America

• 11 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - City of Salta celebrates “El Señor y la Virgen del Milagro” that preserved the city from an earthquake Salta (Agenzia Fides) – On September 8, feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Cathedral of Salta, a novena was begun in honor of “El Señor y la Virgen del Milagro” (The Lord and the Virgen of th ...
• 11 September 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Eucharistic Congress sponsored by Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious: “Sacrifice of Enduring Love” Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) is inviting all faithful to attend a Eucharistic Congress on September 11-12, 2009 in Washington, DC at the Basilica of the Nat ...
• 10 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - September 12-13, “Mas por menos” National Collection “to offer the Catholic Church's grain of sand in the fight against marginalization in our country” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “More solidarity for less marginalization.” This is the theme of the 40th “Mas por menos” National Collection that will take place in Argentina this weekend (September 12-13), being ...
• 10 September 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Symposium on Missiology: “That which we have heard and seen we now know” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From September 17-19, the house of the Crusade Missionaries in Cochabamba will host the II Bolivian Symposium of Missiology on: “That which we have heard and seen we now know.” The even ...
• 10 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Puerto Iguazu visits tornado disaster area to express Church's solidarity with victims Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – After a tornado tore through the City of San Pedro on the night of September 7-8, Bishop Marcelo Raul Martorell of Puerto Iguazu went to visit the towns of Santa Rosa, Pozo Azul, and Tobu ...
• 9 September 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Year for Priests: Archdiocese of San Jose celebrates a “Week of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – Since Sunday, September 6, the Archdiocese of San Jose (Costa Rica) has been celebrating a “Week of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests.” The initiative is part of the Year for Pries ...
• 9 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Day for Pastoral-Social Ministry in the Archdiocese of La Plata, on “Dissemination and Application of the Social Doctrine of the Church,” to reflect on “Caritas in Veritate” La Plata (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning today, September 9, and continuing every Wednesday of the month, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, there will be a Pastoral-Social Ministry Day in the Archdiocese of La Plata ...
• 9 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Celebrations for Jubilee Year of Archdiocese of Cali begin, in commemoration of centennial anniversary of its erection Cali (Agenzia Fides) – On September 8, Feast of Our Lady of the Remedies, Patroness of the Archdiocese of Cali, the Archdiocese officially began its Jubilee Year in honor of the centennial anniversary of its erection. ...
• 8 September 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - President of Bishops' Conference on the bill for homosexual unions: the Church sees the family as “a value of utmost importance, to be defended from anything that could threaten its unity or existence” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – Approve unions between persons of the same sex is an unconstitutional action. This is what was affirmed by Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Hurena of San Jose, President of the Costa Rican Bishops' ...
• 8 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Lima on the Anniversary of the “Children's Fraternity of the Lord of the Miracles”: “May we all give thanks to God for the miracle of our own life, which is renewed in every moment.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 6, at the Cathedral of Lima, the Archbishop of the city, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, celebrated a Mass at the beginning of the week of celebrations for the 358th anni ...
• 8 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia tell governments: “Only through union and communion of our past, our talents, and our religious and moral patrimony, will we be able to overcome misery and poverty.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, in reaching the end of a meeting held this past Friday, September 4, exhorted their fellow citizens and governors ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Lima at International Congress “Charity, Reconciliation, and Human Dignity”: “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now, beginning with myself and with enthusiasm.” This is what Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, said ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Bergoglio on the anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of Immigrant Workers: “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery.” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery” and “crying out so that this infernal system of exclusion and marginalization may experience a change of heart.” This is what Cardinal Jo ...
• 4 September 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Declaration of Intent for a Program of Fraternal Assistance signed between Church in Munich-Freising and Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) – After a brief visit to the churches located in Quito's historic downtown, on September 1, Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising (Germany), and Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil and P ...
• 4 September 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National Day of the Migrant: “Migrants, Building Unity Among Peoples and Cultures” - “The immigrant should not be seen as a threat, but rather as enrichment.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “Migrants, Building Unity Among Peoples and Cultures” is the theme that has been chosen for the celebration of the National Day of the Migrant, which will take place in Bolivia this coming Su ...