America

• 10 July 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Preparing for CAM 3: 21 international groups, 23 Ecuadorian groups, and 40 press agencies to participate; celebration of an exposition of Catholic missionary publications Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Intense preparations continue as there is barely a month left before the kick off of the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3), which will be held in Quito (Ecuador) August 12-17. According t ...
• 9 July 2008
  AMERICA/HAITI - “We cannot sit back with our arms crossed.” Emergency Appeal from Caritas Haiti for support for 20,000 families in extreme poverty, victims of the food crisis Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – “In the face of this grave situation, we cannot sit back with our arms crossed.” This was the opening statement made in a solidarity campaign launched by Caritas Haiti, in order to ...
• 9 July 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Priests concerned about the country’s situation make an appeal for reconciliation, unity, and peace Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their 23rd Annual Assembly, the diocesan priests have sent a message to the faithful expressing their concern for the country’s situation, indicate their commitment to the p ...
• 9 July 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico joins the “World Assembly of Parliament Members and Governors for Life and the Family” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The initiative “Asamblea Mundial de Parlamentarios y Gobernantes por la Vida y la Familia” (“World Assembly of Parliament Members and Governors for Life and the Family”) has also r ...
• 8 July 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops award $4 million dollars to support pastoral needs of the Church in Latin America Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America approved in June an additional $1.57 million in grants to 105 pastoral projects in 21 ...
• 8 July 2008
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Education, health, justice, security, and the high cost of living are among the main problems pointed out by the Bishops at the closing of their Ordinary Assembly Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Panama have published a statement at the close of their second ordinary annual meeting held June 30 – July 4, 2008, in which they mention some of the most important eccles ...
• 8 July 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops’ Ordinary Assembly to analyze the present situation of the Venezuelan clergy “in order to mark the profile of the priest in need of a renewed and profound evangelization effort of our people” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Ubaldo R. Santana Sequera of Maracaibo, President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, opened the 90th Ordinary Assembly for the Bishops’ Conference yesterday, July 7, with an ...
• 7 July 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops at the close of their Plenary Assembly ask that all may continue on the “way of forgiveness, justice, truth, and solidarity, towards the restoration of liberty for all victims and for peace” and express their support for the Anti-Kidnapping March on July 20 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – On July 5, the Colombian Bishops’ Conference ended their Plenary Assembly with a Mass in the Primate Cathedral of Colombia, presided by Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz, Archbishop of Bogota, tog ...
• 7 July 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Cardinal Marc Ouellet gives the 49th International Eucharistic Congress a "highly positive" evaluation Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) – In a statement on the International Eucharistic Congress (CEI 2008) celebrated in Quebec, which ended June 22, Cardinal Marc Ouellet gave a highly positive evaluation of the event, saying ...
• 4 July 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops denounce the repressive dispositions recently adopted by the European Community and the United States regarding immigrants Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – “In these times that are so difficult for immigrants and their families, we ask that God may enlighten the minds and hearts of the nations’ leaders who have taken up unsupportive at ...
• 4 July 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops warn faithful: do not be fooled by the so-called “Reformed Catholic Church” that “usurps the functions, sacraments, organization, and vestments” that correspond to the one true Catholic Church Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Ubaldo Santana of Maracaibo, President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, made an urgent appeal to the faithful, asking them “not to be fooled” by the so-called “Reforme ...
• 4 July 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re at the closing ceremony for the First National Youth Day: “Life is worth living, but only when it is lived with a great ideal. Only Jesus Christ offers a lifestyle that leads to fullness of existence.” Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – On July 3, the First National Youth Day ended in Guayaquil, with a Solemn Mass presided by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. The event was attended by ...
• 3 July 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church rejoices upon the release of 15 people, including Ingrid Betancourt, calling for the release of remaining hostages Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops’ Conference, which is currently holding its Plenary Assembly in celebration of its Centennial Anniversary of foundation (see Fides 1/7/2008), received with great joy the ...
• 3 July 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Bishops’ Conference hopes to strengthen the faith and Christian identity of the Colombian people, revealing the many positive aspects of evangelization and of the human advancements made over the last hundred years.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – ““The celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Bishops’ Conference hopes to strengthen the faith and Christian identity of the Colombian people, revealing the many positive aspect ...
• 2 July 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops open bi-lingual web site for the Year of Saint Paul Washington (Agenzia Fides) – On June 28 the official web site of the United States Catholic Bishops' Conference, launched a special page Resources for the Year of St Paul coordinated by the Committee for Divine Worship ...