America

• 26 March 2004
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 101 child workers rescued from heavy labour at refuse dumps: Santo Domingo de los Colorados city council committed to eliminate child labour Quito (Fides Service) - It is estimated that between 500 and 1000 children in Ecuador, aged 5 to 7, are employed in collecting and handling refuse. In its Convention number 182 the International Labour Organisation lists ...
• 25 March 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Day of the Unborn Child: “Love, the Cradle of Life ”. Bogota (Fides Service) - On the feast of the Annunciation, the liturgical commemoration of the Incarnation of the Son of God, the Church in Colombia celebrated a National Day for the Unborn Child. The objective of the Da ...
• 25 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Protect life at every stage, combat any danger which threatens the life of the unborn child”: Peruvian Bishops’ Family Commission issues message for ‘Day for the Unborn Child’ Lima (Fides Service) - “Catholics must be aware of their duty to protect life at every stage and to combat any danger which threatens the life of the unborn child”. This affirmation was made by the Bishops of Peru in ...
• 23 March 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Promoting a spirit of communion and formation for young people: objectives for Meeting of Diocesan Youth Pastoral Delegates in Colombia Santafe de Bogota (Fides Service) - A Meeting of Diocesan Youth Pastoral Delegates in Colombia organised by the Sector for Youth and Childhood of the Colombian Bishops Conference (CEC) opens today March 23 at the Confere ...
• 23 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Many of Peru’s children live in difficult conditions: poverty, child labour, child soldiers, domestic abuse: Doris Portocarrero, directress of Peru’s National Initiative Group for Children’s Rights speaks to Fides Lima (Fides Service) -More than half of the population and 62% of the children in Peru live with a dollar a day, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme UNDP. What is more, 20% of the population ...
• 17 March 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Render operative principle lines of evangelisation in Brazil: one of the most important objectives of the 6th Meeting of Organisms of the People of God Brasilia (Fides Service) - Promoted and organised by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil, CNBB, in co-ordination with the Organisms of the People of God, from 26 to 28 March at the SESC Venda Nuova at Belo Hori ...
• 17 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Lord, show me your way!” is the slogan of the Inculturation Work Shop for missionaries in the Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Amazonas: knowing and valorising Amazon regional myths to integrate them in the work of evangelisation Indiana (Fides Service ) - From 11 to 14 March in Indiana (Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Amazonas) an Inculturation Work Shop for missionaries was held in the Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Amazonas with the ...
• 17 March 2004
  AMERICA/USA - Iraqi Christians in the United States: a community spiritually united and strong Rome (Fides Service)- “It was a joy to see the community so spiritually united and strong” Iraqi Catholic priest Father Nizar Semaan, from Ninive diocese in Iraq told Fides after a recent visit to Catholics in the Un ...
• 16 March 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dialogue, tolerance, truth, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation are values needed for rebuilding the nation and respect for institutions: Catholic Bishops of Haiti issue message to the people. Port au Prince (Fides Service) - Concerned at the situation of spreading poverty and insecurity despite the presence of foreign troops, which provokes violence, revenge, hatred which like in a nightmare strike repeatedly ...
• 16 March 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Children are the central focus and the first addressees of our evangelising mission”, says Bishop José Luis Mollaghan, Bishop of San Miguel. San Miguel (Fides Service) - In line with the call launched by John Paul II to put at the centre of Lenten reflection this year the tragic conditions of many children in the world, Bishop José Luis Mollaghan, Bishop of ...
• 12 March 2004
  AMERICA - “We condemn these acts of violence which are unfortunately becoming daily recurrences in our cities”. The Council of Bishops Conferences of Latin America voices solidarity with the people of Spain with whom they have profound connections of history, language and traditions Roma (Fides Service) - On learning of the terrorist attacks perpetrated on Thursday 11 March in Madrid the capital of Spain, the people of Latin America, bound to Spain with bonds of friendship, culture, tradition, langu ...
• 12 March 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Meeting of Pontifical Mission Societies Diocesan Directors: analysis of missionary progress during the year 2003 in the different dioceses and study of CAM2 conclusions Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina held a National Meeting for diocesan directors in Buenos Aires 2 and 3 March. The meeting, chaired by National Director Rev. Father Jairo Cald ...
• 11 March 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A referendum, contemplated by the Constitution, can serve, in times such as these, to catalyse and relieve tension Caracas (Fides Service) - The situation in Venezuela today is terribly complex because of evident polarisation in almost all sectors of national life and this makes it extremely difficult to speak of it, and “almost im ...
• 10 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Enrolment started for 10th Missiology Course organised by the National Mission Centre on basic themes of the Church’s universal mission and elements to facilitate the evangelising mission of pastoral workers Lima (Fides Service) - Peru’s National Mission Centre CENAMIS, sponsored by the Missions Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Peru under the aegis of the Civil and Pontifical Theology Faculty in Lima, th ...
• 9 March 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - “A serious humanitarian disaster threatens. As always the people of Haiti are the loses. Every new crisis leaves them poorer and more vulnerable ”. A report from Haiti Port-au-Prince (Fides Service)-“How can these men be disarmed ”, is the question on the lips of all Haitians, according to a local Church source contacted by Fides in Haiti where gangs of armed supporters of ousted P ...