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15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - First humanitarian aid interventions open doors, although there is fear of epidemics
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The volunteers of the Movement for the Struggle Against World Hunger (in Italian, MLFM) are working with the local community of Les Cayes to gather essential items, water and gasoline. ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros: “The country has opened the doors of all its hospitals and reinforced medical personnel,” fundraising telethon planned
Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Ramon Benito de La Rosa y Carpio of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, has been contacted by Agenzia Fides, for updates on the situation and aid to the ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Jesuits: houses, centers, and personnel of the Society of Jesus spared
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The General Curia of the Jesuits has sent Fides the letter from Fr. François Kawas, delegate of the French Province of Canada (of which Haiti is a part), describing the situation after ...
14 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Hospital run by Camillians is only one functioning. “We are in need of practically everything,” Fr. Efisio Locci tells Fides
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - There are three Italian Camillians and two Haitian fathers currently working on the island that was devastated by the earthquake. In this time of great need, all communications with Haiti ...
14 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Church organizations, NGOs, and associations bringing aid to Haiti
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Church has always been particularly close to the Haitian people, through Catholic organizations and groups that have supported this country that is among the poorest in the world and they hav ...
14 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Church in Americas reaching out to Haiti; USA's PMS launch “Haitian Solidarity Fund”
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Various Bishops' Conferences of Latin America took immediate action as soon as they heard the news of the earthquake in Haiti. The President of the Bishops' Conference of the Dominican ...
14 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Earthquake affects Salesians
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Despite the communication difficulty with Haiti, news has reached Fides that among the victims of the earthquake that struck the Caribbean Island, there is also a Salesian Brother, Hube ...
13 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Dramatic testimony of Apostolic Nuncio to Fides: “Port-au-Prince is completely devastated. Everywhere, you can hear cries from under the rubble.”
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “Port-au-Prince is completely devastated. The Cathedral, the Archbishop's Residence, all the great churches, all the seminaries are reduced to rubble. The pastor of the Cathedral, who s ...
13 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Brief National Overview
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Republic of Haiti has an area equal to approximately 27,000 square kilometers, is located about 80 km from Cuba, and has 9,035,536 inhabitants, of which only 3.4% have the hope of r ...
13 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Haiti struck by earthquake, thousands feared dead
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Tuesday 12 January, Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere has been devastated by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7, with its epicenter a few miles fro ...
12 January 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - New Bishop of Afogados: Fidei donum priest, since 1976 in Brazil
Afogados (Agenzia Fides) – On January 9, over 10,000 faithful attended the solemn and festive celebration of the episcopal ordination of the new Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil), Bishop Egidio Bisol, 62, of the ...
12 January 2010
AMERICA/PERU - For the first time, Peru attends “JOSP Fest” (Journey of the Spirit Festival) in Rome
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From January 14 to 17, the “Nuova Fiera di Roma" will host the “JOSP Fest” or “Journeys of the Spirit Festival." This is the second year of the event, created by the “Opera Romana Pellegr ...
12 January 2010
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Anniversary of peace: State apologizes for civil war crimes
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On the anniversary of the signing of peace accords that put an end to civil war in the country, Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador said all that has been done during this ti ...
11 January 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Vocation Awareness Week begins, using prayer and education
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the United States began their celebration of National Vocation Awareness Week (January 10-16) yesterday, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. As the statement issued by ...
11 January 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican Bishops suffer insults and aggressive criticism as they unite in defense of marriage and the family
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico City has become the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriages. The legislation passed on the eve of Christmas and goes far beyond that of 2006, allowing civil unions ...
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