America

• 9 May 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-It is urgent to help Haitians affected by the earthquake to become self-sufficient West Hartford (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the enormous aid to the Haitian people hit by an earthquake 16 months ago, the Caribbean nation still needs a lot of support. A note of the Catholic Transcript, the magazine of ...
• 9 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Ignorance, fear and precariousness of services: are the main causes of 37% maternal deaths recorded each year La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Every year 37% of maternal deaths are recorded in health centers in Bolivia. According to data by the organization Visión Mundial, more than 17 000 kids and 600 mothers die annually in the count ...
• 9 May 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA -"United to promote the integral development and to eliminate poverty": concluded the First Congress on the social doctrine of the church Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Commission for the Social Pastoral, Archbishop Jorge Casaretto, Bishop of the Diocese of San Isidro, said that the Church of Argentina recognizes "all the progress ...
• 7 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-March for Peace, "the authorities must not be afraid to listen to the voice of the people, " says the Bishop of Saltillo Cuernavaca (Agenzia Fides) – The "March for peace, justice and dignity. " started May 5 in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos. More than 150 social organizations and other leading personalities jo ...
• 7 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The local church offers free services to the community of Valle Hermoso Valle Hermoso (Agenzia Fides) - The House-Hotel "Juan Pablo II" belonging to the colony Emiliano Zapata, supported by the Church Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, offers several free services to the community of Valle Hermoso, ...
• 7 May 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-"Building a Church in the midst of this world, close to the suffering of the poor": say the Bishops after the meeting of the Episcopal Conference meeting Quito (Agenzia Fides) - From May 2 to 6, in the second week of Easter according to tradition, the members of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador met in Quito. According to the final statement of the meeting, received by ...
• 6 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The Bishop of Saltillo denounces the death of the miners: Stop with this "modern slavery" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Saltillo, Mgr.Raul Vera Lopez, has warned that until the federal government bans the so-called "Pozos coal" (coal wells) for the extraction of coal and and will not force coal ...
• 6 May 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-Pastoral operators of the center north of the country engaged in examining the Continental Mission La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Days organized by the Episcopal Conference of Chile are being held in La Serena. From May 5 to 7 is the turn of the Centre North. The objective of this Second Regional Meeting of ...
• 5 May 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-The three-year training for 200 young missionaries has been completed Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The middle school "Cardinal Spellman" in Quito was the scene of the presentation of diplomas to 200 young people from the Missionary Training School. The celebration was held Saturday, April 30, a ...
• 5 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Ecology and social analysis of the country under the Bishops' review for the Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Bolivia are meeting in Cochabamba for the 91st Assembly for the episcopate. From May 2nd they are gathered in the House of Cardinal Maurer for the preparatory meetings in the ...
• 4 May 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-First meeting of missionary formation for seminarians in Marilla on Continental Mission Marilia (Agenzia Fides) - The 1st Meeting of missionary formation for seminarians (Formise) was held at the auditorium of the Theological Institute, Queen of Apostles (Itra) in Marilia (SP), the ecclesiastical province o ...
• 4 May 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-"With his work man must earn his daily bread," a reflection for Labour Day and in the context of an economic crisis Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - "With his work man must earn his daily bread" is the title of the document of the Social Pastoral Commission of the Archdiocese of Cordoba, Argentina, on the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, and ...
• 3 May 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Indigenous populations, social issues, communications in the agenda of the 49th Assembly of Bishops of Brazil Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) -The 49th General Assembly of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) begins on Wednesday, May 4 in Aparecida. This will be the third time that the Assembly meets in Aparecida, after ...
• 3 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Celebration in Mexico for the blessed John Paul II and approval of the law for migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The weekend that has just ended was for the Mexicans a moment of real joy for the beatification of John Paul II, who in life had declared himself “Polish and Mexican”. The 5 visits ma ...
• 2 May 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Radio Maria: as well as the Internet now you can also listen to the radio in Brasilia Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Father Alessander Carregari Capalbo, director of Radio Maria do Brasil, told Fides that from May 1, to coincide with the beatification of John Paul II, Radio Maria began broadcasting on the 107 ...