America

• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Mexican Episcopate website off-line for cyber attack Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Paola Rios, head of the digital Communication and Press Office of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), reported that the site of this organism is off-line due to a massive cyber attack su ...
• 11 May 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-"Christian`s responsibility in social commitment": The social Week in Gualeguaychú Gualeguaychú (Agenzia Fides) - Friday, May 13, at the hall Juan Pablo II (Leguizamon 269, Concepción del Uruguay, 40 km. from Gualeguaychú), the First Social Week of the Diocese of Gualeguaychú will open, with the sl ...
• 11 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Bishops' Message to the People of God: " Risen Christ, our great hope" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The 91st Assembly of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, (BEC) (see Fides 05/05/2011, 10/05/2011) ended with the reading of a message to the people of God announced by His Exc . Archbishop Os ...
• 10 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-"How sad it would be if a Church that proclaims the Word of Life remained silent," reprimands Cardinal Terrazas Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in the celebration on Sunday, May 8 for the Third Anniversary of the Permanent Mission in Bolivia, asked all Catholics ...
• 9 May 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR-"The reorganization of the capital without including violence, but dialogue, " says Archbishop Escobar Alas San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church approves the decision of the President of the Republic, Mauricio Funes, who extends by one year the presence in the capital of the Armed Forces with the responsibility f ...
• 9 May 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-It is urgent to help Haitians affected by the earthquake to become self-sufficient West Hartford (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the enormous aid to the Haitian people hit by an earthquake 16 months ago, the Caribbean nation still needs a lot of support. A note of the Catholic Transcript, the magazine of ...
• 9 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Ignorance, fear and precariousness of services: are the main causes of 37% maternal deaths recorded each year La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Every year 37% of maternal deaths are recorded in health centers in Bolivia. According to data by the organization Visión Mundial, more than 17 000 kids and 600 mothers die annually in the count ...
• 9 May 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA -"United to promote the integral development and to eliminate poverty": concluded the First Congress on the social doctrine of the church Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Commission for the Social Pastoral, Archbishop Jorge Casaretto, Bishop of the Diocese of San Isidro, said that the Church of Argentina recognizes "all the progress ...
• 7 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-March for Peace, "the authorities must not be afraid to listen to the voice of the people, " says the Bishop of Saltillo Cuernavaca (Agenzia Fides) – The "March for peace, justice and dignity. " started May 5 in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos. More than 150 social organizations and other leading personalities jo ...
• 7 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The local church offers free services to the community of Valle Hermoso Valle Hermoso (Agenzia Fides) - The House-Hotel "Juan Pablo II" belonging to the colony Emiliano Zapata, supported by the Church Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, offers several free services to the community of Valle Hermoso, ...
• 7 May 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-"Building a Church in the midst of this world, close to the suffering of the poor": say the Bishops after the meeting of the Episcopal Conference meeting Quito (Agenzia Fides) - From May 2 to 6, in the second week of Easter according to tradition, the members of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador met in Quito. According to the final statement of the meeting, received by ...
• 6 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The Bishop of Saltillo denounces the death of the miners: Stop with this "modern slavery" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Saltillo, Mgr.Raul Vera Lopez, has warned that until the federal government bans the so-called "Pozos coal" (coal wells) for the extraction of coal and and will not force coal ...
• 6 May 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-Pastoral operators of the center north of the country engaged in examining the Continental Mission La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Days organized by the Episcopal Conference of Chile are being held in La Serena. From May 5 to 7 is the turn of the Centre North. The objective of this Second Regional Meeting of ...
• 5 May 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-The three-year training for 200 young missionaries has been completed Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The middle school "Cardinal Spellman" in Quito was the scene of the presentation of diplomas to 200 young people from the Missionary Training School. The celebration was held Saturday, April 30, a ...
• 5 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Ecology and social analysis of the country under the Bishops' review for the Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Bolivia are meeting in Cochabamba for the 91st Assembly for the episcopate. From May 2nd they are gathered in the House of Cardinal Maurer for the preparatory meetings in the ...