America

• 9 November 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Annual Meeting of the Pontifical Council for Culture in Costa Rica: "Today's culture presents many challenges and difficulties for evangelization." San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – On October 26 to 31, the Pontifical Council for Culture held, its annual meeting in San José de Costa Rica, which was attended by 4 Cardinals, Bishops and laity. The inauguration took place ...
• 7 November 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The mission of evangelization in the midst of conflict": Second National Meeting of Religious sponsored by the Department of Missionary Animation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Colombia does not surrender before the violence of armed conflict that the country has been living a long time, while the Catholic Church continues to always offer a testimony of justice and peac ...
• 7 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Mexican bishops, worried about the threats and intimidation to the house of Migrants, immigrants that are housed and operators, appeal to the authorities of the State Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the reports that we have received in recent days of constant threats, intimidation and aggression suffered by The Immigrant's House, the residents and staff working i ...
• 6 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US children: the poorest of the developed world New York (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly half of all U.S. children (49.2%) will be on food stamps at some point during childhood. This is what was found by a nationally representative survey of 4,800 American households, publis ...
• 5 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Letter to the Bishops for the “Day for the Sick” in Argentina, November 8 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For the Day for the Sick, celebrated in Argentina this coming Sunday, November 8, the Argentinean Bishops' Conference – through the Health Pastoral Care Commission – has sent a letter ...
• 5 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Thousands of youth at the National Shrine in Aparecida, for National Youth Day Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – A vigil of prayer and reflection served as the preparation for the celebration of National Youth Day, which was held last Sunday in the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida. Those presen ...
• 4 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Redemptorists' Popular Mission in Campo Grande: 740 families involved in a great work of evangelization Bandeirantes (Agenzia Fides) – From October 14 to November 14, the Redemptorists are holding the second part of their popular mission in the city of Bandeirantes. It is a very important stage in the Mission, as it incl ...
• 4 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Witness to Christ in homes, hospitals, prisons: 600 Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist renew their commitment Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – In spite of the rain that was pouring down in Mexico City last Friday, October 30, nearly 600 Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist (in Spanish: MECE) renewed their commitment in taking ...
• 4 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Final Message from the 16th Meeting of National Leaders of Youth Ministry in Latin America: “Jesus continues to invite us to become his disciples, missionaries in our present circumstances.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the 16th Meeting of National Leaders of Youth Ministry in Latin America, which was held October 25-30 in Cochabamba, with a considerable number of representatives from the 2 ...
• 3 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Sr. Marguerite Bartz, always dedicated to justice and peace, found dead in her convent Saint Berard (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless body of 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz, of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS), who work with Native Americans and African Americans, headquartered in Bensalem, P ...
• 3 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Spiritual assistance to Croatian immigrants in Argentina: 80 years ago the first Franciscan missionary arrived Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Conventual Franciscans of the Province of San Geronimo of Argentina are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the arrival of Fray Leonardo Ruskovic. His primary mission was to assist th ...
• 31 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Directors of PMS of “Cono Sur” meet Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The annual meeting for National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the 5 countries that make up the “Cono Sur” (Southern Cone) of South America is being held at the PMS ...
• 31 October 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Mission in the Province of Castilla, following in the footsteps of St. Antonio M. Claret Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - “In following in the footsteps of St. Antonio Claret, you will surely encounter many difficulties and problems, but these are the sure steps in following the Lord.” These were the words of ...
• 30 October 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Family, be missionary disciples!” Family Week and National Family Hug Day Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Family, be missionary disciples” is the theme chosen for National Family Hug Day, which will take place on November 8 in Venezuela, as the conclusion to Family Week. The initiative is organ ...
• 30 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Marriage only exists between a man and a woman.” Declaration from the Institute for Marriage and the Family at the Catholic University of Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Marriage is founded on a free, permanent, and exclusive bond between a man and a woman, for mutual support, towards the procreation and education of their children. In this sense, it rep ...