America

• 10 July 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops recall that Constituent Assembly candidates must be dedicated to promoting the common good, protecting human life and human dignity, guaranteeing religious freedom and quality education for all Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ecuador has issued a statement specifying the qualities required of candidates for the Constituent Assembly to be voted by the people. On 15 April the people vo ...
• 10 July 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 5th National Mission Meeting for Seminarians promotes mission awareness and commitment for mission ad gentes, following Fidei donum Congress Manizales (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies PMS in Colombia and the National Mission Centre continue to promote initiatives to intensify ad gentes mission awareness among seminarians, PMS national direct ...
• 9 July 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Bishops and religious united as Church have the unavoidable duty to be witnesses of God's loving mercy": Bishops plenary assembly closing message Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “We thank God for giving his Church in Latin America, especially in Colombia, a living and centenary presence of Religious Life " the Catholic Bishops of Colombia said in a message at the end o ...
• 9 July 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - "The celebration of the Ordinary CELAM Assembly in Cuba will sustain the Church in Cuba and help us to clarify our situation" Cuban Bishops' delegate addresses CELAM Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The 31st Ordinary Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops' Conferences CELAM 9 - 14 July opens today in Havana. This is the first time the Assembly is hosted by the Church in Cuba (see ...
• 6 July 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - New communities in Colombia and Brazil opened by the Daughters of the Sacred Heart institution born of mission among lepers in Agua de Dios Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart, a fruit of Salesian mission among lepers in the Colombian district of Agua de Dios was a response to a need for a vocation for a group of young ...
• 6 July 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Peru marks National Day of Missionary Sick 2007 Sunday July 8 with the theme Through the Cross to the Light Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 8 July Peru celebrates National Day of Missionary Sick People 2007 with the theme Through the Cross to the Light organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies Peru with the Union of Sick and ...
• 5 July 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Salvatorians celebrate 50 years serving the poor Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides) - “Mission, spirituality and identity are the charisma of Salvatorian men and women religious and lay persons ”, says the Salvatorian Mission Association for Latin America started in Sp ...
• 5 July 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Neither politicians, nor legislators nor authorities can expect doctors to start practising abortion killing the smallest and most helpless of human beings ”: says Catholic Doctors Consortium Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides,) - "Abortion is always and without exception direct murder of a human person" the Buenos Aires Catholic Doctors Consortium CDC said in a statement issued to counter attempts by the public hea ...
• 5 July 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “It is time to put aside fear, indifference, selfishness which render us insensitive to the suffering of others ”: Colombian Bishops appeal against violence and hostage taking Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia have condemned the killing of 11 members of parliament taken hostage by the FARC-EP five years ago. In the statement issued during their plenary assembly and sign ...
• 4 July 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 2nd International Missiology Symposium in preparation for Third American Mission Congress - CAM 3 and the Great Continental Mission Quito (Agenzia Fides) - From 30 July to 3 August 3 the city of Quito in Ecuador will host the 2nd International Missiology Symposium “Anthropology and Pastoral of Mission": a new lap on the path of preparation for Thi ...
• 4 July 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Plenary assembly on 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida in the light of the Plenary Council of Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Venezuela are meeting for the 88th plenary assembly 2-7 July. The event is a "opportunity to meet and fraternal sharing of the mission which the Lord Jesus, through his Church, en ...
• 3 July 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “A special bond exists between the bishop and religious life because both are called to live the Christian life in its most perfect form ”: Bishops Plenary Assembly focuses on Consecrated Life Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - 'Consecrated Life as a gift of God to the Particular Church' is the theme of a Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Colombia which started on 2 July with a discourse by Confere ...
• 2 July 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Catholic Bishops present proposals to Constituent Assembly; National Day of Prayer 27 July Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - In a press conference on 30 June the standing committee of the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia presented the local Church's proposal and explained how it intends to have it accepted by the Co ...
• 2 July 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Catholics who live their faith can never be in favour of euthanasia or vote for its legalisation in our country" says Bishop of Celaya Celaya (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Lázaro Pérez Jiménez of the diocese of Celaya (Mexico), addressed a Letter to his people with regard to a debate in the country about euthanasia since the Federal District Legislative ...
• 30 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - To defend life and the family Archdiocese of Mexico City intensifies family pastoral to increase awareness of the significance of these two founding values of society Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - To defend life and the family from the many attacks to which it is subject the Archdiocese of Mexico City had decided to intensify activity of family pastoral and to work harder in parishes ...