America

• 29 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dominican Sisters of the Presentation still unable to make contact with community in Haiti, 17 days after the earthquake Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The General Curia of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of the Presentation (Hermanas de la Caridad Dominicas de la Presentacion de la Santisima Virgen) unfortunately does not have d ...
• 29 January 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Testimony of Archbishop Romero still alive 30 years after assassination San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church has urged Salvadorans to pray for promoting the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, and called in a special way to have respect for the figure of the ass ...
• 28 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - PMS National Directors working to coordinate aid for Haiti; National Director of the PMS in Haiti has survived Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Timothy Lehane Barrett, SVD, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, has expressed his profound gratitude to all the National Directors of the Pontifical ...
• 28 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - A letter from missionary Fr. Anistus: “tears of helplessness before devastation of apocalyptic proportions” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear Doctor Alvelo, Thank you for writing me an email, but especially for helping me dry the tears of helplessness before devastation of apocalyptic proportions. Your presence, along wit ...
• 27 January 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "The Christian faith has inevitable implications in the area of political morality" message of the Bishops for 2010 elections San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Costa Rica have published a letter on the occasion of the upcoming General Elections on February 7. First, the Bishops recall the exhortation entitled "Paths to a true democrac ...
• 26 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Padre Pepe,” missionary and driver: hours and hours driving around a pick-up truck to bring aid and reach out to those in need Jimani (Agenzia Fides) - The whole world now knows of the situation in Haiti after the earthquake. The Church, which also suffered huge losses in persons and structures, immediately got to work using the means available, ...
• 26 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: in response to the violence we should promote love and respect for life Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishops and Bishops of Venezuela, at the end of their XCIII Ordinary Assembly, sent a statement to all the people of Venezuela. The document is divided into 3 parts and a conclusion. ...
• 25 January 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Over 250 attend Continental Mission Encounter in Santiago Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – About 250 people took a break from what is now their summer vacation, to refresh the spirit of the Continental Mission by attending the first “Festival for Animators of the Contine ...
• 25 January 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Defense of marriage: Letter from Pastor Rangel Hernandez to Cardinal Rivera Carrera Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, January 22, Pastor Eduardo Rangel Hernandez wrote a public letter to Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera. also addressed to all the evangelical churches, where, after being present ...
• 23 January 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Legalizing drugs does not resolve the problems of drugs and violence Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Bishop Marcelino Hernandez of Orizaba (Mexico), and Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco of Acapulco (Mexico), agree in i ...
• 23 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Solidarity with Haiti and fragile institutional status: the voice of Caritas Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On January 20-22, there was a meeting held for national delegates of Social Ministries with Caritas Venezuela, at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference in Caracas. About 60 de ...
• 22 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “God is present in Haiti with the presence and participation of so many men, women, and children.” Turin (Agenzia Fides) – Father Antonio Menegon, Camillian founder of the first Mission in Haiti which has been operating since 1995 through the community health center “Foyer Saint Camille,” sent a letter of thanks ...
• 21 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Superior of Claretians in Antilles says everything may be destroyed, but our people remain! Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hector Cuadrado, Superior of the Claretians in the Antilles, has traveled to Haiti make direct observation of the situation. With Fr. Alexis, he left from Santo Domingo, noting tha ...
• 21 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two youth events for 2010: the Mission and Latin American Congress Vinto (Agenzia Fides) – The youth of the Bolivian Youth Vocation Ministry gathered in Vinto last week, for the first national meeting of 2010. The young people came with great enthusiasm and great desire to strengthen ...
• 20 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Doctors say there is little hope for seriously wounded children Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Eugenio Ajroldi of Robbiate, in charge of the Communications Office of the Order of Malta, has told Agenzia Fides of the sad situation of children in Haiti who were injured by the earth ...