America

• 14 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Concern of the Bishops of Mexico at the end of the 88th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference: "Enough with drugs and violence!" Cuautitlán Izcalli (Agenzia Fides) – After reflecting on insecurity and violence in the country at their 88th Plenary Assembly, the Bishops of Mexico issued a final document in which they expressed their concern for t ...
• 13 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 102nd training course for missionaries working in Brazil ends; 23 missionaries from four continents participate Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The closing celebration of the 102nd course sponsored by the Center for Intellectual Education (Cenfi) was recently held in the Missionary Cultural Center of Brasilia. The Cenfi organizes cou ...
• 13 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops call on politicians to "unite and pacify the people of Argentina,"; document for 25th anniversary of Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile, during their Plenary the bishops of the Argenitnean Bishops' Conference called on the ...
• 12 November 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "He was a friend to the youth, sincere and coherent," fellow Franciscan brother of murdered priest tells Fides; funeral presided by Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño Chiquimula (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Juan Pablo Lobos, a fellow Franciscan brother of Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who was kidnapped and murdered in Honduras in recent days (see Fides 11/11/2009), sent Fides some news about ...
• 12 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops' Commission for Missions invites all to prepare for the III National Meeting of Missionary Groups Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "With great joy we invite you to participate in the Third National Meeting of Missionary Groups that, God willing, we will live together October 9, 10 and 11 of 2010, with the slogan 'Missi ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Franciscan priest working in Honduras found murdered in Guatemala after being kidnapped days ago Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Guatemalan Franciscan priest Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who had been assigned to a parish in Ocotepeque (Honduras) and who had disappeared last weekend, was found dead in a province of ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - After the hurricane: "get busy and help the children" says second report from Caritas San Vicente on the situation San Vicente (Agenzia Fides) – Manuel de Jesus Moran Hidalgo, Assistant Director of Caritas in El Salvador, said in a press conference that we are all called to help our brethren, especially in these times of need: “A ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' appeal for peace between Venezuela and Colombia Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Baltazar Porras of Merida, has launched an appeal for peace after the statements by the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - New Dictionary of Pastoral Care for Health and Bioethics, first in Spanish Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – Pastoral Health of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz (Bolivia) has recently published the first Dictionary for Health Pastoral Care and Bioethics in Spanish, with over 200 entries. The work has ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida: national emergency, initial report from Caritas sent to Fides San Vicente (Agenzia Fides) – In the night between November 7-8, 2009 heavy rains fell on El Salvador, as a result of Hurricane Ida, and caused landslides from the volcano Chinchontepec and flooding of rivers in the mu ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest found dead in Brazil, the fourth in the last five months Maceio (Agenzia Fides) – Father Hidalberto Henrique Guimaraes, 48, is the fourth priest to be murdered in Brazil in less than five months. He was pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Grace in the town of Murici, on the ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Preparations begin for Second National Family Pilgrimage Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for the Pastoral Care of the Family, in collaboration with the Committee in charge of Pastoral Region South-1 is starting the preparation of the Second National Family ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Dengue and influenza A at the center of Day for Sick in the country Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of the Sick has just been celebrated in Argentina, where the focus this year was on influenza A and dengue. "Listen to him, love him, preach Christ, our hope," is the title of the d ...
• 9 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Message from CELAM on Mission and Spirituality: "The Continental Mission should be open to the mission ad gentes, that is to say to all peoples, to the ends of the earth." Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Gathered in Buenos Aires October 26-30, 2009, convened by the Department of Mission and Spirituality of CELAM, in these days we have shared the Word of God, the Eucharist, the joys and h ...
• 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 ...