America

• 2 August 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Communications leaders of Latin America conclude meeting Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The Department of Communication and Press of CELAM has sent Fides the final document of the meeting held in Cochabamba, July 28 to 30. The objective of the meeting was to share experience ...
• 31 July 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Second Course of Missionary Formation and Animation in Salta Salta (Agenzia Fides) – Today 31 July, registration starts for the Second Course of Missionary Formation and Animation to be held in Salta, Argentina. Organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies and the mission pasto ...
• 31 July 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Cuzco archdiocese prepares for 2nd Holy/Missionary Childhood Congress Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – Fides received today news about preparations in the archdiocese of Cuzco, in Peru, for the 2nd archdiocesan Holy/Missionary Childhood Congress in which hundreds of children members of Holy Child ...
• 30 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Eighty three year old priest found murdered in Oaxaca City, Mexico Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – An eighty three year old priest was found dead in the evening of 28 July, in his parish, in Oaxaca City in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The priest had been gagged and tied up, the loca ...
• 30 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Arizona immigration law SB 1070: “selfish and irresponsible" say the Bishops of Mexico Texcoco (Agenzia Fides) – A statement presented by Bishop Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, Bishop of Texcoco and secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Mexico, a copy of the statement was sent to Fid ...
• 29 July 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - UN Women: new United Nations entity to deal with the protection and promotion of women all over the world New York (Agenzia Fides) – With an historic move, the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation has instituted a new entity for the protection and promotion of women all over the world. The entity will come i ...
• 29 July 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivarian Meeting of Holy Childhood in Bogota Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the slogan "Children are the hope of a Church renewed in its missionary commitment ", from 27 to 30 July the First Bolivarian Meeting for leaders of Holy Childhood and Adolescent Missionar ...
• 29 July 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Regional Meeting of Latin America Communications delegates Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Cochabamba in Bolivia, is hosting a meeting of Bishop presidents of Commissions for Communications -RIIAL, Area Sistemi, executive secretaries of Communications and Press of the Commissions ...
• 28 July 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - The situation of Peru's poorest citizens should not leave the rest of the nation indifferent, Catholic Bishops say Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Peru has drafted a message for the country's Anniversary of Independence. A copy of the message was sent to Fides. Today, 28 July, Peru is celebrating 189 year ...
• 28 July 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Closed for five months, Concepcion Cathedral now open for worship Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Concepcion welcomed the news that the city's cathedral, seriously damaged in the earthquake which shook Chile on 27 February this year and closed for repairs for five months, ...
• 27 July 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Prolonged Aid and Recovery Operation in the region of Chocó Condoto (Agenzia Fides ) – One of the poorest regions of Colombia, Chocò, has been included in a Prolonged Aid and Recovery Operation , supported by the UN World Food Programme, to provid poor families with basic nutr ...
• 27 July 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - To reactivate relations between Colombia and Venezuela "we must keep working together" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Colombia and Venezuela is committed to improving relations between the two countries according to report sent to Fides by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Colombia. T ...
• 27 July 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity campaign for poor people suffering from extreme cold in southern Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Unusually low temperatures are registered all over the southern areas of Latin America. In Peru a state of emergency has been declared in 16 of the 25 regions into which the national territory is ...
• 26 July 2010
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Preparation begins for next CELAM General Assembly in 2011 Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – The Uruguay Bishops' Conference informed Fides of a recent CELAM Meeting held 20 - 22 July in Bogota. The meeting was the fourth and final general coordination meeting of CELAM, the Council ...
• 26 July 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Arizona immigration law totally unjust, says Mgr. Escobar San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador sincerely hopes for a repeal of the new immigration law in Arizona, otherwise the image of the United States as the most democratic country in the world ...