America

• 18 June 2010
  AMERICA - “We must work for the poor”: Symposium of Christian businessmen in Latin America Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – “Challenges of business 200 years since the independence of Latin America and the Caribbean" has been the theme of the 10th Symposium CELAM – UNIAPAC (International Union of Christian ...
• 18 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Our mission with migrants: 3.3 million internally displaced persons: a situation demanding attention Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – On 24 June the Major Seminary of Bogota will host a national Forum “Assistance and solidarity, our mission with migrants”. In a statement sent to Fides, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of ...
• 17 June 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Rigoberta Menchú and the Bishop of San Marcos call on President Colom to guarantee security for the people and respect for the environment Guatemala City(Agenzia Fides) – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1992, and Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), have asked President Colom ...
• 17 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “ Inculturated Catechesis”: ability to be, to live and to accompany the people to encounter Christ Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “We reaffirm the importance of culture in the life of our peoples, encouraging incarnated pastoral care, which understands and uses symbolic language to make room for God in the life of ...
• 16 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Digital culture impact in Latin America: Inter-continental Meeting Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – From today until 19 June representatives of various institutions participating in a continental study on "The impact of digitall culture in Latin America " are meeting in Bogota, at the head of ...
• 16 June 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Moron: “we must find specific forms of evangelisation suited to our reality ” Moron (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the diocese of Moron, considers the recent Diocesan Mission Congress a "grace from the Lord", and has connected it with the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, to encourag ...
• 15 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "No life can be taken for the sake of 'community justice' " warns the Bishop of Oruro Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – “Events in Uncia are deplorable, such crimes must never be repeated, the lynching seen in various parts, mainly in rural areas and poor districts, must not be allowed to happen again”: these ...
• 15 June 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Fighting poverty to eliminate child labour Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the recent annual recurrence of World Day Against Child Labour, Paraguay, like many other Latin American countries, tackled various issues connected with the elimination of ...
• 14 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico's prisons are full of innocent victims of the 'crime' of 'crimes' : poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican city of Acapulco is hosting a National Meeting on Pastoral Care in Prisons which opens today at the city's new Cathedral dedicated to Christ the King. A report sent to Fides fr ...
• 14 June 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - 10th Catholic Social Week “on line” Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Cuba will celebrate the 10th Catholic Social Week in Havana 16 - 20 June with the main slogan: “Witnesses of Hope and Builders of Peace”. The news was sent to Fides by the Coun ...
• 12 June 2010
  AMERICA - World Day Against Child Labour: nothing to 'celebrate' Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Today 12 June, we mark World Day Against Child Labour. According to the International Labour Organisation, ILO, the world has almost 215 million child workers aged between 5 and 17 years. Of ...
• 12 June 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - Archbishop Mamberti to open a series of conferences on emigration and economy Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Cuban intellectuals, believers and non believers, resident in Cuba and abroad, will take part in a series of Conferences entitled "Diálogo entre cubanos". The conferences, now in the 10th edi ...
• 12 June 2010
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “The game unites… and can even assume the value of an offering” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – “Fans, players, coaches, journalists, sponsors and symbols from many different countries meeting on the streets and the stadiums of South Africa, are rivalling the United Nations”: said ...
• 11 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Threatened with death bishops, religious and agencies working to promote respect for human rights Santa Rosa de Osos (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia and the Colombian Catholic Bishops' Conference issued a statement strongly condemning a recent attack on the residence of the Bishop o ...
• 11 June 2010
  AMERICA - Year for Priests concludes: repentance and commitment for Continental Mission Santiago di Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In Chile the Year for Priests will conclude in a Eucharistic and penitential spirit: the Catholic clergy of Santiago, men and women religious and lay faithful, will celebrate the clo ...