America

• 14 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Earthquake affects Salesians Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Despite the communication difficulty with Haiti, news has reached Fides that among the victims of the earthquake that struck the Caribbean Island, there is also a Salesian Brother, Hube ...
• 13 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dramatic testimony of Apostolic Nuncio to Fides: “Port-au-Prince is completely devastated. Everywhere, you can hear cries from under the rubble.” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “Port-au-Prince is completely devastated. The Cathedral, the Archbishop's Residence, all the great churches, all the seminaries are reduced to rubble. The pastor of the Cathedral, who s ...
• 13 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Brief National Overview Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Republic of Haiti has an area equal to approximately 27,000 square kilometers, is located about 80 km from Cuba, and has 9,035,536 inhabitants, of which only 3.4% have the hope of r ...
• 13 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haiti struck by earthquake, thousands feared dead Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Tuesday 12 January, Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere has been devastated by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7, with its epicenter a few miles fro ...
• 12 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New Bishop of Afogados: Fidei donum priest, since 1976 in Brazil Afogados (Agenzia Fides) – On January 9, over 10,000 faithful attended the solemn and festive celebration of the episcopal ordination of the new Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil), Bishop Egidio Bisol, 62, of the ...
• 12 January 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - For the first time, Peru attends “JOSP Fest” (Journey of the Spirit Festival) in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From January 14 to 17, the “Nuova Fiera di Roma" will host the “JOSP Fest” or “Journeys of the Spirit Festival." This is the second year of the event, created by the “Opera Romana Pellegr ...
• 12 January 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Anniversary of peace: State apologizes for civil war crimes San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On the anniversary of the signing of peace accords that put an end to civil war in the country, Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador said all that has been done during this ti ...
• 11 January 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Vocation Awareness Week begins, using prayer and education Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the United States began their celebration of National Vocation Awareness Week (January 10-16) yesterday, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. As the statement issued by ...
• 11 January 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican Bishops suffer insults and aggressive criticism as they unite in defense of marriage and the family Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico City has become the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriages. The legislation passed on the eve of Christmas and goes far beyond that of 2006, allowing civil unions ...
• 11 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Various points of National Program for Human Rights are not in accord with the Church's Doctrine Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Brazilian Bishops has rejected several points of the National Program on Human Rights decreed by President Luiz Lula da Silva. The program on human rights, implemented by the Minist ...
• 9 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - First Missionary Congress in Aiquile: “Let's go on missions!” Aiquile (Agenzia Fides) - “Let's go on missions!” sound's like a song refrain, but instead it is the clear shout raised y over 300 children participating in the First Missionary Congress taking place in the Prelature ...
• 9 January 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - 5th National Convention for Animators and Leaders of the Holy Childhood Association Iquique (Agenzia Fides) - About 200 people attend the Fifth National Conference of Animators and Leaders of the ministry of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood Association, held from Friday, January 8 to Monday, Jan ...
• 9 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the outskirts of Sao Paolo, amidst unemployment and insecurity, the Missionaries of the Immaculate are at work São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – Unemployment, insecurity, lack of health care, illiteracy...all of these things are are present in many of the “favelas” of São Paulo, Brazil. Sister Annamaria Fornasiero, Missionary o ...
• 8 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Nearly 400 children and youth at National HCA Congress Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From January 7 to 10, the Prelature of Aiquile will be hosting the first National Congress of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Association (HCA), with the main objective of asse ...
• 8 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro and Caritas launch a campaign to help homeless from torrential rains Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2009 ended with a heavy rain, which hit many regions of Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, many people have died and thousands of families have been left homeless. The solidarity of the ...