America

• 17 March 2011
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - More than a thousand people expected from around the world for Peace Sunday, 22 May Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – During a recent ceremony in Kingston, Jamaica, organised by the Councils of Churches of Jamaica and of the Caribbean, the Antilles was chosen as the host of the imminent International Ecumeni ...
• 16 March 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - PMS in Brazil renew their website and put in place a communication office Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – This month the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil began modifications to the structure and information of their website. Therefore for the moment certain pages are not accessible bu ...
• 16 March 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - Apostolic Vicar of Aysen prepares to receive Apostolic Nuncio for the first time Aysen (Agenzia Fides) – “This visit is an important one for the Church in Aysen and for the region,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Aysen, Bishop Luis Infanti, to Fides in reference to the upcoming visit by the Aposto ...
• 15 March 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Kick-off for the continental meeting of PMS National Directors Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – With the Eucharistic Concelebration presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, the VII Continental Meeting of PMS National Directors of America began yesterda ...
• 14 March 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “A word of commitment for migratory reform” asks Archbishop Alas from the President of the United States on his visit to El Salvador San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador awaits “a word of commitment“ from the President of the United States Barack Obama, during his upcoming visit to the Country on 22 and 23 March, for ...
• 14 March 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - New project for the dignified treatment and prevention of violence towards children and adolescents Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – A new project for the protection of minors in the arena of education began about six months ago in Caracas by the Venezuelan organisation Cecodap, in collaboration with 'Bureau International C ...
• 14 March 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese of Mexico denounces the minimal commitment by the United States to stop arms trading in Mexico Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Mexico has denounced the “cynicism” of certain authorities in the U.S.A. With regards to arms trading and the lack of commitment to halting this phenomenon, directly ...
• 12 March 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The great challenge for the Continental Mission: 2,000 missionaries from Callao in action Callao (Agenzia Fides) – It was three days of hard work, from 3 to 5 March, for representatives from the diocesan community of Callao who met for the IX Pastoral Assembly convened by Bishop Miguel Irizar. In the statem ...
• 12 March 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Government initiative on drugs, critical position of the Church Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Commission for Social Pastoral Care who works with drug-affected youth, Bishop Jorge Lozano, challenged the way which the problem of drug addiction is being handled, ...
• 11 March 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Seventh Continental Meeting for PMS: Analysis of pastoral care and missionary work, preparation for CAM 4 Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – There will be 22 countries represented at the Seventh Continental Meeting of PMS National Directors in America, to be held in the city of Santa Cruz (Bolivia), from 14 to 19 March at the Jo ...
• 11 March 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A two month “humanitarian visa” for Central American migrants: proposal by the Bishop of Saltillo and other bodies Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Saltillo, the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Centre for Human Rights, the Rafto Foundation (Norway) and the Pastoral Care Commission for Human Mobility of the Mexican Episcopal Co ...
• 10 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - We thank those in Illinois who “took the time to reflect, study and act in merit of the sanctity of every human life”:Governor signs decree abolishing death penalty Springfield (Agenzia Fides) – After years of debate, beginning in 1999, the Governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn, signed the decree abolishing the State's death penalty and substituting it with life imprisonment. Catholic o ...
• 10 March 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence on the rise in Mexico: appeal by Bishop of Campeche for conversion Campeche (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Ramón Castro Castro, Bishop of Campeche, has appealed to members of criminal organisations involved in narcotics trafficking, during Lent , “to repent and take account of the fact t ...
• 10 March 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - A video for the Continental Mission: 2011 in Chile is the Year of Missionary Communion Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The Commission for the Continental Mission in Chile has prepared a video and other AV material for the missionary campaign for the new pastoral care year beginning in South America. The mate ...
• 10 March 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Presidential candidates speak on migration Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Less than 15 days out from the second round of elections on 20 March, the two presidential candidates are intensifying their political campaign, both also speaking about the problems of ...