AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Many families have lost all they had to live on”
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Guatemala has sent Fides a new report detailing the situation after the terrible tragedy of the torrential rains that caused extensive damage throughout the country (see Fides 0 ...
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Capuchins working over 30 years along Amazon River
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - The Rio Solimões snakes its way through northwest Brazil, from the Peruvian frontier until it merges with the Rio Negro, close to Manaus. On the banks of the Solimões thousands live, some in pe ...
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Discover the guiding hand of God in history”
Morelia (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Morelia, Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda, has proposed a reflection on the situation of today's Mexico on the occasion of the celebration of the Bicentennial of Independence. ...
AMERICA/CHILE - “Chile, a Place for Everyone”: Migrant Sunday in Chile
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, September 5 is the day Chile celebrates Migrant Sunday. The Day's events program includes a Mass at 12:30pm celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, Bishop Cristián Contreras, ...
AMERICA/BRAZIL - 30 Years of SVD Missionaries in the Amazon
Santarem (Agenzia Fides) – On January 26, 1980, the first priests from the Society of the Divine Word arrived in Santarem-Pará: Francisco Kom, José Gross, and Patricio Brennan. Thus, the Missionary Society of the Div ...
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Week for Peace 2010: “No Victim is Unknown to Me”
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference, through the National Secretariat of Pastoral-Social Ministry (SNPS/Caritas Colombiana) and Redepaz (National Network of Initiatives for Peace), has declared t ...