America

• 16 June 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Moron: “we must find specific forms of evangelisation suited to our reality ” Moron (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the diocese of Moron, considers the recent Diocesan Mission Congress a "grace from the Lord", and has connected it with the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, to encourag ...
• 15 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "No life can be taken for the sake of 'community justice' " warns the Bishop of Oruro Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – “Events in Uncia are deplorable, such crimes must never be repeated, the lynching seen in various parts, mainly in rural areas and poor districts, must not be allowed to happen again”: these ...
• 15 June 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Fighting poverty to eliminate child labour Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the recent annual recurrence of World Day Against Child Labour, Paraguay, like many other Latin American countries, tackled various issues connected with the elimination of ...
• 14 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico's prisons are full of innocent victims of the 'crime' of 'crimes' : poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican city of Acapulco is hosting a National Meeting on Pastoral Care in Prisons which opens today at the city's new Cathedral dedicated to Christ the King. A report sent to Fides fr ...
• 14 June 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - 10th Catholic Social Week “on line” Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Cuba will celebrate the 10th Catholic Social Week in Havana 16 - 20 June with the main slogan: “Witnesses of Hope and Builders of Peace”. The news was sent to Fides by the Coun ...
• 12 June 2010
  AMERICA - World Day Against Child Labour: nothing to 'celebrate' Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Today 12 June, we mark World Day Against Child Labour. According to the International Labour Organisation, ILO, the world has almost 215 million child workers aged between 5 and 17 years. Of ...
• 12 June 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - Archbishop Mamberti to open a series of conferences on emigration and economy Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Cuban intellectuals, believers and non believers, resident in Cuba and abroad, will take part in a series of Conferences entitled "Diálogo entre cubanos". The conferences, now in the 10th edi ...
• 12 June 2010
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “The game unites… and can even assume the value of an offering” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – “Fans, players, coaches, journalists, sponsors and symbols from many different countries meeting on the streets and the stadiums of South Africa, are rivalling the United Nations”: said ...
• 11 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Threatened with death bishops, religious and agencies working to promote respect for human rights Santa Rosa de Osos (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia and the Colombian Catholic Bishops' Conference issued a statement strongly condemning a recent attack on the residence of the Bishop o ...
• 11 June 2010
  AMERICA - Year for Priests concludes: repentance and commitment for Continental Mission Santiago di Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In Chile the Year for Priests will conclude in a Eucharistic and penitential spirit: the Catholic clergy of Santiago, men and women religious and lay faithful, will celebrate the clo ...
• 10 June 2010
  AMERICA - Year for Priests comes to a close: “a year not only for priests, but for the entire People of God” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Approximately 15,000 priests from nearly 100 countries are now in Rome participating in the International Encounter for the close of the Year for Priests declared by Pope Benedict XVI on ...
• 10 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Formation for missionaries to the Amazon: “Before reaching foreign lands, the missionary should be familiar with the situation of the place.” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – June 9 marked the opening day at the Mission Cultural Center (JCC) in Brasilia, for the first missionary training course which is focusing on the Amazon. The event, organized by the Bishops' ...
• 9 June 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Tons of food products left to expire could have fed 500,000 needy families Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The scandal connected with tons of food purchased abroad to feed the poorest Venezuelans and then left to expire in their containers is occupying a prominent place in the media and public deba ...
• 9 June 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - An “online special” on living the World Cup with Christian virtue Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – To support the faithful, parishes, and schools that are organizing events for living the World Cup in their families and communities, the website of the Chilean Bishops' Conference o ...
• 8 June 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa: “We cannot abandon the Christian meaning of Sunday, paganizing it or underestimating its importance.” Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Panama, Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta has rejected the government's intention to no longer consider Sunday as a day of required rest, supposedly to help entrepreneur ...