America

• 5 July 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Reawakening the missionary spirit: first Missionary Congress for seminarians in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – With the Mass presided by the Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB), Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa, the first Missionary Conference for Seminarians began yesterday, July 4, i ...
• 5 July 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Conclusion of the I International Educational Congress for religion, ethics, and morality professors Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The main objective of the International Educational Congress of professors of religion, ethics, and morality in Bolivia that took place July 1 to 3 in the city of Cochabamba, was to strengt ...
• 5 July 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Fighting malaria using sea life: a new undertaking for American researchers Rome (Agenzia Fides) – New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 meters. They have al ...
• 3 July 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 10 towns in the Andes with contaminated water Huancavelica (Agenzia Fides) – Recent reports have been made on the contamination of the Opamayo River in the region of Huancavelica, Peru. There have been great ecological damages and over 10 towns in the Province of ...
• 3 July 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Youth Ministry Congress: “Youth Missionaries, Witnesses of Christ's Love” Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Ministry of the Catholic Church of Panama will celebrate its Third Congress in the “Centro Media Luna” in the province of Colon, from Friday, July 9 to Sunday, July 11, with the s ...
• 2 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Vote in Peace” say Mexican Bishops San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Fides News has received a letter published by Bishop Felipe Arismendi Esquivel, Bishop of San Cristobal de Las Casas in Mexico, in which he asks that everyone participate in ...
• 2 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic groups encourage votes for candidates who defend life and the family Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Through the Internet, several Catholic groups are calling on the faithful to choose candidates who respect Christian values. Several Catholic organizations are using the Internet to prom ...
• 1 July 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Heavy rains augment precarious conditions in Brazil Branquinha (Agenzia Fides) – In June, heavy rain falls in the Brazilian states of Alagoas and Pernambuco, have caused 40 deaths and 600 missing persons. The situation became dramatic when rising water levels in the two ...
• 30 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Church responds to violence on public transport: “need for real operational plans, timely concrete actions” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Violence carried out by the feared "maras" (youth gangs) of Central America continues to claim lives in the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador. On the afternoon of Sunday, June 20, 17 p ...
• 30 June 2010
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Haiti among group of Ibero-American cooperation countries Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from 22 countries attended the Tuesday, June 29th celebration of "Ibero-American Cooperation Day" held every year, this time celebrated in the Dominican Republic, to prom ...
• 28 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “A strategy for promoting media for indigenous peoples” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Third National Congress of Indigenous Communication, which seeks to structure a bill to recognize the right to information and communication of indigenous peoples, will be held June 29 ...
• 28 June 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Making room for dialogue means increasing options for the poor,” Final Declaration from Social Week in Mar del Plata Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) – "For us, as disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ, the great cause of social justice and social inclusion is fundamental mission, the central axis of the Pastoral Ministry." These w ...
• 25 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National meeting of vocation animators for religious life Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From 28 June to 3 July, in Cochabamba (Bolivia), consecrated persons, men and women religious, temporary and perpetual vows, novices, chaplains, spiritual directors, active in vocation disc ...
• 24 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Aid for victims of torrential rains, Caritas launches national campaign Alagoas (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil CNBB informed Fides that Caritas Brazil, region north-east 2, has launched a campaign SOS Pernambuco e Alagoas, to aid victims of torrential rains in ...
• 24 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Human trafficking: the local Church's “ constant and ongoing ” concern Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Commission for Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Justice of the Ministry of Justice ...