America

• 7 October 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Church in Mexico is encouraged by Pope Benedict XVI not only to work to alleviate suffering but also to eliminate the causes”: Bishops tell people on return from ad limina visit to Rome Mexico City (Fides Service) - On October 6 the Bishops of Mexico issued a brief statement to inform the people of their recent ad limina visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. The Bishops of this very populous Catholic coun ...
• 6 October 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The human person is worth more than any human achievements and cannot be manipulated or replaced with any other good”: Bishops of Cordova region denounce present day mentality which fails to recognise the value of human life Cordova (Fides Service) - “Life is worth living. Human life is sacred” is the title of a Pastoral letter issued by Bishops of the Corodova region of Argentina, on 29 September 2005, addressed to all men and women wi ...
• 6 October 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Eucharistic Meeting with 2,500 children on 22 October to close national itinerary of Days of Adoration promoted by local Holy Childhood Society all over the country for the Year of the Eucharist Caracas (Fides Service) - In this Year of the Eucharist and to commemorate the day when Venezuela was solemnly consecrated to the Blessed Sacrament on 2 July 1899, in January this year the Pontifical Mission Societies in ...
• 5 October 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The elderly are “Guardians of the collective memory, conservers of inter-generational relationships and transmitters of authentic values”: Archbishop Migliore Permanent Holy See Observer addresses Second UN World meeting on Ageing New York (Fides Service) - On October 4 in New York addressing the Second UN World Assembly on Ageing Archbishop Celestino Migliore Apostolic Nuncio Permanent Observer of the Holy See reiterated the Holy See’s descrip ...
• 5 October 2005
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “One bread, one body, one family”: at the close of the Year of the Eucharist Montevideo celebrates “Family Week” Montevideo (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist, the archdiocese of Montevideo has chosen for its annual Family Week in the first week of October the motto “One Bread, one Body one Family”, ...
• 5 October 2005
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “Democracy, politics and honesty”: moral guidelines from Bishops’ Conference to make the electoral process “ respond to the deep longing for peace, justice and solidarity” San José (Fides Service) - ‘Democracy, politics and honesty’ is the title of a pastoral statement issued on 3 October by the Bishops’ Conference of Costa Rica in view of the start of the electoral campaign leading ...
• 4 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Church in Peru strives to promote devotion and adoration of the sacrament of the Eucharist : Eucharistic Congress in Huánuco, Eucharistic Youth Day in Callao, in Lima a series of conferences and a festival of liturgical hymns Perú (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of the Eucharist the Church in Peru has organised various initiatives to foster deeper devotion and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. From 6 to 9 October at the auditorium of Immacul ...
• 3 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Rediscovering a sense of “being Church” though deeper understanding of the Eucharistic Mystery, diocese of Divinópolis prepares for 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress Divinópolis (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist the diocese of Divinópolis, Brazil is holding its first diocesan Eucharistic Congress 19 to 23 October on the theme “Eucharist: source of ecc ...
• 3 October 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards 5th General CELAM Conference: “This initial preparation is a first step in the process of revitalisation and conversion, fraternal communion and vigorous missionary reawakening” said Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Bogota (Fides Service) -On 28 September in view of its 5th General Conference scheduled for 2007 CELAM, the Council Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean, presented a Preparatory Document with the tit ...
• 30 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Next Regional Meeting for Catechists in Boliviarian countries on fundamental theme of Christian Initiation Lima (Fides Service) - Lima, the capital of Peru, will host a Regional Meeting for Catechists in Boliviarian countries on the fundamental theme of Christian Initiation. The meeting organised by the Catechesis Sector of C ...
• 30 September 2005
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “The challenge of Ecumenism in Latin America”: intensive course in Ecumenism 21-23 October in Montevideo Montevideo (Fides Service) - “The challenge of Ecumenism in Latin America: ecumenical activity problems and prospects ” is the title of a three day intensive course in Ecumenism 21-23 October in Montevideo organised ...
• 29 September 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans writes a letter to his people: “a fellow evacuee, I share in your sufferings, hold you in prayer and want to serve you in your needs." Archdiocese web site keeps dispersed people connected New Orleans (Agenzia Fides) - “As the archbishop of New Orleans, and a fellow evacuee, I share in your sufferings, hold you in prayer and want to serve you in your needs” said archbishop Alfred Hughes presently a gue ...
• 28 September 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - On October 18 in Caracas one million children will recite Rosary for World Peace Caracas (Fides Service) - One million children praying with the Blessed Virgin Mary for unity and peace! This is the dream which the Catholic national council for the laity of Venezuela hopes will come true on 18 October ...
• 27 September 2005
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Holy Childhood day Sunday 2 October slogan “Jesus calls us to be his friends”: opportunity for children, adolescents and animators to celebrate and share the faith and renew missionary commitment Las Piedras (Fides Service) - “Jesus calls us to be his friends” is the slogan for this year’s Holy Childhood Day in Uruguay celebrated on Sunday 2 October by Holy Childhood member children and adolescents with the ...
• 27 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The approval of same sex ‘marriage in Spain is a virulent attack on marriage and the family which has the characteristics of a social epidemic” says Oscar Botta, President Pro-Family Association Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The approval of same sex ‘marriage’ in Spain was a virulent attack on Marriage and the Family which has the characteristics of an epidemic which is swiftly invading Latin America the ...