America

• 16 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - With the participation of 2 Cardinals and more than 120 Bishops of the continent of America the 30th Ordinary Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences, CELAM and celebrations for its 50th anniversary opens tomorrow in Lima Lima (Fides Service) - The Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM), created in 1955 by Pope Pius XII at the request of the Catholic Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, is marking its 50th anniver ...
• 16 May 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The late Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala “worked passionately to promote reconciliation among the people whom he accompanied with humility and firmness” says adjunct secretary of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Conference Guatemala City (Fides Service) - This morning the Church in Guatemala will pay its last respects to Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala who died on May 13 at the age of 79. The funeral will take ...
• 13 May 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Consolata Missionaries elect new Superior general: Fr. Aquileo Fiorentini, first non Italian to head the Institute founded more than 100 years ago Sao Paolo (Fides Service) - The general chapter of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) taking place in Sao Paolo, Brazil, has elected as new superior general to lead the institute for the next six years, Brazilian born Fr A ...
• 13 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Experts from all over the world will meet in Lima for the 2nd International Pro-Life Conference Rome (Fides Service) - From 10 to 13 November the capital of Peru will host the 2nd International Pro-Life Conference on the theme, Globalising the Culture of Life, which will bring together experts and protectors of hum ...
• 11 May 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - At National Mission Congress closing ceremony Maya k´iche catechists receive papal award for their work of evangelisation among their people Quetzaltenango (Fides Service) - At the end of a solemn Mass to close the 2nd National Mission Congress in Guatemala held at the Mario Camposeco sports ground in Quezaltenago on Sunday 8 May with the participation of som ...
• 10 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Child and adolescent abuse: solidarity campaign Compartir 2005 starts on 11 May to help thousands of child victims of violence Lima (Fides Service) - The Church in Peru is particularly concerned for children and adolescents victims of abuse and varying degrees of violence. Figures issued by the National Family Welfare Institute with regard to vi ...
• 10 May 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - ‘War and Peace: the role of the media to build understanding among nations’ theme of 5th International Communications Seminar 16 to 18 May in Brasilia Brasilia (Fides Service) - The power of the media is one of those most concerning questions in our modern society particularly with regard to the media’s influence on cultural formation. The Catholic Church is aware t ...
• 9 May 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New homes for street children and girl-mothers in Borba Prelature in the Amazon region of Brazil thanks to “Padre Pio missionary in the world” programme Rome (Fides Service) - Bishop Josè Alfonso Ribeiro of the apostolic prelature of Borba, in the heart of the Amazon forest, in Rome to pray at the tomb of Pope John Paul II, shared with Fides the exciting news of a new m ...
• 9 May 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Encourage in all Christian communities commitment to proclaiming and spreading the Good News of the Gospel at every latitude of the globe”: Pope Benedict XVI tells participants at National Mission Congress Quetzaltenango (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 2nd National Mission Congress in Guatemala held in Quetzaltenango 6 -8 May, Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to the thousands who took part expressing his affection ...
• 6 May 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Encourage integration of individuals and institutions in search of concrete alternatives to meet present day challenges: 3rd National Reconciliation Congress with the slogan “If you desire Peace, work for Justice” opens in Bogota on 23 May Bogota (Fides Service) - “If you desire Peace, work for Justice” is the slogan of the 3rd National Reconciliation Congress organised by Office for Social Pastoral of the Conference Catholic Bishops. The aim of the c ...
• 6 May 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Missionary reawakening of the Church in Guatemala continues: over 3000 attend 2nd national Mission Congress Quetzaltenango (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán guided by its Bishop Víctor Hugo Martínez is hosting 6-8 May the 2nd National Mission Congress COMGUA 2 convoked by the Catholic ...
• 4 May 2005
  AMERICA - In certain countries of Latin America the scourge of child soldiers and abuse of minors is still widespread Rome (Fides Service) - The scourge of child soldiers continues to be a sad reality in certain countries of Latin America where many minors also suffer abuse including sexual abuse and violence in the streets and at home. ...
• 4 May 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Jesus in the Eucharist makes us brothers and Sisters in Mission”: slogan 3rd national meeting of Holy Childhood animators will bring together more than 800 diocesan delegates Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “Jesus in the Eucharist makes us brothers and Sisters in Mission” is the slogan of the 3rd National Meeting of Holy Childhood Animators in Argentina which will bring together more than ...
• 3 May 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Encourage dialogue faith-culture, faith-science, Gospel and culture, globalisation and evangelisation: first lap of permanent 18 month Symposium “Evangelisation of Cultures” Bogota (Fides Service) - The ‘Evangelisation of Cultures’ is the theme of an 18 month Permanent Symposium organised by Conference of Catholic Bishops in Colombia through its Commission for the pastoral of evangelisat ...
• 29 April 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 1st Inter Institutional Mission Congress renewed awareness that every missionary institution or congregation is called to make its own specific contribution to missionary activity in Brazil and ad gentes Brasilia (Fides Service) - “Each charisma is a gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church and must flourish in a genuine manner bearing its proper fruits in evangelisation” said Fr Daniel Lagni national director of the P ...