America

• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivia on permanent mission prepares for December 6 elections; Cardinal Terrazas: “May our conscience be what moves us, not fear.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Cardinal Julio Terrazas has asked that the vote of all Bolivians in the upcoming election not be the result of fear, but an act according to their conscience: "We mu ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 3,000 catechists to attend close of Catechetical Year in Archdiocese of Maringa Maringa (Agenzia Fides) - November 22 will be the official closing of the Catechetical Year of the Archdiocese of Maringá (PR), at the Sports Center of Tancredo Neves, in Sarandi. Sunday afternoon, the Archbishop Anuar ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Family, work and new forms of social culture among issues addressed by Bishops of Uruguay in their 2nd Annual Plenary Assembly Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Uruguay have issued a press release at the end of the Second Annual Plenary Assembly, celebrated from November 4 to 11. Two events that have marked this year: the visit of Vice- ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops of Chile examine “the challenge of putting the whole Church in a permanent state of mission.” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – November 16-20, the town of Punta de Tralca will host the 98th Plenary Assembly of the Chilean Bishops' Conference. One of the themes will be: "the situation on the eve of national p ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Celebration of 160th anniversary of Chinese community in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 15, Cardinal Juan L. Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, presided at the Basilica Cathedral of Lima, a Mass to commemorate 160 years of the Chinese community in Peru. The Mas ...
• 14 November 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 2,000 attend Archdiocese of Piura's pro-life seminar Piura (Agenzia Fides) – Expectations for the number of participants expected at the Seminar for Life on "Abortion, murder or right?" were greatly exceeded. The Seminar, which took place at the Auditorium of the “Univ ...
• 14 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Concern of the Bishops of Mexico at the end of the 88th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference: "Enough with drugs and violence!" Cuautitlán Izcalli (Agenzia Fides) – After reflecting on insecurity and violence in the country at their 88th Plenary Assembly, the Bishops of Mexico issued a final document in which they expressed their concern for t ...
• 13 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 102nd training course for missionaries working in Brazil ends; 23 missionaries from four continents participate Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The closing celebration of the 102nd course sponsored by the Center for Intellectual Education (Cenfi) was recently held in the Missionary Cultural Center of Brasilia. The Cenfi organizes cou ...
• 13 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops call on politicians to "unite and pacify the people of Argentina,"; document for 25th anniversary of Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile, during their Plenary the bishops of the Argenitnean Bishops' Conference called on the ...
• 12 November 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "He was a friend to the youth, sincere and coherent," fellow Franciscan brother of murdered priest tells Fides; funeral presided by Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño Chiquimula (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Juan Pablo Lobos, a fellow Franciscan brother of Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who was kidnapped and murdered in Honduras in recent days (see Fides 11/11/2009), sent Fides some news about ...
• 12 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops' Commission for Missions invites all to prepare for the III National Meeting of Missionary Groups Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "With great joy we invite you to participate in the Third National Meeting of Missionary Groups that, God willing, we will live together October 9, 10 and 11 of 2010, with the slogan 'Missi ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Franciscan priest working in Honduras found murdered in Guatemala after being kidnapped days ago Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Guatemalan Franciscan priest Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who had been assigned to a parish in Ocotepeque (Honduras) and who had disappeared last weekend, was found dead in a province of ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - After the hurricane: "get busy and help the children" says second report from Caritas San Vicente on the situation San Vicente (Agenzia Fides) – Manuel de Jesus Moran Hidalgo, Assistant Director of Caritas in El Salvador, said in a press conference that we are all called to help our brethren, especially in these times of need: “A ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' appeal for peace between Venezuela and Colombia Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Baltazar Porras of Merida, has launched an appeal for peace after the statements by the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - New Dictionary of Pastoral Care for Health and Bioethics, first in Spanish Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – Pastoral Health of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz (Bolivia) has recently published the first Dictionary for Health Pastoral Care and Bioethics in Spanish, with over 200 entries. The work has ...