America

• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida: national emergency, initial report from Caritas sent to Fides San Vicente (Agenzia Fides) – In the night between November 7-8, 2009 heavy rains fell on El Salvador, as a result of Hurricane Ida, and caused landslides from the volcano Chinchontepec and flooding of rivers in the mu ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest found dead in Brazil, the fourth in the last five months Maceio (Agenzia Fides) – Father Hidalberto Henrique Guimaraes, 48, is the fourth priest to be murdered in Brazil in less than five months. He was pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Grace in the town of Murici, on the ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Preparations begin for Second National Family Pilgrimage Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for the Pastoral Care of the Family, in collaboration with the Committee in charge of Pastoral Region South-1 is starting the preparation of the Second National Family ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Dengue and influenza A at the center of Day for Sick in the country Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of the Sick has just been celebrated in Argentina, where the focus this year was on influenza A and dengue. "Listen to him, love him, preach Christ, our hope," is the title of the d ...
• 9 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Message from CELAM on Mission and Spirituality: "The Continental Mission should be open to the mission ad gentes, that is to say to all peoples, to the ends of the earth." Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Gathered in Buenos Aires October 26-30, 2009, convened by the Department of Mission and Spirituality of CELAM, in these days we have shared the Word of God, the Eucharist, the joys and h ...
• 9 November 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Annual Meeting of the Pontifical Council for Culture in Costa Rica: "Today's culture presents many challenges and difficulties for evangelization." San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – On October 26 to 31, the Pontifical Council for Culture held, its annual meeting in San José de Costa Rica, which was attended by 4 Cardinals, Bishops and laity. The inauguration took place ...
• 7 November 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The mission of evangelization in the midst of conflict": Second National Meeting of Religious sponsored by the Department of Missionary Animation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Colombia does not surrender before the violence of armed conflict that the country has been living a long time, while the Catholic Church continues to always offer a testimony of justice and peac ...
• 7 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Mexican bishops, worried about the threats and intimidation to the house of Migrants, immigrants that are housed and operators, appeal to the authorities of the State Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the reports that we have received in recent days of constant threats, intimidation and aggression suffered by The Immigrant's House, the residents and staff working i ...
• 6 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US children: the poorest of the developed world New York (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly half of all U.S. children (49.2%) will be on food stamps at some point during childhood. This is what was found by a nationally representative survey of 4,800 American households, publis ...
• 5 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Letter to the Bishops for the “Day for the Sick” in Argentina, November 8 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For the Day for the Sick, celebrated in Argentina this coming Sunday, November 8, the Argentinean Bishops' Conference – through the Health Pastoral Care Commission – has sent a letter ...
• 5 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Thousands of youth at the National Shrine in Aparecida, for National Youth Day Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – A vigil of prayer and reflection served as the preparation for the celebration of National Youth Day, which was held last Sunday in the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida. Those presen ...
• 4 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Redemptorists' Popular Mission in Campo Grande: 740 families involved in a great work of evangelization Bandeirantes (Agenzia Fides) – From October 14 to November 14, the Redemptorists are holding the second part of their popular mission in the city of Bandeirantes. It is a very important stage in the Mission, as it incl ...
• 4 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Witness to Christ in homes, hospitals, prisons: 600 Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist renew their commitment Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – In spite of the rain that was pouring down in Mexico City last Friday, October 30, nearly 600 Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist (in Spanish: MECE) renewed their commitment in taking ...
• 4 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Final Message from the 16th Meeting of National Leaders of Youth Ministry in Latin America: “Jesus continues to invite us to become his disciples, missionaries in our present circumstances.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the 16th Meeting of National Leaders of Youth Ministry in Latin America, which was held October 25-30 in Cochabamba, with a considerable number of representatives from the 2 ...
• 3 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Sr. Marguerite Bartz, always dedicated to justice and peace, found dead in her convent Saint Berard (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless body of 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz, of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS), who work with Native Americans and African Americans, headquartered in Bensalem, P ...