America

• 22 November 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - NO END TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CHURCH: KIDNAPPED PRIEST FOUND DEAD; SEVEN CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES HELD HOSTAGE AND ROBBED. San Vicente del Caguan (Fides Service) – Safely back at their mission at last, seven missionaries of St John Eudes in southern Colombia lived a frightening experience at the hands of kidnappers. For several hours they ...
• 21 November 2003
  AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: 75 US MEMBERS REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY INCLUDING ALASKA New York (Fides Service) – The delegation of the Church in the United States to the second American Mission Congress in Guatemala, is composed of 75 members. Father John Kozar, National Director of the Pontifical Missi ...
• 21 November 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF GOSPEL VALUES UNDERMINES FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL HARMONY” SAY MEXICAN BISHOPS Mexico City (Fides Service) – At the end of its plenary assembly 10 to 14 November, the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico issued a message “Unbind him ad let him free” (inspired by the figure of Lazarus), in which t ...
• 20 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGENTS OF EVANGELISATION: “MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD IS A CONCRETE REALITY IN LATIN AMERICA, IT ANIMATES PARISHES, MOVEMENTS, SCHOOLS” SAYS SISTER MARIA TERESA CRESCINI ON THE EVE OF CAM2 Vatican City (Fides Service) – “In America Latina Missionary Childhood helps adults realise children’s amazing capacity for commitment giving rise to a truly surprising movement of prayer and material aid ”. Sist ...
• 20 November 2003
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - LITTLENESS POVERTY’, MARTYRDOM ARE “RICHES” OF MISSION AD GENTES IN LATIN AMERICA: COMMENT FOR FIDES BY CARD. OSCAR RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA, SPEAKER AT CAM2 Tegucigalpa (Fides Service) – The document of convocation to 2nd American Mission Congress (CAM 2), 25 to 30 November in Guatemala City (Guatemala), underlines that mission in Latin America is characterised by three ...
• 19 November 2003
  AMERICA/COSTARICA - BISHOP GIRARDI, SPEAKER AT AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS: “BEING A MISSIONARY TODAY; A TIME OF VAST POSSIBILITIES AND GREAT CHALLENGES FOR MISSIONARY ACTIVITY WITH NEW FORUMS TO BE EVANGELISED” Tilaran (Fides Service) – CAM 2, the 2nd American Mission Congress which will be held next week 25 to 30 November in Guatemala City, is the first major missionary event in the third millennium. It will be an opportunit ...
• 19 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 - “LONG AND FRUITFUL PREPARATION FILLS US WITH HOPE THAT IT WILL FOSTER NEW EAVNGELISING IMPULSE SAY BISHOPS OF GUATEMALTA Guatemala City (Fides Service) – The Catholic Bishops of Guatemala, meeting on November 18, issued a statement on the experience of the Year of the Rosary, celebrations for the 25th years of Pontificate of Pope John P ...
• 18 November 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA COMPLETES LONG JOURNEY OF PREPARATION Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Church in Colombia, with her characteristic missionary zeal, prepared with joy and confidence to face the challenges of evangelisation in this new millennium ” Reverend Luis Castano Ca ...
• 17 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - BISHOPS CLOSE 86TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY: CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED BILL TO LEGALISE ABORTION Rome (Fides Service) – At the end of their 86th plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Argentina voiced deep concern for a proposed bill to legalise abortion. The Bishops made an explicit request for “laws which pr ...
• 17 November 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 - “CONGRESS DELEGATES PROMISE TO BE POINTS OF INFORMATION AND FORMATION FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIOCESES” Santiago (Fides Service) – “Through our publications “Chile Misionero” and “Pablito Misionero” read in parishes, formation centres, lay groups, families and among Missionary Childhood members, we have diffuse ...
• 14 November 2003
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “WE WANT TO SHARE THE HOPES AND FEARS OF OUR PEOPLE ” CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY; URGENT NEED FOR ATTENTION TO FORMATION OF CONSCIENCES, PROMOTE ETHIC EDUCATION, OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS” Asuncion (Fides Service) – The Catholic Bishops of Paraguay have voiced their commitment to accompany the life of the people sharing their hopes and concerns and that as Bishops they “wish to offer a clear word of a ...
• 13 November 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM2: PERUVIAN DELEGATION ATTENDS FINAL PREPARATORY MEETINGS. DIOCESAN MISSION CONGRESSES FIRE ENTIRE NATION WITH MISSIONARY SPIRIT Lima (Fides Service) – “The Church in Peru has lived the journey towards CAM 2 with enthusiasm and commitment anxious to open ever wider to the universal dimension of missionary activity”, the National Office of P ...
• 12 November 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CHURCH IN BRAZIL INVESTS IN RE-EVANGELISATION AMONG LAPSED CATHOLICS: “WE CANNOT BE CONTENT WITH OUR PRACTISING CATHOLICS. IF MISSIONARY DIMENSION IS NEGLECTED THE CHURCH IS IMPOVERISHED AND LOSES VITALITY ”. Brasilia (Fides Service ) – The Bishops Conference of Brazil CNBB has presented a new project: to re-evangelise lapsed Catholics and promote the missionary commitment of laity The national plan for evangelisation pre ...
• 12 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS TO HELP IDENTIFY NECESSITY, URGENCY AND VALIDITY OF JESUS' MISSION COMMAND Buenos Aires (Fides Service ) – In preparation for CAM 2 the Church in Argentina held a National Mission Congress 25 - 27 October in Mar del Plata. Father Jairo Calderón Benavidez IMC, National Director of the Pontifi ...
• 11 November 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS CAM 2 SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS - “THE CHALLENGE TO BE AN EVER MORE MISSIONARY CHURCH” SANTIAGO ARCHDIOCESE CONGRESS Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) – “Evangelising the heart of the city” is the slogan of archdiocesan congress in Santiago de Chile which will take place on Saturday 15 November. The national office in Chile of th ...