America

• 2 October 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - President of Bishops' Conference tells communications workers: “May journalism contribute to maintaining a peaceful coexistence among people, families, and communities, promoting the dignity of the human person and the common good.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the “Day of the Journalist” (October 1), Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM of Trujillo, President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, greeted “all journali ...
• 1 October 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Young man from Community of Sant'Egidio killed by a gang, for his work with the youth San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – William Quijano, age 21, of the Community of Sant'Egidio in San Salvador, was killed on his way home after suffering various bullet wounds on the evening of September 28. According to a s ...
• 1 October 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life: “We ask the Lord of Grace for perseverance, fidelity, and sanctification in our Priestly Ministry and in the Consecrated Life.” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – In this Year for Priests, on Thursday, October 8, the Archdiocese of San Jose will hold a Day of Prayer for members of consecrated life. A statement issued by the Commission for Vocational Mi ...
• 30 September 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 4,000 children join in praying Mission Rosary in front of the Eucharist, to celebrate Holy Childhood Day and Year for Priests Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – Over 4,000 school children are expected to gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for a Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy ...
• 30 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - International Congress: “Bioethics in the Culture of Life” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “Bioethics in the Culture of Life” will be the theme of the International Convention scheduled for October 5-8 at the Saint Augustine College in Lima. Organized by the Augustinian Province “N ...
• 30 September 2009
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Archbishop of San Juan intervenes in case of mass lay-offs of state workers: many families will lose “security, peace, tranquility, and hope” San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - “A scene of profound desolation and uncertainty for thousands of Puerto Rican families,” is what Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan (Puerto Rico) has announced in a Pastoral Note sent ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Parish Pastor of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort in Villavicencio found dead in rectory Villavicencio (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless body of Fr. Oscar Danilo Cardozo Ossa was found on Sunday, September 27, in the rectory at the Parish Church of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort in Villavicencio (Colombia), wh ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Encounter for Vicars and Delegates of Religious Life Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning Wednesday, September 30, until Wednesday, October 3, at the Meeting House of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (CEC), there will be a National Encounter for Vicars and Delegates of Co ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Family Week, October 4-10 on the theme: “The Family, Home for Human and Christian Values” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – October 4-10, the Church in Uruguay will celebrate Family Week on the theme “The Family, Home for Human and Christian Values.” For the occasion, the National Commission for Family Apost ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest killed by kidnappers in Santa Caterina Cacador (Agenzia Fides) – A 33-year-old priest, Fr. Evaldo Martiol from the Diocese of Cacador was killed in Santa Caterina on the evening of September 26, by two young men of 21 and 15 years of age, uncle and nephew r ...
• 28 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - “God is present in this troubled world, to bring joy and peace.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “God is present in this troubled world, to bring joy and peace.” This is what was affirmed by Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, during an airing of the radio show “Faith Dialog ...
• 28 September 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Church opposes bill for “a secular state: A democracy without values...easily becomes a dictatorship and ends up betraying its own people.” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - “A democracy without values...easily becomes a dictatorship and ends up betraying its own people.” This is what is read in the Message signed by Cardinal Hugo Barrantes Urena, Archbishop of ...
• 28 September 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - III Catechesis Week of Brazil, October 6-11, on “Christian Initiation” Itaci (Agenzia Fides) – From October 6-11, in Itaci, upon the initiative of the Bishops' Coommission for Biblical-Catechetical Animation of the National Conference of the Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), there will be a 3rd C ...
• 25 September 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “We cannot speak of missionary formation if there is no opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ.” Missionary Training for 80 missionary group leaders and III Encounter of the Secretaries of the Holy Childhood Association Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - “We cannot speak of missionary formation if there is no opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ.” This was the conclusion from the encounter of members of the Missionary Animators ...
• 25 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We children have hunger and thirst for justice, too.” III Archdiocesan Seminar for Children's Ministry Medellin (Agenzia Fides) – Children's Ministry and the Department of Communications of the Archdiocese of Medellin, in collaboration with the Pontifical Bolivarian University (UPB), have organized the III Archdiocesan ...