America

• 19 November 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Delegates from Holy Childhood Association organize activities for 2010 Quito (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, November 14th, at the Office of the National Office of the PMS-Ecuador, a meeting was held for delegates of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Association on a national level. The main f ...
• 18 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary School meeting on “The Mission Ad Gentes” ends Umuarama (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Umuarama-Parana, Brazil sent Fides news on the conclusion of their seminar training mission that had as its central theme the "Mission Ad Gentes." The parish of St. Joseph the ...
• 18 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - 10 days after Hurricane Ida, Bishops of El Salvador call for international solidarity: “we should continue helping our brothers and sisters, especially the most poor and vulnerable.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of El Salvador have issued a statement entitled "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted," to offer information on the tragic situation the country is experie ...
• 18 November 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Alberto Methol Ferre, South American Catholic intellectual, dies in Montevideo Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Alberto Methol Ferre, South American Catholic intellectual, has passed away in Montevideo. He was 80 years old, born March 31, 1929. He started his studies in Montevideo, then studied law a ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - November 21-22, US parishes hold campaign for victims of economic crisis Washington, DC (Agnezia Fides) – According to a recent press release from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), this weekend (November 21-22), n ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivia on permanent mission prepares for December 6 elections; Cardinal Terrazas: “May our conscience be what moves us, not fear.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Cardinal Julio Terrazas has asked that the vote of all Bolivians in the upcoming election not be the result of fear, but an act according to their conscience: "We mu ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 3,000 catechists to attend close of Catechetical Year in Archdiocese of Maringa Maringa (Agenzia Fides) - November 22 will be the official closing of the Catechetical Year of the Archdiocese of Maringá (PR), at the Sports Center of Tancredo Neves, in Sarandi. Sunday afternoon, the Archbishop Anuar ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Family, work and new forms of social culture among issues addressed by Bishops of Uruguay in their 2nd Annual Plenary Assembly Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Uruguay have issued a press release at the end of the Second Annual Plenary Assembly, celebrated from November 4 to 11. Two events that have marked this year: the visit of Vice- ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops of Chile examine “the challenge of putting the whole Church in a permanent state of mission.” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – November 16-20, the town of Punta de Tralca will host the 98th Plenary Assembly of the Chilean Bishops' Conference. One of the themes will be: "the situation on the eve of national p ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Celebration of 160th anniversary of Chinese community in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 15, Cardinal Juan L. Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, presided at the Basilica Cathedral of Lima, a Mass to commemorate 160 years of the Chinese community in Peru. The Mas ...
• 14 November 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 2,000 attend Archdiocese of Piura's pro-life seminar Piura (Agenzia Fides) – Expectations for the number of participants expected at the Seminar for Life on "Abortion, murder or right?" were greatly exceeded. The Seminar, which took place at the Auditorium of the “Univ ...
• 14 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Concern of the Bishops of Mexico at the end of the 88th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference: "Enough with drugs and violence!" Cuautitlán Izcalli (Agenzia Fides) – After reflecting on insecurity and violence in the country at their 88th Plenary Assembly, the Bishops of Mexico issued a final document in which they expressed their concern for t ...
• 13 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 102nd training course for missionaries working in Brazil ends; 23 missionaries from four continents participate Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The closing celebration of the 102nd course sponsored by the Center for Intellectual Education (Cenfi) was recently held in the Missionary Cultural Center of Brasilia. The Cenfi organizes cou ...
• 13 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops call on politicians to "unite and pacify the people of Argentina,"; document for 25th anniversary of Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile, during their Plenary the bishops of the Argenitnean Bishops' Conference called on the ...
• 12 November 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "He was a friend to the youth, sincere and coherent," fellow Franciscan brother of murdered priest tells Fides; funeral presided by Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño Chiquimula (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Juan Pablo Lobos, a fellow Franciscan brother of Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who was kidnapped and murdered in Honduras in recent days (see Fides 11/11/2009), sent Fides some news about ...