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14 June 2010
AMERICA/CUBA - 10th Catholic Social Week “on line”
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Cuba will celebrate the 10th Catholic Social Week in Havana 16 - 20 June with the main slogan: “Witnesses of Hope and Builders of Peace”. The news was sent to Fides by the Coun ...
12 June 2010
AMERICA - World Day Against Child Labour: nothing to 'celebrate'
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Today 12 June, we mark World Day Against Child Labour. According to the International Labour Organisation, ILO, the world has almost 215 million child workers aged between 5 and 17 years. Of ...
12 June 2010
AMERICA/CUBA - Archbishop Mamberti to open a series of conferences on emigration and economy
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Cuban intellectuals, believers and non believers, resident in Cuba and abroad, will take part in a series of Conferences entitled "Diálogo entre cubanos". The conferences, now in the 10th edi ...
12 June 2010
AMERICA/URUGUAY - “The game unites… and can even assume the value of an offering”
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – “Fans, players, coaches, journalists, sponsors and symbols from many different countries meeting on the streets and the stadiums of South Africa, are rivalling the United Nations”: said ...
11 June 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Threatened with death bishops, religious and agencies working to promote respect for human rights
Santa Rosa de Osos (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia and the Colombian Catholic Bishops' Conference issued a statement strongly condemning a recent attack on the residence of the Bishop o ...
11 June 2010
AMERICA - Year for Priests concludes: repentance and commitment for Continental Mission
Santiago di Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In Chile the Year for Priests will conclude in a Eucharistic and penitential spirit: the Catholic clergy of Santiago, men and women religious and lay faithful, will celebrate the clo ...
10 June 2010
AMERICA - Year for Priests comes to a close: “a year not only for priests, but for the entire People of God”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Approximately 15,000 priests from nearly 100 countries are now in Rome participating in the International Encounter for the close of the Year for Priests declared by Pope Benedict XVI on ...
10 June 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Formation for missionaries to the Amazon: “Before reaching foreign lands, the missionary should be familiar with the situation of the place.”
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – June 9 marked the opening day at the Mission Cultural Center (JCC) in Brasilia, for the first missionary training course which is focusing on the Amazon. The event, organized by the Bishops' ...
9 June 2010
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Tons of food products left to expire could have fed 500,000 needy families
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The scandal connected with tons of food purchased abroad to feed the poorest Venezuelans and then left to expire in their containers is occupying a prominent place in the media and public deba ...
9 June 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - An “online special” on living the World Cup with Christian virtue
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – To support the faithful, parishes, and schools that are organizing events for living the World Cup in their families and communities, the website of the Chilean Bishops' Conference o ...
8 June 2010
AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa: “We cannot abandon the Christian meaning of Sunday, paganizing it or underestimating its importance.”
Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Panama, Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta has rejected the government's intention to no longer consider Sunday as a day of required rest, supposedly to help entrepreneur ...
8 June 2010
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Catholic Church pleased with Funes' “important steps towards democracy”
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has acknowledged that President Mauricio Funes has made "significant steps" in democracy during his first year in office. Without going into political d ...
7 June 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Church speaks out: Gold workers given low pay and no insurance
Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) – The Human Rights Office of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado in Peru has reported on the continuing complaints reaching them from the workers of the lowest classes. They have b ...
5 June 2010
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Over 3,000 children attend National HCA Meeting despite rain
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, May 29, at the auditorium of the Don Bosco Citadel in Soyapango, San Salvador hosted the IX National Meeting of the Pontifical Missionary Society of the Holy Childhood Associati ...
5 June 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Lay missionary in prison ministry dies in the waters of Rio Negro
Rio Negro (Agenzia Fides) – A prison ministry worker and lay missionary, Pedro Fukuyei Yamaguchi Ferreira of the Diocese of San Gabriel da Cachoeira, in the Amazon (Brazil), was found dead after he was reported missing ...
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