America

• 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 ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Human life is a gift”: Church promotes adoption to prevent abortion Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church offers to accompany 17-year-old teenagers, victims of sexual violence, in order to prevent minors from having abortions, as is permitted by law in Río Negro. Bishop F ...
• 14 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian university to be named after Benedict XVI Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – The following news was announced at a press conference, through a letter sent by the Apostolic Nuncio: The Catholic University of Trujillo will take the name of Pope Benedict XVI. The proxi ...
• 14 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal of Monterrey insists on Church's role in fighting organized crime Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Monterrey, Cardinal Francisco Robles Berlanga, ensures that in the pastoral document "That in Christ, our peace, Mexico may have a decent life", the Church offers "concrete ...
• 13 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “The Power of Missionary Dynamism” at the heart of Chilean Bishops' Assembly opened by Cardinal Bertone Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) -The remarks given by the President of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, Bishop Alejandro Goic, and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, marked the inaugural session of t ...
• 13 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Franciscan Missionary Convent celebrates 285th anniversary of foundation Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) – The famous Convent of Santa Rosa de Ocopa (in the central Andes of Peru), founded by the Franciscans, this month celebrates the 285th anniversary of its founding and 100 years since the death of ...
• 12 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 7th Holy Childhood Encounter in Santa Cruz, on the permanent mission Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, April 17, Holy Childhood and Missionary Youth Encounter will be held by the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz, in the parish of "Sagrada Familia." The activity will focus on the theme ...