America

• 24 October 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas of Piura and Tumbes promotes a food security plan for over 3,000 people Piura (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Piura and President of Caritas Piura and Tumbes, Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren Anselmi, recently presented the “Integral Plan for developing food security in 19 farming area ...
• 22 October 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - “The Word of God encourages the missionary Church of today”: National Bible Day 2009 Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning today, October 22, until October 24, the Dominican Institute of Las Condes (Chile) will be hosting National Bible Day 2009, with the theme: “The Word of God encourages th ...
• 21 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Let us go to the feast, Jesus awaits us”: on October 24, the Mass for Children in Buenos Aires concludes soup-kitchen campaign Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us go to the feast, Jesus awaits us” is the theme of the traditional Archdiocesan Mass for Children, which Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, will celebrat ...
• 21 October 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Jesus' message “is communicated to us and calls us to be messengers of God's love” - Bishop Oscar Aparicio's homily on World Mission Sunday La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “We are called to fill ourselves with God's love so we can transmit it to others,” as it becomes “part of our nature.” This is what Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Aparicio of La Paz said in the h ...
• 20 October 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - Cardinal Errazuriz tells Chilean youth to be “light of Christ for the world,” in accord with the Pope's Message for Mission Sunday 2009 Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Over 70,000 youth participated in the walking pilgrimage to the Shrine of Saint Teresa of the Andes, which took place on October 17, on the eve of Mission Sunday. Having come from al ...
• 20 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice and have peace,” address given by Archbishop of La Plata Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice, have correct reasoning, do what is just and have peace.” This is what Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata said in his addre ...
• 19 October 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Priests and bishops of the Dioceses of Salto, Mercedes, and Tacuarembo reflect on carrying out the Continental Mission Salto (Agenzia Fides) – Last week, at the “Casa San Jose” religious residence, some forty priests, along with Bishop Carlos Collazzi of Mercedes, Bishop Pablo Galimberti of Salto, and Bishop Julio Bonino of Tacuare ...
• 19 October 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Continental Mission launched in Archdiocese of Popayan: “an integral Permanent Mission that keeps the Church in constant evangelization” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the presence of numerous faithful from all the parishes, the Archdiocese of Popayan officially launched its Continental Mission on October 12. The celebration was presided by Archbishop Iv ...
• 16 October 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Women, missionary disciples for life in Chile”: National Encounter of Women's Pastoral Ministry “to determine the specific contribution of women in the mission” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 17, at the Marian College of Santiago de Chile, there will be a National Encounter of Women's Pastoral Ministry on the theme: “Women, missionary disciples for ...
• 16 October 2009
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Missionary Congress of the Archdiocese of Managua, to give life to a diocese of “pilgrim disciples and missionaries” Managua (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 11, thousands of missionaries from various parishes of the Archdiocese of Managua participated in the Archdiocesan Missionary Congress on the theme “Disciples and Missiona ...
• 15 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Preaching the Gospel helps to reflect on and update content and activity of the missionary dimension of the Church”: Message from the Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) - “Preaching the Gospel helps to reflect on and update content and activity of the missionary dimension of the Church.” This is what Archbishop Jose Mara Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz ...
• 14 October 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS in the United States intensify work through Internet and Facebook New York (Agenzia Fides) - In the week immediately before World Mission Sunday, final preparations by the US Pontifical Mission Societies Office have included an expanding of their presence on the Internet, in terms of m ...
• 14 October 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Missionary Festival” in the four sectors of the city of Quito, for Mission Sunday Quito (Agenzia Fides) – For World Mission Sunday (DOMUND) 2009, in the four sectors of the city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, there will be “Missionary Festivals” for “praying and celebrating all our missions ...
• 14 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The application of the Convention of Rights of the Child, a utopia that is possible” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The application of the Convention of Rights of the Child, a utopia that is possible” will be the theme of the 10th Archdiocesan Encounter for Youth and Children, to be held October 27 ...
• 13 October 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Message from the Bishop of Melo for World Mission Sunday: “The Church exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.” Melo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church, the community that all of us form as baptized, exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.” This is what Bishop Heriberto Bodeant of ...