America

• 14 July 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - Spanish priest killed after 12 years of intense pastoral work, with a special charisma for the religious tradition of the local people Havana (Agenzia Fides) – A Spanish priest was found dead on Monday, July 13, in his parish of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rule (Nuestra Señora de la Regla) in Havana (Cuba). His name was Mariano Arroyo Merino, a nat ...
• 14 July 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “La valigia con lo spago”: “What we are seeing today on the Arizona border is the greatest human rights crisis ever, a crisis which causes the death of over 200 people every year in this State alone.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “What we are seeing today on the Arizona border is the greatest human rights crisis ever, a crisis which causes the death of over 200 people every year in this State alone.” These were the wor ...
• 13 July 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops denounce the “accelerated arbitrary and unilateral imposition of the draft bill of socialism of the 21 Century, which disrespects the will of the people” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “During this Assembly, we have prayed, exchanged thoughts, and reflected in depth, aware of the fact that the situation in Latin America and Venezuela is very serious. We reaffirm what we have ...
• 13 July 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops' Statement: “Life, and above all human life, cannot be fully understood unless we become aware of that fact that its origin, its development, and its aim are all found in God, the only Lord.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the 87th Plenary Assembly of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (July 6 – 11 in Bogota) the Bishops published a brief final statement, affirming that they will soon publish the ...
• 10 July 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Combat violence, impunity and deteriorating education system, improve governance and protect native peoples: some of the Bishops requests Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Panama issued a statement at the end of his 187th plenary assembly, held 6 -10 July and attended for the first time by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop A ...
• 10 July 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops launch Continental Mission during plenary assembly focused on the theme of Life Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – From 6 - 11 July in Bogotà the Catholic Bishops of Colombia are meeting for their 87th plenary assembly focused on the theme of Life. Participants include about 90 bishops and archbishops rep ...
• 10 July 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Inauguration of Bishops' Plenary Assembly: “An apostolic, priestly and missionary agenda awaits us. We are determined to continue to advance in the renewal of our Churches by means of the Continental Mission ” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Venezuela are holding their 92nd Ordinary Plenary Assembly which opened on Tuesday 7 July and should close on Sunday 12 July, and will focus on issues of interest for the ...
• 9 July 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Crisis in Honduras: Costa Rica bridge of dialogue to restore peace in the region San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Costa Rica have issued a statement assuring solidarity with Honduras, and especially with the Catholic Church in that country “guided by our brother Bishops, in these ...
• 9 July 2009
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Crisis in Honduras: ““The fight we see should not increase violence instead it should be a new departure for dialogue, consensus, reconciliation ” Bishops say Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement “Building on the Crisis”, issued by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Honduras after events on 28 June, the Bishops express the necessity for explanations regarding what ...
• 7 July 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Capuchin Fonte Colombo Fraternity at Porto Alegre has cared for HIV positive persons since 1996 Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - One most important events in the conversion of St Francis of Assisi was his meeting with a man suffering from leprosy. From then on Saint Francis lived in profound communion with the exclud ...
• 2 July 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The work of Conventual Friars Minor to assist poor people and street children produces vocations Palmira (Agenzia Fides) – The presence of Conventual Franciscans in Venezuela dates to 1978, when the first three missionaries left Italy and arrived in Guanare. From the early years the missionaries helped with pastor ...
• 1 July 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archbishop Migliore to the UN: transparency of finance system immediate aid for poor countries and new rules for international trade must be priorities for the international community New York (Agenzia Fides) - Transparency of the financial system, integration of poor countries in the system of global trade, investments in food security and social expenses, short term economic interventions to allevi ...
• 1 July 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - The Mission of the Augustinians in Apurimac marks over half a century Apurimac (Agenzia Fides) – In the mid 1960s , Peruvian Bishop of Abancay, Mgr Alcides Mendoza Castro, asked the Order of St Augustine to open a Mission in the Apurimac Department. Having returned from a long pastoral v ...
• 25 June 2009
  AMERICA/HAITI - Campaign to support Haiti, the poorest country in Latin America Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Work of pontifical right Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has launched a campaign to support the people of Haiti, which suffers the drama of infantile under nourishment and extreme p ...
• 24 June 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In the Year of the Priesthood “Adopt a priest ” Prayer Campaign, to obtain for priests the spiritual strength necessary for the mission Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The “Bonds of Marian Love” Movement based in Medellin (Colombia), has launched a prayer campaign “Adopt a Priest” as part of the Year of the Priesthood opened on 19 June. The aim of the campaign is to pray for one priest “as a commitment for this Year of the Priestho ...