America

• 15 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - 200,000 people showing signs of cholera: added tragedy for suffering Haiti Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After almost 11 months after the greatest tragedy that the island has seen and that according to the official estimate has caused 230,000 deaths, the epidemic of cholera now threatens some 200,000 ...
• 13 November 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Prayer Service held in New York for victims of October 31 attack in Baghdad New York (Agenzia Fides) – Ambassadors and diplomats attended an Evening Prayer Service for the victims of the ferocious 31 October attack on the worshipers of Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Baghd ...
• 13 November 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pastors authorized to cancel liturgical celebrations to protect population from violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) has authorized the priests of the areas hardest hit by the violence plaguing the country to suspend celebrations or change Mass schedules in order to ...
• 13 November 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Central American University remembers Jesuits killed 21 years ago San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Salvadorans are paying tribute to the Jesuits killed 21 years ago at the hands of the military, with a series of cultural activities and the traditional parade of "Little Lanterns" (in Sp ...
• 12 November 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' concern: a formal democracy devoid of values Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church has expressed its concern over the risk for democracy in Bolivia becoming "purely formal, without values and without ethical principles" due to the negative signs being ...
• 12 November 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - We are all implied in the Continental Mission Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Mexico have prepared the final document of the XC Plenary Assembly, which emphasizes the Church's involvement in the Continental Mission. "We come together to share the diff ...
• 10 November 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church does not seek or demand privileges, but a juridical system that respects its mission; 90th Bishops' Assembly begins Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The 90th Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Bishops' Conference has begun. The opening ceremony was marked by an exchange of very significant messages. The presence of the constitutional Pres ...
• 10 November 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and the environment, focus of Bishops' Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Education and the environment will be the themes that occupy the agenda of the Bolivian Bishops gathered for their 90th Extraordinary Meeting, from November 11 to 16 at the Clemente Cardina ...
• 9 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops' Conference declares 2011 “Year for Life” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father has invited everyone to hold a prayer vigil for the unborn on November 27, at the beginning of Advent, to thank God for the complete gift of Himself that has given meanin ...
• 8 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Rehabilitation of an ethics of politics,” called for by the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Social; preparing for 100th Plenary Meeting of Bishops' Conference Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of San Isidro and President of the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral/Social Ministry, Bishop Jorge Casaretto, has recalled that "the new leadership should not limit itself to em ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - More difficulties arise in Haiti: 3 dead after hurricane, cholera on the rise Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Hurricane Tomas has caused at least three deaths and severe flooding in several towns in western Haiti. The number of victims could rise due to the precarious living conditions of Haiti ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Mission houses”, for years a reference point for Cuban Catholics Havana (Agenzia Fides) – For 50 years, no Catholic churches have been built in Cuba and this has prompted the faithful to gather in private homes or “mission houses”, where there are communities that celebrate the ...
• 5 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary sent from Argentina to Angola Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, November 3, marked the celebration in the chapel of the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Argentina, of a Mass with the "Missionary Sending" of Fr. D ...
• 5 November 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops on Nov. 7 elections: “Voting is a right and a responsibility” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay, meeting at their 189th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, have issued a statement regarding the municipal elections to be held in the country on November 7. "Voting is a righ ...
• 4 November 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - President Raul Castro attends Catholic Seminary inauguration Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Cuban President Raul Castro attended the opening of the “Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio,” the first building of the Catholic Church in more than half a century. The official ceremon ...