America

• 26 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Mission Sunday marks the start of 5th Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in Garanhuns on the theme “Eucharist: Life and Mission” Garanhuns (Fides Service) - On 23 October World Mission Sunday, Garanhuns diocese in Brazil Pernambuco state, started its 5th diocesan eucharistic congress in the theme Eucharist: Life and Mission, with a Eucharistic ma ...
• 26 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Over 2,300 children take part in Mission Sunday celebrations: special mention of 90 Holy Childhood children victims of Hurricane Stan Guatemala City (Fides Service) - October 25th Mission Sunday Mass was presided by Bishop Gerardo Flores Reyes, emeritus Bishop of La Verapaz a member of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Commission for Missions in Guatemala City ...
• 25 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Now that Hurricane Stan has gone leaving in its wake over 2,000 dead, Guatemala seems to be once again a country of little interest for the rest of the world” Bishop Gabriel Peñate, Vicar Apostolic in Izabal said sadly. People in affected areas will need aid for many months to come Guatemala City (Fides Service) - Bishop Gabriel Peñate, Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, has expressed concern and disappointment that international media have removed the spotlight from the tragedy in countries affected by t ...
• 25 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Protect life, the family, human values and right: various pro-vida activities in Lima involving adults, children and young people Lima (Fides Service) - In the face of persistent, global and determined attacks on human life and the family (birth control abortion, easy divorce, same sex ‘marriages’, euthanasia, manipulation of human embryos etc. ...
• 24 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Knowing the present to build the future” slogan for 1st Social Week at the University of Callao. Helping future national leaders reflect and contribute towards the common good Callao (Fides Service) - Organised by the office for universal pastoral of the diocese of Callao with the collaboration of the University of Callao, Bartolome de las Casas Institute and the Association of Social Services ...
• 24 October 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - Pope Benedict XVI canonises Chile’s first male Saint: Alberto Hurtado, “a contemplative in action” who devoted his life to helping the poor, promoting vocations and forming the laity Santiago (Fides) - Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga was a priest for only 15 years, but those were years of intense spiritual and apostolic activity, the expression of his love for Christ. He dedicated himself to helping t ...
• 20 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the wake of CAM 2 the 1st Mission Congress for Amazonia and Roraima opens tomorrow in Manaus with the slogan “Church in the Amazon, our life is mission” Manaus (Fides Service) - Brazil’s 1st North Regional Mission Congress (for the states of Amazonia and Roraima,) opens tomorrow 21 October in Manaus, Amazionia State in the far north of Brazil. The aim of the congress i ...
• 20 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “The main concern now is reconstruction because so many people have lost their homes and the fields which provide their livelihood” says Archbishop Víctor Hugo Martines Quetzaltenango (Fides Service) - Over two weeks have past since the fury of Hurricane Stan swept Guatemala leaving destruction and death in its wake. According to the local press and national Red Cross organisation many ...
• 19 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Eucharist, Bread of salvation and love” theme of 10th Regional Holy Childhood Meeting with 650 participants Jussara (Fides Service) - “Eucharist, Bread of salvation and love” was the theme of 10th Regional Holy Childhood Meeting held 7 to 9 October in Jussara, Goiàs state, Brazil, the theme was chosen in keeping with th ...
• 18 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Marian capital of Brazil, Aparecida (São Paolo), will host 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in May 2007 Rome (Fides Service) - On the way towards the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences, CELAM on October 14 Pope Benedict XVI received in audience Cardinal Francisco Javier Erraz ...
• 18 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Forty years after Vatican II: context, institutions and challenges for the Church in Brazil today. Seminar in February 2006 to re-visit and implement that exceptional ecumenical event Brasilia (Fides Service) - Vatican II: context, institutions and challenges for the Church in Brazil today is the theme of a Seminar organised by the Catholic Bishops of Brazil through the National Pastoral Institute. Th ...
• 17 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After the Year of the Eucharist the Church in Brazil prepares for 15th National Eucharistic Congress in May 2006 with the theme “He is with us” Florianópolis (Fides Service) - After the special Year of the Eucharist the Church in Brazil is preparing for the 15th national Eucharistic Congress 18-21 May 2006 in Florianópolis with the theme “He is with us” an ...
• 15 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Hurricane Stan left destruction and death and revealed the failings of our selfish economic and social policies. What importance have we given to meeting the urgent needs of the poor?” Statement by Catholic Bishops Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “Guatemala lives in grief and suffering, thousands of ordinary men, women and children have been affected by Hurricane Stan and damage to the country’s production system makes the sit ...
• 15 October 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Adoration Groups: 6 million members all over the world “their spirit of adoration is leaven which transforms communities” Mexico (Fides Service) - Founded 150 years ago the Association of Adoration Groups today has 6 million members all over the world who regularly devote some hours of the night to adoration of Jesus Christ present in the ...
• 14 October 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Project to revive missionary spirit in the archdiocese of Philadelphia: Year 2005 dedicated to Africa Philadelphia (Fides Service) - A project to revive missionary spirit in the archdiocese of Philadelphia has been launched by the city’s Catholic archbishop Cardinal Justin Rigali. The idea is to promote mission awarene ...