America

• 12 March 2009
  AMERICA - “Now is the time to act; otherwise it will be too late for everyone”: Final Declaration from the CELAM-MISEREOR Symposium on the present economic situation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Now is the time to act; otherwise it will be too late for everyone. We need to make an immediate response and stop adopting isolated and disintegrated measures that only aim at maintaini ...
• 12 March 2009
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Bishop of Ponce calls on Catholic youth to “be courageous witnesses of life” and participate in Pro-Life Day on March 25 Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - “I am counting on the presence of the Catholic youth, who are called to be courageous witnesses of life,” says Bishop Felix Lazaro of Ponce in a statement sent out to all the parishes, apostol ...
• 12 March 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Assembly of Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “the joy of being disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ is antidote verses a world that is afraid of the future and overwhelmed by violence and hate” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The National Assembly of Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies began yesterday, March 10, being attended by over 50 diocesan directors and missionary representatives from ...
• 12 March 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Guadalajara hosts the 6th “International Race for the Eucharist,” linked to the 6th World Meeting of Families Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) – This May, the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Mexico) and affiliated youth groups will host the 6th “International Race for the Eucharist,” an athletic event for youth and families, which ...
• 11 March 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Missionary Training School inaugurated as a fruit of CAM 3 Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary Training School of the Archdiocese of Quito was inaugurated on March 7, a visible fruit of all the Archdiocese lived in preparing and celebrating the Third Missionary Congress (CA ...
• 11 March 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - “Young people: I tell you...the mission is now!” is the theme of the Missionary Youth Easter Campaign, in union with the Continental Mission Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Firm in their commitment to awaken the missionary youth spirit, the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru (PMS of Peru), in their youth section (“Jovenes Sin Fronteras”), are organizing the 28 ...
• 10 March 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops denounce the use of tax dollars to destroy human lives in embryonic stem cell research Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has issued a statement calling President Obama's executive order on em ...
• 10 March 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Archbishop of Caracas makes a Lenten appeal to reaffirm sacredness of human life and the respect due each person Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Yes to life and no to death!” is the call launched by Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) in his Lenten message published on March 9. Cardinal Urosa reminds the f ...
• 10 March 2009
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Santo Domingo hopes that the new Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel will produce many fruits of holiness and commitment in the Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo's Retreat House “Maria de la Altagracia” inaugurated its Perpetual Adoration Chapel on March 8. The ceremony was presided by Cardinal Nicolás de Jes ...
• 9 March 2009
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops call for a Lenten conversion that will lead to a “renewed personal life and one committed to a new nation and communion in the Church, with missionary spirit” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - “Lent is a time of conversion. As the People of God, we live within a social context marked by changes, quests, with many limitations and dangers. This situation leads to general fatigue and ...
• 9 March 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops show their complete disapproval of the abortion performed on a young girl and express their solidarity with all children who are victims of abuse Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The leaders of the Brazilian Catholic Bishops' Conference (CNBB), who are currently meeting in Rome, issued a press statement expressing their deep regret upon hearing the news of a 9-year-old wh ...
• 6 March 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Appeal from the Bishop of Limon: “it is time to find a lasting solution to the flooding problem” Limon (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Jose Rafael Quiros of Limon has issued a statement along with the priests of the diocese, showing his concern for the difficult situation in which a large number of families in the dioces ...
• 6 March 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Launching of the Continental Mission in the country: “we should recover our missionary identity, our missionary zeal” Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Panama declared itself to be in a “permanent state of mission” this past March 1, with the official launching of the Continental Mission, at the foot of the statue of Chr ...
• 5 March 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First National Encounter of Youth Missionary Coordinators in the Year of Pauline Jaricot, July 22, 2009 - July 22, 2010 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On February 20 – 23, in Brasilia at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil, the First National Encounter of Youth Missionary Coordinators (JM) was held. Fides learne ...
• 5 March 2009
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Plenary Assembly of Bishops: auto-financing the Church, financing seminaries, presentation of “The Illustrated Bible, with Commentaries” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay will continue their 184th Ordinary Plenary Assembly until Friday, March 6. In a press conference, they presented the main points from their third session, which was ce ...