America

• 9 July 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A new Center for the dental care of children Humocaro (Fides Service) - A new children's dental center was recently inaugurated in Humocaro, a rural area in the state of Lara, Venezuela, where very humble people live. The new center was dedicated to the memory of M ...
• 8 July 2011
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-Appointment of the Archbishop Coadjutor of Port of Spain Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Rev. Fr. Joseph Harris, C.S.Sp., on 8 July, 2011. He has been Pastor ...
• 8 July 2011
  AMERICA/S. VINCENT AND GRENADINES-Transfer of the Diocese of Kingstown and appointment of the Bishop of Bridgetown and Kingstown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI transferred the Diocese of Kingstown, in S. Vincent and the Grenadines, from the ecclesiastical Province of Castries to the Port of Spain, in Trinidad and Tobag ...
• 8 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-On a mission in the coastal area, where you travel miles on foot to go to Mass Quilacahuín (Fides Service) - A priest and a religious of the Vincentian Lazarists (Congregation of the Mission), father Neftali Shaw and brother Jorge Hidalgo, have defined the ministry of pastoral missionary that the ...
• 7 July 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-"It is urgent for human beings to regain respect and dignity " underline the Bishops on the occasion of the Bicentenary Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of Venezuela, the Episcopal Conference of Latin American has published a document ...
• 7 July 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Assembly of the Episcopal Conference: waiting for the message at the end of the work Panama City (Fides Service) - The Ordinary Assembly of the Bishops of Panama, number 192 in the session, which began on July 4 is still in progress. The program provides for the conclusion of the work on the 8th of July, ...
• 7 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-"Respect for migrants' asked by the Bishop of Cordoba Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The safety and respect for life are necessary for Central American migrants who cross the lands of Veracruz, and it is our duty to give them hospitality to make their journey easier, although th ...
• 6 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Final preparations for the first meeting of Childhood and missionary Adolescence in the state of São Paulo São Paulo (Fides Service) - Final preparations in sight of the 1st RMCMA (Regional Meeting of Childhood and Missionary Adolescence) which will take place on 16 and 17 July in the town of Embu (see Fides 03/25/2011) to ...
• 6 July 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Bishops ask for a serious structural reform of the health care system Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - During the second working day of the Plenary Assembly of the Colombian Bishops' Conference, being held in Bogota (see Fides 04/07/2011), the Bishops have strongly confirmed the complaints of the ...
• 6 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE- Cold polar wave: winter campaign to help earthquake victims and the weakest Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) –The Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomalí, has launched an appeal to the Chilean people so that they do not forget the poverty of those who still live in villages set u ...
• 5 July 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA. For Cardinal Urosa, the Bicentennial is "an opportunity for Venezuelans to carry out the ways of a real and permanent independence, marked by the teachings of the Gospel" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – In the context of the celebrations of the Venezuelan people for 200 years of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Catholic Church has stressed her position for refusing "all tha ...
• 4 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A priest, "another victim of hatred between brothers" Heroica Matamoros (Fides Service) - A Mexican diocesan priest, Father Marco Antonio Duran Romero was killed in a firefight between soldiers and an armed group in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the Un ...
• 4 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-Even students of Catholic schools demonstrate for a better education system Santiago (Fides Service) - Sister Elizabeth Gonzalez, deputy director of the school "Santa Maria de la Providencia" in Renca and member of the Commission for the Continental Mission of the Archdiocese of Santiago, lived ...
• 4 July 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-More than 200 000 Ivorian refugees: 15 000 in the Salesian mission of Duékoué Abidjan (Fides Service) - During the last three weeks the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partner agencies have registered 322,277 internally displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire. The displaced p ...
• 4 July 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Colombian Episcopate commemorates 25 years of the visit of Pope John Paul II Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 4 to 8 July the Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (ECC) will take place in Bogota. The meeting relies on the presence of 96 Bishops that represent the 76 ecclesial jurisdicti ...