America

• 12 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The VII World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism in Mexico, where 22 million tourists arrived in 2010 Cancun (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican will have the full support of the Mexican authorities for the realization of the VII World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism to be held from 23 to 27 April 2012, assured the Am ...
• 12 July 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR-Church's appeal to stop violence: killed 77 students killed and 114 murders committed on public transport San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador asks to join the security situation due to the insecurity the country is living and facing and considers very serious the fact that authorities and leader ...
• 11 July 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA-"There seems to be a divorce between the interests of the political class and the concrete needs of the Panamanian people", say the Bishops in their message Panama City (Fides Service) - At the end of the 192 Plenary Meeting of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (see Fides 07/07/2011), the Bishops issued a document, also sent to Fides, divided into two distinct parts: the ec ...
• 11 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-The image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Missionary on Easter Island Santiago, Chile (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, donated by the Holy Father to Chile, will travel 4,000 km to complete its journey across the continental country and island: the news wa ...
• 9 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU-More than 500 Disciples and Missionaries of Callao ready for the second "operation contact" Callao (Agenzia Fides) - From 11th to 16th July, the schools deanery of the Christ Liberador parish school will hold a training Course for Missionaries in the chapel of "Immaculate Heart of Mary" in Callao, city and port ...
• 9 July 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-"Laicos por Colombia" celebrates 20 years of commitment to peace and life Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The movement "Laicos por Colombia" (Laity for Colombia) is celebrating today, July 9th, the 20th anniversary of its foundation. The Eucharistic celebration that recalls the anniversary will be pr ...
• 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 ...