America

• 17 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops: “Recover public ethics; corruption damages the most in need” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – "In recent weeks, we have seen all the scandals of corruption that have affected various levels of government on a public and private level. Civil society has called for an end to this serious pr ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Fr. Salvador Martuccio, former PMS National Director passes away Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Friday, May 7 in San Camilo Clinic, in Buenos Aires, after battling with a long illness, Fr. Salvador Martuccio, who had served as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Marian Congress gathers 875 participants from various countries Loja (Agenzia Fides) – The Marian Congress, which closed yesterday at the Technical University of Loja, brought together 875 participants and experts from Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Spain, ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Communicate and Preach Christ”: World Day for Communications Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The Chilean Bishops' Conference has set up a website offering the Message of Pope Benedict XVI for the 44th World Day of Social Communications and other material for the celebration of this W ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Day for Journalists: the Church on an on-going mission, journalists in on-going communication La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Committee on Missions of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) sent a note to Fides on the "Journalist's Day" that was celebrated last May 10, in the context of World Communications Day. B ...
• 14 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The people of Brazil have always had great devotion to the Eucharist,” says Cardinal Hummes at opening of 16th National Eucharistic Congress Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The National Eucharistic Congress, which opened yesterday, May 13, is part of the celebrations for the anniversary of the Archdiocese and for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the ...
• 14 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Expectations for Bolivian President's visit to Pope this May 17 La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI will receive in an audience at the Vatican, the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, on Monday, May 17, according to information released by the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia. ...
• 11 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fr. Edson Assunção Santos Ribeiro, National Secretary of the Holy Childhood Association, dies in accident Niteroi (Agenzia Fides) – On May 3, Father Edson Santos Assunção Ribeiro, Brazilian National Secretary of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (Holy Childhood Association), died in a car crash. The accident ...
• 11 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops of Bolivia call for respect for life, in social conflict as well La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The climate of violence in the area of Caranavi, Bolivia, has caused two deaths and many wounded. For this reason, the Bishops have issued a statement calling for respect for life and dialogue ...
• 10 May 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hawaii celebrates feast of St. Damien of Molokai for first time since canonization Honolulu (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the state of Hawaii will be celebrating the feast of their first saint, St. Damien of Molokai, for the first time since his canonization in Rome on October 11, 2009. The state of Hawai ...
• 10 May 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Church calls on state to defend right to life San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of El Salvador is concerned that the authorities may ratify the "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Wome ...
• 8 May 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest wounded May 4 in Manizales passes away Manizales (Agenzia Fides) – Father Carlos Gonzalez, 47, who was seriously wounded on the evening of May 4 by two young men who wanted to steal his car in Manizales (about 200 km from Bogotá), died the morning of Monda ...
• 8 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops leading Continental Mission conclude meeting on positive note Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Lima meeting of the bishops responsible for promoting the Continental Mission and the renewal of parishes in the Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean, convened by the Depa ...
• 8 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Catholic Church in Bolivia working for fair trade La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – May 8 marks the International Day of the Fair Trade and in Bolivia the anniversary was celebrated with a week of events and initiatives, promoted both by government officials and authorities of ...
• 7 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - “Ocopa Mission Spirituality Centre”: concludes Friary's 285th anniversary celebrations Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) – The Franciscan Friary of Santa Rosa in Ocopa, a Franciscan Centre in the Andes mountains of Peru recently concluded celebrations to mark the 285th anniversary of the building. For decades the Ce ...