America

• 25 November 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Annual meeting of the Secretariat of Bishops of Central America to analyze Continental Mission San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – From November 24-27, the city of El Salvador will be hosting the annual meeting of the Secretariat of Bishops of Central America (SEDAC), says a statement sent to Agenzia Fides from Bisho ...
• 24 November 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Bishops ask all faithful to learn from Fr. Olallo's example of charity, prayer, and service, as they celebrate his Beatification on November 29 Camagüey (Agenzia Fides) - “As we prepare for the Marian Jubilee Year, in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the image of Our Lady of “La Caridad,” we hope that the example of holiness left by Fath ...
• 24 November 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The VI Latin American and Caribbean Encounter on Prison Ministry seeks common guidelines, in the spirit of the Aparecida Document and the Continental Mission Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – From November 24-28, the city of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) will be hosting the VI Latin American and Caribbean Encounter on Prison Ministry, organized by the Department of Justi ...
• 24 November 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Church's appeal for the victims of the recent heavy rains. “Help Your Church” collection organized for November 29-30 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Venezuela, through Caritas Venezuela, has made an appeal to solidarity for those brethren suffering from the results of the recent heavy rains that have hit the country, ...
• 24 November 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops begin their Plenary Assembly on “Mission and Family,” in the Galapagos Islands, now raised to Apostolic Vicariate Galapagos (Agenzia Fides) – From November 24-28, the Ecuadorian Bishops will be holding their CCXI Plenary Assembly on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, on the theme: “Mission and Family.” In the first part of the ...
• 21 November 2008
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - “Pro Orantibus” Day - Nuns from the Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Assumption in Saint Lucia, go to Africa Saint Lucia (Agenzia Fides) – The Monastery of Coubaril is located on the island of Saint Lucia, in the Antilles, a former English colony that gained its independence in 1979, while remaining part of the British Common ...
• 21 November 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Sunday, November 23, International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church: “to unite ourselves to all Christians throughout the world who suffer persecutions, threats, and discrimination.” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, November 23, Solemnity of Christ the King, the Church in Chile will celebrate the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. It will be a special moment to j ...
• 21 November 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Marian pilgrimage held after two years of the first phase of the National Campaign of “a million Rosaries for peace in Colombia and the liberation of all captives” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – A pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Chiquinquira, held on November 16, marked the close of the first stage of the national campaign: “a million Rosaries for peace in Colombia and the li ...
• 20 November 2008
  AMERICA - All Latin America celebrates the Day of Prayer and Action for Children Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – All of Latin America is celebrating “the Day of Prayer and Action for Children,” promoted by the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM), the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI), as w ...
• 20 November 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocese of Tumaco denounces threats and intimidation used against pastoral ministers working in defense of life and the rights of the people Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference has expressed its concern, denouncing the threats and intimidation used against pastoral ministers in the Diocese of Tumaco, as has been denounced as well by t ...
• 20 November 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops ask “that all constitutional, juridical, and democratic recourses be used in finding a solution to the present crisis” and launch the Continental Mission in Nicaragua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - “As the Bishops of Nicaragua, we wish to ratify and express our concern and grief as pastors, for the violence taking place in various parts of the nation, which is re-opening deep wounds that ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Pastoral da Criança Internacional” founded to reduce infant and mother mortality rates, malnutrition, domestic violence, and the integral development of children Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – On November 18, in Montevideo (Uruguay), marked the founding of the “Pastoral da Criança Internacional – Childhood Ministry,” whose purpose is to promote activities geared towards th ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The President's veto considered as “a true lesson for all politicians on the defense of life” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - “A true lesson for Latin America.” Those were the words used by Fabiola Morales, Vice-President of the Peruvian Congress, in describing the veto signed by Uruguay's President Tabare Vasqu ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops recall the moral obligation of all citizens to vote, and exhort the National Council to use precision in carrying out its role in regional elections Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the country are making various appeals to the faithful, asking that they go out to vote on November 23, in a spirit of peace, without tension or violence. On Sunday, some 17 mil ...
• 18 November 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The Continental Mission is a mission on the part of the continent for the entire world. It should be a permanent mission and last our entire life,” PMS National Director tells Agenzia Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Brazil is very active in the missionary field. We have sent 1,860 missionaries out to the entire world and we are now working very intensely in the area of childhood and youth miss ...