America
9 March 2010
AMERICA/CUBA - “La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre”: a national devotion
Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) – The short film “La Caridad que nos une,” which was recently debuted, illustrates the popular devotion Cubans have to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ("La Virgen de la Caridad del ...
9 March 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Franciscans celebrate 100th anniversary of missionary Fr. Pio Sarobe's death
Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Dante Villanueva, OFM, resides in Ocopa, in the heart of the Peruvian Andes, that is the place where the missionary Fr. Pio Sarobi arrived just 21 years ago. This year marks the centennial o ...
8 March 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On International Women's Day, remembering the women who contributed to the nation's independence
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – "Freedom to Live with Dignity" is the slogan of the 2010 International Women's Day being celebrated today, Monday, March 8. In Colombia, the theme takes on special meaning as this year the nati ...
8 March 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - First Missionary Congress in Moron: May 21-23, preparations underway
Moron (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the Lenten journey, in preparation for the Diocesan Missionary Congress in Moron, Buenos Aires (COMIDI1) which will take place May 21 to 23 next year, the team responsible for organiz ...
6 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Pope's solidarity with Chile, 3 days of mourning nationwide as tremors continue
Conception (Agenzia Fides) – Chile has announced a time of national mourning starting tomorrow, March 7, for three days, in honor of the victims of the devastating earthquake of February 27. Pope Benedict XVI sent a me ...
6 March 2010
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Fourth Meeting for Life: for pregnant women, motherhood, and life
Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, March 27 will be the day of the Fourth "Meeting for Life" organized by the "House of Life" (CDV, a project in defense of the unborn child), along with the Archdiocese of Santiag ...
5 March 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archdiocese of New York offers “24 Hours of Confession” in 52 churches, for Lent
New York (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of Saint Patrick Young Adults and 51 churches of the Archdiocese of New York, have announced the 2nd Annual “24 Hours of Confessions” project for the 2010 Lenten Season. Fir ...
5 March 2010
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Two Franciscan Missionaries of the Incarnate Word leave for Haiti
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Sister Solange Badaraco and Sister Mercedes Santos, of the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Incarnate Word (MFVE) left on February 26 to go on a mission to Haiti, where th ...
5 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - CNBB to launch national “1 Million Bibles Campaign”
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, March 6, the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), in collaboration with the Commission for the Continental Mission in Brazil, will launch a national campaign in Teresina ...
4 March 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Catholic Action renews its commitment to the mission, starting in each parish
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On March 6 and 7, Mother of Mercy School will host the Annual Diocesan Assembly of Catholic Action for the Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanús. According to organizers, over 150 diocesan leaders ...
4 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian religious working to help maimed children in Haiti
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Recently, the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) accepted and unanimously approved the "Project of the Church of Brazil, in Solidarity with Haiti,” presented to the Permanent Council of t ...
3 March 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The priest and the digital world, theme for encounter led by CELAM Communications Department
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Today in Bogota (Colombia) marks the opening of the continental meeting of the Chambers of Social Communication of the Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean with the Communic ...
3 March 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - From Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital on Mission to Haiti: “I left my heart in Haiti; they were two weeks that will mark my life forever.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On January 30 of this year, the first doctor from Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital went to Haiti to meet the health needs of earthquake survivors. Michael Salata, a pediatrician, worked for the H ...
2 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Serious damages to Salesian structures
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Two days after the earthquake which struck Chile, it seems that it is especially the south of the country that now has more serious difficulties. The cities of Curicó, Talca, Linares, Los An ...
2 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Redemptorist Church destroyed in earthquake
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – From the newsletter of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, sent to Fides, as for the situation of the Redemptorists in Chile, we learn some information provided by Fr. Luis F ...
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