America

• 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 ...
• 2 May 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-The workers of the Catholic Action call for "a fair distribution of wealth" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The workers of the Argentina Catholic Action (SETRAC) published a statement which calls for "a fair distribution of wealth”, as the title of the message says released on 1 May, the feast ...
• 30 April 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The only Colombian sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of Czestochowa celebrates the beatification of John Paul II Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the south of the colombian capital of Bogota, in the district of Yomasa, is the parish of St. Athanasius which is also a Marian Sanctuary, the only one in Colombia dedicated to Our Lady of Cze ...
• 30 April 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-The young are protagonists in the initiatives of the beatification of John Paul II Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In most cases it will be young people who will gather for prayer vigils promoted in the Argentinian dioceses waiting for the Mass for the beatification of Pope John Paul II presided over by ...
• 29 April 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA -The Pope with the miner's helmet, an image from Bolivia that went around the world Oruro (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Oruro, in Bolivia, is looking forward to the beatification of Pope John Paul II, said Monsignor Cristobal Bialasik, SVD, Bishop of this diocese. The people of Oruro recalls with af ...
• 29 April 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -A group of Haitians in Peru call for refugee status, with the support of the Church Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Department of Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, has informed, on behalf of the Regional Office UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ...
• 28 April 2011
  AMERICA / HONDURAS - "We have to leave the church and be witnesses of life”, said Bishop Pineda Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Only if the people are united in faith, love and hope, they will be able to deal with "the heavy cross of unemployment, violence, lack of justice, impunity and corruption": This is what was ...