America

• 26 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Church proposes dialogue on an issue which is still open: Public education Santiago (Fides) – The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati, has stressed his appeal to put a stop to violence and seek solutions through dialogue, after talking for about an hour and a half with ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Those who govern should ask for the wisdom to distinguish between good and evil: this is Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval's appeal Santa Cruz (Fides Service)- Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval has urged government authorities to set aside punishment and to ask God for wisdom to distinguish between good and evil. The Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU- A new canteen for malnourished children in the suburbs of the capital has been inaugurated Lima (Agenzia Fides)- As part of the celebrations for the 21 years of their arrival in Peru, the nuns of the “Little Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi” have opened a new canteen for malnourished children in the area ...
• 23 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO- Assaults and threats against defenders of immigrants in the country are increasing Mexico City (Fides Service) - According to the report of the Commission of the pastoral care of human mobility of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (MEC), in recent years aggressions, threats and harassment against defend ...
• 22 July 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-In two months 21 health centers have closed down because of poor hygiene Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The precarious sanitary conditions of Centre Médico Honduras in Santo Domingo, have led the Ministry of Local Public Health to close down the facility. The state of abandonment of areas s ...
• 22 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-"Witnesses of Christ, all witnesses and every day": the commitment of the PMS for the missionary formation Santiago (Fides Service) - The commitment of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Chile for animation and missionary formation of the animators and all the baptized continues. On 15 and 16 July a basic Course of f ...
• 21 July 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Peace can be reached through dialogue, not only with weapons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (CEC), His Exc. Mgr. Ruben Salazar Gomez, Archbishop of Bogota, recently launched a new appeal for peace in the Latin American country through ...
• 21 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Meeting of the Jesuit coordinators of Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean Guadalajara (Fides Service) - From 1 to 6 August the V Meeting of the Provincial Coordinators for Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Five main goals: 1. To analyze the i ...
• 20 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -Fighting Poverty: extraordinary Regional Conference of Caritas Lima (Agenzia Fides) - From July 17 to 22 representatives of 22 Caritas of Latin America and the Caribbean have gathered in the Peruvian capital to try to define a work plan for the region which has as a goal the fight a ...
• 20 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-A double march along the path of migrants to sensitize the civil community Veracruz (Fides Service) - A march that traces the journey made by migrants in southern Mexico to reach the United States: this is what is being organized to sensitize the authorities and citizens during the visit to Mex ...
• 19 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate: from India to the deserts of northern Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The community of La Union, in Lower Piura (outskirts of the capital city Piura, 20 km from the city center), warmly welcomed Father Tomy Mathew Moozhayil, C.M.I and Father Joseph Anthony Palackal, ...
• 19 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL- Mass media instrument of evangelization and promotion of the Kingdom Rio de Janeiro (Fides Service) - "The Continental Mission in a perspective of communication" was the theme of the conference given by His Exc. Mgr. Guillermo Ortiz Mondragón, Bishop of the Diocese of Cuautitlán in Mexi ...
• 18 July 2011
  AMERICA /MEXICO- Casa del Migrante in San Luis Potosi closes down: each year nearly 9 000 Central American migrants were welcomed San Luis Potosi (Fides Service) - Casa del Migrante in San Luis Potosi,in Mexico closes down. This is what we read in a declaration by father Ruben Perez, of the local Caritas, a copy of which was sent to Fides. Among th ...
• 18 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-"The Church must be a promoter of dialogue and speak an understandable language to today's world": the training seminar for the Bishops of Brazil has concluded Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The Church must be a promoter of dialogue and democracy, in a clear and decisive way, both in society and within the Church: it is the exhortation addressed to the Bishops of Brazil by th ...
• 18 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Exchange of experience between the PMS of Austria and Brazil Bahia (Fides Service) - A missionary group with 15 people from the Commission "Church in the world," of the Guardian Angel parish in the Diocese of Graz, in Austria, visited Brazil from July 5 to 15. In addition to parti ...