America

• 8 March 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Symposium of Marian Pastoral 9 - 11 March and CELAM 5: gathered with Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit, discern God’s plans and set out for mission with faith and courage Belém do Pará (Fides Service) - From 9-11 March one of Brazil’s two main Marian Shrines the Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth in Belém do Pará will host a Symposium of Marian Pastoral. The Symposium, which will bri ...
• 7 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “True Love; Family and Educative Community; How to be good parents today”: themes of Pro Vita et Familia Pre-Congress to intensify evangelisation all over the country Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “True Love; Family and Educative Community; How to be good parents today” are three themes for reflection during a Pro Vita et Familia Pre-Congress organised in the archdiocese of Quito (Ecuad ...
• 6 March 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Towards CELAM 5: 15th Theology Week also via the Internet, focus on Discipleship Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Discipleship is the theme of the 15th Theology Week 5 to 9 March organised jointly by the Inter-Continental University of Mexico and the Missionaries of Guadalupe. The theme was drawn from ...
• 6 March 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Great Mission in the Prelature of Ayaviri: 140 missionaries visit families and organise sessions of catechism and preparation for the sacraments Ayaviri (Fides Service) - In the Prelature of Ayaviri in the southern Peruvian province of Carabaya, large crowds gathered to celebrate the closing of a Great Mission which had lasted three weeks in February. Some 140 mi ...
• 6 March 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Rafaela diocese devotes Lent to “Rediscovering the beauty and joy of being a family” and plans First Diocesan Family Meeting in October Rafaela (Fides Service) - “The Joy of being a Family” is the title of a Pastoral letter issued by Bishop Carlos María Franzini of the diocese of Rafaela, in Argentina in which he suggest that "Lent can be an oppor ...
• 5 March 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - “We must evangelise to make known Christ and the beauty of Christian life” says the Bishop Prelate of Juli, a year after his installation in one of the poorest parts of Peru called the Rome of the Andes where the people are mainly Aymara and a few Quechua Juli (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Prelature of Juli, in southern Peru has a population of 510,000 95% Aymara and 5% Quechua. It is called ‘Rome of the Andes’ because it has four churches with the same names as the ...
• 5 March 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - Critical approach to the challenge of globalisation for Latin America, towards CELAM 5 Rome (Fides Service) - "Globalisation and Christian Humanism. Looking at Latin America is the title of a book published in French by the Anne Sigier publishing house in Québec, Canada written by Prof. Guzmán Carriquiry ...
• 3 March 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pope Benedict XVI proposes Prayer for 5th General Conference of the Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM scheduled for May Aparecida (Fides Service) - In just over two months time the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conference CELAM will be held at the Marian Shrine of Aparecida (Brazil), 13 to 31 May on th ...
• 2 March 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Family Day Sunday March 4 foster awareness and support for the unity and value of the family in society, in the Church and among its own members Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 4th March Catholics in Mexico will celebrate Family Day with various initiatives underline the importance and value of the family. The main aims of the Day include: present, promote a ...
• 1 March 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Intense church mobilisation to reach victims of worst floods in recent decades: 39 casualties and at least 350,000 homeless La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - In repeated serious floods in eastern Bolivia, mainly Santa Cruz, Beni, and parts of Cochabamba and La Paz, since December due to "el Niño", at least 39 people have died, over 350,000 are homele ...
• 1 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “We must denounce a spreading culture of death and in the light of the Gospel and Church teaching reaffirm the whole truth on life and the family”: Lenten Letter from Apostolic Vicar of Napo Napo (Agenzia Fides) - In a Pastoral letter for Lent Bishop Paolo Mietto Vicar Apostolic of Napo in Ecuador explains the reason for the first National Pro Life and Pro Family Congress to be held at the end of March in Gu ...
• 28 February 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - 1st meeting for Lay Missionaries in Bolivarian countries: accompanying, training and sending lay men and women to serve the Church’s universal mission Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “With Jesus Beyond Frontiers” is the slogan of the 1st Meeting for Bolivarian Lay Missionaries from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Panama, organised jointly in Lima Peru, 1 - 4 ...
• 27 February 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The government promises to guarantee Catholic religious instruction at school and respect Church/State agreement on education La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Bolivian ministry of education and the country’s Bishops’ Commission for Catholic Education have ratified a state/Church agreement to guarantee Catholic religious instr ...
• 26 February 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Life must not become a battle field”: Sharing Campaign 2007: put an end to violence and promote a culture of justice and peace Caracas (Fides Service) - Life must not become a battle field” is the theme of the Sharing Campaign 2007 launched by the Catholic Church in Venezuela. The initiative was presented by Bishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala of t ...
• 26 February 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 1st national Pro-life and Pro-family Congress to increase awareness of the value of life and the family under attack from the present day culture of death Guayaquil (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 25 March, the Day of the Unborn Child established by the Ecuadorian government (see Fides 3/6/2006), the Catholic Bishops Conference, the archdiocese of Guayaquil and th ...