America

• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another three missionary religious sisters sent to Haiti on behalf of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Three religious sisters depart from Brazil today, 21 February, for Port au Prince, (the capital of Haiti), where they will mainly work to help children and adolescents. Their work is part of ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 500 years defending human dignity: Bishops' pastoral letter to the poor Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of Dominican Republic has written a document for “500 years defending human dignity” which will be published for the 167th national anniversary of the Countr ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Innovative sewage treatment plant produces drinking water for remote areas Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – With the help of a German charity, the Servants (Siervas) of Christ the Priest, who run “Uñacha”, the children's home in the Quiquijana district, province of Quispicachi, in Cuzco, thanks t ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New community of religious sisters in Manaus to combat human trafficking Manaus (Agenzia Fides) – Almost a year has passed since the meeting in Brasilia for the Coordinatino of the Religious Network “Un Grito por la Vida”, which discussed and planned actions related to the fight against ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Dicoesan directors of U.S. PMS pay visit to the Church in Kenya New York (Agenzia Fides) – A group of ten diocesan directors and coordinators from the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in the United States, accompanied by two journalists from Catholic News Service (CNS), led by ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Reconstruction has not begun and people lack food security Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti needs about a billion dollars to realise the reconstruction projects approved by the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti, says the Haitian Prime Minister, Jean Max ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Justice is the foundation of human society”: Bishop's letter Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pastoral Letter written by the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, published at the conclusion of the Annual Plenary Assembly this year, is called “Construir en justicia, inspirado ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino considers the students' strike for human rights “commendable” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – According to a note sent to Fides by Unión Radio, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, has expressed his support for the hunger strike carried out by a group of students around ...
• 17 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 29th Missiology course concludes Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – With a shared Eucharist the XXIX Missiology course concluded in Argentina. The closing ceremony took place on 12 February with Mass and with the issuing of certificates to the 14 particip ...
• 17 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - We must continue with the San Andres accords: appeal by Bishop Arizmendi San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de las Casas, launched an appeal to continue on with the accords of San Andres Larrainzar on indigenous issues, a problem t ...
• 16 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - the cowardly assassination of Father Orozco “shows the serious crisis of human and Christian values” Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) – Father Luis Carlos Orozco Cardona, 26 years old, was killed in Rio Negro (Antioquia) on the evening of Saturday, 12 February: the news was confirmed in a message sent to Fides by the Colombia ...
• 16 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Confirming the identity of the missionary vocation of the priesthood: conclusions from the first Meeting of the European Fidei Donum priests in America Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – “Grateful to God for our vocation to mission ad gentes - 52 diocesan priests, based in our dioceses in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland and Spain - we attended the 'First Continental ...
• 15 February 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “A transitional document for Central Americans who travel to the north of Mexico,” proposes the President of Guatemala Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, wants to propose to the Mexican Government to grant temporary permits to Central Americans who cross Mexico to reach the United States, as a me ...
• 15 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Infant malnutrition not just a cultural problem Salta (Agenzia Fides) – The National Commission for Aboriginal Pastoral Care has made a statement dismissing the authorities of Salta, who classified the deaths of at least 10 children from malnutrition, as “a cultur ...
• 14 February 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “Stop the violence in this Country” asks the Archbishop of San Salvador San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked for a joint effort to tackle the “grave” situation of violence afflicting the Country, where there is an average of eleven murders a day. ...