VATICAN CITY, 5 JUL 2008 (VIS) - The members of the administrative council of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation are due to meet in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 9 to 12 July to consider the financing of development projects in support of poor indigenous mixed race and Afro-American rural communities of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a communique published today by the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum".
This year more than 230 projects have been presented, covering 17 countries and various different sectors including: manufacturing, healthcare, professional training, creation of community centres, school education, construction of rural dwellings, and integral human formation.
Among the countries that have presented the greatest number of projects are Colombia (44), Peru (30), Brazil (40), Mexico (11) and Ecuador (21). They are followed by Bolivia (11), Haiti (13), Guatemala (5), Nicaragua (5), Chile (11), El Salvador (11), Paraguay (4), Costa Rica (12), Panama (3), Dominican Republic (2), Argentina (6) and Cuba (1).
"Populorum Progressio", says the communique, "was instituted by Pope John Paul II on 22 February 1992 to mark the fifth centenary of the beginning of evangelisation in Latin America, in keeping with the intentions of Pope Paul VI who, following the conference of Puebla, Mexico, established a fund that was later transformed into the foundation. Populorum Progressio was entrusted to the Pontifical Council 'Cor Unum', presided by Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes. In a meeting with the administrative council in June 2007, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave renewed encouragement to the foundation's activities".
The administrative council is currently led by the following Latin American prelates: Archbishop Fabio Betancur Tirado of Manizales, Colombia (president) and Archbishop Alberto Taveira Correa of Palmas, Brazil (vice-president), and has the following members: Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico; Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero of La Paz, Bolivia; Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza of Guayaquil, Ecuador; Bishop Jose Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde C.P., apostolic vicar of Yurimaguas, Peru, and Msgr. Segundo Tejado Munoz, representative of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. Also participating in the meeting will be a delegation from the Italian Episcopal Conference's committee for charitable initiatives in favour of the Third World, which is the main supporter of the foundation.
CON-CU/POPULORUM PROGRESSIO/... VIS 20080707 (370)
This year more than 230 projects have been presented, covering 17 countries and various different sectors including: manufacturing, healthcare, professional training, creation of community centres, school education, construction of rural dwellings, and integral human formation.
Among the countries that have presented the greatest number of projects are Colombia (44), Peru (30), Brazil (40), Mexico (11) and Ecuador (21). They are followed by Bolivia (11), Haiti (13), Guatemala (5), Nicaragua (5), Chile (11), El Salvador (11), Paraguay (4), Costa Rica (12), Panama (3), Dominican Republic (2), Argentina (6) and Cuba (1).
"Populorum Progressio", says the communique, "was instituted by Pope John Paul II on 22 February 1992 to mark the fifth centenary of the beginning of evangelisation in Latin America, in keeping with the intentions of Pope Paul VI who, following the conference of Puebla, Mexico, established a fund that was later transformed into the foundation. Populorum Progressio was entrusted to the Pontifical Council 'Cor Unum', presided by Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes. In a meeting with the administrative council in June 2007, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave renewed encouragement to the foundation's activities".
The administrative council is currently led by the following Latin American prelates: Archbishop Fabio Betancur Tirado of Manizales, Colombia (president) and Archbishop Alberto Taveira Correa of Palmas, Brazil (vice-president), and has the following members: Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico; Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero of La Paz, Bolivia; Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza of Guayaquil, Ecuador; Bishop Jose Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde C.P., apostolic vicar of Yurimaguas, Peru, and Msgr. Segundo Tejado Munoz, representative of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. Also participating in the meeting will be a delegation from the Italian Episcopal Conference's committee for charitable initiatives in favour of the Third World, which is the main supporter of the foundation.
CON-CU/POPULORUM PROGRESSIO/... VIS 20080707 (370)
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