America

• 4 November 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church denounces 31 homicides of homeless in first 10 months of 2010 Maceio (Agenzia Fides) – "As if the humiliation, discrimination, and neglect were not enough, now the homeless must also live with the fear of not seeing the sunrise because they are threatened with death." This is the ...
• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/ANTILLE - Hurricane Tomas takes the lives of 14 on Santa Lucia, now headed for Haiti Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – The Antilles are now suffering the passage of the Atlantic hurricanes: on Saturday, October 30, the islands of Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, were affected by the c ...
• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church asks new President for “fidelity in fulfilling election promises” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), in an official statement, congratulated the President-elect of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who won the elections Sunday, October 31 with 56 percent of th ...
• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Say a prayer, offer a hand, be in solidarity with the Haitians in any way you can,” Fr. Binet tells Fides Petite Riviere (Agenzia Fides) – The cholera emergency in Haiti continues, where hundreds of deaths have been confirmed by the severe infection that is affecting the country. This is what Fides learned from a source in ...
• 30 October 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 3,000 youth preaching the Gospel door-to-door for close of Month of the Missions Granada (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Granada, Bishop Jorge Solórzano, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki, and the clergy of Granada, Rivas, and Boaco, will all be meeting today, October 30, along wit ...
• 29 October 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Mission Congress 2010 kicks off: “entrusted with a mission to bring all into the household of God” Albuquerque (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, October 28, marked the opening day for the US Mission Congress 2010 taking place in Albuquerque (New Mexico), October 28-31. A note sent to Fides by the United States Catholic M ...
• 29 October 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' Assembly: “An authentic humanism should exalt freedom and responsibility” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Venezuelan bishops, in their extraordinary Plenary Assembly, released a statement on the Catholic community to prepare for Advent and Christmas. It expressed the concern of the Church past ...
• 29 October 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Seeking an economic model oriented towards solidarity and generosity Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The eleventh edition of the National Social Week, sponsored by the Catholic Church, has managed to attract the attention of many specialists in the field of economics and politics, not only in Pe ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another priest killed in Brazil, parish pastor in Fortaleza Fortaleza (Agenzia Fides) – Another priest has been murdered in Brazil: Father Josenir Morais, age 48, pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Fortaleza, State of Ceara (CE). The crime occurred on the mor ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - Catholic seminary opens in Cuba after 50 years Havana (Agenzia Fides) – After 50 years, Cuba will see the opening of a Catholic seminary that will begin activity in November. The new training center was built in the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de La Habana and as ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Create a national network of prison ministry workers Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – Panama City is holding the Fifth Congress on prison ministry, with the participation of Church authorities and members of the government. Opened by the Panamanian Bishops' Conference (CEP) ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Children of La Boca barrio, Buenos Aires, at risk for drugs Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The children of the La Boca barrio, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, are at risk for drug abuse. This is an area with a high population density, with a lack of services for families and ...
• 27 October 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Pontifical Mission Societies National Director hopes Mission Congress will “call all baptized Catholics to be missionaries” Albuquerque (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, October 28, 2010, marks the opening day for the Mission Congress 2010 entitled “God’s Mission, Many Faces: A Portrait of U.S. Catholics in Mission,” which will meet October ...
• 27 October 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indigenous priests: work for a pluralist society that excludes no one Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference has sent Fides the letter issued by the ethnic section of the Conference. This letter is distributed as a conclusion of the National Encounter of Priests, Reli ...
• 26 October 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Church asks to intervene in social security emergency Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Mexico has sent Fides the letter from the Archbishop of Oaxaca, Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello, launching an appeal to participate effectively in responding to t ...