estimated that between 500 and 1000 children in Ecuador, aged 5 to 7, are employed in collecting and handling refuse. In its Convention number 182 the International Labour Organisation lists ...
• 25 March 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Day of the Unborn Child: “Love, the Cradle of Life ”. Bogota (Fides Service) - On the feast of the Annunciation, the liturgical commemoration of the Incarnation of the Son of God, the Church in Colombia celebrated a National Day for the Unborn Child. The objective of the Da ...
• 25 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Protect life at every stage, combat any danger which threatens the life of the unborn child”: Peruvian Bishops’ Family Commission issues message for ‘Day for the Unborn Child’ Lima (Fides Service) - “Catholics must be aware of their duty to protect life at every stage and to combat any danger which threatens the life of the unborn child”. This affirmation was made by the Bishops of Peru in ...
• 23 March 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Promoting a spirit of communion and formation for young people: objectives for Meeting of Diocesan Youth Pastoral Delegates in Colombia Santafe de Bogota (Fides Service) - A Meeting of Diocesan Youth Pastoral Delegates in Colombia organised by the Sector for Youth and Childhood of the Colombian Bishops Conference (CEC) opens today March 23 at the Confere ...
• 23 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Many of Peru’s children live in difficult conditions: poverty, child labour, child soldiers, domestic abuse: Doris Portocarrero, directress of Peru’s National Initiative Group for Children’s Rights speaks to Fides Lima (Fides Service) -More than half of the population and 62% of the children in Peru live with a dollar a day, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme UNDP. What is more, 20% of the population ...