America

• 8 November 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - BISHOPS' STATEMENT: “THE CHURCH HAS PAID A HIGH PRICE WITH TWENTY PRIESTS KILLED IN THREE YEARS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CALL FOR RECONCILIATION AND FORGIVENESS AS CONDITIONS FOR LASTING PEACE” Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Bishops of Colombia lament and deplore the assassination of Reverend Father Saulo Carreño Hernández, parish priest at Christ the King Parish Saravena (Arauca) and Reverend Father Henry ...
• 7 November 2003
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2):INTENSE PREPARATION AT DIOCESAN AND NATIONAL LEVEL CULMINATES WITH THE SENDING OF A YOUNG COMBONI MISSIONARY “AD GENTES” Quito (Fides Service) – “You represent our Particular Churches and you are new heralds of the life of our Church in Ecuador” Father Timoteo Lehane SVD, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in ...
• 7 November 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - CHURCH IN COLOMBIA ADDS TWO MORE NAMES TO MARTYROLOGY: CATHOLIC PRIESTS SHOT DEAD WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER Vatican City (Fides Service) - Father Paulo Carreno, parish priest of Saravena, a town on the border with Venezuela, in the Arauca region where conflict and violence are the order of the day, was shot dead on 3 November ...
• 6 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS THE SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) –EXPLANATION OF THE OFFICIAL LOGO: “CHRIST CAME TO SAVE MANKIND” Guatemala City (Fides Service) - The aim of the artist who designed the logo for the 2nd American Mission Congress (CAM 2) was to highlight the most important aspect of the Gospel: “Christ came to save mankind” fro ...
• 5 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY MINORITY GROUPS MUST EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH RESPECT FOR THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT OF THE MAJORITY”: SOLIDARITY WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER INSULTS AND OFFENSIVE PAINTINGS ON THE CATHEDRAL WALLS ON NOVEMBER 1 Buenos Aires (Fides Service) – Several statements have reached Fides Service, expressing unanimous condemnation of offence against the Catholic community in Argentina on 1 November. During a civil rights march organise ...
• 31 October 2003
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “PEACE BEGINS AT HOME, PEACEFUL CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTORAL SOLUTION URGENT” SAY BISHOPS OF VENEZUELA Rome (Fides Service) – “Venezuela is experiencing a profound political crisis, the country needs urgently a peaceful, constitutional and electoral solution” . This was affirmed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of ...
• 31 October 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - 20,000 JOIN “MARIAN MISSIONARY MARCH” IN THANKSGIVING FOR 25 YEARS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II’S PONTIFICATE Arequipa (Fides Service) – The Church all over the world continues to Celebrate the 25 years of the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II. In Peru, the archdiocese of Arequipa with the diocesan Office of the Pontifical Miss ...
• 31 October 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – NATIONAL PRAYER NOVENA 14 TO 22 NOVEMBER, TO INVOKE THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE GREAT MISSIONARY EVENT Guatemala City (Fides Service) – “As in the Upper Room in Jerusalem, with Mary let us implore the gift of the Holy Spirit for the American Mission Congress”. This is the call issued by the central organising commit ...
• 28 October 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – PROGRAMME FOR AMERICAN MISSIONARY INTERVENTION NOW COMPLETE: ALMOST READY CONGRESS HANDBOOK AND CENTRAL-AMERICAN MISSION PLAN Bogota (Fides Service) – The organisation and programme for the celebration of the 2nd American Mission Congress CAM2, which the organisers hope will be a truly “Mission event for the Church in America”, is now com ...
• 25 October 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - “SUFFERING A VOCATION TO SERVE”: FOR AN INTEGRAL AND HUMANISED VISION OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING Santiago de Chile (Fides Service ) – As part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Catholic University Hospital in Santiago de Chile and the Year of Vocations called by the Catholic Church in Chile, the Hosp ...
• 25 October 2003
  AMERICA/CUBA - APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO CUBA TAKES LEAVE TO ASSUME APPOINTMENT AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICA. Havana (Fides Service) – On 25 October Archbishop Luis Robles Diaz took leave of the Island of Cuba, where he had been Apostolic Nuncio since Marchy 6, 1999, to take office in the Vatican as vice president of the Ponti ...
• 24 October 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - HUNDRED THOUSAND YOUNG PILGRIMS: SACRIFICES AND PRAYERS FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II’s HEALTH AND MINISTRY ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ELECTION TO THE SEE OF PETER Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) – United with Catholics all over the world in celebrations to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate some 100.000 Chilean youth will make a pilgrimage on Saturday 25 ...
• 23 October 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “CHRIST MY FRIEND, YOU CAN RELY ON ME”: HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF MISSIONARY YOUTH IN GUATEMALA SENT TO PROCLAIM JESUS CHRIST AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, AT WORK Guatemala City (Fides Service) - Hundreds of members of Missionary Youth in Guatemala were encouraged to proclaim Jesus Christ to their peers during the special Mass for Mission Sunday on 19 October, at the Eucharistic S ...
• 23 October 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE CELEBRATES 25TH YEAR OF POPE JOHN PAUL II’s PONTIFICATE: JUBILEE MASSES AT BRASILIA CATHEDRAL; BISHOPS’ WEB SITE SPECIAL JUBILEE SECTION Brasilia (Fides Service) – To celebrate the 25th Year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) planned two special Jubilee Masses: at the National Marian Shrine of Apare ...
• 22 October 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – HUNDREDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES PREPARE TO WELCOME CAM2 PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR HOMES Guatemala City (Fides Service) – Biblical hospitality which characterised the Latin American Misisonary Congresses held in various in the past years, will be seen again on the occasion of CAM 2 this coming November. Hu ...