America

• 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 ...
• 5 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The march in defense of Itnpis starts again, Cardinal Terrazas meets up with the natives Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, met a group of Indigenous over the weekend who are camped in front of the Cathedral of Santa Cruz and are on a hunger strike in ...
• 5 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Humanitarian Aid of the Church to the indigenous peoples who march towards the capital La Paz (Agenzia Fides) –Some news on the Itnpis march, which has started again and is heading towards La Paz, was sent to Fides by the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia. Participants in the march told the international p ...
• 4 October 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Religious freedom is threatened so as to justify an "Ad Hoc Commission" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the United States of America (Uscbb) has announced the establishment of an "ad hoc Commision" for religious freedom, which will be presided by Mgr.William Lori, Bi ...