America

• 12 November 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - We are all implied in the Continental Mission Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Mexico have prepared the final document of the XC Plenary Assembly, which emphasizes the Church's involvement in the Continental Mission. "We come together to share the diff ...
• 10 November 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church does not seek or demand privileges, but a juridical system that respects its mission; 90th Bishops' Assembly begins Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The 90th Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Bishops' Conference has begun. The opening ceremony was marked by an exchange of very significant messages. The presence of the constitutional Pres ...
• 10 November 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and the environment, focus of Bishops' Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Education and the environment will be the themes that occupy the agenda of the Bolivian Bishops gathered for their 90th Extraordinary Meeting, from November 11 to 16 at the Clemente Cardina ...
• 9 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops' Conference declares 2011 “Year for Life” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father has invited everyone to hold a prayer vigil for the unborn on November 27, at the beginning of Advent, to thank God for the complete gift of Himself that has given meanin ...
• 8 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Rehabilitation of an ethics of politics,” called for by the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Social; preparing for 100th Plenary Meeting of Bishops' Conference Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of San Isidro and President of the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral/Social Ministry, Bishop Jorge Casaretto, has recalled that "the new leadership should not limit itself to em ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - More difficulties arise in Haiti: 3 dead after hurricane, cholera on the rise Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Hurricane Tomas has caused at least three deaths and severe flooding in several towns in western Haiti. The number of victims could rise due to the precarious living conditions of Haiti ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Mission houses”, for years a reference point for Cuban Catholics Havana (Agenzia Fides) – For 50 years, no Catholic churches have been built in Cuba and this has prompted the faithful to gather in private homes or “mission houses”, where there are communities that celebrate the ...
• 5 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary sent from Argentina to Angola Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, November 3, marked the celebration in the chapel of the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Argentina, of a Mass with the "Missionary Sending" of Fr. D ...
• 5 November 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops on Nov. 7 elections: “Voting is a right and a responsibility” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay, meeting at their 189th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, have issued a statement regarding the municipal elections to be held in the country on November 7. "Voting is a righ ...
• 4 November 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - President Raul Castro attends Catholic Seminary inauguration Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Cuban President Raul Castro attended the opening of the “Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio,” the first building of the Catholic Church in more than half a century. The official ceremon ...
• 4 November 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church denounces 31 homicides of homeless in first 10 months of 2010 Maceio (Agenzia Fides) – "As if the humiliation, discrimination, and neglect were not enough, now the homeless must also live with the fear of not seeing the sunrise because they are threatened with death." This is the ...
• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/ANTILLE - Hurricane Tomas takes the lives of 14 on Santa Lucia, now headed for Haiti Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – The Antilles are now suffering the passage of the Atlantic hurricanes: on Saturday, October 30, the islands of Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, were affected by the c ...
• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church asks new President for “fidelity in fulfilling election promises” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), in an official statement, congratulated the President-elect of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who won the elections Sunday, October 31 with 56 percent of th ...
• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Say a prayer, offer a hand, be in solidarity with the Haitians in any way you can,” Fr. Binet tells Fides Petite Riviere (Agenzia Fides) – The cholera emergency in Haiti continues, where hundreds of deaths have been confirmed by the severe infection that is affecting the country. This is what Fides learned from a source in ...
• 30 October 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 3,000 youth preaching the Gospel door-to-door for close of Month of the Missions Granada (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Granada, Bishop Jorge Solórzano, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki, and the clergy of Granada, Rivas, and Boaco, will all be meeting today, October 30, along wit ...