America
7 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-"Respect for migrants' asked by the Bishop of Cordoba
Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The safety and respect for life are necessary for Central American migrants who cross the lands of Veracruz, and it is our duty to give them hospitality to make their journey easier, although th ...
6 July 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL-Final preparations for the first meeting of Childhood and missionary Adolescence in the state of São Paulo
São Paulo (Fides Service) - Final preparations in sight of the 1st RMCMA (Regional Meeting of Childhood and Missionary Adolescence) which will take place on 16 and 17 July in the town of Embu (see Fides 03/25/2011) to ...
6 July 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Bishops ask for a serious structural reform of the health care system
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - During the second working day of the Plenary Assembly of the Colombian Bishops' Conference, being held in Bogota (see Fides 04/07/2011), the Bishops have strongly confirmed the complaints of the ...
6 July 2011
AMERICA/CHILE- Cold polar wave: winter campaign to help earthquake victims and the weakest
Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) –The Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomalí, has launched an appeal to the Chilean people so that they do not forget the poverty of those who still live in villages set u ...
5 July 2011
AMERICA/VENEZUELA. For Cardinal Urosa, the Bicentennial is "an opportunity for Venezuelans to carry out the ways of a real and permanent independence, marked by the teachings of the Gospel"
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – In the context of the celebrations of the Venezuelan people for 200 years of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Catholic Church has stressed her position for refusing "all tha ...
4 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - A priest, "another victim of hatred between brothers"
Heroica Matamoros (Fides Service) - A Mexican diocesan priest, Father Marco Antonio Duran Romero was killed in a firefight between soldiers and an armed group in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the Un ...
4 July 2011
AMERICA/CHILE-Even students of Catholic schools demonstrate for a better education system
Santiago (Fides Service) - Sister Elizabeth Gonzalez, deputy director of the school "Santa Maria de la Providencia" in Renca and member of the Commission for the Continental Mission of the Archdiocese of Santiago, lived ...
4 July 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-More than 200 000 Ivorian refugees: 15 000 in the Salesian mission of Duékoué
Abidjan (Fides Service) - During the last three weeks the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partner agencies have registered 322,277 internally displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire. The displaced p ...
4 July 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Colombian Episcopate commemorates 25 years of the visit of Pope John Paul II
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 4 to 8 July the Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (ECC) will take place in Bogota. The meeting relies on the presence of 96 Bishops that represent the 76 ecclesial jurisdicti ...
1 July 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA-Third Workshop of the Missionary Groups; on October 1 the opening of the October missionary in the coastal region
Funes (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 and 26 June, the laboratory of the Missionary Groups for the coastal region was held in the town of Funes, Archdiocese of Rosario. There were 29 participants belonging to the dioceses of Ros ...
1 July 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence against the indigenous people of Brazil is increasing: new complaint by IMIC
Brasilia (Fides Service) - Murder, death threats, lack of health care and education, delays in the regularization of land, exploitation of natural resources: this is the picture of the violence the indigenous people of B ...
30 June 2011
AMERICA/CUBA-Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Cuba for the years 2011-2016, the R ...
28 June 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Training, Domund and Bishops’ Letter: Assembly of diocesan Directors of the PMS
Trinidad (Fides Service) - The National Assembly of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Bolivia, in Trinidad, a town 600 kilometers from La Paz is on, during which several issues will be discu ...
28 June 2011
AMERICA-Even in America the Day of charity of the Pope, "a sign of communion with the Pope and the response to the needs of the poorest brothers and sisters"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of charity of the Pope is celebrated around the world, even though with different dates but still close to the solemnity of the Saints Peter and Paul. As far as the American contine ...
27 June 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-A group of Central American immigrants kidnapped by gunmen in Veracruz
Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The House of Migrants ("Hermanos en el Camino"), directed by father Alejandro Solalinde, reported that last Friday, June 24, a train which left from Ixtepec, Oaxaca, heading towards Veracruz, ...
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