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22 December 2009
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another priest killed in Colombia: Fr. Jaramillo Cardenas
Santa Rosa de Osos (Agenzia Fides) - Colombian priest Father Emir Jaramillo Cardenas was killed between December 20 and 21 at his home, located in Santa Rosa de Osos, about 74 km from the city of Medellin. According to s ...
22 December 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - No Christmas in Venezuela and in the world, if we do not make a commitment to Life
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “No Christmas in Venezuela and in the world, if we do not make a commitment to Life,” is the theme of a reflection that the Superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Venezuela, Father Lisan ...
21 December 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “Catholics Come Home” to their parish for Christmas
Atlanta (Agenzia Fides) – This Advent and Christmas season, the Catholic association Catholics Come Home, Inc. (CCH) is collaborating with Catholic dioceses across the United States, using television ads to encourage f ...
19 December 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Preparing for the First Missionary Congress of the Diocese of Moron: missionary triduum to prepare for Christmas
Moron (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, December 20, at 12pm, the Cathedral of Moron will hold a Mass with a "sending" of missionary groups, as an opportunity to thank the members of these groups for the effort made to brin ...
18 December 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - New communications strategies for spreading awareness about October 2010 Missionary Campaign in Brazil
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission and sharing" ( "Missão and Partila"): This is the theme of the missionary campaign taking place in Brazil in October 2010. To increase awareness of the event, representatives of major ...
17 December 2009
AMERICA/CHILE - “10 Commandments” for living Christmas in its true meaning and in the family: “Christmas is not worrying about the gift, but thinking of others.”
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from the Padre Hurtado Foundation and the Center for the Family at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile have launched the "Ten Commandments of Christmas" for l ...
17 December 2009
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First Encounter of Women in Latin America: a contribution to the integral formation of women and the progress of their mission in the Church and in society, in light of the Aparecida Document
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The First Encounter of the Women of Latin America, organized by the CELAM (Latin American Bishops' Conference) Department of Life and Family, was held December 14-16. Following the guidelines f ...
16 December 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Polish priest attacked by deranged youth while celebrating Mass in Tanabe, Diocese of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Bishops' Conference deplores rising tide of violence against priests
Tanabi (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, December 13th, Polish priest Mario Uztazewisck of 65, was attacked during Children's Mass he was celebrating at 10 am in his parish in the Diocese of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, in the to ...
16 December 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Serving the migrants: Scalabrinians celebrate 122nd anniversary of foundation
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – With great joy, the Congregation of Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) celebrated their 122nd anniversary of foundation in different parts of the world, marking the birth of the ...
16 December 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - The challenge of climate changes: a letter from the Archdiocese of Acapulco highlights the need for everyone to assume their own responsibilities and make concrete decisions
Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Acapulco has published a letter on the occasion of the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change. "We know that Catholic organizations such as Caritas Internationalis and the Int ...
15 December 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another priest murdered in Brazil: Fr. Alvino Broering
Itajai (Agenzia Fides) - Brazilian priest Father Alvino Broering, 46, was stabbed at dawn on December 14th in the southern state of Santa Catarina (Brazil) by a man who then stole his car, according to information from t ...
15 December 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Two Consolata Missionaries from Colombia die in a car accident, after years of missionary work in the Brazilian Amazon
Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) – Two religious from the institution of the Consolata Missionaries, both natives of Colombia, Sister Ana Elind Gonzalez Lara, 44, and Sister Amelia Gil Diaz, 66, died the morning of December 1 ...
15 December 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “I shall seek your face, Lord”: first part of Compendium for lay missionary formation published
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretariat for Pastoral Ministry of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has issued the first publication of the Compendium for ongoing formation of the laity. “I shall seek your face, Lord - ...
14 December 2009
AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Living in Solidarity”: Caritas Uruguay website gets a new look
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The new website of Caritas Uruguayan offers all the information on its activities in an ordered structure, and is dynamic and colorful. The site is organized to inform about the most serious ...
14 December 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Missionary Church in Tachira prepares from Year of the Word of God in 2010
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – With a solemn Eucharistic celebration at the Sports Center of Tariba, with the participation of delegations of the diocesan clergy and parishes, December 12 marked the end of the first phase o ...
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