America

• 26 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Over 1,500 people at World Mission Sunday celebrations Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – With slogans and posters, they hit the streets to express their celebration of World Mission Sunday. "The children of the world are always friends," "Long live Christ, who lives" were, among ...
• 25 October 2010
  AMERICA/GUYANA - Guyana's Parliament votes to abolish death penalty Georgetown (Agenzia Fides) – On October 14, 2010, Guyana's Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Lawyers for about 40 death row inmates have appealed to the officials to have the ...
• 25 October 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - 11th Social Week: integral human development at the light of “Caritas in Veritate” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Today marks the beginning of the eleventh edition of the National Social Week, sponsored by the Catholic Church, which is characterized by the presence of important national and international gue ...
• 25 October 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - International community shows concern for death penalty in Guatemala Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The international community has expressed its concern at a resolution of the Guatemalan Congress which leaves the President to decide on the application of the death penalty by lethal i ...
• 23 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the face of death threats received by some bishops, Episcopal Conference reaffirms that Church will always defend life, "in all its stages and dimensions" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, expressed his support for the Bishop of Guarulhos, Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini, who has received ...
• 23 October 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 10th South American Conference on Migration held in Bolivia Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The Tenth (X) South American Conference on Migration (XCSM) will analyze the South American Human Development Plan for Migration. The event will take place in the city of Tiquipaya, in Coch ...
• 22 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Reconciliation and Dialogue”: appeal from Ecuadorian Bishops Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Ecuador are gathered for their CXXVII biannual Plenary Assembly at the Bethania Social Training Center, to examine and approve the Global Pastoral Plan for the Church in Ecuador, ...
• 22 October 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - After the earthquake and hunger, cholera strikes Haiti Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – A news bulletin of a local radio station, which sent a copy of it to Fides, says Haitian health officials have reported at least 80 victims in the diarrhea epidemic in the northeast, cl ...
• 21 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "The only solution is dialogue," says new Archbishop of Quito, on disputes between government and opposition Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, OFM, who on Friday, October 22, will be installed as Archbishop of Quito and become Primate of the Catholic Church in Ecuador, urged the government and ...
• 20 October 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Archbishop Aguer addresses “new colonialism” La Plata (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Hector Aguer, Archbishop of La Plata, in his usual weekly reflection aired on the television program "Claves para un mundo mejor" on the channel “America TV,” spoke of the cult ...
• 20 October 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - "El Señor de los Milagros": “Patron of the Catholicism in Peru and symbol of popular piety and devotion” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – During the traditional celebration of homage paid by the Archdiocese of Lima to the “Christ of Pachacamilla,” widely known as "El Señor de los Milagros” (The Lord of Miracles), Cardinal Ju ...
• 19 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Increase in religious working against trafficking in human persons Salvador de Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting for religious working in the network “Un Grito por la Vida," which prepared 27 people from the regions of the north and northeast of Brazil to work to prevent traffickin ...
• 18 October 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - “The crisis in Nicaragua is more a question of ethics than politics. We need to recuperate the values of our society,” says Auxiliary Bishop of Managua Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Silvio Baez, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, has launched an appeal to politicians, asking that they turn their attention to the poor without ulterior motives. "Populism and paternalis ...
• 15 October 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Meeting for priests and religious of indigenous descent: evangelizers in their communities Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Bishops' Conference has sponsored a national meeting for indigenous priests and religious to be held October 18 to 20 in Bogota. The event will gather priests, religious, and lay pe ...
• 15 October 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Nearly 2 million faithful in the procession of Our Lady of Zapopan Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly 1.8 million faithful, according to estimates by the civil protection of the State of Jalisco, 2 million according to the Archdiocese of Guadalajara, gathered from beginning in the e ...