America

• 5 July 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - At the end of a special formation session for diocesan delegates of the Pontifical Mission Societies each participant received a piece of bread bearing the words “Love is a gift to share” Montreal (Fides Service) - Recently representatives of twenty Canadian dioceses from five provinces gathered in Montreal for an important formation session for diocesan directors of Pontifical Mission Societies PMS. This ...
• 5 July 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Lay Mission Groups GM consolidate structures and organisation at national level and distribute National GM Hand Book Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - Lay Mission Groups GM continue to consolidate structures and organisation at national level and distribute a National Hand-Book on how to form and run these groups which serve for evangelis ...
• 4 July 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL Cruzeiro do Sul diocesan pastoral coordinators make three day boat journey to take part in a meeting on missionary formation and animation for Holy Childhood Cruzeiro do Sul (Fides Service) - From 23 to 26 June in the diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre-Brasile) under the guidance of Rev. Daniele Lagni, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil, some 45 dio ...
• 4 July 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Increase missionary spirit among young people and contribute towards making youth pastoral more effective and organised: main goals of 1st Workshop for Missionary Youth Leadership Lima (Fides Service) - Recently about 50 representatives of youth pastoral groups and missionary youth groups of the archdioceses of Lima and Arequipa attended the 1st Workshop for Missionary Youth Leadership organised b ...
• 2 July 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - We are concerned that this attack on the family is happening in Catholic Spain. It is sad and concerning that the government has failed to consider the consequences in Spain and elsewhere, including Latin America, says president of Peruvian Bishops’ Conference Lima (Fides Service) - In a statement to Fides Bishop Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins of Tacna-Moquegua, President of the Peruvian Bishops Conference said “the apporval of the law to legalise same sex unions in Spain is a decis ...
• 28 June 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “To be here to receive the pallium is an experience of communion with the Vicar of Christ and a reminder of my commitment to serve the particular Church to which the Lord called me”: Fides spoke with Archbishop Pedro Barreto of Huancayo in Rome to receive the pallium Vatican City (Fides Service) - Archbishop Pedro Barreto of Huancayo in Peru is one of some newly appointed Metropolitan Archbishops who have come to Rome to receive the sign of office, the pallium from the hands of Pope ...
• 27 June 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “My meeting with John Paul II”: as the Cause for the Beatification of Pope Wojtyla opens in Rome, thousands of Peruvians will remember and pay tribute to the late Pope Lima (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 28 June at Santa Ursula Education Centre in the capital Lima the Catholics of Peru, parishioners, members of church movements and fraternities, clergy, men and women religious, young peopl ...
• 23 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Day for Culture of Life and Eucharist”: reflection on the close connection between the culture of life and the Eucharist on Saturday 25 June in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist a Day of reflection on the theme of “Culture of Life and the Eucharist” will be held in Buenos Aires on Saturday 25 June. The purpose of the ...
• 23 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Mission at the heart of the Church in Argentina and the educational aspect has a privileged place in the formative concern of the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies”: over 600 animators attend 3rd National Meeting for Animators of Holy Childhood and Mission Adolescence Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The Argentinean Bishops expressed warm appreciation and support for the 3rd National Meeting for Animators of Holy Childhood and Mission Adolescence held 18 to19 June in Luján (Buenos Air ...
• 22 June 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “American Moslems can help promote better understanding between East and West” Imam Yahya Hendi Moslem chaplain Georgetown University, Washington told Fides Rome (Fides Service)-“Yes there is a difference between Moslems in the United States and those in many European countries” Imam Yahya Hendi Moslem chaplain Georgetown University, Washington DC told Fides. The Imam is ...
• 18 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We hope the Spanish government will realise that this law undermines the family which is the essential foundation of societies and nations and will reject this move to replace the law of nature with disorder which would threaten peace and justice” say organisers of International Congress on Life and the Family in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - Dr. Roberto Castellano President of the NGO Pro-Vida and Monica del Rio leader of Women’s Civil Movement organisers of an international Congress on Life and the Family taking place 17-19 ...
• 18 June 2005
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “I encourage Spain’s families: may the power of God’s love help them defend the family and life” said Archbishop Pastor Cuquejo of Asunción Asunción (Fides Service) - In a brief note to Fides Archbishop Pastor Cuquejo of Asuncion in Paraguay expressed special “encouragement to Spain’s families, may the power of God’s love help them defend the family a ...
• 17 June 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “We wish the Madrid demonstration massive support from all over Spain, a country to which we owe the precious gift of the faith” Provincial Superior St Paul Mission Society in Peru and diocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Arequipa told Fides Arequipa (Fides Service) - “We are deeply saddened and concerned to see these attacks on the family in Spain and a will to violate every child’s right to grow up in a family where the father is a man and the mother i ...
• 14 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Catholic identity of Cultural Centres and young people in public life”, Salta 2nd meeting of Head of Catholic Cultural Centres in the Southern Cone Salta (Fides Service) -The Second Meeting of Heads of Catholic Cultural Centres in the Southern Cone opened today in Salta (Argentina) 14-16 June. The program covers two principal themes: preferential concern for young ...
• 11 June 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The tendency to equal homosexual unions with the natural family is a sign of a serious crisis in civilisation. Society must resist this pressure and guarantee special protection for the family based on the union of a man and a woman” Secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil told Fides Brasilia (Fides Service) - “In Brazil militant groups well articulated and well financed are exercising strong pressure to approve laws to legalise abortion, same sex unions, elimination of the abnormal foetus. One ha ...