America

• 16 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The experience of being taken hostage helped me discover the value of solidarity, prayer and communion... the Church will continue to work for peace and reconciliation in the country: Bishop Vacca Ramirez of Yopal tells Fides about his adventure as a hostage in the hands of guerrillas. Rome (Fides Service) - A Colombian Bishop recently taken hostage by guerrillas in his country and who happily survived to tell the story, told Fides about his experience. Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal is one of t ...
• 15 September 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 48th International Eucharistic Congress “will be a great opportunity to contemplate and meditate on the Mystery of the Eucharist, in order to spread peace reconciliation and justice in the world…”: statement Mexican Bishops’ Conference Mexico City (Fides Service) - With less than a month to go to the opening of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress organised by the Catholic Church which will take place this time in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10 - 17 O ...
• 15 September 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Despite much effort there is no end to armed violence in Colombia and the number of displaced persons continues to rise: Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela voice concern Caracas (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela have expressed deep concern and dismay that despite efforts made by the local Church, governments, the United Nations Organi ...
• 14 September 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Truth will make you free”: International Congress organised by the national Catholic University ten years after the publication of Pope John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor encyclical Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - As part of various initiatives to mark the tenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor, the John Paul II chair of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentin ...
• 14 September 2004
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “We have reached the point of having two generations who survive by begging. Silent suicides among adults, caused by the economic crash, are affecting children and adolescents”: dramatic statement by the Uruguay Council of Christian Churches (CICU) Montevideo (Fides Service) - Faced with the alarming deterioration of the standard of living in Uruguay, the national Council of Churches, CICU, issued a statement with the title “A call to the country, institutions, p ...
• 13 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 1st National Seminar on profile of Popular Missions, preferred means of achieving National Evangelisation Programme launched by the Catholic Church in Brazil Brasilia (Fides Service) - To offer a concrete contribution to the National Evangelisation Programme launched by the Church in Brazil with the theme “We want to see Jesus - the Way, the Truth and the Life”, especiall ...
• 11 September 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Creeping drug trafficking threatens Chile’s development: 'Salmon Connection' threatens Europe. Vicar Apostolic in Patagonia informs Fides Rome (Fides Service). “Chile has become a major transit point for cocaine destined for Europe. The problem, little known in the rest of the world, is the cause of growing concern.”. This alarming statement was made b ...
• 6 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “With social justice peace is possible”- initiatives for National Peace Week started yesterday: promoting peace, human rights and reconciliation Bogota (Fides Service) - A National Peace Week with the theme “With Social Justice Peace is Possible” started on Sunday 5 September in Colombia. The goal of the initiative is to “develop actions involving the diffe ...
• 3 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA As part of the “Week for Peace”, Regional Humanitarian Conference to examine situation in Andes area and problems provoked by armed conflict in Colombia Bogota (Fides Service) - As part of the “Week for Peace” 5 to 12 September which will be marked all over Colombia this year, a Regional Humanitarian Conference will be held on the theme “Humanitarian Situation and ...
• 30 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus on a mission of peace for Colombia: excited last minute preparations for the arrival of the relics of the patron saint of the missions, to make a pilgrimage to 100 different places all over Colombia from 1 August to 19 September Bogota (Fides Service) - The relics of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, patron saint of the Missions will be in Colombia from I August to 19 September. The Carmelite Fathers in Colombia with the support of the Bishops’ ...
• 30 July 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Mission Cross Pilgrimage and Study Meetings involve young people in Lima and Callao in preparation for the Third National Youth Mission Congress Lima (Fides Service) - In view of the imminent opening of Peru’s 3rd National Youth Mission Congress 4 to 8 August in Arequipa, with the theme “Young man your life is mission”, delegations all over the country enga ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Thousands attend funeral of Italian missionary murdered in Santiago cathedral. Cardinal Errazuriz: “Father Faustino was killed because he was a man of God. He loved to serve in silence. We have his spiritual testimony to build peace: peace of heart which is peace with God and peace with people”. Santiago (Fides Service) - Despite pouring rain thousands of people filled Santiago cathedral on July 27 to pay their last respects to Italian missionary Father Faustino Gazziero, a member of the Institute of the Servant ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Safe and sound Catholic Bishop of Yopal Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez, released after four days captivity by ELN Bogota (Fides Service) - Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal, Casanare region, was released yesterday 27 July after being kept hostage for four days. The Bishop was taken prisoner by members of the ELN rebel group while ...
• 28 July 2004
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US asks for Collaboration of Catholic organisations in the Global fight against AIDS: video-conference organised at American embassy to the Holy See Rome (Fides Service)- The United States calls for the collaboration of Catholic organisations in the ambit of their strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in the world. This was said Ambassador Randall Tobias, co-ordinator ...
• 27 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Pope calls for speedy release of Catholic Bishop taken hostage in Colombia by the ELN - Bishops’ Conference condemns “detestable crime which violates the fundamental rights of life and freedom”. Bogota (Fides Service) - Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez, of the Colombian diocese of Yopal, Casanare region, has been taken hostage apparently by guerrillas of the ELN (National Liberation Army). On Saturday 24 July the Bis ...