America

• 27 September 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Despite the wreck left by recent hurricanes, World Mission Sunday preparations go ahead: “Now that we are suffering we can appreciate the difficulties of so many people in many parts of the world.”. New Orleans (Fides Service) - It is still difficult to estimate the total damage caused by hurricane Katrina and the second one Rita, fortunately less serious. Mgr John E. Kozar national director of the Pontifical Missio ...
• 26 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Eucharistic Congress of southern Andes region will close the Year of the Eucharist: poor people will start fund solidarity as a sign of the bond between the Eucharist and charity Ayaviri (Fides Service) - Among many initiatives in parishes, communities, associations, groups etc., to mark the Year of the Eucharist now coming to an end, there will be a Eucharistic Congress of southern Andes region ...
• 24 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - International Congress on “Evangelium Vitae: 10 years of Bio-ethics and Life ” Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - An international two day Congress “Evangelium Vitae: 10 years of Bio-ethics and Life” organised by the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina will take place 26 and 27 September in ...
• 24 September 2005
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Childhood has a right to a world without arms” slogan for National Day for Children’s Rights 29 September organised by national Youth Pastoral Commission Santo Domingo (Fides Service) - National Day for Children’s Rights in the Dominican Republic 29 September is celebrated to confirm commitments taken in the World Summit for Children, the Convention on Children’s Righ ...
• 23 September 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Any collaboration of the Church in ‘drugtrafficking’ is not only without foundation it is contrary to its vast work of social assistance”: Bishops- statement Mexico City (Fides Service) - In a statement with regard presumed donations to the Catholic of illegally obtained money the Catholic Bishops of Mexico declared “the Catholic Church is contrary to all immoral conduct... ...
• 23 September 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - To close the Year of the Eucharist Guadalajara organises Great Eucharistic Parish Mission 23 to 30 October Guadalajara (Fides Service) - A year after it hosted the 48th International Eucharistic Congress which officially opened the Year of the Eucharist, Guadalajara archdiocese in Mexico will close this special year given to ...
• 22 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Eucharist, bread of eternal life”: Arequipa launches initiatives in preparation for Diocesan Eucharistic Congress Arequipa (Fides Service) - In response to calls by Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI to foster the faithful’s encounter with Christ in the Eucharist especially in this Year of the Eucharist, the diocese of Arequipa is ...
• 21 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Month of the Word of God: 10,000 Bibles distributed to poor families in rural areas of Moyobamba Prelature Moyobamba (Fides Service) - In the context of the Month of the Bible in the Prelature of Moyobamba, Peru, and with the help of Toledo diocese in Spain, the local Catholic Church authorities have launched an America’s B ...
• 21 September 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Latin American Bishops Conferences Delegates for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue meet in São Paulo São Paulo (Fides Service) - “Intensify efforts by our Bishops Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean to promote ecumenical and interreligious dialogue; share progress in the field of dailogue with other Church ...
• 20 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Strengthen communion, nourish missionary spirit in ordinary pastoral , witness to faith in Jesus Christ and respond to his missionary mandate and the challenges of today: the Church in Jujuy prepares for 2nd Mission Congress Jujuy (Fides Service) - From 30 September to 2 October at the Santa Teresita Education Centre the diocese of Jujuy will hold its 2nd diocsean Mision Congress with the slogan “Church of Jujuy, give of your poverty!”. ...
• 20 September 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Parish missions, proposal for evangelisation: 40th Regional Pastoral Meeting of Bishops in north east region 2 of Brazil Igarassu (Fides Service) - Bishops of 20 dioceses in the states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraíba and Rio Grande which form the north east region 2 of Brazil of the Brazilian Bishops Conference are meeting for their 40th ...
• 19 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Conference say incomplete information on ‘day after pill’ does not reveal the truth Lima (Fides Service) - In view of a national debate in Peru on the distribution of the “Day after Pill” the standing council of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement “Day after Pill, citizens dema ...
• 19 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Thousands of young people make 26th annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Itati: “With you Mary, we say to Jeus, stay with us Lord” Corrientes (Fides Service) - In this year of the Eucharist, thousands of young people mainly from nine dioceses in north east Agentina but also from other parts of the country made the 26th annual youth pilgrimage to the ...
• 16 September 2005
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Celebrate memory, strengthen lay identity, respond to challenges in Uruguay today and plan for the future: tomorrow in Montevideo 30th National Meeting for Catholic Laity Montevideo (Fides Service) - “Building history in the heart of the world” is the theme of the 30th National Laity Meeting to be held tomorrow 17 September at the Maturana School Complex, Montevideo. The meeting is o ...
• 15 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Health Pastoral Care workers discuss how to tackle and prevent HIV/AIDS Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd Meeting of Health Pastoral Care organised on 15 September by the Peruvian Bisops’ Commission for Health Pastoral Care will examine a handbook on education about HIV/AIDS with the title � ...