America

• 9 May 2003
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - BISHOPS SAY: “LET’S BUILD TOGETHER A BETTER BOLIVIA” SUNDAY 25 MAY NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE Cochabamba (Fides Service) – “Let’s build together a better Bolivia is the title of a message issued by the Bishops of Bolivia after their 76th plenary assembly 2-7 May in Cochabamba, in which they lament the prof ...
• 8 May 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - FOR A CULTURE OF LIFE STARTING WITH FAMILY PASTORAL: 2ND CONTINENTAL MEETING OF FAMILY PASTORAL Toluca (Fides Service) – The 2nd Continental Meeting of National Family Pastoral Commissions with the theme “For a culture of life starting with family pastoral” is taking place 5-9 May in Toluca Mexico. The meetin ...
• 8 May 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - ARCHBISHOP RENATO MARTIN TELLS COLOMBIAN CLERGY: THE NEW NAMES FOR PEACE ARE JUSTICE, DEVELOPMENT AND SOLIDARITY Medellin (Fides Service) – “Education to peace is no extrinsic or accidental element, it is intimately united with the evangelising mission of the Church as a teacher of peoples and an expert in humanity” said Arch ...
• 7 May 2003
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA - VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA MAKE A PACT TO END THE TRAGEDY OF REFUGEES ON THEIR MUTUAL BORDERS Caracas (Fides Service) – An agreement has been reached between the governments of Colombia and Venezuela to deal with the problem of Colombian refugees in Venezuela (See Fides 30 April 2003). The two Latin American co ...
• 7 May 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 2ND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION CONGRESS: BUILDING PEACE AND PROGRESS FOR A SOCIETY OF BROTHERHOOD Bogota (Fides Service) - The 2nd National Reconciliation Congress closed on May 7 in Bogotà (Colombia). The congress, organised by the Colombian Bishops Conference through the National office for social pastoral, was t ...
• 6 May 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD HOLDS NATIONAL FESTIVAL: MARY MOTHER OF ALL CHILDREN Lima (Fides Service) – On May 24, as part of celebrations for the National Missionary Childhood day in Peru, held on the last Sunday in May with collections in parishes and schools, the local Church has organised a “ ...
• 6 May 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - BISHOPS MESSAGE TO FAMILIES: “ENOUGH WITH ALL THIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR FAMILIES!” Monterrey (Fides Service) – “The family, sanctuary of life, good news for the third millennium” : this was the theme of the 75th plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Mexico held in Monterrey 28 April – 2 M ...
• 2 May 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - REV. GEORGE VEGA VELASCO APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has appointed (11 April 2003) National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Chile, Rev. Georg ...