America
27 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - 47% of churches damaged in earthquake, one million faithful without a place of worship; report on Church structures one month after the earthquake
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – 47% percent of Chile's Catholic churches were damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27: this is affirmed in a Report on the damage to religious buildings published by the ...
27 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazil, country with greatest social injustice in Latin America
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – According to a study published by UN-Habitat, the UN agency for human settlements, Brazil is the country with the greatest inequality levels in Latin America: while 10 percent of the richest ...
26 March 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Colombia
Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) – The body of Fr. Román de Jesús Zapata, was found March 24 in the rectory of the parish's jurisdiction of Currulao, in Turbo, about 500 km from the capital city of Bogota, where he was past ...
26 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Campaign starts in Brazil, to “help Christians look beyond their own borders”
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On March 22, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brasilia, the Coordination Commission of the Missionary Campaign, which in fact has begun preparations to spread ...
25 March 2010
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Thousands of child and adolescent workers receive aid from Salesian and Jesuit initiatives
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The phenomenon of child labor in Ecuador has the face of a million working children, 18% of the economically active population. In a country where 54% of the population is in the grip of poverty ...
25 March 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Salesian Brother killed in Bogota
On March 20, the Salesian Brother Luis Enrique Pineda, from the “Saint Peter Claver” Province of Colombia-Bogotá (COB), was killed in the city of Bogotà, at 8:00 in the evening. On his way to visit relatives, Brot ...
25 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Seminar on human trafficking brings together authorities from various countries
Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – There is a Regional Seminar on trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation taking place today, March 25th, in São Paulo (SP), with the participation of authorities from six nations. The ...
25 March 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Prisoners transcribe the Rosary and “Akathistos” hymn into Braille for blind sisters
Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) – The prisoners of the Provincial Unit No. 40 of Lomas de Zamora have transcribed the work “With Mary, We Pray to Jesus,” into Braille for the blind, as an initiative of the Prison P ...
24 March 2010
AMERICA - “My life belongs to the poor.” Archbishop Romero, 30 years later
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday, March 20, in the capital city of San Salvador to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, known a ...
24 March 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Youth from the PMS make an invitation to a Missionary Easter: “sow hope and proclaim love”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Enthusiastic in their efforts to awaken the missionary spirit of their peers, members of the movement "Jóvenes Sin Fronteras" are preparing the Youth Missionary Easter, which annually brings tog ...
23 March 2010
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishop of Tilaran calls for caution before ruling on religious education in schools
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – On February 2, the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica declared that Article 34, paragraph 2 of the present law on the careers of teachers, which gave the Bishops' Conference the power to gra ...
23 March 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Children in orphanages still a serious situation due to lack of food and schooling
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The little orphanage of San Marie is located in Port-au-Prince. The area, once home to 2,000 residents, now accommodates some 6,000 people who lost their homes in the January earthquake. ...
23 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI document on “indigenous peoples, a situation of misery and lack of assistance”
Campo Grande (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning March 15, the national leadership of the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI) and members of various regions in which the institution operates, met in Campo Grande (Mato Grosso ...
22 March 2010
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - First National Day for Youth dedicated to Archbishop Romero: “His words still resound today.”
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of young people gathered from the early hours of Saturday, March 20 in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador to celebrate the First National Youth Day dedicated to ...
22 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - “Church in Mission”: new radio program in Chile to support Continental Mission
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The challenges of this missionary time after the anguish of the earthquake, were the first topic addressed by the new radio program "Church on Mission”, which opened March 18. The ...
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