Dokument #1133583
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on a facility or institution
called Iglesia Católica Carismática (Charismatic
Catholic Church) could not be found among the sources consulted by
the Research Directorate within time constraints.
However, references to groups called
Renovación Carismática Católica (Catholic
Charismatic Renewal) operating from parishes in Argentina were
found in some documents (CEAR 1999; Iglesia.org 18 June
1999; Renovación Carismática Católica
28 Dec. 1997). One report by the Latin American Agencia
Católica de Informaciones (ACI) in Peru describes the
Renovación Carismática Católica as the generic
name of a movement that harbours a number of associations worldwide
(21 June 1999). In Argentina, the Fraternidad de Comunidades de
Alianza (Fraternity of Alliance Communities) is reportedly the
organization that groups Catholic followers of the "charismatic
stream" (vertiente carismática) (La
Nación 11 Oct. 1998). The Fraternidad is a dependency
of the Consejo Pontificio para el Apostolado de los Laicos
(Pontificial Council for the Apostolate of Lay Persons) based in
Buenos Aires (ibid.). No references to particular treatment of its
members or followers by authorities could be found among the
sources consulted.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
References
Agencia Católica de Informaciones
en América Latina (ACI) [Lima]. 21 June 1999. "Algunos
Movimientos Eclesiales." http://www.aciprensa.com/movi4.htm
[Accessed 10 Aug. 1999]
Conferencia Episcopal Argentina (CEAR),
Buenos Aires. 1999. "Movimientos y Asociaciones que trabajan junto
al Deplai." http://www.cea.org.ar/
comisionesycons/comepi.htm [Accessed 10 Aug. 1999]
Iglesia.org [Buenos Aires]. 18
June 1999. "Movimientos, Ordenes y Organizaciones
Católicas." http://www.iglesia.org/movimien.htm
[Accessed 9 Aug. 1999]
La Nación On Line
[Buenos Aires]. 11 October 1998. "Reunión de
carismáticos en Lanús." http://www.lanacion.com.ar/98/10/11/index.asp
[Accessed 9 Aug. 1999]
Renovación Carismática
Católica [Buenos Aires]. 28 December 1997. http://habitantes.
elsitio.com/ferpen/ [Accessed 10 Aug. 1999]
Additional Sources Consulted
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices [Washington, DC]. 1996-1998.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
1996-1998.
Latin American Weekly Report
[London]. 1997-1999.
La Nacion On Line [Buenos
Aires]. Internet search engine 1996-1998.
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB
Databases, Global NewsBank, REFWORLD, WNC.
Note:
This list is not exhaustive.
Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not
included.