America
11 October 2011
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - A school for the poorest of the poor
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 boys and girls, who mainly come from poor families, attend St. Louise School in El Salvador. It is an oasis of peace away from the city drowned by drugs, violence and rebellio ...
11 October 2011
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Threats cannot intimidate the Nicaraguan Church", said the Bishop of Matagalpa
Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua) made a complaint to the local press that he received threats over the phone. One of his family answered the call and he ...
10 October 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Representative of UNICEF visited the headquarters of the PMS
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Argentina, Father Osvaldo Pablo Leone, received on Friday, October 7 the visit of a UNICEF Representative in Argentina, Mr ...
10 October 2011
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Missionary Month begins with the sending of 150 catechists
Miranda (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo García Naranjo, Bishop of the Diocese of Guarenas, in the state of Miranda, Venezuela, celebrated a Mass of the sending of 150 missionary catechists from different paris ...
10 October 2011
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Morality, democracy and pluralism in the Bishops' document for the elections to be held on November 6
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua has published its message on the occasion of the upcoming elections on November 6, signed by all the bishops with the date of October 7, 2011, a copy of whi ...
8 October 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - Discouragement among the population of Veracruz due to the climate of violence: 36 corpses were found
Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - Just two days after the signing of the plan "Veracruz Seguro" between the federal government and the state government of Veracruz, 32 bodies were found in 3 houses, and another 4 bodies were fo ...
8 October 2011
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church wants to know the truth about father Pupiro’s death
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The clergy of the Archdiocese of Managua, united as one body in communion with the Archbishop and the Auxiliary Bishop for the monthly meeting of October, would like to remember our brother pri ...
7 October 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The importance of the mass-media and study Centers to analyze the migration phenomenon, confirmed by the Scalabrinian Missionaries
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The importance of the mass-media and study Centers to read and analyze the phenomenon of migration in adherence to the Scalabrinian charism and the proposed Scalabrinian international news ...
7 October 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - The campaign "For a Mexico without hunger": supports more than 31 thousand people in extreme poverty every week
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 15, the Food Bank of the Archdiocese of Mexico organizes a new day against hunger in the Federal District, by collecting non-perishable food in order to continue to support more t ...
7 October 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Family House Teresa de los Andes: it is difficult to get aid to help sick children
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, Oct. 3, the Family House Teresa de los Andes celebrated, with a thanksgiving Mass presided by Mgr.Sergio Gualberti, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Cruz, 22 years since its foundatio ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/CHILE - First meeting of national missionary of seminarians, in the light of Aparecida and the Continental Mission
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebrations for the missionary month of October, from 6 to 9 October, at the Major Seminary "Christ the King" of Rancagua, the first meeting of the National Missionary of Semina ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Different dialogues to build peace: conflict analysis and experiences of dialogue
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today and tomorrow, October 6 and 7, the Third National Meeting for Peace-building with the title "Different dialogues to build peace" will be held in Bogota, at the headquarters of the Episcopal ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/CANADA - "For a Better World": video clip of the PMS for the missionary month of October
Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the missionary month of October, which will culminate on World Mission Day, the Pontifical Mission Societies of the French-speaking Canada put a new video clip online which l ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian women do not report the violence between couples in order to protect their children
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 56% of the population over 18 years of age in four cities of Peru believe that women do not report incidents of violence to avoid retaliation against their children. A recent survey conducted in Li ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church encourages parents to get their children vaccinated
Tuxpan (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Third National Week of Health in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the Catholic Church invited all parents to get their children vaccinated against various diseases. In their ...
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