America

• 14 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - As the Year of the Eucharist draws to a close, Lima hosts a meeting “We have come to adore Him” to reflect on the importance of the Eucharist in the life of every Christian Lima (Fides Service) - A Eucharistic Meeting “We have come to adore Him” organised by the 4th department of the archdiocese of Lima opens today 14 October at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Balconcillo, La Victoria. ...
• 14 October 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - “We believers and all men and women of goodwill face an enormous challenge: to propose values of hope to our world, young people in particular”: appeal from Standing Committee of the Chilean Bishops’ Conference Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) - Public institutions have the duty “to guarantee the people a healthy and dignified life. It is necessary to appreciate the beauty of mature and faithful sexuality, aware of its capac ...
• 13 October 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Pontifical Mission Societies Solidarity Fund to help Church Pakistan with long term projects “looking to the future” New York (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States have opened their Solidarity Fund for the Church in Southeast Asia to include help for long-term rebuilding of the infrastructure of ...
• 13 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Children must be a priority in care for hurricane victims”. In many centres medical supplies are dwindling; out of reach for humanitarian workers Chichoy villagers have run out of food Guatemala City (Fides Service) - In the latest report on the situation after hurricane Stan Caritas Guatemala said many of the victims were children: “Stan left in its wake grief, death and destruction. Hundreds died, ...
• 13 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - March to commemorate Quiché missionary martyrs: one of many PMS activities for Mission Sunday which finds the country struggling with devastation left by hurricane Stan. Church workers operate in all affected areas Guatemala City (Fides) - For Mission Sunday in this Year of the Eucharist, Guatemala has chosen the same theme that Pope John Paul II chose for his message “Mission: Bread broken for the life of the world”. “This a ...
• 12 October 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “March for Mission” 16 October in Caracas one of many PMS initiatives for the missionary month of October and World Mission Sunday 2005 on the theme “The Missionary, bread for the life of the world” Caracas (Fides Service) - A “March for Mission” will take place on 16 October in Caracas organised by the diocese to recall the long distances travelled by missionaries who brought the Gospel to Venezuela. The march ...
• 12 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops of Brazil appeal for solidarity in aid of victims of natural disasters in Guatemala, El Salvador, Pakistan and India. Brasilia (Fides Service) - “We are faced with a series of major catastrophes in Guatemala, El Salvador, Pakistan and India, with thousands of dead, over four million injured or displaced, and widespread devastation and ...
• 12 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Natural disasters are a time to live faith, hope and charity: “This is the time when the light of our faith should illuminate the darkness of calamity” says Bishop of Escuintla Escuintla (Fides Service) - In the tragic situation following hurricane Stan and the distress of people, especially poor rural communities, Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paul of Escuintla diocese in Guatemala issued a pastora ...
• 11 October 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Missionaries, Bread broken for the life of the world” is the slogan chosen by the Church in Colombia for the missionary month of October in this Year of the Eucharist Bogota (Fides Service) - The Missionary Month of October which culminates with World Mission Sunday 23 October is being celebrated in Colombia with the slogan “Missionaries, Bread broken for the life of the world” . ...
• 11 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “We rely on solidarity and prayers that the God of Life may give strength and hope to families who have lost loved ones, homes and harvests”: Catholic Bishops of Guatemala call for help for flood victims Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “With our hearts filled with grief we communicate the anguish, sadness, sufferings of this country for many years: civil war, inhuman violence, chronic poverty, hunger, unemployment, la ...
• 11 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Promoting peace, the community of peoples and the common good”: a theme of the 8th Social Week focused on social principles of “Gaudium et spes” Lima (Fides Service) - In the framework of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of “Gaudium et spes” by Vatican II, the Catholic Bishops of Peru (CEP) will focus the 8th national Social Week 18 ...
• 10 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Towards Arequipa Diocesan Eucharistic Congress: 150 Eucharist Week Animators prepare with reflection on apostolic Letter “Dies Domini” Arequipa (Fides Service) - Preparations continue with enthusiasm for a Diocesan Eucharistic Congress organised by the archdiocese of Arequipa on the theme “Eucharist, food for new life”, 13 - 20 November. The organis ...
• 10 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The size of tragedy cannot be calculated: thousands are homeless after hurricane Stan swept the country. 1.400 inhabitants of Panabaj village buried alive. Cardinal Quezada Toruño appeals for “Solidarity without frontiers” Guatemala City (Fides Service) - Guatemala, the central American country which hosted CAM 2, the second American Mission Congress in 2003 and which for years has struggled to eliminate violence, now faces the consequence ...
• 7 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 6,000 lay people involved in Great Mission 2005 in diocese of Chiclayo carry the Good News to families door to door Chiclayo (Fides Service) - Over 6,000 lay Catholics are carrying the Good News of Salvation to families door to door in the first stage of a Great Mission in the Peruvian diocese of Chiclayo which comprises 4 provinces L ...
• 7 October 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The role of the laity in the Church, society and politics: 3,000 people from all over the country gather in the capital for Laity Congress 2005 Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “Towards Argentina of the Bi-Centenary” is the title of a Laity Congress organised by the Lay Department and the Commission for the Laity and Lay Apostolate of the Catholic Bishops’ C ...