What to commemorate, the break of the unity established under the banner of Christ?

Unfortunately the independence of Latin American countries were the successful result of masonic plots aimed to fragment the Spanish and Portuguese Catholics Empires already weakened by the piracy activity of England and Netherland through theirs governments and theirs "India's Companies".

Every fight for independence in LA was preceded by an ideological preparation of minds with illuministic principles infused by the so called French intellectuals, like Voltaire, and afterwards inside the masonic lodges in LA and Europe where the intellectual elite was formed. Meanwhile the Spanish and Portuguese ships and factory houses were ravaged and seized through the seas and through the globe, from Rio de Janeiro to Nagasaki.

Portugal and Spain resisted that pressure for more than a hundred years by theirs missionary impetus and with great economic loses, not to say lifes, but our minds and hearts are one and were forged by the spirit of the "Reconquista".

On December 12th, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in St. Peter's Pope Benedict XVI will dedicate a mass to the Latin American Bicentennial
Andrea Tornielli
Vatican City

Benedict XVI has decided to celebrate the bicentenary of the independence of Latin America with a dedicated Mass which he will preside over in St. Peter's on December 12th. The commemorations for the bicentennial have acquired great importance and resonance in Latin American countries: some have already taken place, others will take place in the coming years, involving States, national governments, universities. Local Churches are also involved.

The celebrations are concentrated especially in the timeframe that goes from 2010 to 2014, although Peru and Brazil will commemorate the bicentennial of the independence in the years 2020-2022. The process of emancipation of Latin American did in fact take place in the Continent from 1808 to 1824.

The Holy See, says a release of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, led by Cardinal Marc Ouellette and Secretary Guzman Carryquiry, «wants to join in the celebrations by participating in this particularly important initiative». Benedict XVI has accepted the proposal of the Pontifical Commission.

The Pope will celebrate Mass on December 12th, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, «Patron of Latin America, educator of the faith, mother and protector of her people, whose image is often present in patriotic armies».

The celebration will be held at 17.30: special invitations have been sent to the Roman Curia, diplomats of Latin American countries, Latin American priests studying in Rome, Latin American religious men and women, the community of Argentines, Brazilians, Mexicans and all other Latin American countries that for family, work or other reasons are in the city.

«This initiative – says the press release - is an act of exquisite attention, affection and solidarity by the Pope towards the peoples and nations of the "Continent of Hope" (as it was called by the Popes, by Pope Paul VI up to Benedict XVI).

It is also an expression of that pastoral care with which Benedict XVI embraces those people». Latin America counts 40 percent of the baptized in the Catholic Church throughout the world.
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VATICANO, 12 Oct. 11 / 12:42 pm (ACI/EWTN Noticias) El Papa Benedicto XVI conmemorará el bicentenario de la independencia de Hispanoamérica con la celebración de una Misa en la Basílica de San Pedro del Vaticano el próximo 12 de diciembre, fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Patrona de América Latina. En un comunicado, el Pontificio Consejo para América Latina (CAL), informó que el Papa "aceptó, con vivo beneplácito" una propuesta de este dicasterio para unirse a las celebraciones "en una fecha muy significativa, el 12 de diciembre próximo, festividad de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Patrona de América Latina, pedagoga de la inculturación de la fe, madre y protectora de sus pueblos, cuya imagen ha estado muy presente en los ejércitos patrióticos". La CAL recordó que en las celebraciones por el bicentenario "están involucrados los Episcopados de América Latina y el Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM). Se han publicado numerosos documentos y declaraciones de las Conferencias Episcopales y de los Obispos en particular, y ha habido diversos programas eclesiales de celebraciones en los ámbitos litúrgicos, académicos y editoriales". "Todas estas conmemoraciones se concentran en un lapso de tiempo que comprende del año 2010 al 2014, a excepción del Perú y el Brasil que conmemorarán el bicentenario de su independencia en los años 2020-2022. De hecho, el proceso de emancipación de los países latinoamericanos en "tierra firme" se desarrolla de 1808 a 1824, aunque sería necesario también incluir la independencia de Haití (1804), aquella posterior de Cuba (1898) y las más recientes del Caribe", agrega el texto. A la Misa del 12 de diciembre están invitados "toda la Curia Romana, el cuerpo diplomático acreditado ante la Santa Sede y ante el Gobiemo Italiano, los sacerdotes latinoamericanos que estudian en Roma, las religiosas y religiosos latinoamericanos residentes en Roma de las distintas órdenes y congregaciones, las comunidades argentinas, brasileñas, mexicanas y de todos los demás países latinoamericanos que por motivos familiares, laborales u otros habitan en Roma". La CAL considera que "esta iniciativa representa un gesto de exquisita atención, afecto y solidaridad de parte del Santo Padre hacia el pueblo y las naciones del Continente de la esperanza". Además, explica que la iniciativa "es signo de la contribución original que la Iglesia Católica ofrece para conmemorar, a la luz de la verdad histórica, este ‘Bicentenario’, a fin de iluminar la actual situación de América Latina y alimentar la esperanza de un futuro de paz y justicia".