America
10 July 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - “After 6 months, many of the people who were living in tents still have nothing...many see no way out,” Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti tells Fides
Six months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, affecting much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, Fides has asked Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti, Archbishop Bishop Bernard Auza, a few questions on the ...
10 July 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Two million people living on the street, 600,000 homeless
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - In Haiti, 6 months after the earthquake, there are still about 2 million people living on the streets. Approximately 1,300 emergency tents have become their permanent home. 600,000 are ho ...
8 July 2010
AMERICA - “Life, Bread, Peace, Freedom,” at the light of the Aparecida Document: continental meeting of Catholic Action
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, July 8, marks the opening of the Sixth American Continental Meeting of Catholic Action at the headquarters of the Mexican Bishops' Conference, Casa Lago, Mexico City. The theme of t ...
8 July 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Keep calm and be willing to dialogue” says Archbishop of Durango following elections
Durango (Agenzia Fides) – After the elections that were held in different states of Mexico, the Church of Durango, in the person of Archbishop Héctor González Martínez, urged all politicians to accept the results an ...
8 July 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Multimedia for following the 89th Assembly of Bishops in Colombia
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference has dedicated part of its website to the unfolding of the LXXXIX Plenary Assembly of Bishops, which is being held in Bogota (July 5-9). As the country is celeb ...
7 July 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon not only produces raw materials and minerals, but also young missionaries to spread the Gospel
Castanhal (Agenzia Fides) – This past weekend (July 2,3,4), a meeting organized by leaders of the Child and Adolescent Missionary Coordination of State of Pará, in the Amazon, was held to motivate and excite the youth ...
7 July 2010
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Church in Venezuela given credibility and trust from citizens
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Information Office of the Archdiocese of Caracas issued a statement of solidarity and support for Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, after the insults uttered against him ...
6 July 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - PMS of Brazil launch missionary novena on DVD for October
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Each year, to animate the month of the missions, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) prepares various materials, like the missionary campaign, a printed version of the message of the Pope, ...
6 July 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Huancayo continues the Continental Mission, 100 “Missionary Disciples” in formation
Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) – On July 11, the Archdiocese of Huancayo will hold the Third Assembly of the "Missionary Disciples" of the Second Vicariate, to continue the Continental Mission in the parishes of the Mantaro ...
5 July 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Reawakening the missionary spirit: first Missionary Congress for seminarians in Brazil
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – With the Mass presided by the Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB), Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa, the first Missionary Conference for Seminarians began yesterday, July 4, i ...
5 July 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Conclusion of the I International Educational Congress for religion, ethics, and morality professors
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The main objective of the International Educational Congress of professors of religion, ethics, and morality in Bolivia that took place July 1 to 3 in the city of Cochabamba, was to strengt ...
5 July 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Fighting malaria using sea life: a new undertaking for American researchers
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 meters. They have al ...
3 July 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Over 10 towns in the Andes with contaminated water
Huancavelica (Agenzia Fides) – Recent reports have been made on the contamination of the Opamayo River in the region of Huancavelica, Peru.
There have been great ecological damages and over 10 towns in the Province of ...
3 July 2010
AMERICA/PANAMA - Youth Ministry Congress: “Youth Missionaries, Witnesses of Christ's Love”
Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Ministry of the Catholic Church of Panama will celebrate its Third Congress in the “Centro Media Luna” in the province of Colon, from Friday, July 9 to Sunday, July 11, with the s ...
2 July 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Vote in Peace” say Mexican Bishops
San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Fides News has received a letter published by Bishop Felipe Arismendi Esquivel, Bishop of San Cristobal de Las Casas in Mexico, in which he asks that everyone participate in ...
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