America

• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Holy Childhood Association on the move: “Missionary Disciples on Five Continents” Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Promoting the work of the Holy Childhood Association" is the desire of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean expressed in the Document of Aparecida (number 441). On May 19, the Ponti ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Assembly of Brazilian Bishops: “Disciples and servants of the Word of God and the Church's Mission in the World” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) is preparing its 48th General Assembly that will bring together over 300 bishops of the country, May 4 to 13, in Brasilia. The the ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Entire Church promoting XLVII World Day of Prayer for Vocations Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, April 25 marks the XLVII World Day of Prayer for Vocations, with the theme: "Witness Awakens Vocations." In Peru, this day is enlivened by the Bishops' Commission for Seminaries and Vocat ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Episcopal ordination of new Bishop Jorge Vega of Illapel, former PMS National Director Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, April 17, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, the episcopal ordination of Bishop Jorge Vega was celebrated, presided by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Francisco Javier ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - World People's Conference gathers over 18,000 in Cochabamba: “The Church shares in the responsibility for creation and feels the need to carry this out in the public sphere.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Today marks the opening of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia, and already as of last Saturday, the number of people registered had ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - One year after the launch of the Permanent Mission: “We cannot let our guard down, lest this momentum die out.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - One year after launching the Permanent Mission, the experience can be described as positive. Now, all the ecclesiastical jurisdictions have launched the Permanent Mission in their local churc ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Over 67,000 people assisted by SNPS/Caritas in Colombia, in 2009 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Fides has been sent the full report of the year 2009 from the National Secretariat of Pastoral Social Ministry (SNPS/Caritas Colombia), which offers a detailed report on the various activities ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Bishops express need for “living in constant conversion along with priests” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Ecuador concluded its semi-annual plenary assembly yesterday, Friday, April 16. The Bishops have issued a note to the press which said they had completed the work of d ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Vandals destroy image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the church of Vila Operaria Teresina, Piaui (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of March, there was an incident of vandalism in the Redemptorist Church of St. Joseph the Worker in Teresina, Brazil. The caretaker informed the pastor that someone broke in ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Keeping the missionary flame alight”: Salesian and FMA meet on missions Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - “Keeping the missionary flame alight” was the theme of the meeting of the teams of the Salesians of the “Saint Pius X” Province and that of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians ...
• 16 April 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Witness and mission at the heart of Catechetical Gathering co-sponsored by Pontifical Mission Societies Minneapolis (Agenzia Fides) – “Never underestimate the power of your own witness to our faith in Jesus,” said Monsignor John E. Kozar, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United State ...
• 16 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Many priests live out their ministry in a heroic way, sometimes even amidst threats and extortion." Bishops' Message to the People of Mexico Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “We sincerely hope to enthusiastically carry out, in all the dioceses of Mexico, the Continental Permanent Mission as a pastoral program of action to revive, with the power of the Holy Spi ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “We are Mexicans, not citizens of the Vatican! But, the real problems are poverty, violence, and drug-trafficking and we live this alongside the Mexican people,” so the Bishops in the Assembly Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – "We are Mexicans, not citizens of the Vatican! We are Mexicans like everybody else. We are immersed in our national reality, with its lights and shadows, and in communion with the joys and ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - National Encounter on Climate Changes and the Rights of “Mother Earth” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The National Encounter on Climate Changes and the Rights of “Mother Earth” will take place on Tuesday, April 13 at the headquarters of the National Agricultural Confederation, in Lima. It has ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Don Bosco University inaugurates “Center for Integral University Development” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – In the course of a solemn ceremony on 8 April the Don Bosco University (UDB) of San Salvador inaugurated the “Center for Integral University Development” (CSIU). Thanks to the collabo ...