America

• 16 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru opens 78 homes in Pisco, area struck by 2007 earthquake Pisco (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the reconstruction of areas hit by the earthquake of 15 August 2007, Caritas Peru has opened 78 homes in the towns of Montesierpe and Media Luna, in the Humaya District, Province of P ...
• 15 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Uribe coalition ahead in elections; Bishops of Caqueta call for no negotiation of consent and clean voting Caqueta (Agenzia Fides) – Elections were held yesterday, Sunday, March 14, in Colombia. While the count of the votes is still taking place, the national press has reported the results in advance: the U Party has obtain ...
• 15 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 5,392 dengue victims in Cali, health emergency Cali (Agenzia Fides) – In the year 2010, there have been 7 deaths (up to March 11) caused by dengue fever, 5 of them in Cali. Outbreak in the region has reached a total of 5,392. The information was confirmed by the Na ...
• 13 March 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First Missionary Congress in the Diocese of Toluca, a new impulse for the Permanent Mission in individual communities Toluca (Agenzia Fides) – From March 4 – 7, the Diocese of Toluca (Mexico) celebrated its first Diocesan Missionary Congress, during which the community had the opportunity to reflect on what constitutes the mission o ...
• 13 March 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Message for elections April 4: “May this upcoming democratic event lead to better days of unity and fraternal harmony." La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – "We, the Catholic Bishops of the Church in Bolivia, want to convey our words of hope and guidance to all Bolivians involved in the upcoming election process, so that this upcoming democratic ev ...
• 13 March 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Lujan launches bicentennial celebration, Church appeal for reconciliation Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Committee of the Argentinean Bishops' Conference (CEA) announced that there will be a march on May 8, in the Belgrano Square of Lujan, in honor of the bicentennial celebrati ...
• 12 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Meeting for National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in North America and South America Orlando (Agenzia Fides) - National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in North America and South America will gather in Orlando, Florida, beginning March 15 and running until March 21, for a weeklong meeting f ...
• 12 March 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Congress approves March 24 as Archbishop Romero Day nationwide San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – With 56 favorable votes out of 84 deputies who make up the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, a legislative decree declaring March 24 as the Day of Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Gald ...
• 12 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Diocese of Marquette investigates miracle attributed to missionary Bishop Baraga, the “Snowshoe Priest” Marquette (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Marquette is investigating an possible miracle attributed to Servant of God, Bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868). The official inquiry will move the cause for Bishop Baraga's c ...
• 11 March 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Count continues for those who fled Haitian capital following earthquake Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Fides has received a copy of the first results from the campaign for the registration of those who left Haiti's capital after the earthquake, from the International Organization for Mig ...
• 11 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Archdiocese of Bello Horizonte promotes encounter for Catholic TVs Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The main Catholic Communication Network (TV Horizonte, Radio America, Radio Cultura, Journal of opinion and the site www.arquidiocesebh.org.br) from the the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, is ...
• 11 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - New iPhone “apps” help maintain prayerful conversation with God Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – Although computer manufacturer Apple boasted of the iPhone's more than 140,000 applications - or "apps” - there were still some waiting to be discovered by Catholic iPhone users. Ac ...
• 11 March 2010
  AMERICA - Priestly formation should be geared towards becoming missionary disciples Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The "Formation of Priests in Latin America" was the theme of the conference presented by the Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Archbishop Octavio Ruiz Arenas, among ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Arizona Bishops call for “concern for the most vulnerable among us” in immigration legislation Phoenix (Agenzia Fides) –The bishops of the Catholic Conference of Arizona (Bishops Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix; Gerald F. Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson; and James S. Wall, Bishop of Gallup (New Mexico) have told ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Laureate, condemns repeated violence against children Boston (Agenzia Fides) – The systematic use and abuse of children in conflicts across the world has continued, unabated, over the past 20 years, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said yesterday. Grave violations which p ...