America

• 20 February 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “A poor Church encourages us not to pass by the afflicted but to be pilgrims following the footsteps of Jesus the Good Shepherd” says President of CELAM closing celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the Puebla Conference Mexico City (Fides Service) - The closing act of celebrations 12-15 February in Puebla, Mexico for the 25th anniversary of the 3rd general conference of the Council of Latin American Bishop’s Conferences CELAM in Puebl ...
• 20 February 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church in Brazil starts annual Lenten “Fraternity Campaign” to evangelise in a spirit of conversion, interior renewal and community commitment Brasilia (Fides Service) - As the Season of Lent opens, the Church in Brazil embarks on its 40th “Fraternity Campaign which will be presented in Brasilia tomorrow, 25 February, Ash Wednesday at the head quarters of the ...
• 19 February 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haiti’s Catholic Bishops plead: “take necessary measures to prevent a blood bath of civilians” Port au Prince (Fides Service)- “We appeal to the consciences of our governors to take the necessary measures to put an end to this situation and avoid a blood bath of civilians”. The Bishops of Haiti launched this a ...
• 18 February 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “We want a country without divisions, where everyone lives under the same conditions”: the Catholic Bishops of Peru address difficult national situation Lima (Fides Service) - The Bishops of Peru have voiced deep concern for increasing social-political deterioration and loss of moral values which provoke internal clashes, closure on the part of those with the serious r ...
• 18 February 2004
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “CAM 2 marked an unprecedented milestone in preparation and celebration this means we have entered a new era which we call, with an expression of John Paul II, “a great Christian springtime in the Church’s evangelising activity”. San Jose (Fides Service / CAM2 press office) - The 4th Central American Meeting for Pastoral Delegates taking place at San José di Costa Rica concludes today 18 February with a solemn celebration of Mass at the Basilica ...
• 17 February 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Increase efforts to guarantee ongoing, systematic missionary formation designed to meet the needs of mission today”: one of several commitments taken by diocesan and regional directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru. Lima (Fides Service) - “Increase efforts to guarantee ongoing, systematic missionary formation designed to meet the needs of mission today”: this was one of the conclusions reached by a national meeting for diocesan ...
• 17 February 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Humanitarian emergency in Haiti: “260,000 people including 80,000 children have no food”. Dramatic report from Carlo Maria Zorzi AVSI representative in Haiti Port au Prince (Fides Service) - The dramatic situation in Haiti is described in a report sent to Fides by Carlo Maria Zorzi, representative in Haiti of Association of Volunteer International Service (AVSI). Here is our ...
• 14 February 2004
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - 4th Central American Meeting for vicars of pastoral and diocesan delegates for missions will outline pastoral plans suited to implement the conclusions of the Second American Mission Congress (CAM 2) San Jose (Fides Service) - “Offer a theological-pastoral interpretation of CAM2 to highlight the more significant elements and the pastoral dynamics which should animate mission ad gentes in Central America in the comi ...
• 10 February 2004
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - “It is Not Possible to be Living Members of the Body of Christ and Accomplices in Methods of Abortion”: Catholic Bishop of Honduras issue severe warning Tegucigalpa (Fides Service) – The Catholic Bishops of Honduras have firmly condemned a campaign to promote and distribute the day after pill undertaken by the Honduras Association for Family Planning ASHONPLAFA and the ...
• 4 February 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - “IN THE LIGHT OF THE FAITH, EVERYTHING IS GRACE”: MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLES AND FAMILIES OF AMERICA AT THE END OF 20TH INTERNATIONAL CIEC CONGRESS ON THE FAMILY IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM MILLENNIO Santiago del Chile (Fides Service) – More than one thousand participants, bishops, teachers, mother and fathers, from all over the Continent of America, attended the 20th International Congress of the Inter American Co ...
• 3 February 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA – “AUTHORITIES AND PEOPLE ARE CALLED TO WALK THE PATH OF SOLIDARITY AND JUSTICE TO BUILD A FUTURE OF AUTHENTIC PEACE”: SAY BISHOPS IN ANNUAL STATEMENT Guatemala de l’Asunción (Fides Service) – At the end of the annual plenary assembly the Bishops of Guatemala issued a statement “Urgent need for solidarity and justice ”, dated 30 January 2004. The document has ...
• 29 January 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - LATIN-AMERICAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES START PREPARATION FOR 5TH CELAM CONFERENCE AND COMMEMORATE POPE JOHN PAUL II’S FIRST VISIT TO MEXICO IN 1979 Puebla (Fides Service ) – To mark the 25 years of pontificate of Pope John Paul II, the Holy Father’s first visit to Mexico in January 1979 and the 3rd General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ ...
• 21 January 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - HUNDRED YEARS AGO 12 YEAR OLD BLESSED LAURA VICUNA DIED FOR LOVE: HER BRIEF LIFE MARKED BY SUFFERING TRANSFORMED WITH LOVE CHALLENGES YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY Rome (Fides Service) - Laura Vicuna was born in Santiago del Chile on 5 April 1891. Her father, a victim of political persecution, had to flee to the south of the country where he died when Laura was only 2 leaving the f ...
• 19 January 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “WE MUST BE AUTHENTIC SERVANTS OF THE POOR”: VENEZUELAN BISHOPS’ STATEMENT ON PEACE Caracas (Fides Service ) – “We must be authentic servants of the Poor” was the title of a statement issued by the Bishops of Venezuela at the end of the 81st Ordinary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Confer ...
• 16 January 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS BEARS FIRST FRUITS: POOR DIOCESE OF NUEVE DE JULIO IN ARGENTINA SENDS PARISH PRIEST AND GROUP OF LAY PEOPLE TO HELP IN AN EVEN POORER PARISH IN GUATEMALA Buenos Aires (Fides Service/Aica) – “We are going to stay a while with our brothers and sisters who have no faith, or only a little faith and little chance to celebrate it ” said Father Justo Juan Cariz, parish pri ...