America

• 8 January 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In New Year Message Catholic bishops urge all Bolivians of good will to work tirelessly to promote peace and to defend the human person and inalienable human rights La Paz (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Day of Peace 2007 was the subject of a New Year Message addressed by the Catholic Bishops of Bolivia to all Bolivians. The Message was signed by the Bisho ...
• 21 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Maryknoll Missionaries assigns Keller Award to Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico for outstanding support for the missions: award given to people outside the United States for first time Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, also known as Maryknoll Missionaries, has selected the Conference of Mexican Bishops as recipient of the Keller Award, marking the centenary ...
• 21 December 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “Christmas is giving without expecting anything in return, being able to forgive and be forgiven” Bishops’ Conference Christmas Message Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas is a new opportunity to meditate and enjoy God’s love for us revealed in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo, president of the Catho ...
• 20 December 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: 3rd American Mission Congress has theme and slogan; continental competition for official poster and hymn Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations continue for the Third American Mission Congress, CAM 3, Fides is informed by CAM 3 Secretary Osvaldo Fierro Terán. The year 2007 will be important in preparation for CAM 3, due to b ...
• 20 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of Patagonia-Comahue say all life must be protected and all children must be guaranteed adequate human and spiritual development Patagonia-Comahue (Agenzia Fides) - In a Christmas Message the Catholic Bishops of the Argentinean region of Patagonia-Comahue, dioceses of Alto Valle, Comodoro Rivadavia, Neuquén, Río Gallegos, San Carlos de Bariloche ...
• 19 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - It is more than ever necessary to rediscover the authentic sense of Christmas to calm the pain of the wounds and rebuild social tissue: Christmas Message from Archbishop of Oaxaca Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “Is it worth celebrating Christmas in the present situation?" Archbishop José Luis Chávez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca (Mexico), and his auxiliary Bishop Oscar Campos Contreras, ask in a Chris ...
• 19 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Forming pastoral workers for mission and sustaining evangelisation activity of the Church in Latin America: 2007 course at Cono Sud Missiology Centre, 25 years at the service of mission Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Juan Pablo II Cono Sud Missology Centre in Buenos Aires will offer its next course in Missiology 29 January to 17 February 2007. This centre for missionary animation and formation, ope ...
• 16 December 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Only from peace and with peace is it possible to have respect for human dignity and rights” Catholics Bishops say in Christmas Message Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In a message for Christmas the Catholic Bishops of Colombia make a strong appeal to the people to reject all forms of violence. “Celebrations for the joyful feast of Christmas - the Bishops wri ...
• 15 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Christmas celebrations are a wonderful opportunity to evangelise on the great values of the family”: Archbishop of Leon sends his people a special Christmas message Leon (Agenzia Fides) - In a special Christmas Message addressed to the diocese of León, Archbishop José G. Martin Rabago says that Christmas celebrations are a “wonderful opportunity to evangelise on the great values ...
• 15 December 2006
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Salesian Cooperator considered authentic witness of honesty and justice killed in ambush Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 December 34 year old Johnny Morales, a Salesian Cooperator in Guatemala was killed in an ambush. Rev Stjepan Bolkovac, SDB, Central Delegate of the Association of Salesian Cooperato ...
• 13 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Religious leaders say education must include transcendent values for authentic integral development of the human person Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the main religious confessions in Argentina met with the parliamentary Education Commission to defend articles which they consider indispensable and insist that ‘transc ...
• 12 December 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - Debate on Redefining Marriage not Over: For Catholics, marriage is an issue intimately related to human nature which has been created male and female. Catholic teaching on this remains consistent and constant: marriage is the exclusive union of one man and one woman. Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Canada, together with the members of the majority of faith communities and with many Canadians who have no particular religious affiliation, have voiced disappointment th ...
• 12 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops thank German Catholics for dedicating Advent Campaign to Mexico and the difficulties of emigrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico sent a message to the people of Germany thanking them for dedicating this year’s Adveniat national Advent Campaign to Mexico and in particular to the issue of emigrat ...
• 11 December 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops call two national days of prayer for peace and national unity 13 and 17 December Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - In a message addressed to the People of God in Bolivia Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bolivia, made a powerful call f ...
• 7 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Nothing can justify an intervention which causes the death and elimination of a human being”: Institute of Bio-Ethics statement on proposed Bill on free distribution of ‘emergency contraceptive pill’ Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As Argentina’s Parliament discusses a proposed Bill to make compulsory the “free distribution of the ‘emergency contraceptive pill’” the Institute of Bio-Ethics of the Faculty of ...