America

• 23 April 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops launch new website to promote vocations Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations is initiating a new website on April 25. According to a recent press release on the website sent to Fides by Father ...
• 23 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Message to the People of God from Bishops of Bolivia Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The reading of the Message to the People of God ended the LXXXIX Assembly of Bishops in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. The biblical quotation from John 6:20, "It is I, fear not," is the t ...
• 22 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Document from 99th Bishops' Assembly: “Building a Table for Everyone in Chile” Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the close of their 99th Assembly, held between April 12 and 16 in Punta de Tralca, the Bishops thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his demonstrations of affection and closeness to the Church a ...
• 22 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground, Jesuit Superior General tells Mexico Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) – Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground worldwide, warned Jesuit Superior General, the Spaniard Father Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, in visiting Mexico. "What is growing today is popul ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Jesuits working on Haitian reconstruction effort: “We are trying to help people leave the trauma of the earthquake behind.” Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Kawas Francois, S.J. is the President of the Jesuit Interprovincial Committee for the Reconstruction of Haiti and founding member of the National Committee for Reflection and Action and ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Holy Childhood Association on the move: “Missionary Disciples on Five Continents” Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Promoting the work of the Holy Childhood Association" is the desire of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean expressed in the Document of Aparecida (number 441). On May 19, the Ponti ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Assembly of Brazilian Bishops: “Disciples and servants of the Word of God and the Church's Mission in the World” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) is preparing its 48th General Assembly that will bring together over 300 bishops of the country, May 4 to 13, in Brasilia. The the ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Entire Church promoting XLVII World Day of Prayer for Vocations Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, April 25 marks the XLVII World Day of Prayer for Vocations, with the theme: "Witness Awakens Vocations." In Peru, this day is enlivened by the Bishops' Commission for Seminaries and Vocat ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Episcopal ordination of new Bishop Jorge Vega of Illapel, former PMS National Director Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, April 17, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, the episcopal ordination of Bishop Jorge Vega was celebrated, presided by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Francisco Javier ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - World People's Conference gathers over 18,000 in Cochabamba: “The Church shares in the responsibility for creation and feels the need to carry this out in the public sphere.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Today marks the opening of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia, and already as of last Saturday, the number of people registered had ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - One year after the launch of the Permanent Mission: “We cannot let our guard down, lest this momentum die out.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - One year after launching the Permanent Mission, the experience can be described as positive. Now, all the ecclesiastical jurisdictions have launched the Permanent Mission in their local churc ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Over 67,000 people assisted by SNPS/Caritas in Colombia, in 2009 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Fides has been sent the full report of the year 2009 from the National Secretariat of Pastoral Social Ministry (SNPS/Caritas Colombia), which offers a detailed report on the various activities ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Bishops express need for “living in constant conversion along with priests” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Ecuador concluded its semi-annual plenary assembly yesterday, Friday, April 16. The Bishops have issued a note to the press which said they had completed the work of d ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Vandals destroy image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the church of Vila Operaria Teresina, Piaui (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of March, there was an incident of vandalism in the Redemptorist Church of St. Joseph the Worker in Teresina, Brazil. The caretaker informed the pastor that someone broke in ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Keeping the missionary flame alight”: Salesian and FMA meet on missions Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - “Keeping the missionary flame alight” was the theme of the meeting of the teams of the Salesians of the “Saint Pius X” Province and that of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians ...