Key statements and documents issued by various Bishops' Conferences and individual Bishops around the world.

  • SECAM, 1 DEC 2007 - Message for World AIDS Day 2007
     On behalf of the Catholic Church in Africa and Madagascar, receive our fraternal and cordial greetings on the occasion of World Aids Day 2007. This year's theme is leadership, expressed in the slogan: Take the lead. Stop AIDS. Keep the promise! This shows that all actors, at different levels of society, are expected to honour the commitments made in order to tackle the global pandemic. (...) (here in French, and Portuguese)

 

  • KYIV, 29 NOV 2007 - World AIDS Day - Address of the Bishops' Synod of Kyiv and Halych Major Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church as regards problems connected with the expansion of HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine.  "... With enormous concern we witness that the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is becoming a reality, more and more widespread in our country, especially among youth. (...)"

 

 

 

  • Kenya Episcopal Conference, Nov.2006 -  This We Teach and Do (Volume One – Policy)
     "For over twenty years the Church in Kenya has been engaged in counteracting HIV and AIDS, and only God can know how generously Christians from every walk of life have given of themselves. (...) With this statement and its accompanying Inventory, the Catholic Church wishes to recognise the ministry of many pastors, priests, religious, men and women and youth who dedicate themselves with the greatest Christian compassion, faith, sensitivity and concern for those infected by HIV and affected by AIDS in Kenya. This policy, which you have requested, is meant to guide and support you in your AIDS ministry.

 

 

  • CELAM : Estrategia Conjunta VIHSIDA -  LA IGLESIA CATOLICA LATINOAMERICA Y DEL CARIBE FRENTE A LA PANDEMIA DEL VIH/Sida (1º. De diciembre de 2005,  "Día Mundial de Lucha Contra el SIDA") (EN)

 

 

 

 

 

  • A Message of Hope 
    from the Catholic Bishops to the People of God
    in South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland    .  (Plenary Session of the Southern African Bishops Conference at St.Peter's Seminary, Pretoria, July 30, 2001)