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23 January 2010
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Solidarity with Haiti and fragile institutional status: the voice of Caritas Venezuela
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On January 20-22, there was a meeting held for national delegates of Social Ministries with Caritas Venezuela, at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference in Caracas. About 60 de ...
22 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - “God is present in Haiti with the presence and participation of so many men, women, and children.”
Turin (Agenzia Fides) – Father Antonio Menegon, Camillian founder of the first Mission in Haiti which has been operating since 1995 through the community health center “Foyer Saint Camille,” sent a letter of thanks ...
21 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Superior of Claretians in Antilles says everything may be destroyed, but our people remain!
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hector Cuadrado, Superior of the Claretians in the Antilles, has traveled to Haiti make direct observation of the situation. With Fr. Alexis, he left from Santo Domingo, noting tha ...
21 January 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two youth events for 2010: the Mission and Latin American Congress
Vinto (Agenzia Fides) – The youth of the Bolivian Youth Vocation Ministry gathered in Vinto last week, for the first national meeting of 2010. The young people came with great enthusiasm and great desire to strengthen ...
20 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Doctors say there is little hope for seriously wounded children
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Eugenio Ajroldi of Robbiate, in charge of the Communications Office of the Order of Malta, has told Agenzia Fides of the sad situation of children in Haiti who were injured by the earth ...
20 January 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - January 21-22: Prayer Vigil and March for Life
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – This year marks the 37th anniversary of the January 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that ruled abortion to be a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
As in past years, ...
19 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - A call to cancel Haiti's foreign debt
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – One of the measures to be taken urgently, to alleviate the appalling suffering of the Haitian people is the abolition of a large part of the 641 million dollars of foreign debt owed by ...
19 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - All 16 Franciscan Friars survive earthquake, at work in relief effort; convent and schools destroyed
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The day of the earthquake it was as if a bomb had exploded. We brought first aid to many people. I saw terrible scenes. I saw people die as we tried to provide them with first aid. It wa ...
19 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - CLAR and CELAM for Haiti: over 100 religious dead or missing; SOS for medicines, doctors, and nurses
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Among the thousands dead or missing, there are over 100 men and women religious," says a release from the Secretary General of CLAR (Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Men and Women R ...
19 January 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Main challenges of the new Bolivian Government, according to Bishops
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – At the request of the newspaper "La Prensa", the press office of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has prepared a brief summary of the main challenges, which according to the Bolivian Catholic C ...
19 January 2010
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Vaccine against dengue and malaria by transforming strain of vaccine for yellow fever
El Carmen (Agenzia Fides) - The medical-scientific project on the transformation of the strain of the vaccine '17D ' against the yellow fever into antibodies for the vaccine against dengue and malaria was presented at th ...
18 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Christian Brothers: no one hurt, novitiate takes in sisters left homeless
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “In Haiti, we have 15 Brothers on the “Ile de la Tortua,” in Port de Paix and Port-au-Prince. There have been no deaths or injuries, nor damage done to our houses. There was only sl ...
18 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Clerics of St. Viator: 3 missing members in Grand Goave found alive, although wounded
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Attorney General of the Clerics of Saint Viator, contacted by Agenzia Fides, reported that, according to information received from their community in Haiti, the Villa Manrese (home ...
18 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Monfortians: 10 seminarians dead, confirmed death of missing priest
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – From the updates sent in by Fr. Maurice regarding the situation of the Monfortians in Haiti, it seems that 10 students have lost their lives, all of whom had participated in the CIFOR ( ...
18 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Spiritans all saved, except one seminarian
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “It has been confirmed that all Spiritans (CSSp), except one seminarian Stephane Douge, have survived the earthquake in Haiti,” Agenzia Fides has been told by Fr. John McFadden CSSp, ...
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