America

• 22 August 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Visit of the Secretary General of the PSHC in Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood (PSHC) Jeanne Baptistine Ralamboarison is in Argentina from 20 to 30 August to attend the First National Meeting of Holy C ...
• 20 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Augustinians and the mission of Tolé, in one of the poorest and most inaccessible areas Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of Jesus Obrero de Tolé, in Panama, was founded in 1969 by the Augustinians in the province of Madrid, and today is run by the Vicariate of Panama. Tolé is a district located near t ...
• 13 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The relics of St. Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of the Missions, arrive in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In the context regarding the celebrations of 100 years of presence in Peru (1911-2011) of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, the visit of the relics of St. Therese of Liseaux comes from the initi ...
• 12 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Week for Peace sponsored by the Episcopal Conference has started Bogota (Fides Service) - On August 11, 2011 the Week for Peace sponsored by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, through the National Secretariat for Social Pastoral and REDEPAZ (National Network for Peace initiatives) ...
• 11 August 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - On the occasion of the national independence Cardinal Terrazas invites everyone to live forgiveness Santa Cruz (Fides Service) - Bolivia celebrated 186 years of national independence and on this occasion, Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz, celebrated the Te Deum. The Cardinal invited the community to l ...
• 11 August 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The country cannot go on like this": Bishops' appeal for dialogue between students and authorities Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The country cannot go forward under the pressure of demonstrations or police repression, and neither under threat or provocation. In this decisive hour, dialogue is the key to objectively eval ...
• 10 August 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A seminar on human trafficking has just concluded : deep concern in view of the Olympics and World Cup Teresina (Agenzia Fides) - The formation Seminar for instructors and trainers in the fight against human trafficking organized by the inter-congregational network "A cry for life" has just concluded. The seminar was he ...
• 9 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru Pariacoto (Agenzia Fides) - Today, August 9, 2011, marks the 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru. On August 9, 1991, Fr. Michal Tomaszek and Fr. Zbigniew Strzalkowski, Franciscan friars were killed by "Sendero Lumi ...
• 8 August 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo celebrated its 500th anniversary Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) -With a solemn Eucharistic celebration, presided by the papal legate, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo yesterday concluded the ...
• 6 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church against death penalty: it does not solve the problem of violence in the country. Panama City (Fides Service) - Congressman Marcos Gonzalez, of the Democratic Change (DC) party, has introduced a bill to introduce death penalty in Panama, in cases of murder and femicide, crime against the collective ...
• 4 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU-Missionary formation enters social networks Carabayllo (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Studies Center (MSC) in the diocese of Carabayllo, Peru, has made its entry into social networks, opening up a profile on Facebook. "The MSC has decided to venture into virtua ...
• 3 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Catholic Church convenes the V National Congress of Reconciliation to facilitate the peace process in Bogota (Agenzia Fides )-The V National Congress, organized by the National Secretariat of theSocial Pastoral (NSSP / Caritas Colombiana) to be held in Bogota on 10 and 12 August will be focused on the issue of social justice t ...
• 2 August 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cholera threatens prisons, denounces the Catholic Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Commission in the Dominican Republic prisons has accused the National Directorate of Prisons (NDP) of hiding information about cases of cholera which have occurred in detenti ...
• 2 August 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas launches an appeal in favor of the most needy Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz in Bolivia, said that the threats and repression are not the ways to combat social deprivation and asked to share and distribute wea ...
• 1 August 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "We must urgently face the problem regarding prisons", said Cardinal Urosa, commenting on the creation of the Ministry for the management of prisons Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The creation of the Ministry to manage the prisons has been hailed by the People's Defender, Gabriela Ramirez and by the Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, who expressed the hop ...