America

• 27 September 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pontifical Mission Societies: 75 years of missionary work in Salta Salta (Agenzia Fides) - This coming Saturday, October 1, the Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the beginning of the Missionary month, in the Basilica Cathedral of Salta dedicated to the Virgin of the Miracle a ...
• 27 September 2011
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Half a century of solidarity: a research for Caritas to celebrate its 50 years Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012, Caritas Uruguay celebrates 50 years of its foundation in the country and wants to remember the event carrying out a project of social research, ie collecting the history of the count ...
• 26 September 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Lay Scalabrinian killed "for her work in the media" Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - The Community of Scalabrinian Lay Movement (SLM) is mourning over the terrible violent death of a member: Maria Elizabeth Macías Castro, 39, known as Marisol, who worked for a newspaper in ...
• 26 September 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishop of Valparaíso, "we must not accept any attack on the life of an unborn child for allegedly therapeutic reasons" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Gonzalo Duarte García, Bishop of Valparaiso, in Chile, has recently launched an appeal to the Christians of his country so that they oppose to the laws that allow abortion or are likely ...
• 26 September 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "We urgently need to break the chain of violence", Nunzio's appeal Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, stressed the urgent need to break the chain of violence and death that affects the Dominican Republic and asked ...
• 23 September 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-ITNPIS march: The Church is always available to guide the dialogue between the sides La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The march in defense of the Indigenous Territory National Park Isiboro Secure, ITNPIS (see Fides 30/08/2011, 20/09/2011), has stopped in the small town of San Miguel de Chaparina about 8 kilomete ...
• 23 September 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Nearly 100 years after the first law against human trafficking, the struggle of the Church continues Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Today, September 23, at 5pm at Plaza Constitucion in the capital of Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, sj, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, will celebrate a Mass for the victims of human ...
• 22 September 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church in Argentina celebrates "the month of the Bible" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As in many Latin American countries, the month of September is celebrated in Argentina as "the month of the Bible". For decades, this time of year, different parishes organize activities th ...
• 22 September 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Armed violence continues to disrupt the lives of small towns in Chocó Quibdo (Agenzia Fides) - The frequent actions of armed groups against the population have created fear and anxiety among Afro-descendants and indigenous peoples who live in the department of Chocó, and are no longer abl ...
• 22 September 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -LARE: 39 years for the promotion of radio communication Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American Association of Radio Education (LARE) today celebrates the 39th anniversary of its founding. It is a reality that promotes communication in different situations, local a ...
• 22 September 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dengue continues to alarm the local health authorities San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Cases of dengue in El Salvador continue to increase and the local health authorities are alarmed. Every week there are at least 200 new people infected, and although fortunately the figur ...
• 21 September 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Abortion, euthanasia and in vitro fertilization: warning on behalf of the Mexican Bishops Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Mexico issued a statement stressing that society now should no longer marvel at the violence carried out when unborn children are being aborted. "The many expres ...
• 21 September 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-The preparation for the First Missionary Congress of Mariana begins Itabira (Agenzia Fides) - In the ecclesiastical province of Mariana (which includes, in addition to the archdiocese of Mariana, the dioceses of Caratinga Governador Valadares and Itabira-Coronel Fabriciano). On Septembe ...
• 20 September 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - African refugees ask the Brazilian government for asylum São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2010 about 30 displaced people from Africa have asked the Brazilian government for asylum. They live in the states of the Amazon jungle. They come from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Bis ...
• 20 September 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - ITNPIS: new appeal on behalf of the Bishops to "continue the path of dialogue, genuine and constructive" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of Bolivia has launched a new appeal to the areas in contention for the case concerning ITNPIS (Indigenous Territory National Park Isiboro Secure), calling for a sincer ...