America

• 25 July 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “Corruption and partisan interests must give way to the one and only target for a good government, the common good” Catholic Bishops tell new government Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a message on the occasion of the 185th anniversary of the country’s independence, the president of the Peruvian Catholic Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo to ...
• 25 July 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic Bishops call for immediate cease fire in the Middle East and restoration of law and order, appeal for humanitarian aid Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In a press statement the Catholic Bishops of Mexico have voiced deep concern for the loss of life and material goods in the Middle East and implore from the God of life the gift of peace. In ...
• 25 July 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Life, family and education, 3 non negotiable principles: Catholic Bishops start plenary assembly Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In his opening address to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia is meeting for its 81 plenary assembly in Bogota from 24 to 28 July Conference president Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Qu ...
• 24 July 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - First nation wide "trabajopais" programme: “working to build a better Chile” hundreds of Catholic university students put knowledge and experience at the service of the needy Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - At least one thousand students at Catholic Universities all over Chile took part in the first edition of a week long national project "trabajopais" programme: “working to build a better Chile ...
• 22 July 2006
  AMERICA - Latin America joins the Pope’s initiative for peace in the Middle East "we must pray intensely for peace, a gift of God to be continually invoked": Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Bishops all over Latin America responded readily to the call launched by Pope Benedict XVI for a day, Sunday 23 July, of special prayers and acts of penance to obtain from God the gift of ...
• 20 July 2006
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - What is needed is authentic conversion to overcome present disorder in every field the seedbed of violence: Dominican Bishops launch appeal after plenary assembly Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their 44th plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of the Dominican Republic addressed a message of encouragement and hope to all Dominicans of good will, with the title "Yes t ...
• 19 July 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “This is the time to live solidarity”: Bishops urge people to help victims of volcano eruption: Sunday 23 special collections in every diocese Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador has called on Catholics to help the victims of a violent eruption of Tungurahua volcano which affected the central provinces of Tungurahua and Chimbor ...
• 19 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Life and the Family as the beginning and means" 2nd International Congress Pro Life and Pro Family will discuss new threats and how to face them Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Life as the beginning. The Family as a means" is the theme of the 2nd International Congress Pro Life and Pro Family to be held 19-21 July in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The participants, inc ...
• 18 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Jesus, come, send us, we are for life": August Youth Rally for two hundred years of archdiocese of Salta Salta (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus, come, send us, we are for life" is the theme of a Youth Rally 19-21 August organised by the youth pastoral office of the archdiocese of Salta as part of a year of celebrations 28 March 2 ...
• 17 July 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - For the moment Religious Instruction in schools will continue: agreement signed by government and Church Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - After days of uncertainty and contradictory statements with regard to the government’s position concerning religious instruction in schools, the Catholic Church in Bolivia has convinced the go ...
• 17 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Santa Rosa reminds lay Catholics of their role to spread the Christian message in all areas of society and to protect human life and the family Santa Rosa (Agenzia Fides) - In a pastoral letter with the title The Role of the Laity to protect Life and the Family, Bishop Rinaldo Fidel Brédice, of Santa Rosa (Argentina) said “The Future of Argentina is forged in ...
• 14 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The best way to celebrate is to "renew our apostolic fervour in order to be in a permanent state of mission" Bishop calls “Year of Intense Evangelisation” to mark 50th anniversary of the diocese Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Lomas de Zamora Argentina is preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation on 29 June 2007. The diocesan Bishop Agustín Radrizzani has called for a “Ye ...
• 14 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The destruction of the family is a strategy which promotes the manipulation of society with consequences not only social, psychic and spiritual, but also economic and political ": Christian Family Movement statement on life and the family Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Family Movement of Argentina has issued a statement on life and the family entitled "Family, strive to proclaim with courage the Gospel of Love". The purpose of the statement ...
• 13 July 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “It is our duty to remind people of the primacy of God in our life, of the God who created us and by whom we will all be judged one day” say Catholic Bishops of Mexico after bomb attacks in Bombay Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “With deep sadness we heard through the media the news of the bomb blasts in Bombay, and we wish to express our solidarity with all those affected by the tragedy and assure them of our spi ...
• 11 July 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - Marian Rosary Mission in Quebec and Ontario: excited Catholics in Toronto and Montreal wait to welcome and venerate image of Our Lady of Pompei Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - A ten day Marian Rosary Mission across the Canadian regions of Quebec and Ontario started on Monday July 10. The pilgrim image of the Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady of Pompei taken across Austral ...