America

• 8 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia tell governments: “Only through union and communion of our past, our talents, and our religious and moral patrimony, will we be able to overcome misery and poverty.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, in reaching the end of a meeting held this past Friday, September 4, exhorted their fellow citizens and governors ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Lima at International Congress “Charity, Reconciliation, and Human Dignity”: “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now, beginning with myself and with enthusiasm.” This is what Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, said ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Bergoglio on the anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of Immigrant Workers: “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery.” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery” and “crying out so that this infernal system of exclusion and marginalization may experience a change of heart.” This is what Cardinal Jo ...
• 4 September 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Declaration of Intent for a Program of Fraternal Assistance signed between Church in Munich-Freising and Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) – After a brief visit to the churches located in Quito's historic downtown, on September 1, Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising (Germany), and Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil and P ...
• 4 September 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National Day of the Migrant: “Migrants, Building Unity Among Peoples and Cultures” - “The immigrant should not be seen as a threat, but rather as enrichment.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “Migrants, Building Unity Among Peoples and Cultures” is the theme that has been chosen for the celebration of the National Day of the Migrant, which will take place in Bolivia this coming Su ...
• 4 September 2009
  AMERICA - This past August, 2 Redemptorist priests killed in an accident in Bolivia, on their way to the funeral of their confrere; in El Salvador, remains discovered of another Redemptorist perhaps victim of murder La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The month of August has been a month of mourning for the community of Redemptorists in Latin America. Two Redemptorist priests from Colombia – Fr. Laureano Diaz and Fr. Francisco Perez – we ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - This Sunday marks opening of 16th Week for Peace: “I live for life...do you?” to reach peace through pardon, social justice, solidarity, and reconciliation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Reach peace through “pardon, social justice, solidarity, and reconciliation” is the main goal of the 16th Week for Peace, which will be held on a national level in Colombia beginning this S ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 6th Ecuador Mission: “Missionary of Christ, You are the Hope of Ecuador!” Loja (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary of Christ, You are the Hope of Ecuador!” will be the theme of the “Ecuador Mission 2009” scheduled to take place September 4 – 13, as Agenzia Fides has been informed by a stat ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/CANADA - Pontifical Missions Societies in Canada launch World Mission TV Toronto (Agenzia Fides) – Missions Today, the magazine published by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Toronto (Canada), that focuses on the universal mission of the Catholic Church, recently dedicated one ...
• 2 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Secretariat for Pastoral and Social Ministry organizes “Colombia-Ecuador Seminar” and a Congress on social integration Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “To generate a high-profile debate in order to confront, from a binational perspective, the political and humanitarian situations and the institutional and social responses to these factors...� ...
• 2 September 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - In preparation for Presidential and Parliamentary elections, Bishop ask that “the political vocation be held in high consideration” to reestablish credibility in citizens Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled for late this year, the Permanent Committee of the Chilean Bishops' Conference (CEC), through its Presiden ...
• 1 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - In the month dedicated to the Holy Childhood Association, Argentina celebrates HCA's 160th anniversary Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – As they do every year, the Pontifical Mission Societies of Argentina have celebrated throughout the country, during the entire month of August, the “Month for the Holy Childhood Associa ...
• 1 September 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - National Encounter for Pastoral and Social Ministry 2009 on: “Poverty in Mexico,” a complex phenomenon to be approached from various angles Cuautitlan Izcalli (Agenzia Fides) – Poverty in Mexico is “a complex problem that, in order to be understood in its entirety, should be approached from various angles, not only from an economic viewpoint, but also fr ...
• 31 August 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Message for the National Day of Migrants: “No community can consider itself Christian if it does not welcome our brother and sister immigrants with arms wide open.” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Immigration and Faith” is the title of the message that was written by Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of San Marcos, President of the Pastoral Services for Human Mobility of the Guatemalan ...
• 31 August 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - IV National Congress of the Holy Childhood Association, on Saint Paul: “With Jesus We Sow Peace and Love.” Camaguey (Agenzia Fides) – From August 25-28, the Diocesan House of the Merced in Camaguey (Cuba) hosted the IV National Congress of the Holy Childhood Association. The event, which had the theme: “With Jesus We Sow ...