America

• 4 September 2009
  AMERICA - This past August, 2 Redemptorist priests killed in an accident in Bolivia, on their way to the funeral of their confrere; in El Salvador, remains discovered of another Redemptorist perhaps victim of murder La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The month of August has been a month of mourning for the community of Redemptorists in Latin America. Two Redemptorist priests from Colombia – Fr. Laureano Diaz and Fr. Francisco Perez – we ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - This Sunday marks opening of 16th Week for Peace: “I live for life...do you?” to reach peace through pardon, social justice, solidarity, and reconciliation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Reach peace through “pardon, social justice, solidarity, and reconciliation” is the main goal of the 16th Week for Peace, which will be held on a national level in Colombia beginning this S ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 6th Ecuador Mission: “Missionary of Christ, You are the Hope of Ecuador!” Loja (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary of Christ, You are the Hope of Ecuador!” will be the theme of the “Ecuador Mission 2009” scheduled to take place September 4 – 13, as Agenzia Fides has been informed by a stat ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/CANADA - Pontifical Missions Societies in Canada launch World Mission TV Toronto (Agenzia Fides) – Missions Today, the magazine published by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Toronto (Canada), that focuses on the universal mission of the Catholic Church, recently dedicated one ...
• 2 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Secretariat for Pastoral and Social Ministry organizes “Colombia-Ecuador Seminar” and a Congress on social integration Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “To generate a high-profile debate in order to confront, from a binational perspective, the political and humanitarian situations and the institutional and social responses to these factors...� ...
• 2 September 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - In preparation for Presidential and Parliamentary elections, Bishop ask that “the political vocation be held in high consideration” to reestablish credibility in citizens Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled for late this year, the Permanent Committee of the Chilean Bishops' Conference (CEC), through its Presiden ...
• 1 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - In the month dedicated to the Holy Childhood Association, Argentina celebrates HCA's 160th anniversary Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – As they do every year, the Pontifical Mission Societies of Argentina have celebrated throughout the country, during the entire month of August, the “Month for the Holy Childhood Associa ...
• 1 September 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - National Encounter for Pastoral and Social Ministry 2009 on: “Poverty in Mexico,” a complex phenomenon to be approached from various angles Cuautitlan Izcalli (Agenzia Fides) – Poverty in Mexico is “a complex problem that, in order to be understood in its entirety, should be approached from various angles, not only from an economic viewpoint, but also fr ...
• 31 August 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Message for the National Day of Migrants: “No community can consider itself Christian if it does not welcome our brother and sister immigrants with arms wide open.” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Immigration and Faith” is the title of the message that was written by Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of San Marcos, President of the Pastoral Services for Human Mobility of the Guatemalan ...
• 31 August 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - IV National Congress of the Holy Childhood Association, on Saint Paul: “With Jesus We Sow Peace and Love.” Camaguey (Agenzia Fides) – From August 25-28, the Diocesan House of the Merced in Camaguey (Cuba) hosted the IV National Congress of the Holy Childhood Association. The event, which had the theme: “With Jesus We Sow ...
• 31 July 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Message from the President of the Bishops' Conference on celebrations of the homeland: “On our path towards progress, let us never forget that the first profit must be for man.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear brothers and sisters, in this anniversary of our homeland, from our faith in God the Creator we wish to affirm our hope in the capacities of Peruvians and we call for everyone's participati ...
• 31 July 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First Congress on the Defense of Life: August 1-2 Medellin (Agenzia Fides) – On August 1-2, Medellin will host the first Congress on the Defense of Life, on the state of defenselessness of the human being today, The event will be organized by the Christian Associatio ...
• 30 July 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - President of the Bishops' Commission for Catholic Education critiques the official guidelines on Sexual Education La Plata (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata, President of the Bishops' Commission for Catholic Education, criticizes the official guidelines for teachers on giving sexual education, in a message enti ...
• 30 July 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Suma tu voz,” an alliance of public and private organizations to speak out in defense of the dignity of the person Leon (Agenzia Fides) – The “Suma tu voz” (literally meaning “Unite your voice”) Association was founded in 2008 in the city of Leon (Mexico), as a response to the many attacks on life that have been occurring i ...
• 29 July 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 80th anniversary of Catholic Action in the country: “the Church needs laymen who are faithful to their vocation, willing to work together with their Pastors in the daily task of evangelization in all environments” Puebla (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic Action of Mexico recently celebrated its 80th anniversary of evangelization, spreading the values that allow an authentic development of the person and of communities. With this motive ...