America

• 20 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice and have peace,” address given by Archbishop of La Plata Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice, have correct reasoning, do what is just and have peace.” This is what Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata said in his addre ...
• 19 October 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Priests and bishops of the Dioceses of Salto, Mercedes, and Tacuarembo reflect on carrying out the Continental Mission Salto (Agenzia Fides) – Last week, at the “Casa San Jose” religious residence, some forty priests, along with Bishop Carlos Collazzi of Mercedes, Bishop Pablo Galimberti of Salto, and Bishop Julio Bonino of Tacuare ...
• 19 October 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Continental Mission launched in Archdiocese of Popayan: “an integral Permanent Mission that keeps the Church in constant evangelization” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the presence of numerous faithful from all the parishes, the Archdiocese of Popayan officially launched its Continental Mission on October 12. The celebration was presided by Archbishop Iv ...
• 16 October 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Women, missionary disciples for life in Chile”: National Encounter of Women's Pastoral Ministry “to determine the specific contribution of women in the mission” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 17, at the Marian College of Santiago de Chile, there will be a National Encounter of Women's Pastoral Ministry on the theme: “Women, missionary disciples for ...
• 16 October 2009
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Missionary Congress of the Archdiocese of Managua, to give life to a diocese of “pilgrim disciples and missionaries” Managua (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 11, thousands of missionaries from various parishes of the Archdiocese of Managua participated in the Archdiocesan Missionary Congress on the theme “Disciples and Missiona ...
• 15 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Preaching the Gospel helps to reflect on and update content and activity of the missionary dimension of the Church”: Message from the Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) - “Preaching the Gospel helps to reflect on and update content and activity of the missionary dimension of the Church.” This is what Archbishop Jose Mara Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz ...
• 14 October 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS in the United States intensify work through Internet and Facebook New York (Agenzia Fides) - In the week immediately before World Mission Sunday, final preparations by the US Pontifical Mission Societies Office have included an expanding of their presence on the Internet, in terms of m ...
• 14 October 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Missionary Festival” in the four sectors of the city of Quito, for Mission Sunday Quito (Agenzia Fides) – For World Mission Sunday (DOMUND) 2009, in the four sectors of the city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, there will be “Missionary Festivals” for “praying and celebrating all our missions ...
• 14 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The application of the Convention of Rights of the Child, a utopia that is possible” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The application of the Convention of Rights of the Child, a utopia that is possible” will be the theme of the 10th Archdiocesan Encounter for Youth and Children, to be held October 27 ...
• 13 October 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Message from the Bishop of Melo for World Mission Sunday: “The Church exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.” Melo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church, the community that all of us form as baptized, exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.” This is what Bishop Heriberto Bodeant of ...
• 13 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Presentation of working document and logo for First Missionary Congress in Diocese of Moron, May 21-23, 2010 Moron (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary Disciples: You are the light of the world and the salt of the eath.” This will be the theme of the First Missionary Congress of the Diocese of Moron (suffragan of Buenos Aires), wh ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Preparations underway for Advent Mission in Diocese of Cordoba: “reach out to everyone, especially those farthest away, preaching the Kingdom of God” Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 10, at the Saint Teresa of Jesus School in Cordoba (Argentina), delegates from parishes, movements, associations, and communities gathered together to work on preparations ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Archbishop of San Jose asks married couples to remain strong in the face of legal bills that seek to eliminate God from public sphere: “We are all convinced of the need to evangelize” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - “Faith is transmitted like a lantern that is passed from one hand to the next, and marriage is the foundation of the family...” This is what Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Urena of San Jose, Pre ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Relic of new Saint Damien de Veuster on pilgrimage in America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 11, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI canonized 5 new saints. One of these saints is the Belgian-born missionary Father Damien De Veuster, the “Apostle of the Lepe ...
• 9 October 2009
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Preparing for World Mission Sunday: “Your Word, Light for the Peoples” Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - “Your Word, Light for the Peoples” is the theme chosen for the 83rd World Mission Sunday to be celebrated on October 18, in the Dominican Republic. As a bulletin issued by the Pontific ...