America

• 6 November 2008
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops ask authorities to take steps towards dialogue, in response to the violence between people of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Nicholas de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, has called on authorities to take steps towards dialogue, to prevent worsening of the situation between the pe ...
• 5 November 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops’ Conference elects its President, Vice-President, and Secretary Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay recently celebrated their 183rd Plenary Assembly (November 3-7) in Asuncion, during which they elected as President Archbishop Pastor Cuquejo of ...
• 5 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mass celebrated on the border between Mexico and the United States in memory of the 337 illegal immigrants who have died trying to cross the border Juarez City (Agenzia Fides) – In the presence of faithful, priests, and Bishops from either side of the border, a Mass was celebrated on November 2 in Juarez City, located between Nuevo Casas Grandes, El Paso and New M ...
• 5 November 2008
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Vocational Week 2008 to help all youth and adolescents to discern, decide, and assume their vocation as disciples and missionaries, following the example of Saint Paul Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Vocational Week 2008 in Santo Domingo was inaugurated on November 3, with a youth encounter with Cardinal Nicholas de Jesús López, Archbishop of Santo Domingo. The Vocational Week runn ...
• 4 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops launch a Great Continental Mission on November 9, feast of “La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres,” Patroness of Uruguay, while they celebrate their Plenary Assembly Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Uruguayan Bishops' Conference (CEU) will celebrate its Second Plenary Assembly on November 5-12, in the “Jesus, the Good Shepherd” Retreat House, in Florida. The central theme of the A ...
• 4 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Uruguayan Parliament votes on the law on reproductive health, with the partial decriminalization of abortion; Archbishop of Montevideo says “it is not a matter of religious beliefs, but of fundamental human and ethical values.” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – The House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament will vote today (November 4) on the eventual decriminalization of abortion, now that the bill has been passed by the Senate. In the ...
• 3 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The “Family Expo” is coming back for the VI World Meeting of Families in Mexico City, for an interchange of goods and services on the family Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Trying to be the best family we can be is always a challenge. How can we achieve this ideal? In search of answers to questions like this one and many others, the country will hold its very ...
• 3 November 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Crisis in the agriculture industry, Continental Mission going on in the country, and elections of new leaders are among the themes being discussed by the Bishops in their Plenary Assembly beginning today Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay will meet to celebrate their 183rd Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP), from today, November 3, to Friday, November 7, in Asuncion. ...
• 3 November 2008
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - State of emergency continues as rains persist: 25 dead, nearly 200,000 affected, and 70% of roadways damaged Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – The natural disaster that has been affecting the people of Honduras for the last few days has already caused the deaths of over 25 people and left hundreds of homes destroyed and 24,000 da ...
• 28 October 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops worry about the increase in violence in the country and its negative influence on the Church's activity Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) – The high rate of violence, deportations, unemployment, influx of Mexican drug dealers, and the establishment of groups of organized crime throughout the nation are some of the main problems ...
• 28 October 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - The Archdiocese of Lima celebrates the Year of St. Paul with a new parish dedicated to the Apostle Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the Year of St. Paul being celebrated by the Catholic Church, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne presided the Mass held on October 26, erecting the new parish “Virgen del Buen Remed ...
• 28 October 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Christian businessmen call for the use of “ethical and moral criteria in decision-making” regarding the economic crisis Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The Social Union of Christian Businessmen (USEC), in union with the appeal made by the Chilean Bishops (see Fides 24/10/2008), have asked that all move with ethical principals in fac ...
• 27 October 2008
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Archbishop of Tegucigalpa expresses concern for the content of the Ibero-American Summit, for its imposition of anti-life policies Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Madariaga, and his Auxiliary Bishops have expressed their concern for the content and values being promoted at the 18th I ...
• 27 October 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Inauguration of a joint project between the government and the Catholic Church, in favor of care and rehabilitation of drug addicts La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of La Paz (Mexico) has inaugurated Project KUNI, a dynamic program organized to offer care and rehabilitation of drug addicts, from a Christian perspective. Present in the inaugurat ...
• 24 October 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops call for care and promotion of employment, decency of the workplace, and an effort to impede local lay-offs resulting from the current universal crisis Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Committee of the Chilean Bishops' Conference has issued a statement asking all business owners, workers, authorities, and political leaders to make an effort to avoid t ...