America

• 29 April 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Long-distance sponsorship for children of Hinche Hinche (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti is a country plagued by extreme poverty that has worsened after the devastating earthquake that recently left behind a trail of destruction. 53% of 8 million inhabitants of the island are ...
• 28 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Encounter on Catholic Education organized by CELAM, amidst preparations for First International Congress on Catholic Education Lima (Agenzia Fides) – This week, Santo Domingo is hosting a meeting of Catholic education delegates convened by the Latin American Episcopal Council - CELAM. According to information received by Fides, the meeting wil ...
• 28 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bomb explodes damaging chapel of Good Shepherd Sisters in Temuco Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - A note sent from the Chilean Bishops' Conference to Fides announced that Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial, Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco San Jose, visited the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, in solidari ...
• 27 April 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Immigration law in Arizona: Bishops warn it will not resolve real problems Tucson (Agenzia Fides) – In 90 days, the State of Arizona will begin enforcing a law that criminalizes the entry and residence of undocumented migrants in the state. The law, SB 1070 was signed, on April 23 and is caus ...
• 27 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 10th National Assembly of Caritas Bolivia La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – With the slogan "For a renewed social ministry in the service of integral human promotion," this May 10 to 13, the city of Trinidad is expected to host the celebration of the 10th National Asse ...
• 26 April 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Live streaming of PMS Meeting in Chicago Chicago (Agenzia Fides) – As directors, coordinators and staff of diocesan Pontifical Mission Societies offices come together for a national meeting in the Chicago Archdiocese April 27 to 29, they can be joined by thos ...
• 26 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Bernardo Bastres receives Missionary Image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: “an ecclesial event with national and universal meaning” Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) - The press office of the Diocese of Punta Arenas (which belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Puerto Montt), sent a note to Fides on the visit of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Carm ...
• 24 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 30 Bishops come together from all over Bolivia to celebrate first anniversary of Ongoing Mission and National Missionary Day for Children and Young People Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 18 April the faithful of the Salesian parish of “Mary Help of Christians” in Cochabamba welcomed 30 Bishops from dioceses around the country and Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandov ...
• 24 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pastoral Land Commission holds 3rd National Congress Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Brazil has announced that the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), on May 17 to 24, will hold its 3rd National Congress, at the Marist School in San Jose, Montes Claros ...
• 24 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Felipe Arizmendi: “recognize the rights of 12 million indigenous peoples in Mexico” San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de Las Casas attended the Forum on "The San Andrés Accords,” promoted by COCOPA (Concord and Pacification Commission), h ...
• 23 April 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops launch new website to promote vocations Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations is initiating a new website on April 25. According to a recent press release on the website sent to Fides by Father ...
• 23 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Message to the People of God from Bishops of Bolivia Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The reading of the Message to the People of God ended the LXXXIX Assembly of Bishops in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. The biblical quotation from John 6:20, "It is I, fear not," is the t ...
• 22 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Document from 99th Bishops' Assembly: “Building a Table for Everyone in Chile” Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the close of their 99th Assembly, held between April 12 and 16 in Punta de Tralca, the Bishops thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his demonstrations of affection and closeness to the Church a ...
• 22 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground, Jesuit Superior General tells Mexico Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) – Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground worldwide, warned Jesuit Superior General, the Spaniard Father Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, in visiting Mexico. "What is growing today is popul ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Jesuits working on Haitian reconstruction effort: “We are trying to help people leave the trauma of the earthquake behind.” Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Kawas Francois, S.J. is the President of the Jesuit Interprovincial Committee for the Reconstruction of Haiti and founding member of the National Committee for Reflection and Action and ...