America

• 16 December 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Archdiocese of Havana launches a new website: “Like Paul, today we enter into the modern areopagus of the Internet, to preach this God who is always near and close to us.” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - “It is with joy that we launch the website of the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de La Habana (Havana). It is not yet completely finished, however little by little we will continue improving it,� ...
• 16 December 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National meeting for mission directors from the 18 ecclesial jurisdictions: examining the national situation, focus and directives from the Bishops' Conference and the Continental Mission Sorata (Agenzia Fides) – Last week, missions directors from the 18 ecclesial jurisdictions of Bolivia met for their final evaluation meeting of the year. The meetings for the national meetings for missions directors ar ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - World Health Organization declares Guatemala the first Central American nation successful in controlling Chagas' disease Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Guatemala the first Central American nation successful in stopping the transmission of Tripanosimiasis americana, also known as Chagas' ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Exhortation of the Bishops of Xalapa: “Christmas is an invitation not to have fear, to rediscover the joy and hope that is Jesus Christ.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “A united Mexico, for a shared hope” is the title of the Christmas Message issued by the Bishops of Xalapa. In their Message, the Bishops recall the problems and difficulties in the reg ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Presentation of the document “Participation and Communion,” to assume the challenges of the permanent state of mission Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano of Managua (Nicaragua), during his monthly meeting with the clergy in December, officially presented the document entitled, “Participation and Commu ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA - Message from the President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications to those working in communications in Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Claudio Celli, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, has sent a Message to all those who serve the Church in the area of communications in Latin Americ ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The aggressions against the Passionist Fathers reveals “the state of insecurity and vulnerability in which citizens are living; the lost of the values of honesty and respect for life” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Press Office of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has issued a statement firmly denouncing the acts of violence that claimed two victims, Passionist Fathers, yesterday afternoon in the Hamac ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Continental Mission launched in Caracas “to strengthen the faith and Christian life of our people, through a new evangelization effort.” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Caracas is making intense preparations for the realization of the Continental Mission, which is “a program of intense pastoral activity to strengthen the faith and Christi ...
• 11 December 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Celebrating an authentically Christian Christmas, in simplicity and peace, centered in Christ: exhortation from Cardinal Quezada Toruño, Archbishop of Guatemala City Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Archbishop of Guatemala City, has issued a Pastoral Exhortation for Advent and Christmas, in order to offer several reflections that can help the faith ...
• 11 December 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Great Continental Mission officially launched to “strengthen the missionary dimension of the Church and the decision to journey together towards conversion, to become missionary disciples of Christ.” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Paraguay, as in all Latin America and the Caribbean, wishes to place itself in 'permanent state of mission.' It is an effort to strengthen the missionary dimension of the Churc ...
• 10 December 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Continental Mission launched at the closing of the celebration of Our Lady of Caacupé Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – Some 300,000 persons participated in a special Mass celebrated on December 8, in honor of Our Lady of Caacupé, in the city of Caacupé, at about 54 kilometers from Asuncion. Catholics from a ...
• 10 December 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops call for an end to constant and unfounded attacks from the government on the Holy Father, Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Bishops, and the Catholic Church in general La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “We, the Bishops of Bolivia, in recent days have once again been surprised at the amount of constant and unfounded attacks made by certain members of government on the Holy Father Benedict XVI, ...
• 9 December 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Improving faith formation and leadership among Hispanic Catholics is among Bishops' priorities Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) - Experts on faith formation and leadership development among the Hispanic community in the United States met December 2-3 with staff members of the Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Chu ...
• 9 December 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Archbishop of Caracas makes a Christmas appeal, asking that “fighting may come to an end, that hate may be dispelled, and that we may seek fraternal communion.” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “I invite you all, dear brothers and sisters, to take advantage of these days leading up to Christmas to intensify your spiritual life, with the reading of the Word of God, with prayer, and by ...
• 9 December 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - 30th anniversary of the Pontifical Mediation in solving the controversy between Argentina and Chile celebrated; in his message, the Holy Father mentions that “in the face of any controversy, we should never give up on the path of patient dialogue and talks carried out in wisdom and prudence” Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) – Monte Aymond, on the Patagonian border between Chile and Argentina, was the site chosen for both countries to make their official commitment to continue defending peace, this past Decembe ...