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24 August 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru delivers 15 tons of aid to inhabitants suffering cold wave
Puno (Agenzia Fides) – The campaign of solidarity “Abriguemos a Mazocruz-Puno” (Let's Keep Mazocruz-Puno Warm) has ended. Mazocruz-Puno is a town in the Southern Andes of Peru.
The campaign was organized by Carita ...
23 August 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops on child adoption: "What Mexico is experiencing now demands a dignified debate”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Responsibility and Free Expression, A Right of Every Person" is the title of the note that the Bishops' Conference of Mexico sent Fides, explaining the Catholic Church's position on recent ...
13 August 2010
AMERICA/CUBA - “La Virgen de la Caridad” reaches out to the poorest of the poor, Message from Bishops of Cuba
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has decided to grant a special plenary indulgence to those who participate in Cuba's pilgrimage of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, the patroness of the island. The ...
12 August 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Caritas provides aid to 300 needy families suffering cold wave
Puno (Agenzia Fides) – More than 300 families in the areas of higher altitude in San Antonio de Esquilache, province of Puno, received donations from Caritas because of the cold that does not abandon the southern Peruv ...
12 August 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Caritas Santiago celebrates 54th anniversary of foundation
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – In the setting of the Continental Mission and the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Nation, Caritas Santiago is celebrating its 54th anniversary and remembering with gratitude the path that the ...
12 August 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - FOCUS Catholic Campus Ministry now present on 50 campuses
Denver (Agenzia Fides) – In a recent press statement, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, a fast-growing college campus outreach now with a presence at colleges in 28 states (including District of Columbia) ...
11 August 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Listen, learn, and preach with children”: slogan for PMS Congress
Riberalta (Agenzia Fides) – The city of Riberalta, located in the Department of Beni in the Northeast Region of Bolivia, near the border with Brazil, was the site of a four-day Congress from August 5 to 8 sponsored by ...
11 August 2010
AMERICA/PERU - 300 missionaries in the remote villages of the Northern Andes of Peru
Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – As part of Continental Mission in the Archdiocese of Trujillo, 300 lay people in parishes along the coast were sent this week to 120 villages in the Sierra Trujillo (area in the Andes), in or ...
10 August 2010
AMERICA/CUBA - Pilgrimage of “La Virgen Mambisa” to Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Dionisio García Ibáñez, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and President of the Bishops' Conference, presided at the opening Mass for the start of the National Pilgrimage of ...
10 August 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Ad Gentes Missionary Training Course 2010: integral formation for missionaries
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, August 8, marked the opening day for the Ad Gentes Missionary Training Course 2010 being held at the Missionary Cultural Center (known as CCM) in Brasilia. The course is being attende ...
9 August 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Diocese of Corumba delves into the Continental Mission
Corumba (Agenzia Fides) – 90 group leaders from the Diocese of Corumba (in the State of Southern Matto Grosso – MS) met last weekend to study, reflect, and deepen in the theme of the Continental Mission. The Secretar ...
9 August 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Dialogue between demonstrators and government opens today
Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Council of Ministers, Javier Velasquez Quesquen arrives today, August 9, in the city of Quillabamba, province of La Convencion in Cuzco, to initiate a dialogue with leade ...
7 August 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops on the 185th anniversary of Bolivia: “Faced with the plague of corruption and drug trafficking we should promote a culture of life.”
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, August 6, Bolivia commemorated the 185th anniversary of the founding of the Republic, in the midst of a complex process of transition and transformation into a multinational state. O ...
7 August 2010
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Government Health Ministry on alert for new form of dengue
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Ministry of Health is on alert for the presence of "dengue 4", the only type of dengue not circulating in the country, but that has been found in Nicaragua and Honduras. The alarm of the ...
6 August 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - A new culture of values for the fight against violence, religious leaders meet with Mexican government
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with religious leaders as part of a program of consultations with several social sectors in the country, to address the violence that plagues Mexico. ...
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