America

• 20 December 2005
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Pontifical Mission Societies distribute 350,000 pictures of the Infant Jesus to foster a more religious celebration of Christmas Havana (Fides Service) - The Advent wreath with four candles one for each of the four weeks leading up to the great annual feast of the nativity is part of traditional preparation for Christmas in Cuba. Families gather t ...
• 16 December 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Bishops of Arizona, deeply saddened by the death and suffering of Mexican immigrants stress the need to find new ways for communities to welcome and integrate migrants Arizona (Fides Service) - “You Welcomed Me”: was the title of a Pastoral Letter on Migration released on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and developed and approved by the Arizona Catholic Conference and the Byzant ...
• 15 December 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migration, Multicultural situation and Pastoral and Culture: 3rd national Congress January 2006 organised by Mexican Bishops’ Commission for Culture Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Mexico are promoting a National Congress on Migration, Multicultural Society and Pastoral and Culture in order to launch a process of pastoral sensitisation and comm ...
• 15 December 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 2006 Diocesan Year of Christian vocation and mission in Nueve de Julio Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - In order to foster spiritual and pastoral renewal and as part of five years of preparation for the 50th anniversary of its foundation Nueve de Julio diocese in Argentina has decided to make ...
• 14 December 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “May the coming of God-made-Man encourage us to be signs and operators of communion among all. May we be better evangelisers and missionaries” says Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Guatemala Guatemala City (Fides Service) - Celebrations for Advent and Christmas must not be a reason for forgetting daily personal and social challenges, instead “we should strive to give this liturgical Season a more contempl ...
• 13 December 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - “The Church must rekindle the people’s missionary spirit and encourage them to promote a culture of life” says President of CELAM, Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) - Speaking of themes be discussed at the 5th CELAM General Conference Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, archbishop of Santiago and President of Council of Latin American Bishops ...
• 13 December 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Boys and girls arise, listen, be nourished by the Eucharist. Start walking with Jesus!” theme of International Congress of Family Catechesis Animators in February Lima (Fides Service) - “Boys and girls arise, listen, be nourished by the Eucharist. Start walking with Jesus!” is the theme of International Congress of Family Catechesis Animators organised by the National Office f ...
• 12 December 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Since the beginning of this year more than 19,000 Indigenous people have been forced to abandon their villages and land because of armed conflict: fear that whole native communities may disappear Bogota (Fides Service) - A recent report by the National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia (ONIC) said that since the beginning of this year the armed conflict which has continued for more than 20 years “has forced ...
• 10 December 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - World Ethics Forum 27 to 29 January in Mexico: reflect on major problems in society in the light of the dignity and transcendent destiny of every human person Madrid (Fides Service) - It was announced on 7 December in the Spanish capital Madrid that a World Ethics Forum will be held from 27 to 29 January in Mexico City and in ten other cities in Mexico involving 80 prominent w ...
• 10 December 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Learn about and reflect on the situation of persons with a disability in the light of the Word of God and Christian morals to encourage greater fraternity and solidarity in this regard: Brazil’s Fraternity Campaign 2006 Brasilia (Fides Service) - In Brazil the annual Lenten Fraternity Campaign organised for the past 40 years by the Catholic community is always an opportunity for evangelisation since it promotes a sense of brotherhood a ...
• 9 December 2005
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “We have reflected on the progress of our countries from the pastoral point of view and we find that the social situation continues to deteriorate”: Catholic Bishops of Central American countries stress the need to “build a future of hope” Panama City (Fides Service) - At the end of their annual assembly held in Panama City 22-25 November the Catholic Bishops of Central America issued a message “Building a Future of Hope” highlighting the lights and s ...
• 5 December 2005
  VATICAN - “It is necessary to announce with new enthusiasm that the Gospel of the family is a path to human and spiritual fulfilment...and to help people realise the intrinsic evil of abortion” Pope Benedict XVI tells presidents of Latin American Bishops’ Commissions for the Family and Life Vatican City (Fides Service) - Benedict XVI on Saturday 3 December received in audience participants in the meeting of presidents of the Latin American Bishops’ Commissions for the Family and Life. The meeting is being ...
• 2 December 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mission Exhibition shows and analyses Catholic evangelising activity: PMS traces historical path of mission from Jesus Christ to Pope Benedict XVI Merida Yucatan (Fides Service) - Among the activities of the 13th national mission congress taking place in Mérida Yucatán, was a Mission Exhibition at Yucatán Siglo XXI Centre. The main objective of the exhibition op ...
• 1 December 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Formation, idea sharing and mission activity planning: objectives of 32nd assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Venezuela Caracas (Fides Service) - From 21 - 23 November PMS diocesan mission delegates and animators gathered at the offices of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference in Caracasfor the 32nd assembly of the Pontifical Mission Soci ...
• 1 December 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - “it is important to realise that political life is undermined in a democratic nation if those involved are obliged to distance themselves from their own religious beliefs, fundamental convictions and the voice of their conscience” says Permanent Council of Canadian Catholic Bishops Ottawa (Fides Service) - In a message on the subject ‘Canadians are being called to the polls to elect a new government for our country’ the Catholic Bishops of Canada remind citizens that taking part in elections is ...