America

• 15 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI): one student dead, damages to provincial house and scholasticate destroyed Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have been in Haiti since January 1943, and now have about 130 members, including two bishops and most of whom are Haitians. As Agenzia Fides has ...
• 15 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Many Salesians still missing, over 200 students buried under the fallen building in Port-au-Prince Enam Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Knowledge about the current situation of the Salesians in Haiti is still limited and incomplete some two days after the earthquake which devastated the capital. It is still difficult to ...
• 15 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Humanitarian emergency in Haiti: Daughters of Mary Help of Christians at work on the site Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - We have still have fresh in our minds the dramatic images that TV and newspapers around the world are portraying as a witness to the catastrophe caused by the earthquake that struck the c ...
• 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 ...