America

• 28 March 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Elections: Bishops open a site for “choosing in good conscience” the presidential candidate Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – In order to provide a space for reflection that contributes to the current presidential election campaign, the Archbishop of Trujillo and President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, Archbi ...
• 25 March 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Celebrate life from its beginnings”: today is the Day for the Unborn Child Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – “Recalling the Annunciation, we may say that God made the decision to participate in the history of humankind. He assumed all the vicissitudes of human existence. God loved us so much t ...
• 25 March 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Mission and Ecology”: first Meeting of Society of Holy Childhood and Missionary Adolescence for the State of São Paulo São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – The organisation of the first Regional Meeting of the Society of Holy Childhood and Missionary Adolescence, which will be held on 16 and 17 July in the city of Embù, was the focus of the r ...
• 24 March 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Celebrations for Archbishop Romero on the “International Day for the Right to the Truth” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of 24 March, 31 years ago, the Archbishop of San Salvador, Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, was killed by death squads while celebrating Mass in the Hospital of Divine Providen ...
• 24 March 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombian civil society raises commitment to development and to reducing armed violence Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – Today, 24 March, at 6:00 pm, the declaration by Colombian civil society regarding the reduction of armed violence and the promotion of development was launched in Bogotà, at the office of th ...
• 23 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - USCMA promotes 2011 Mission Conference, October 28-30 Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) is promoting the 2011 Mission Conference themed “Push out into the deep... Communion and Missionary Discipleship” to be held from ...
• 23 March 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Come and get to know the PMS in Brasilia: Society of the Holy Childhood and Missionary Adolescence promotes a drawing contest Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil, through the National Secretary of the Society of the Holy Childhood and Missionary Adolescence (SCMA), has launched a drawing contest. Childr ...
• 23 March 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “I hope to be able to contribute to the mission with humility,” says the new National Director of the PMS of Brazil Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – Fr Camilo Pauletti, 25 years a priest and 51 years of age, recently assumed the role of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil (see Fides 22/1/2011). Even tho ...
• 23 March 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church launches signature campaign to protect the family Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On 25 March the Catholic Church in Argentina's campaign will begin to collect signatures in support of a “Law for the complete protection of the Family”. For its approval, the bill, s ...
• 22 March 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The affection and closeness of the Pope to the Vicariate of Aysen to “build a strong Christian community” Aysen (Agenzia Fides) – A message of faith and hope was delivered to the people of Aysén by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, and by the Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peop ...
• 22 March 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Second round of elections, relative calm returns to Country, first results 31 March Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti experienced a period of quiet the day after the presidential and legislative elections, held on Sunday 20 March. Meanwhile counting of the votes has begun, which will culminate on ...
• 22 March 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Preparing for CAM 4: secularization is a reality that we should recognise as present but that must be addressed Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – One of the goals of the Continental Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of America, from 14 to 19 March in Bolivia (see Fides 11/3/2011; 15/3/2011; 17/3/ ...
• 21 March 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - President Obama to pay tribute to Archbishop Romero, “the voice of the voiceless” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the United States of America, Barak Obama, at the conclusion of his visit to Latin America, will visit the grave of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero the day before the thirty-f ...
• 21 March 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church points out that there will be democracy when there is respect for the will of the people Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Managua, Bishop Silvio Baez Ortega, said that “a democracy without values” can “easily” become totalitarianism, hidden or open. “In Nicaragua ...
• 18 March 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Report on the increasing violence against priests in Mexico Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Last year more than one thousand priests were victims of attempted extortions (for their “protection”, amounts ranging from ten thousand to two million Mexican pesos have been demanded ...