America

• 9 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Dialogue between demonstrators and government opens today Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Council of Ministers, Javier Velasquez Quesquen arrives today, August 9, in the city of Quillabamba, province of La Convencion in Cuzco, to initiate a dialogue with leade ...
• 7 August 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops on the 185th anniversary of Bolivia: “Faced with the plague of corruption and drug trafficking we should promote a culture of life.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, August 6, Bolivia commemorated the 185th anniversary of the founding of the Republic, in the midst of a complex process of transition and transformation into a multinational state. O ...
• 7 August 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Government Health Ministry on alert for new form of dengue San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Ministry of Health is on alert for the presence of "dengue 4", the only type of dengue not circulating in the country, but that has been found in Nicaragua and Honduras. The alarm of the ...
• 6 August 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A new culture of values for the fight against violence, religious leaders meet with Mexican government Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with religious leaders as part of a program of consultations with several social sectors in the country, to address the violence that plagues Mexico. ...
• 5 August 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops issue Pastoral Letter speaking out on national insecurity and violence Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Panamanian Bishops' Conference (CEP) has indicated through a document that Panama is going through a serious situation of insecurity and violence, and urged all sectors to contribute t ...
• 5 August 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - From Chile: “an open letter to workers and those involved in their pastoral care” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Fides was recently sent the final document issued after the seminar entitled: "Pastoral Care in the Working World in a Global Economy: Organization and Prospects," which took place i ...
• 4 August 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 60th anniversary of perpetual vows for 8 Medical Mission Sisters working in health assistance for the poor Philadelphia (Agenzia Fides) – On August 15, in Philadelphia, six Medical Mission Sisters (Medical Mission Sisters) from North America will celebrate their 60th anniversary of perpetual vows and another two, their 65th ...
• 3 August 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Auxiliary Bishop of Durango: “Poverty and unemployment promote violence and insecurity.” Durango (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is continually worsening in different parts of Mexico, creating great suffering. Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez, Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, has issued a letter to the commun ...
• 3 August 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Course for priests at Missionary Cultural Center focuses on the missions Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary formation today requires an intense human, spiritual, intellectual, and practical preparation. With this in mind, the Mission Cultural Center of Brasilia (CCM) held a course in mis ...
• 2 August 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - 450 youth on the missions in the earthquake-stricken areas to help out in reconstruction Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – With great enthusiasm and joy, more than 400 students from Catholic University (from the group “DUOC” in charge of the education project for the social mission of UC) left the ci ...
• 2 August 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Communications leaders of Latin America conclude meeting Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The Department of Communication and Press of CELAM has sent Fides the final document of the meeting held in Cochabamba, July 28 to 30. The objective of the meeting was to share experience ...
• 31 July 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Second Course of Missionary Formation and Animation in Salta Salta (Agenzia Fides) – Today 31 July, registration starts for the Second Course of Missionary Formation and Animation to be held in Salta, Argentina. Organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies and the mission pasto ...
• 31 July 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Cuzco archdiocese prepares for 2nd Holy/Missionary Childhood Congress Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – Fides received today news about preparations in the archdiocese of Cuzco, in Peru, for the 2nd archdiocesan Holy/Missionary Childhood Congress in which hundreds of children members of Holy Child ...
• 30 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Eighty three year old priest found murdered in Oaxaca City, Mexico Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – An eighty three year old priest was found dead in the evening of 28 July, in his parish, in Oaxaca City in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The priest had been gagged and tied up, the loca ...
• 30 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Arizona immigration law SB 1070: “selfish and irresponsible" say the Bishops of Mexico Texcoco (Agenzia Fides) – A statement presented by Bishop Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, Bishop of Texcoco and secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Mexico, a copy of the statement was sent to Fid ...