America

• 28 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Franciscan Missionaries of Mary present for a century in Peru, educating youth and promoting dignity of women Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) – The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) have started the celebrations for the centennial anniversary of their presence in Peru. Sunday, May 16, Archbishop Javier Del Rio Alba, Archbishop of ...
• 28 May 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Things slowly returning to normal at Radio Soleil in Haiti Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – After the January 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti, Radio Soleil was no longer able to broadcast its programs. Since then, it has gradually resumed its activity, but very slowly. Tod ...
• 27 May 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The Church in Chile is living out the Continental Mission with enthusiasm,” says Bishop Jorge Vega Velasco, SVD, newly ordained bishop in Chile and PMS National Director Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Jorge Vega Velasco, SVD, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Chile and a speaker at the General Assembly of the PMS which was held in Rome last week, in an inter ...
• 27 May 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Our homeland is a gift we have received”: Catholic Church on the Bicentennial of Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The proposal of the National Commission for Justice and Peace, which reflects the thinking and wishes of many, is becoming more timely and necessary: working together in all areas that m ...
• 24 May 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Fr. Osvaldo Leone, National Director of the PMS in Argentina: enthusiasm of youth, “who wish to spread the joy of being missionary disciples of Christ among their peers” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Osvaldo Pablo Leone, National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Argentina, participating in the General Assembly of the PMS held in Rome last week, in an interview with Fides ...
• 24 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Diocese of Porto Nacional mourns murdered Father Rubens Campo Belos (Agenzia Fides) – The Brazilian Diocese of Porto Nacional has expressed its deepest regrets for the murder of Father Rubens Almeida Gonçalves in the city of Campo Belos (GO), in the parish of Our Lady of t ...
• 20 May 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Director of PMS: Venezuela living the Continental Mission, preparing for CAM 4 in Maracaibo Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “While everyone in the Church is baptized and consecrated for the mission, many of us do not make the urgent situations are own concern; we have no clear sense of belonging, of community partic ...
• 18 May 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Arizona law on immigration promotes “hate, racism, and discrimination” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pastoral Care of Migrants Committee of the Guatemalan Bishops' Conference expressed its firm rejection of the anti-immigrant law in the State of Arizona known as SB 1070 (see Fides ...
• 18 May 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - IV Educators' Congress in Bogota Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – From May 19 to 21, Bogota will be hosting the Sixth Congress for Educators. The event will take place at the University of San Buenaventura and is convened by the Department of Education, Cultu ...
• 17 May 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Increase efforts to place digital world at the service of the Word”: Argentina celebrates World Communications Day Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 16, Solemnity of the Ascension, in many countries the Church celebrated the World Day for Social Communications. In his message this year, dedicated to the theme “The Pri ...
• 17 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops: “Recover public ethics; corruption damages the most in need” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – "In recent weeks, we have seen all the scandals of corruption that have affected various levels of government on a public and private level. Civil society has called for an end to this serious pr ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Fr. Salvador Martuccio, former PMS National Director passes away Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Friday, May 7 in San Camilo Clinic, in Buenos Aires, after battling with a long illness, Fr. Salvador Martuccio, who had served as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Marian Congress gathers 875 participants from various countries Loja (Agenzia Fides) – The Marian Congress, which closed yesterday at the Technical University of Loja, brought together 875 participants and experts from Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Spain, ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Communicate and Preach Christ”: World Day for Communications Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The Chilean Bishops' Conference has set up a website offering the Message of Pope Benedict XVI for the 44th World Day of Social Communications and other material for the celebration of this W ...
• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Day for Journalists: the Church on an on-going mission, journalists in on-going communication La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Committee on Missions of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) sent a note to Fides on the "Journalist's Day" that was celebrated last May 10, in the context of World Communications Day. B ...