America

• 4 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Quechuas in Peru : “We want the Holy Father to know at this time of suffering that he has the support of our humble prayers offered for his recovery” Lima (Fides Service) - Quechua speaking Catholics in Lima as individuals and as a community are praying intensely for the Pope since they first heard that he had been admitted to hospital Fr. Juan Serpa parish priest at ...
• 2 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Hundreds of evangelisers ready to announce the Gospel door to door: Ica diocese launches Great Catholic Mission Ica (Fides Service) - To strengthen faith among local Catholics in the area, Ica diocese in Peru is starting a Great Catholic Mission which will continue from March to December 2005. To undertake this evangelising missio ...
• 1 March 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Peace, a gift and a commitment, for harmony in fraternity: Forum and prayer-meeting to demonstrate how ecumenical and interreligious dialogue can promote peace Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - In continuity with other similar events in Argentina on 17 April in Buenos Aires there will be a National Meeting for Peace - Ecumenical and Intereligious Dialogue on the theme “Peace, a ...
• 1 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “As National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies you must be the soul of the Church’s mission in your respective countries”: Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples says in message to National PMS Directors of all America meeting in Brasilia Brasilia (Fides Service) - A solemn celebration of the Eucharist presided by Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri Papal Nuncio in Brazil this morning opened the meeting of PMS National Directors of America, 1 to 5 March in Br ...
• 28 February 2005
  AMERICA - Every year more than 11 million babies and 15% of mothers die of complications during pregnancy or childbirth. World Health Day 2005 will focus on health of mother and child Rome (Fides Service) - World Health Day will be marked on 7 April this year and the World Health Organisation has decided to focus on the health of mother and child and the reduction of the number of deaths of babies and ...
• 26 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Testimonial from one of those missionaries sent by don Giussani and who is now a bishop in Brazil. Rome (Fides Service) - “One day - said Rev. Filippo Santoro in the 1980s a simple priest in Puglia - don Giussani came to Puglia for a series of meetings and I was sent to fetch him at the airport. In the car he said, ...
• 25 February 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church in Mexico shares this time of apprehension but is convinced that the Pope will carry on his mission and like Jesus, he will not come down from the cross: the Bishops pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe to protect the Pope Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Church in Mexico, hearing the news that the Pope was admitted to hospital a second time, while invoking the maternal help and protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Guadalupe, also vo ...
• 25 February 2005
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “We ask Our Lady to protect the Pope with her maternal love to help him overcome this difficult moment so he may continue to lead the Church" say Catholic Bishops of Uruguay Montevideo (Fides Service) - United in faith and charity and in ecclesial affection for the Successor of Peter, the Catholic Bishops of Uruguay, together with the ecclesial community of the whole country offer prayers fo ...
• 25 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church in Brazil is close to the Pope with affection and prayers: Bishops urge Catholics to pray for the Pope that God may strengthen and comfort him at this time of suffering Brasilia (Fides Service) - The Bishops of the standing Council of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement on 24 February calling the nation to pray for the health of Pope John Paul II. In the statement sig ...
• 24 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies promote Young Missionaries programme for 2006: a year of mission commitment and service in another diocese Bogota (Fides Service) - During their recent meeting in Bogota diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over Colombia, aware of the need to encourage concrete commitment for mission among young pe ...
• 23 February 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Helping children live Holy Week and Easter with more awareness and to realise that mission is a result of an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist: Lenten retreat for children in Arequipa Arequipa (Fides Service) - The Archdiocese of Arequipa, led by Archbishop Jose Paulino Rios Reynoso is organising a series of Lenten Liturgies for different groups, adults, young people, elderly and children to help the ...
• 23 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies hold annual meeting: busy agenda of initiatives to make missionary dimension part of all pastoral activity Bogota (Fides Service) - Diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies PMS from all over Colombia met for their annual meeting 1-4 February at Santandercito, Bogota to discuss the important theme: “the necessi ...
• 23 February 2005
  AMERICA/GUYANA - Three weeks of worst floods in a century in much of Guyana thousands abandon homes, thousands are missing: disaster completely ignored by international media Georgetown (Fides Service) - For three weeks much of Guyana suffered worst floods in a century which caused thousands to abandon homes and villages, and thousands more were reported missing. The floods started on 17 Janu ...
• 21 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The media should promote development of the human person and society rather than de-humanisation”: Bishops of all America launch pressing appeal Bogota (Fides Service) - “Secularisation of Society and Means of Communication” in the light of the post synodal exhortation Ecclesia in America was the theme of the 33rd meeting for Catholic Bishops of the continen ...
• 18 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New missionary animation and activity for missionary congregations in Brazil in the light of Vatican II: goal of 1st Inter-Congregational Mission ad gentes Congress in April Brasilia (Fides Service) - In the context of the present debate on Mission ad gentes, encouraged by recent National Mission Congresses and the American Mission Congress CAM 2, and in the awareness that Consecrated Life i ...