America

• 25 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National meeting of vocation animators for religious life Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From 28 June to 3 July, in Cochabamba (Bolivia), consecrated persons, men and women religious, temporary and perpetual vows, novices, chaplains, spiritual directors, active in vocation disc ...
• 24 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Aid for victims of torrential rains, Caritas launches national campaign Alagoas (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil CNBB informed Fides that Caritas Brazil, region north-east 2, has launched a campaign SOS Pernambuco e Alagoas, to aid victims of torrential rains in ...
• 24 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Human trafficking: the local Church's “ constant and ongoing ” concern Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Commission for Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Justice of the Ministry of Justice ...
• 24 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - First Mission Congress for Seminarians: "fruit of increased missionary awareness in our local Church ” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Jesús Pérez, Archbishop of Sucre, commenting Bolivia's First Mission Congress for Seminarians (see Fides 19/06/2010), shared with Fides his joy and enthusiasm for the pre ...
• 23 June 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Tons of foodstuff allowed to go bad: a “sin which cries to heaven”, Catholic Bishops denounce Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Venezuela have called for a "thorough and detailed" investigation into the scandal of thousands of tons of food products imported by the government and lost because they were al ...
• 23 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI: “With Mary, we share our faith with joy” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Mexico will celebrate the 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI in Lazaro Cardenas City, in the state of Michoacan, 21 - 24 October 2010. In a special statement Bishop Rafael ...
• 22 June 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Human trafficking and drugs trade: major areas of transnational organised crime New York (Agenzia Fides) – Trafficking of human persons and the drugs trade, two major areas of transnational organised crime, were the subject of an intervention by the Holy See Permanent Observer to the United Nation ...
• 22 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church calls for dialogue to address the issue of vendors expelled from the capital San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador today said frank dialogue was necessary to solve the problem of hundreds of street vendors expelled from the capital, a measure which came in force on 1 ...
• 22 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The number of persons killed in torrential rains in north-east Brazil rises to 32 Alagoas (Agenzia Fides) – Two days of uninterrupted rain, over 21 towns in Zona da Mata, the Paraiba valley and Costa Nord of Brazil's Alagoas State, left 32 dead, about 80,000 people homeless and more than one thousa ...
• 21 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic Church denounces: violence and delinquency impede the political life of the community Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Mexico, in a statement from its Communications Department, Sistema Informativo de la Arquidiocesis de Mexico , denounces continual violence in the country which sometime ...
• 21 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Juan Manuel Santos new president of Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's former Minister of Defence won the second round of presidential elections held yesterday 20 June, with 69% of the votes compared to 27.5% of the rival candidate, ...
• 21 June 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Convalescent in hospital priest stabbed during the celebration of Mass Calbuco (Agenzia Fides) – A parish priest, stabbed during Mass on Friday 18 June and operated, is still in hospital convalescing. The priest was stabbed in the neck while distributing Holy Communion at the end of evening Mass ...
• 19 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic Church calls people to vote “ freely and responsibly ” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Ruben Salazar Gomez, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Colombia, in a video message, a copy of which was sent to Fides, has called on Colombians to vote freely and with re ...
• 19 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Seminarians, "Missionary disciples of Jesus Christ”: First National Mission Congress Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – With the slogan "Seminarians, Missionary disciples of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd ", Bolivia's 1st Mission Congress for Seminarians will be held at San José Seminary in the city of Co ...
• 19 June 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Continental Mission reaches remote parishes in the Cuzco Andes Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – Today the first meeting of the Deanery of Paruro will take place in the parish of San Martino de Tours in Ccapi, archdiocese Cuzco. Seven different parishes will be represented: Accha, Rondocan, ...