America
8 November 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Rehabilitation of an ethics of politics,” called for by the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Social; preparing for 100th Plenary Meeting of Bishops' Conference
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of San Isidro and President of the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral/Social Ministry, Bishop Jorge Casaretto, has recalled that "the new leadership should not limit itself to em ...
6 November 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - More difficulties arise in Haiti: 3 dead after hurricane, cholera on the rise
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Hurricane Tomas has caused at least three deaths and severe flooding in several towns in western Haiti. The number of victims could rise due to the precarious living conditions of Haiti ...
6 November 2010
AMERICA/CUBA - “Mission houses”, for years a reference point for Cuban Catholics
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – For 50 years, no Catholic churches have been built in Cuba and this has prompted the faithful to gather in private homes or “mission houses”, where there are communities that celebrate the ...
5 November 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary sent from Argentina to Angola
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, November 3, marked the celebration in the chapel of the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Argentina, of a Mass with the "Missionary Sending" of Fr. D ...
5 November 2010
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops on Nov. 7 elections: “Voting is a right and a responsibility”
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay, meeting at their 189th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, have issued a statement regarding the municipal elections to be held in the country on November 7. "Voting is a righ ...
4 November 2010
AMERICA/CUBA - President Raul Castro attends Catholic Seminary inauguration
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Cuban President Raul Castro attended the opening of the “Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio,” the first building of the Catholic Church in more than half a century. The official ceremon ...
4 November 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church denounces 31 homicides of homeless in first 10 months of 2010
Maceio (Agenzia Fides) – "As if the humiliation, discrimination, and neglect were not enough, now the homeless must also live with the fear of not seeing the sunrise because they are threatened with death." This is the ...
3 November 2010
AMERICA/ANTILLE - Hurricane Tomas takes the lives of 14 on Santa Lucia, now headed for Haiti
Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – The Antilles are now suffering the passage of the Atlantic hurricanes: on Saturday, October 30, the islands of Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, were affected by the c ...
3 November 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church asks new President for “fidelity in fulfilling election promises”
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), in an official statement, congratulated the President-elect of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who won the elections Sunday, October 31 with 56 percent of th ...
3 November 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - “Say a prayer, offer a hand, be in solidarity with the Haitians in any way you can,” Fr. Binet tells Fides
Petite Riviere (Agenzia Fides) – The cholera emergency in Haiti continues, where hundreds of deaths have been confirmed by the severe infection that is affecting the country. This is what Fides learned from a source in ...
30 October 2010
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 3,000 youth preaching the Gospel door-to-door for close of Month of the Missions
Granada (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Granada, Bishop Jorge Solórzano, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki, and the clergy of Granada, Rivas, and Boaco, will all be meeting today, October 30, along wit ...
29 October 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Mission Congress 2010 kicks off: “entrusted with a mission to bring all into the household of God”
Albuquerque (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, October 28, marked the opening day for the US Mission Congress 2010 taking place in Albuquerque (New Mexico), October 28-31. A note sent to Fides by the United States Catholic M ...
29 October 2010
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' Assembly: “An authentic humanism should exalt freedom and responsibility”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Venezuelan bishops, in their extraordinary Plenary Assembly, released a statement on the Catholic community to prepare for Advent and Christmas. It expressed the concern of the Church past ...
29 October 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Seeking an economic model oriented towards solidarity and generosity
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The eleventh edition of the National Social Week, sponsored by the Catholic Church, has managed to attract the attention of many specialists in the field of economics and politics, not only in Pe ...
28 October 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another priest killed in Brazil, parish pastor in Fortaleza
Fortaleza (Agenzia Fides) – Another priest has been murdered in Brazil: Father Josenir Morais, age 48, pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Fortaleza, State of Ceara (CE). The crime occurred on the mor ...
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