America

• 16 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’ Conferen ...
• 15 January 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “ GREAT LIMA MISSION”: TO RENEW LIFE IN CHRIST AND REDISCOVER AUTHENTIC VALUES THE CHURCH IN LIMA STARTS A YEAR OF CITY MISSION Lima (Fides Service) – In his first statement of the new year Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima announced “a Great Lima Mission with which the Catholic Church will promote new evangelisation in the capi ...
• 9 January 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – 3 CONSOLATA MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED ON 6 JANUARY ARE RELEASED: THE THREE RELIGIOUS ARE WELL AND UNHURT Roraima (Fides Service) – At 5pm local time on Thursday 8 January three Consolata missionaries taken hostage from their mission in Sumuru, in the Brazilian state of Roraima on 6 January were released. The three men are ...
• 8 January 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CONCERN FOR MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED IN RORAIMA STATE; YESTERDAY’S ATTEMPTED POLICE LIBERATION FAILED, CAPTORS DEMAND PRESENCE OF MEDIA AND WANT TO TALK TO PRESIDENT LULA Roraima (Fides Service) – Yesterday’s federal police attempt to liberate three Consolata missionaries taken hostage on 6 January from their mission in Surumu, Roraima (Brazil) failed. The Federal Police had announced ...
• 23 December 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “MAY THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM CONTINUE TO SHINE AMIDST DIFFICULTIES AND FEAR, VIOLENCE AND PROBLEMS TO HELP US BUILD A NEW HUMANITY ”: BRAZILIAN BISHOPS’ CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Brasilia (Fides Service) – In a special Message for Christmas the Bishops of Brazil say they hope that the “star of Bethlehem may continue to shine amidst difficulties and fear, violence and problems to help us build ...
• 23 December 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - DIOCESAN MISSION: YOUTH ON MISSION FROM 3 TO 11 JANUARY Melipilla (Fides Service ) – In Chile Christmas falls in Summer for many a time of rest and vacation but for the young people of Melipilla diocese, according to a diocesan church bulletin sent to Fides, the Summer vaca ...
• 22 December 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - “CHRISTMAS IS JESUS. GIVE HOPE TO 50.000 CHILDREN”: MOVEMENT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE 2003 SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Lima (Fides Service ) - “To rediscover the authentic meaning of Christmas, that is the birth of Jesus Christ made Man for our salvation,” is the objective of a solidarity campaign “Christmas is Jesus. Give hope t ...
• 18 December 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “TO BE MISSIONARY MEANS IGNORING BORDERS, GOING BEYOND FRONTIERS. THIS IS OUR CHARISMA”: GUIDELINES PROMOTE MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD ACTIVITY IN BRAZIL Brasilia (Fides Service) – Study, reflection and programming of activities regarding the Pontifical Mission Society of Missionary Childhood for 2004 was the focus of the annual national meeting of Missionary Childhood ...
• 16 December 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - “THE CHRISTMAS OFFER OF FORGIVENESS AND NEW LIFE MUST NOT BE LEFT TO PASS IN VAIN: MESSAGE OF PERUVIAN BISHOPS FOR INTEGRAL RECONCILIATION BASED ON TRUTH AND JUSTICE” Lima (Fides Service) – “Let us make way for the Lord” is the title of a Christmas Message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Peru a copy of which was sent to Fides by Bishop Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, Vicar Apos ...
• 15 December 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - FIRST CONGRESS FOR ITALIAN MISSIONARIES: IN RURAL AREAS, IN GREAT CITIES, AMONG NATIVE PEOPLES, ITALIAN PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND LAY MISSIONARIES INSERTED IN ARGENTINEAN CULTURE ADOPT AUTHENTIC SPIRIT OF SERVICE Buenos Aires (Fides Service ) – The first Congress for Italian Missionaries in Argentina closed on 12 December with a Concelebration of Mass presided by Archbishop Eduardo Mirás of Rosario also President of the Argent ...
• 11 December 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “ARGENTINA DURING THE CRISIS AND POST CRISIS: CHALLENGES FOR THE CHURCH”: ONE OF THE THEMES OF A MEETING FOR ITALIAN MISSIONARIES IN ARGENTINA PROMOTED BY THE RESPECTIVE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES Buenos Aires (Fides Service) – The Bishops’ Conferences of Italy CEI and Argentina have organised a meeting for Italian missionaries working in Argentina being held at the Centro Mariapolis in Buenos Aires, from 9 to ...
• 11 December 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - “CHRISTMAS ON THE STREETS 2003”: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES PREPARE FOR TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS EVE SOLIDARITY NIGHT TO SHARE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE OF JOY AND HOPE WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED Santiago (Fides Service) –"Where is the One who is born?”(cfr Mt 2,2) is the slogan of the traditional ‘Christmas on the Streets’ initiative organised by the office for university Pastoral in the Archdiocese of S ...
• 10 December 2003
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - NIVACLE PEOPLE PROUD OF SISTER CLARA: FIRST RELIGIOUS AMONG THE LOCAL INDIAN PEOPLE Asuncion (Fides Service) - Since 1925 the Oblate Missionaries of Immaculate Mary (OMI) have worked among the Nivacle Indian peoples in the Chaco region of Paraguay and since the 1940s also with the Guarani peoples in the ...
• 5 December 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - BIO-ETHICS COMMISSION OF THE CHILEAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE SAYS EDUCATION IN HUMAN SEXUALITY MUST BE BASED ON THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON Santiago (Fides Service) – The Bio-Ethics Commission of the Chilean Bishops’ Conference has called the public’s attention to the danger of AIDS prevention campaigns, imposing the use of condoms generating false sec ...
• 5 December 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - THE CHALLENGES OF PACEM IN TERRIS FOR A GLOBALISED WORLD : 7TH SOCIAL WEEK ORGANISED BY BISHOPS CONFERENCE Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The 7th Social Week organised by Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Peru will take place from 9 to 12 December 2003, at the Collegio De Jesús, Pueblo Libre, Lima, with the theme “The Challenges ...