America

• 4 October 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mapuche hunger strike ends Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – After 82 days of fasting, the Mapuche detainees in the prisons of Concepción, Temuco, Lebu have decided to put an end to their hunger strike on the evening of Friday, October 1, after reachi ...
• 4 October 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Landslides, rains in Chiapas, over 30 dead; Bishop Arizmendi makes appeal Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Mexico has sent Fides a copy of the appeal made by Bishop Felipe Arizmendi, Bishop of the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas (Mexico), calling for more help for local poor people wh ...
• 4 October 2010
  AMERICA - Ecclesial movements and missionary dynamism in light of the Great Continental Mission Atyra (Agenzia Fides) – The final document of the III Latin American Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, which took place in Atyra (Paraguay), September 2-5, 2010, was recently published. Convened by t ...
• 2 October 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops address importance of a “free and responsible vote” on October 3 Lima (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the electoral campaign, the Peruvian Bishops' Conference issued a statement to remind people of the importance of making a free and responsible vote in the elections on October 3. T ...
• 1 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops' Appeal: “Only a regular dialogue, frank and constructive, may lead to a better Ecuador" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Claims being made by various sectors of Ecuadorian society in recent months have led to the revolt of law enforcement officials. They have resorted to brute force and have injured the dignity of ...
• 1 October 2010
  AMERICA - Conclusions from 3rd Latin American Youth Congress: youth are dynamic force capable of standing up against spiritual death Los Teques (Agenzia Fides) – Young people from across the Americas and the Caribbean came together last month for the third Latin American Congress of Youth, this time in Los Teques, near Caracas, Venezuela (see Fides ...
• 30 September 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Thousands homeless, contaminated wells, blocked roadways Escuintla (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas of the Diocese of Escuintla has sent Fides a detailed report of the situation in the country and the diocese, updated on September 29, after the damages caused by heavy rains in rece ...
• 30 September 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS of the USA use new websites on Scripture and the Mission to give faithful “a missionary heart” New York (Agenzia Fides) – The National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States has recently launched two new websites – MissionInScripture.org offers reflection on Sunday readings in li ...
• 29 September 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A long preparation for the Month of the Missions, with the goal of promoting HCA throughout the country Managua (Agenzia Fides) – In Nicaragua, preparations for the missionary month of October have been underway since August 21, date of the first National Meeting of Group Leaders of the Holy Childhood Association, during ...
• 29 September 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Severe storms lead to 4 deaths, 100 missing, and hundreds of damaged homes in the State of Oaxaca Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – The Civil Protection has confirmed the news that 4 people were killed after a landslide that occurred yesterday in the community of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Th ...
• 25 September 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - “Politics should seek the common good”: Bishops' message on upcoming elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the regional and municipal elections scheduled to take place Sunday, October 3, the Bishops of Peru have issued a message asking candidates to seek the common good of the population a ...
• 25 September 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missions Month begins in Catamarca, in the jubilee year of the diocese San Fernando del Valle (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 2 at 18, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley, there will be a Mass celebrated for the beginning of the Missions Month, October. The Mass wil ...
• 24 September 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombian Bishops express hope for dialogue with FARC: “It is time for the war to end.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (CEC), Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Barranquilla, says that the death of the guerrilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas could mean the op ...
• 24 September 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican bishop awarded for commitment to migrants, indigenous, and marginalized Oslo (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop José Raúl Vera López, Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) was awarded the annual Raft Award for his work in defense of immigrants and natives by the Norwegian foundation which bears the same na ...
• 23 September 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Bishops condemn violence against Guarani-Kaiowa Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, September 22, the bishops of Brazil called for an urgent government intervention to stop the "armed attacks" that are being conducted against two communities of Guarani Indians in ...