America

• 20 January 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - January 21-22: Prayer Vigil and March for Life Washington (Agenzia Fides) – This year marks the 37th anniversary of the January 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that ruled abortion to be a right guaranteed by the Constitution. As in past years, ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - A call to cancel Haiti's foreign debt Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – One of the measures to be taken urgently, to alleviate the appalling suffering of the Haitian people is the abolition of a large part of the 641 million dollars of foreign debt owed by ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - All 16 Franciscan Friars survive earthquake, at work in relief effort; convent and schools destroyed Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The day of the earthquake it was as if a bomb had exploded. We brought first aid to many people. I saw terrible scenes. I saw people die as we tried to provide them with first aid. It wa ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - CLAR and CELAM for Haiti: over 100 religious dead or missing; SOS for medicines, doctors, and nurses Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Among the thousands dead or missing, there are over 100 men and women religious," says a release from the Secretary General of CLAR (Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Men and Women R ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Main challenges of the new Bolivian Government, according to Bishops La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – At the request of the newspaper "La Prensa", the press office of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has prepared a brief summary of the main challenges, which according to the Bolivian Catholic C ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Vaccine against dengue and malaria by transforming strain of vaccine for yellow fever El Carmen (Agenzia Fides) - The medical-scientific project on the transformation of the strain of the vaccine '17D ' against the yellow fever into antibodies for the vaccine against dengue and malaria was presented at th ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Christian Brothers: no one hurt, novitiate takes in sisters left homeless Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “In Haiti, we have 15 Brothers on the “Ile de la Tortua,” in Port de Paix and Port-au-Prince. There have been no deaths or injuries, nor damage done to our houses. There was only sl ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Clerics of St. Viator: 3 missing members in Grand Goave found alive, although wounded Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Attorney General of the Clerics of Saint Viator, contacted by Agenzia Fides, reported that, according to information received from their community in Haiti, the Villa Manrese (home ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Monfortians: 10 seminarians dead, confirmed death of missing priest Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – From the updates sent in by Fr. Maurice regarding the situation of the Monfortians in Haiti, it seems that 10 students have lost their lives, all of whom had participated in the CIFOR ( ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Spiritans all saved, except one seminarian Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “It has been confirmed that all Spiritans (CSSp), except one seminarian Stephane Douge, have survived the earthquake in Haiti,” Agenzia Fides has been told by Fr. John McFadden CSSp, ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops of Brazil on National Human Rights Program Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Brazil have rejected the legalization of abortion, civil unions between homosexuals, and the right to adoptions by these unions, three of the proposals contained in the Plan of H ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - V National Contest on Communication: “Protecting nature, a commitment to life” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS ECUADOR, is organizing the Fifth National Communication Competition entitled "Carlos Crespi," which aims at recognizing and encouraging journalis ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Monfortians: 9 seminarians dead, one priest missing Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a time for tears; there is desolation everywhere, and the Montfortians have not been spared," writes Fr. Maurice, SMM, from Haiti, where the Montfort Missionaries (Company of Mary) ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Daughters of Wisdom: 3 sisters dead, another three still under the rubble Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Three Sisters from the Congregation of Daughters of Wisdom, of the Monfortian Family, died in their assisted living home in Carrefour, which was leveled by the earthquake: Sr. Marie-Flo ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Redemptorists: Church of San Gerardo reduced to rubble, students sleeping in the yard Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Father Joseph P. Dorcey, C.Ss.R., Secretary General of the Congregation of the Redemptorists, has sent Fides a report on the situation of the members present in the country affected by ...