America

• 13 February 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - All baptized should become missionary disciples! Copiapo (Agenzia Fides) – A call to recognize and accept Jesus in our lives and to take responsibility for evangelizing: this is how Fr. Alejandro Castillo, Vicar General of the Diocese of Copiapo, summed up the signif ...
• 13 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 2nd National Meeting for Youth Missionary Coordinators Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – From February 12 to 15, the National Headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), in Brasilia, will host the 2nd National Meeting of the General Coordinators of the Youth Missionar ...
• 13 February 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops' Message for Elections 2010: a complex year filled with challenges Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Colombia has issued a document on the forthcoming presidential elections to be held in May 2010, just two hundred years since Colombia's independence. The document, a ...
• 12 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Signs of hope one month after the earthquake: Apostolic Nuncio ordains two Camillian deacons Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – One month after the earthquake that struck Haiti, especially in its capital city of Port-au-Prince, there is yet another sign of hope for the local community and for the Church, which l ...
• 10 February 2010
  AMERICA - Missionary Union of the Sick, a service and a goal since 1928: suffering for the Missions Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For many years, the Sunday of Pentecost, was celebrated in several countries as the "Day of the Sick Mission," organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies. In 1985, the Spanish Church e ...
• 10 February 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops seek pastoral dialogue with gangs to stop violence in the country Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the support of the national government, the Catholic bishops of Colombia have established bridges of communication with so-called emerging gangs that are present in different regions of Co ...
• 10 February 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - New President of Costa Rica, a committed Catholic, among many other women with important roles in Latin America San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – "Laura Chinchilla Miranda has not only become the first woman to be elected President of Costa Rica, but is also a committed Catholic. The figure of Chinchilla joins other women in America, s ...
• 9 February 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Crowning of Mary as “Queen of the Missions” at yearly PMS Diocesan Directors' Assembly Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On February 23, the Parish of St. Mary of Bethany in Buenos Aires will host the solemn coronation of Mary as “Queen of the Missions,” coinciding with the celebration of the opening Ma ...
• 9 February 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Missionary Challenge of the Secular Institutes in Latin America and the Caribbean Lima (Agenzia Fides) – From February 3 to 7, the Peruvian capital city hosted the 10th Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Secular Institutes, on "The Missionary Challenge of the Secular Institutes in Latin Americ ...
• 9 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “The people of Haiti also need songs, music, and celebration in order to face the struggles of everyday life.” From the Consultor General of the Camillian Order Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “This is my first experience of international aid abroad,” says Br. Luca Perletti, Consultor General of the Camillian Order and professional male-nurse who has been working in Haiti f ...
• 8 February 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “The situations of violence are extremely serious and threaten the collapse of society,” Archbishop of San Salvador affirms San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has today proposed to seek help from other nations, especially the United States and Brazil, to combat violence in the country, which she sees as “ver ...
• 8 February 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Laura Chinchilla: first woman elected President of Costa Rica San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – In Costa Rica, for the first time a woman was elected to lead the country. Laura Chinchilla Miranda, topping the polls, managed to climb the last step. In fact, from 2006 to 2008 she had been ...
• 6 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Intermirifica.net” - a missionary opportunity Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) – The Continental Meeting of Catholic communities called "Mutirão de Comunicação” from Latin America and the Caribbean (Muticom) which was opened on February 3, closes today in Porto A ...
• 6 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “At times I feel so helpless, but knowing that I have many people praying for me helps me to continue doing the little I can...” Testimony from a volunteer in Haiti. Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “There are no words to describe the devastation of the earthquake on this city.  All over the city there are signs -- 'We need help - water, food, medication, tents.' 'Please help us N ...
• 6 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishop Lara Barbosa on the “Clean Card Law”: “We are open to dialogue, but without changes in the law.” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Movement for the fight against electoral corruption (MCCE) in Brazil, led by the Catholic Church and several social activists, today resubmitted its request to Congress not to amend the b ...