America

• 2 June 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Preparing for CAM 3: 3,000 families from 87 parishes who will host participants begin their missionary formation Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations continue for the celebration of the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3), which will take place in Quito (Ecuador) on August 12-17. The participants will be provided accommoda ...
• 30 May 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - National Migration Conference: July 28-31, 2008, with the theme: “Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice.” Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – The National Migration Conference 2008 will take place July 28-31 in Washington, D.C., with the theme: “Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice.” The Conference is sponsored by the Migration ...
• 30 May 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops reaffirm their commitment to fight for life, in the face of the Supreme Court decision to allow the use of frozen embryos for scientific research Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB) has issued a statement expressing their regret for the Supreme Court’s decision to allow researchers to use embryos reserved for in vitro fertilizat ...
• 29 May 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Next Sunday, collections will be taken up in all the nation’s parishes for the cyclone victims in Myanmar Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the catastrophic situation in Myanmar (Burma) following Cyclone Nargis, which left more than 100,000 dead and millions of people homeless, Archbishop V. James Weisgerber, President ...
• 29 May 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Preparations continue for the International Eucharistic Congress: on June 19th , Eucharistic Procession through the streets of Quebec City, with live coverage on the Internet Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec City, and the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress (2008 IEC) organizers invite the public to take part in a Eucharistic procession through the ...
• 29 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - “Compartir” 2008 Solidarity Campaign begins, to create awareness regarding the problem of drugs in society Lima (Agenzia Fides) – With the motto: “For a Drug-Free Life,” the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference will launch the “Compartir” 2008 Solidarity Campaign on May 30, as an effort of the Bishops this year in creatin ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Government presents “El Sol de Perù” award to Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga in recognition for Caritas’ earthquake relief work last year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and President of Caritas Internationalis, will be presented with an award by the Peruvian Government in recognitio ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops express their concern for the wave of violence in the country: “The Church, formed by all of us as baptized faithful, cannot and should not remain indifferent in the fight for life.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “Our people have the right to live a full life, worthy of God’s children, with more humane conditions: free from the threat of hunger and from all form of violence,” the Bishops of M ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - First National Missionary Congress concludes: “we should start on our journey, going into our dioceses and parishes to communicate what we have heard and seen.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – “When this Congress began, we said that an event like this, so rich in content, cannot be the final destination but rather, the point of departure. Today, we reaffirm this point,” sai ...
• 27 May 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - All dioceses are taking an active role in the defense of life, to avoid the legalization of abortion in the new Constitution Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Ecuador are making an intense effort in the face of the debate taking place in the Constitutive Assembly on crucial issues such as the legalization of abortion, the recognition ...
• 27 May 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Continental Meeting of Catholic Press, to exchange knowledge and experience, develop a strategy in reference to the Great Continental Mission Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme, “The Truth Shared,” the Communications Department of CELAM has organized a Continental Meeting of Catholic Press on May 28, 29, and 30, which will take place in the Colombian ...
• 26 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - 4th Symposium on the Eucharist 2008, on the quest “to begin a new pastoral era and greater missionary commitment” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “The Eucharist, privileged encounter of the disciple with the Lord,” will be the main theme for the 4th Symposium on the Eucharist 2008 being organized by the Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker, ...
• 26 May 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 5th National Congress for the Holy Childhood Association, for children to listen, learn, and announce from their missionary experience that they are Christ’s witnesses among other children Manizales (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary Children: listen, learn, and announce,” is the theme for the National Holy Childhood Association Day, which will be celebrated in May and will serve as a preparation for the 5t ...
• 23 May 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls for two days of prayer for the nation May 24-25 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, has asked that May 24-25 be two days designated for prayer for the nation, as this weekend celebrates the anniversary of “the bir ...
• 23 May 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Special collection for the victims of Myanmar and China this weekend Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, asked that a special collection be taken up this weekend (May 24-25) to benefit the victims of natural disasters in Myanmar and China. In ...