America

• 26 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Padre Pepe,” missionary and driver: hours and hours driving around a pick-up truck to bring aid and reach out to those in need Jimani (Agenzia Fides) - The whole world now knows of the situation in Haiti after the earthquake. The Church, which also suffered huge losses in persons and structures, immediately got to work using the means available, ...
• 26 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: in response to the violence we should promote love and respect for life Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishops and Bishops of Venezuela, at the end of their XCIII Ordinary Assembly, sent a statement to all the people of Venezuela. The document is divided into 3 parts and a conclusion. ...
• 25 January 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Over 250 attend Continental Mission Encounter in Santiago Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – About 250 people took a break from what is now their summer vacation, to refresh the spirit of the Continental Mission by attending the first “Festival for Animators of the Contine ...
• 25 January 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Defense of marriage: Letter from Pastor Rangel Hernandez to Cardinal Rivera Carrera Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, January 22, Pastor Eduardo Rangel Hernandez wrote a public letter to Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera. also addressed to all the evangelical churches, where, after being present ...
• 23 January 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Legalizing drugs does not resolve the problems of drugs and violence Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Bishop Marcelino Hernandez of Orizaba (Mexico), and Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco of Acapulco (Mexico), agree in i ...
• 23 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Solidarity with Haiti and fragile institutional status: the voice of Caritas Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On January 20-22, there was a meeting held for national delegates of Social Ministries with Caritas Venezuela, at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference in Caracas. About 60 de ...
• 22 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “God is present in Haiti with the presence and participation of so many men, women, and children.” Turin (Agenzia Fides) – Father Antonio Menegon, Camillian founder of the first Mission in Haiti which has been operating since 1995 through the community health center “Foyer Saint Camille,” sent a letter of thanks ...
• 21 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Superior of Claretians in Antilles says everything may be destroyed, but our people remain! Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hector Cuadrado, Superior of the Claretians in the Antilles, has traveled to Haiti make direct observation of the situation. With Fr. Alexis, he left from Santo Domingo, noting tha ...
• 21 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two youth events for 2010: the Mission and Latin American Congress Vinto (Agenzia Fides) – The youth of the Bolivian Youth Vocation Ministry gathered in Vinto last week, for the first national meeting of 2010. The young people came with great enthusiasm and great desire to strengthen ...
• 20 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Doctors say there is little hope for seriously wounded children Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Eugenio Ajroldi of Robbiate, in charge of the Communications Office of the Order of Malta, has told Agenzia Fides of the sad situation of children in Haiti who were injured by the earth ...
• 20 January 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - January 21-22: Prayer Vigil and March for Life Washington (Agenzia Fides) – This year marks the 37th anniversary of the January 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that ruled abortion to be a right guaranteed by the Constitution. As in past years, ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - A call to cancel Haiti's foreign debt Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – One of the measures to be taken urgently, to alleviate the appalling suffering of the Haitian people is the abolition of a large part of the 641 million dollars of foreign debt owed by ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - All 16 Franciscan Friars survive earthquake, at work in relief effort; convent and schools destroyed Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The day of the earthquake it was as if a bomb had exploded. We brought first aid to many people. I saw terrible scenes. I saw people die as we tried to provide them with first aid. It wa ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - CLAR and CELAM for Haiti: over 100 religious dead or missing; SOS for medicines, doctors, and nurses Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Among the thousands dead or missing, there are over 100 men and women religious," says a release from the Secretary General of CLAR (Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Men and Women R ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Main challenges of the new Bolivian Government, according to Bishops La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – At the request of the newspaper "La Prensa", the press office of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has prepared a brief summary of the main challenges, which according to the Bolivian Catholic C ...