America

• 9 October 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - ROSARY AND MISSION: COURSE ON MISSIONARY SPIRITUALITY AND FORMATION WITH MARY AS MODEL Lima (Fides Service) – “The Holy Rosary and Mission” is the theme of a course in Missionary Spirituality and Formation which will be held 5-7 November in Lima at the Auditorium of the Conference of Major Superiors ...
• 8 October 2003
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - SYMPOSIUM AT UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK TO MARK 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF PACEM IN TERRIS BY JOHN XXII AND THE 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE OF JOHN PAUL II. SERVITOR PACIS PRIZE AWARDED TO LATE DR. CARLO URBANI AND TO MOTHER TERESA’S MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY New York (Fides Service) – “It is ever more opportune to consider the valuable indications offered by Pacem in Terris in front of the necessity, once again so urgent, to clarify the figure of world public powers. Par ...
• 6 October 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - “THE HOLY FATHER IS THE WELCOMING GESTURE OF THE WELCOMING FATHER WHO RECEIVES THE PRODIGAL SON HE IS THE FORTRESS OF THE MARTYR, HE IS THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD”: CARD. CIPRIANI AT THE END OF THE “ROSARY FOR THE POPE PAPA” FOR WHICH THOUSANDS GATHERED IN THE PERUVIAN CAPITAL Lima (Fides Service) – Thousands of faithful prayed yesterday Sunday 5 October in Piazza Maggiore in Lima (Peru), on the occasion of the closing of the year of the Rosary called by John Paul II and the recurrence of th ...
• 3 October 2003
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A LIFE DEDICATED STUDY AND RESEARCH TO HELP THE HELPLESS, FIDES MET DR KEVIN CAHILL Rome (Fides Service) – Professor Kevin Cahill is a major world expert in tropical diseases. He recently published a book on his years of experience in some of the poorest areas of the world in which he says that the mo ...
• 1 October 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - COMBONI MISSIONARIES AND THE MEDIA: “WE HAVE EARNED READERS WHO KNOW THEY FIND IN OUR PUBLICATIONS INFORMATION THAT THEY CANNOT FIND ELSEWHERE” Mexico City (Fides Service) – On 21 May 1871 in a letter to the Bishop of Verona Daniele Comboni, the great evangeliser of Africa, said that since January 1 that year he had written no less than 1,347 letters to friend ...
• 29 September 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – VIGOROUS DEFENCE OF LIFE, PROMOTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND FAMILY VALUES: BRAZIL’S BISHOPS ISSUE MESSAGE TO MARK 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE FOR JOHN PAUL II Brasilia (Fides Service) – In a Message to the People of God dated 25 September 2003 to mark the occasion of the 25th year of Pontificate of Pope John Paul II”, the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil CNBB e ...
• 25 September 2003
  AMERICA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN CONGRESS MISSION (CAM 2) WORKING PAPER: A UNITARY PATH OF ANIMATION FOR LOCAL CHURCHES Guatemala City (Fides Service) – The Central Commission for CAM 2 has prepared a working paper for distribution to dioceses, parishes, associations as a guide for preparing contributions from particular Churches all o ...
• 23 September 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - SCRIPTURE SOURCE AND MODEL OF PRAYER AND EVANGELISATION: MEETING OF LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN CATHOLIC BIBLE FEDERATION Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) – As part of celebrations for Bible Month in Chile, the Cono Sur Latin American and Caribbean Bible Federation will hold its 6th Meeting of 29 September 3 October in Santiago de Chile, ...
• 23 September 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – EVEN HIGH IN PERUVIAN ANDES MISSION CALL SOUNDS: ABANCAY HOLDS FIRST MISSION CONGRESS AFTER YEAR OF PREPARATION Abancay (Fides Service ) – Missionary zeal is spreading all over America even high in the Peruvian Andes Mountains, stirring new mission awareness among the native peoples. From 2 to 5 October 2003 Abancay will hold it ...
• 22 September 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – CALENDAR OF EVENTS, CONGRESS HANDBOOK, CENTRAL AMERICAN MISSIONARY PROJECT FOCUS OF WORK MEETING Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – A preparatory meeting for CAM 2, organised by CELAM Department for Missions and Spirituality – Section Mission ad gentes, held at the offices of the Council of Latin American Bishops, CELAM i ...
• 18 September 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - GOSPEL AND SOCIETY: A REFLECTION BY CARDINAL JUAN LUIS CIPRIANI ARCHBISHOP OF LIMA Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Archbishop of Lima, illustrates for Fides Service the many aspects of the relation between Gospel and Society today. John Paul II speaks of the virtue of pove ...
• 17 September 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – MISSION CANNOT BEAR FRUIT WITHOUT SOUND MISSIONARY SPIRITUALITY: A PRIORITY EMERGING FROM FIRST NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS IN PERU Chiclayo (Fides Service) – The spiritual dimension is a priority in the work of evangelisation because “mission cannot bear fruit unless it is based on convinced and sound missionary spirituality…. Those who evange ...
• 12 September 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - WEEK FOR PEACE 2003: “RECONCILIATION HORIZON OF PEACE” – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA PERMANENTLY COMMITTED FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AS A PATH FOR PEACE Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Colombian Bishops have reflected on their pastoral responsibilities in view of the armed conflict in the country. This reflection allowed the Church to understand better the reality of ...
• 10 September 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - IN VIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY: “WE WANT A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN BREATHE AND GROW IN FREEDOM IN EVERY SENSE” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Peace is possible, a Responsible Vote is an Opportunity” is the title of a message issued by the Conference of Bishops of Guatemala denouncing clearly and with courage spreading viol ...
• 5 September 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS CAM 2 AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS – PILGRIM IMAGES OF CRUCIFIED CHRIST OF ESQUIPULAS OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ARRIVE IN GUATEMALA AFTER VISITING CENTRAL AMERICA Guatemala City (Fides Service) – A special pilgrimage of Sacred Images in preparation for the Second American Mission Congress has arrived in Guatemala, where the Congress will take place. Since November 2002 images of ...