America

• 2 March 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cochabamba Parishes launch Permanent Mission Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – There has been long talk of the Permanent Mission in Bolivia. The Bishops opened it in April of last year in Cochabamba, for all Bolivia. On February 2 this year, the Permanent Mission star ...
• 2 March 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - "The Church continues to offer its help, especially in the world of health care through hospitals and medical centers run by religious," General Consultor of the Camillian Missions tells Fides after visiting Haiti Rome (Agenzia Fides) – After a month's stay in Haiti, Fr. Luca Perletti, General Consultor of the Camillian Missions, has just returned to Rome and continues to follow the situation in the country from the General Curi ...
• 2 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Creative fidelity to the charism, to carry out mission: conclusions of 10th Congress of Secular Institutes in Latin America published Lima (Agenzia Fides) – About 200 participants from 16 Latin American and 4 European countries, from 80 institutions, gathered in Lima, the capital of Peru, February 3 to 7, 2010 for the 10th Latin American and Caribbea ...
• 1 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Caritas Chile seeks to respond following earthquake; President of Bishops' Conference says “in the strength of the Gospel, we must bring hope in times of fear, pain, and disaster" Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, February 27th, an earthquake that has killed over 700 people, shock after shock, is leaving a long trail of damage, injuries, and fear. The area most affected is the sou ...
• 1 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Cardinal Archbishop of Lima calls for prayers for Chile and for conversion Lima (Agenzia Fides) – During his radio program "Faith Dialogue,” Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, expressed his sympathy and solidarity to all the Chilean people affected by the earthquake on the mor ...
• 1 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Fr. Roberto Simionato testifies to heroic generosity in providing assistance to sick and elderly Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) – "The earthquake occurred at 3:34 am on February 27. There has long aftershock right away. I thought 'this will pass' - in Chile we are accustomed to some shocks now and then - but after 30 ...
• 27 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Personal conversion and missionary decision, in light of Aparecida Mazatlan (Agenzia Fides) – "Conversion is nothing other than simply adhering oneself to a person, to Jesus Christ, to His Gospel, to the values of the Kingdom of God, and using the Gospel as the reference point in view ...
• 27 February 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - National Assembly of PMS Diocesan Directors reflects on Caritas in Veritate and plans for year dedicated to Pauline Jaricot Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Peru celebrated the National Assembly of Diocesan Directors of the PMS, which was attended by 65 delegates, along with the President of the Commission fo ...
• 26 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Basilica of Guadalupe receives largest pilgrimage in history: 100,000 pilgrims Toluca (Agenzia Fides) – The largest pilgrimage in history, nearly 100,000 pilgrims, has made its way to the Hill of Tepeyac. After three intense days of walking, at dawn on Wednesday, February 24, a pilgrimage from th ...
• 26 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Formation, spirituality, and missionary animation: themes of the meeting for Regional Coordinators of the Youth Missionary Organization Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – "Assessing the work that has taken place over the course of these four years as the Youth Missionary Organization of the country and the work materials, selecting the songs for the compilatio ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - HCA focuses on Senegal for Lent, holds National Prayer Week New York (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Childhood Association (HCA) in the United States is spotlighting the country of Senegal in its “It’s Our World” newsletter for Lent, emphasizing how the Church in that African ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA - Debate over homosexual unions and their adoption of children reignited Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The debate over so-called "marriage" between homosexuals is has re-emerged recently in several Latin American countries. Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, His Excellency Luis Bambaren, also former pre ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Mary is the great missionary and the missionaries' teacher” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For the whole Church, "Mary is the great missionary who continues the mission of the Son and is the missionaries' teacher,” which is why on February 23 the Parish of St. Mary of Bethany ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Bishops launch blog Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Since February 23, the blog of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) has been up and running on the Internet. Encouraged by Pope Benedict XVI in his Message for the 44th World Communicatio ...
• 24 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Appeal from Nuncio in Haiti: “The seminaries and the seminarians lost everything...putting them back to "normal" life is a priority.” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, has sent a report on the present situation of the seminarians and an appeal made to the Pontifical Mission Societies of Englan ...