America

• 19 May 2011
  AMERICA/URUGUAY-Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes is the new President of LAMEC Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The press office of the Latin American Episcopal Council (LAMEC) sent the following note to Fides with communication of the new appointments. "Today, 18 May 2011 the Ordinary Meeting of the Lat ...
• 18 May 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY-Bishops' Message for the Bicentennial, "A new evangelization for a new Paraguay' Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Message of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (ECP) published on the occasion of the Bicentennial of Independence reflects the deepest desire of the people of Paraguay: the desire to brea ...
• 18 May 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Training course for missionaries ad gentes Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To train missionaries ad extra, the Mission Center of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia organized a "Course Ad Gentes. " This course, after which a Diploma will be given, will start on May 30 ...
• 17 May 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-University of Piura: the Human Rights Day 2011 dedicated to religious freedom Piura (Agenzia Fides) - The University of Piura organizes the third edition of "Human Rights Day" to be held at the headquarters in Lima and Piura in June. This year it will address the issue of religious freedom. The da ...
• 17 May 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-The Church of Aysén denounces the use of violence against young people who were demonstrating peacefully in front of the Cathedral Aysén (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aysen, through the General Vicar, Father Ivo Solarino, condemned the police's attempt to burst into the Cathedral of Coyhaique, and the use of force and v ...
• 16 May 2011
  AMERICA/URUGUAY-From May 16 to 21 the XXXIII Ordinary Assembly of LAEC in Montevideo Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - As of today, May 16 until May 21, the XXXIII Ordinary Assembly of LAEC (Latin American Episcopal Council) will take place in Montevideo(Uruguay). The meeting brings together 75 participants, ...
• 16 May 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Volunteers of "Operation Dove" of Pope John XXIII community denounce the seriousness of the situation in northern Colombia Cordoba (Fides Service) - Paramilitary groups are threatening the local farmers living in the district of Cordoba, in the north of Colombia, so that they abandon the area around the artificial lake created by the Urra da ...
• 14 May 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Chaplain of the University "Minuto de Dios" killed in the street to steal his mobile phone Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Eudista priest, father Gustavo Garcia, 34, Chaplain of the University "Minuto de Dios", was murdered in Bogotá by an individual who attacked him to steal his mobile phone, as confirmed by t ...
• 14 May 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-Violence in Santo Domingo: "One does not want to recognize the seriousness of this evil" complains Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, warned about the "seriousness and complexity" in which violence is manifested today in Dominican society and urged t ...
• 14 May 2011
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - From Kingston an ecumenical appeal for peace-building in all environments Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 22 the Sunday World Peace will be celebrated in Kingston, Jamaica. Christians are particularly invited on this occasion to be peacemakers in their communities, including the of ...
• 13 May 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Updates on the Missionary Project of Solidarity of the Church of Brazil in Haiti Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In an interview with the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil, the President of the Conference of Religious of Brazil (CRB), Sister Marian Ambrosio, and the ...
• 13 May 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "United to solve the problems of humanity": the Nuncio at the XIV International Book Fair Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, Nuncio apostolic in the Dominican Republic, considers division among Christians a "great tragedy of humanity". This was said in the context of the conference ...
• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA-The national prayer Crusade of the Rosary for peace in Nicaragua has began Rivas (Agenzia Fides) - With great enthusiasm and devotion, the faithful Catholics of Rivas have welcomed the 11 Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua who have arrived in this town which lies about 113 km sout ...
• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-After the attacks against the Cathedral of Mexico City and other places of worship, a law on religious freedom is urgent Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Desde la Fe, a weekly Catholic magazine widespread in Mexico, has called for a law that protects the religious freedom of Mexicans. In recent months the country has been the scene of numerou ...
• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Mexican Episcopate website off-line for cyber attack Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Paola Rios, head of the digital Communication and Press Office of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), reported that the site of this organism is off-line due to a massive cyber attack su ...