America

• 11 August 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Listen, learn, and preach with children”: slogan for PMS Congress Riberalta (Agenzia Fides) – The city of Riberalta, located in the Department of Beni in the Northeast Region of Bolivia, near the border with Brazil, was the site of a four-day Congress from August 5 to 8 sponsored by ...
• 11 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - 300 missionaries in the remote villages of the Northern Andes of Peru Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – As part of Continental Mission in the Archdiocese of Trujillo, 300 lay people in parishes along the coast were sent this week to 120 villages in the Sierra Trujillo (area in the Andes), in or ...
• 10 August 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - Pilgrimage of “La Virgen Mambisa” to Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Dionisio García Ibáñez, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and President of the Bishops' Conference, presided at the opening Mass for the start of the National Pilgrimage of ...
• 10 August 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Ad Gentes Missionary Training Course 2010: integral formation for missionaries Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, August 8, marked the opening day for the Ad Gentes Missionary Training Course 2010 being held at the Missionary Cultural Center (known as CCM) in Brasilia. The course is being attende ...
• 9 August 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Diocese of Corumba delves into the Continental Mission Corumba (Agenzia Fides) – 90 group leaders from the Diocese of Corumba (in the State of Southern Matto Grosso – MS) met last weekend to study, reflect, and deepen in the theme of the Continental Mission. The Secretar ...
• 9 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Dialogue between demonstrators and government opens today Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Council of Ministers, Javier Velasquez Quesquen arrives today, August 9, in the city of Quillabamba, province of La Convencion in Cuzco, to initiate a dialogue with leade ...
• 7 August 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops on the 185th anniversary of Bolivia: “Faced with the plague of corruption and drug trafficking we should promote a culture of life.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, August 6, Bolivia commemorated the 185th anniversary of the founding of the Republic, in the midst of a complex process of transition and transformation into a multinational state. O ...
• 7 August 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Government Health Ministry on alert for new form of dengue San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Ministry of Health is on alert for the presence of "dengue 4", the only type of dengue not circulating in the country, but that has been found in Nicaragua and Honduras. The alarm of the ...
• 6 August 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A new culture of values for the fight against violence, religious leaders meet with Mexican government Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with religious leaders as part of a program of consultations with several social sectors in the country, to address the violence that plagues Mexico. ...
• 5 August 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops issue Pastoral Letter speaking out on national insecurity and violence Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Panamanian Bishops' Conference (CEP) has indicated through a document that Panama is going through a serious situation of insecurity and violence, and urged all sectors to contribute t ...
• 5 August 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - From Chile: “an open letter to workers and those involved in their pastoral care” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Fides was recently sent the final document issued after the seminar entitled: "Pastoral Care in the Working World in a Global Economy: Organization and Prospects," which took place i ...
• 4 August 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 60th anniversary of perpetual vows for 8 Medical Mission Sisters working in health assistance for the poor Philadelphia (Agenzia Fides) – On August 15, in Philadelphia, six Medical Mission Sisters (Medical Mission Sisters) from North America will celebrate their 60th anniversary of perpetual vows and another two, their 65th ...
• 3 August 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Auxiliary Bishop of Durango: “Poverty and unemployment promote violence and insecurity.” Durango (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is continually worsening in different parts of Mexico, creating great suffering. Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez, Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, has issued a letter to the commun ...
• 3 August 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Course for priests at Missionary Cultural Center focuses on the missions Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary formation today requires an intense human, spiritual, intellectual, and practical preparation. With this in mind, the Mission Cultural Center of Brasilia (CCM) held a course in mis ...
• 2 August 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - 450 youth on the missions in the earthquake-stricken areas to help out in reconstruction Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – With great enthusiasm and joy, more than 400 students from Catholic University (from the group “DUOC” in charge of the education project for the social mission of UC) left the ci ...