America

• 4 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Oaxaca conflict: Catholic Bishops of the Southern Pacific Region call on conflicting parties to listen with humility, dialogue intelligently, discern according to the Gospel and reject violent methods” Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Oaxaca and Chiapas, gathered with priests, religious and laity of the southern pacific region of Mexico to discus the life of the Church and the work of the inculturation ...
• 27 November 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “Life is a gift of God, to be defended and protected always and everywhere especially from injustice ”: Bishops call on society to protect life Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Following a sentence from the Constitutional Court with regard to the legalisation and commercialisation of the ‘day after pill’ or ‘emergency oral contraception’ the Catholic Bishops of P ...
• 23 November 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Parliament categorically rejects Bill to depenalise abortion. More than 60 MPs vow to respect human life from conception to natural death Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - With a vast majority the Chilean Parliament has declared inadmissible a proposed Bill to depenalise abortion in the country. The Bill drew 'no' votes from 61 MPs, (almost 75 per cent of the Hou ...
• 22 November 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Building stronger ties between north and south America: Lima diocese and Canadian Pembroke diocese unite in programme of assistance for children Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of 47 Catholics from the diocese of Pembroke in Canada accompanied by the Bishop Richard Smith, travelled to Lima (Peru) to sign a cooperation agreement on various programmes of assist ...
• 16 November 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “More than material walls we are concerned about walls of intransigence, intolerance and lack of effective negotiations between the governments of the countries’ involved”: Bishops issue statement and elect new Bishops’ Conference presidency Cuautitlán Izcalli (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Mexico have expressed deep concern for the phenomenon of migration. In a statement issued 15 November the Bishops said “We realise governments have a right ...
• 13 November 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops say frank and honest dialogue and a spirit of reconciliation is needed to overcome present fragmentation. They also say new education law must cater for transcendent dimension of the human person and respect parent’s right to decide how children are educated Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Argentina have called for “frank dialogue involving all society in order to end excessive present fragmentation”. In a statement “Common Good and Dialogue", issued b ...
• 13 November 2006
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops’ statement on emigration, municipal elections and the nation’s new Constitution Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Paraguay at the end of their 177th plenary assembly in Asunción, issued a statement in which they analyse some of the country’s principal problems in order "to expre ...
• 10 November 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Disciples and Missionaries Evangelisation Campaign 2006 opens on Sunday 26 November at the Shrine of Aparecida Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Evangelisation Campaign 2006 will start on 26 November Feast of Christ the King, and close on the third Sunday of Advent 17 December with a nation-wide special collection. In line wi ...
• 10 November 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - “Changing the definition of marriage involves a repudiation of millennia of history and experience”: Declaration on Marriage signed by 40 religious leaders of different faiths Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - About 40 religious leaders of different faiths signed a Declaration on Marriage to be presented to Parliament and society in general in the present national debate on the subject. “We, each fro ...
• 10 November 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops oppose new law to recognise same sex unions: “when the value of the family is undermined by social and economic pressure, the Church reacts and reaffirms that the family formed of the union of a man and a woman is necessary for the private good of the person and for the common good of every society, nation and state” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico have said that a proposed bill on Societies of Co-existence "claims to legalise relations of societies of co-existence and in doing so intends to ...
• 8 November 2006
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - On the feast of the Patroness of Uruguay the President of the Bishops’ Conference urges the people to pray for the country, the governors and those responsible for managing public affairs Florida (Agenzia Fides) - "The hour has come for Uruguayans to recognise one another as brothers and sisters. Our people need to look at one another in a different light" said Bishop Pablo Galimberti, president of the Ur ...
• 7 November 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Catholics must promote “a new culture of respect for the human person in every dimension": 1st Congress on Evangelisation of Culture Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In the Conclusions drafted at the end of the 1st Conference of the Evangelisation of Culture the participants declare “We feel called by the Pope and our bishops to live the faith in publ ...
• 7 November 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops say new Health Bill must not become law: “it attacks the authority of parents, educators, medical doctors and introduces a culture of death, not life” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Ecuador continue to express serious concern with reward to a new Bill on Public Health approved by part of the National Congress, which attacks fundamental moral and consti ...
• 6 November 2006
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Catholic Church in Venezuela holds Family Embracing Week 2006 reflecting on documents of the national Church Council and the World Meeting for Families in Spain last July Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The Family, First and Principal reality” is the slogan of the annual Family Embracing Week 2006 organised 6-12 November by the Catholic Church in Venezuela. This year the Week is based on t ...
• 6 November 2006
  AMERICA/CUBA - Bishops discuss local Church’s contribution to CELAM 5, adequate Baptism pastoral and celebrations for 400th anniversary of the finding of the lost image of Our Lady of Charity Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In plenary assembly 4-8 November the Catholic Bishops of Cuba will discuss among other things, preparation for the 5th General Conference of CELAM (Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conference ...