America

• 23 March 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Children in orphanages still a serious situation due to lack of food and schooling Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The little orphanage of San Marie is located in Port-au-Prince. The area, once home to 2,000 residents, now accommodates some 6,000 people who lost their homes in the January earthquake. ...
• 23 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI document on “indigenous peoples, a situation of misery and lack of assistance” Campo Grande (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning March 15, the national leadership of the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI) and members of various regions in which the institution operates, met in Campo Grande (Mato Grosso ...
• 22 March 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - First National Day for Youth dedicated to Archbishop Romero: “His words still resound today.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of young people gathered from the early hours of Saturday, March 20 in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador to celebrate the First National Youth Day dedicated to ...
• 22 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Church in Mission”: new radio program in Chile to support Continental Mission Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The challenges of this missionary time after the anguish of the earthquake, were the first topic addressed by the new radio program "Church on Mission”, which opened March 18. The ...
• 20 March 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Children remind everyone of the person of Archbishop Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Federal Post Office of El Salvador has promoted a special issue of stamps in hon ...
• 20 March 2010
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Church responds to UN Report on alleged racism of Dominican Republic towards Haitians Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, expressed his disappointment in regards to the report by the United Nations (UN) accusing the Dom ...
• 20 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Salesians at UN working for youth launch new website New York (Agenzia Fides) – The Salesians of Don Bosco in the United States of America have just launched a new website that highlights the work they do at the United Nations and for the world in favor of young people. ...
• 18 March 2010
  AMERICA - Secretaries of Latin American Bishops' Conferences examine domestic problems, Continental Mission, and Year for Priests initiatives Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of Secretaries of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Bogota (Colombia) and ended today, March 18. The goal of this meeting is to present to the Bish ...
• 18 March 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 102 radio stations in Latin America run by Jesuits seek establishment of network Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The first meeting of the radio network run by the Jesuits in Latin America and the Caribbean is underway. The meeting began Tuesday, March 16th, and will run until Saturday, March 20th, at the ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest wounded last Sunday in Volta Redonda dies, funeral services held today Volta Redonda (Agenzia Fides) – Father Dejair Gonçalves de Almeida, age 32, died Tuesday, March 16th at 7 in the morning, at St. John the Baptist Hospital in Volta Redonda, about 80 km from Rio de Janeiro, after havin ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Religious of Brazil work against trafficking in human persons Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Coordination Team for the religious network "Un Grito por la Vida" (A Cry for Life) will meet beginning today, March 17th, in Brasilia, to discuss and plan actions relating to combating a ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Primate of Argentina meets with President Cristina Fernandez Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez, will today, March 17, receive the Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Cardinal Primate of Argentina, Jorge Bergoglio. The meeting comes after th ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Catholic doctors protest distribution of “morning after” pill (Agenzia Fides) – The National Association of Catholic Doctors of Peru has criticized the Health Minister Oscar Ugarte, who intends to distribute the so-called morning after pill, through a ministerial resolution that ...
• 16 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - National Missionary Council and Guidelines for the Evangelization of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of the National Missionary Council (COMINA) on the Missionary Church in Brazil ended on Sunday, March 14. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Soci ...
• 16 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Meeting for Rural Ministry: the Church's commitment Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From today, March 16 until March 18, Bogota is hosting the National Encounter for Pastoral Care of Rural and Earth. The event was organized by the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral (SNPS) a ...