America

• 11 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Plenary Assembly of Bishops studies the mission of the laity, formulating strategic guidelines in culture, economy, politics, and mass media, so as to launch the Continental Mission in Mexico Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Mexico are currently celebrating their General Assembly which lasts from November 10-14. The general objective of the Assembly is to clarify, revive, and strengthen the miss ...
• 10 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops launch a Continental Mission in the country: “We want to be missionaries in the world.” Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Uruguay, who were celebrating their Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Bishops, officially launched the Continental Mission in the country at a Mass attended by crowds of fai ...
• 10 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Statement from the Bishops in defense of life: “No honest law can justify the elimination of a defenseless being that has the right to live and to be born.” Florida (Agenzia Fides) – As the Uruguayan House of Representatives prepares to vote on a draft bill regarding reproductive health, which includes a clause on abortion, the Bishops of the country who were recently cele ...
• 10 November 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops' message at the conclusion of their Plenary Assembly on the lands affected by new historical and environmental circumstances Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of their Plenary Assembly celebrated November 3-7 (see Fides 3/11/2008, 5/11/2008, 6/11/2008), the Bishops of Paraguay issued a Message on the issue of lands, which has been a disp ...
• 10 November 2008
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Holy Father shows his solidarity with the victims of the collapsed school building in Port-au-Prince: at least 92 are dead and 150 wounded, almost all of them children Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The death toll has risen to 92, the majority being children, following the collapse of a school in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) on November 7. There are 150 hospitalized and it is feared that ...
• 7 November 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Plenary Assembly of the Argentinean Bishops' Conference: an analysis of the situation in the country and the Church, the Continental Mission, and the formation of permanent deacons Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, November 10, the Argentinean Bishops' Conference (CEA) will begin its 96th Plenary Assembly at 4pm, in Pilar. The event will be presided by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Arch ...
• 7 November 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops call on the people to participate in city elections on Sunday and to maintain their calm, so that may take place without violence Managua (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, November 9, Nicaragua will elect city authorities in 146 of the 153 municipal jurisdictions. The other seven will hold elections on January 18, 2009. The main contenders in the ra ...
• 7 November 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Archdiocese of Santiago drafts Pastoral Plans: “the great challenge is the pastoral conversion, the missionary renewal of the Church” Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – In the spirit of Aparecida and the Pastoral Guidelines for 2008-2012 from the Chilean Bishops' Conference, the Church in Santiago has drawn up a pastoral plan for the coming year, during a me ...
• 6 November 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pontifical Academy for Life organizes their first International Congress outside Rome, on the theme: “Person, culture of death and culture of life.” Itaci (Agenzia Fides) – November 25-28, the city of Itaci (Brazil) will host the International Congress “Person, culture of death and culture of life,” organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life in collaboration ...
• 6 November 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops of Paraguay make a statement on the conflict between the government and farming communities: “it is legitimate that the people engage in demonstrations, however it must be carried out in a peaceful manner and in a way that respects third party members.” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay, who are now holding their 183rd Plenary Assembly, have expressed their profound regret at the conflicts that have broken out between police forces and farmers on Nove ...
• 6 November 2008
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops ask authorities to take steps towards dialogue, in response to the violence between people of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Nicholas de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, has called on authorities to take steps towards dialogue, to prevent worsening of the situation between the pe ...
• 5 November 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops’ Conference elects its President, Vice-President, and Secretary Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay recently celebrated their 183rd Plenary Assembly (November 3-7) in Asuncion, during which they elected as President Archbishop Pastor Cuquejo of ...
• 5 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mass celebrated on the border between Mexico and the United States in memory of the 337 illegal immigrants who have died trying to cross the border Juarez City (Agenzia Fides) – In the presence of faithful, priests, and Bishops from either side of the border, a Mass was celebrated on November 2 in Juarez City, located between Nuevo Casas Grandes, El Paso and New M ...
• 5 November 2008
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Vocational Week 2008 to help all youth and adolescents to discern, decide, and assume their vocation as disciples and missionaries, following the example of Saint Paul Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Vocational Week 2008 in Santo Domingo was inaugurated on November 3, with a youth encounter with Cardinal Nicholas de Jesús López, Archbishop of Santo Domingo. The Vocational Week runn ...
• 4 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops launch a Great Continental Mission on November 9, feast of “La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres,” Patroness of Uruguay, while they celebrate their Plenary Assembly Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Uruguayan Bishops' Conference (CEU) will celebrate its Second Plenary Assembly on November 5-12, in the “Jesus, the Good Shepherd” Retreat House, in Florida. The central theme of the A ...