America

• 24 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National plan prepared for youth ministry with a missionary direction Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – With the approval of a national plan with a missionary approach, the national meeting of the diocesan youth ministry delegates concluded. The meeting in Bogotà from 15 to 18 February, had thr ...
• 23 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Scalabrini national campaign against human trafficking and forced labour Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The network of ecclesial organisations of Scalabrini missionaries are promoting a petition for signatures in order to include the topics of “Human trafficking and forced labour” in the Fr ...
• 23 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “To try and defend the truth, a benefit to all”: the Bishop of Oaxaca appeals to civil leaders Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – “Once again the violent events of this week say loudly that some do not want the good of society, some do not want to join together and promote Oaxaca, and some do not want the truth and the ...
• 22 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We export food products to 100 million people, but every day in our own country six children die of malnutrition ” states Bishop Lozano Gualeguaychú (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Bishop Jorge Lozano, reflects every week after Mass, on a point in the document “Towards a bicentenary in Justice and Solidarity (2010-2016)”, a document ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - On the way to a new “digital era”: the Catholic web presence in Cuba Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The global portal with “wiki” management of the media in the Catholic Church (www.intermirifica.net) has just published the list of the Catholic media organisations in Cuba. There are about ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another three missionary religious sisters sent to Haiti on behalf of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Three religious sisters depart from Brazil today, 21 February, for Port au Prince, (the capital of Haiti), where they will mainly work to help children and adolescents. Their work is part of ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 500 years defending human dignity: Bishops' pastoral letter to the poor Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of Dominican Republic has written a document for “500 years defending human dignity” which will be published for the 167th national anniversary of the Countr ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Innovative sewage treatment plant produces drinking water for remote areas Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – With the help of a German charity, the Servants (Siervas) of Christ the Priest, who run “Uñacha”, the children's home in the Quiquijana district, province of Quispicachi, in Cuzco, thanks t ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New community of religious sisters in Manaus to combat human trafficking Manaus (Agenzia Fides) – Almost a year has passed since the meeting in Brasilia for the Coordinatino of the Religious Network “Un Grito por la Vida”, which discussed and planned actions related to the fight against ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Dicoesan directors of U.S. PMS pay visit to the Church in Kenya New York (Agenzia Fides) – A group of ten diocesan directors and coordinators from the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in the United States, accompanied by two journalists from Catholic News Service (CNS), led by ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Reconstruction has not begun and people lack food security Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti needs about a billion dollars to realise the reconstruction projects approved by the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti, says the Haitian Prime Minister, Jean Max ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Justice is the foundation of human society”: Bishop's letter Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pastoral Letter written by the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, published at the conclusion of the Annual Plenary Assembly this year, is called “Construir en justicia, inspirado ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino considers the students' strike for human rights “commendable” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – According to a note sent to Fides by Unión Radio, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, has expressed his support for the hunger strike carried out by a group of students around ...
• 17 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 29th Missiology course concludes Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – With a shared Eucharist the XXIX Missiology course concluded in Argentina. The closing ceremony took place on 12 February with Mass and with the issuing of certificates to the 14 particip ...
• 17 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - We must continue with the San Andres accords: appeal by Bishop Arizmendi San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de las Casas, launched an appeal to continue on with the accords of San Andres Larrainzar on indigenous issues, a problem t ...