America

• 18 December 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops encourage participation in the Mass at the National Shrine of Lujan, for the 30th anniversary of the papal mediation that avoided war between Argentina and Chile Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Argentina and Chile, thirty years after the historical events that marked their nations, will bring together their peoples once more for three main reasons: to thank God fo ...
• 18 December 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Preparing for the World Meeting of Families, to be attended by over 30 Cardinals and 80 Bishops, families from 45 different countries, including indigenous families Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The organization committee for the 6th World Meeting of Families, scheduled to take place in Mexico City beginning January 14, has informed that as of now, there are already over 2,000 con ...
• 18 December 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Malnutrition is one of the causes of illiteracy: 75 million school age children do not attend classes, 776 million adults are illiterate, and the economic crisis begins to place financing for development in jeopardy New York (Agenzia Fides) – On a worldwide level, the disparity in access to education is extremely large; the gap between the rich and poor nations is growing, especially in the area of education, which the economic cr ...
• 17 December 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - This Christmas, the Bishops invite the people to be illumined by the Light who is Christ and who shows us the way to peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Colombia have issued a Christmas Message addressed to all people, reminding them that this liturgical period is “an invitation to let ourselves be illumined – in our minds, ...
• 17 December 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Migration Week: January 4-10, 2009, with the theme: “ Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Migration Week on January 4-10, 2009. This year's theme, Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice, "reminds us of our obligation to brin ...
• 16 December 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Archdiocese of Havana launches a new website: “Like Paul, today we enter into the modern areopagus of the Internet, to preach this God who is always near and close to us.” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - “It is with joy that we launch the website of the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de La Habana (Havana). It is not yet completely finished, however little by little we will continue improving it,� ...
• 16 December 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National meeting for mission directors from the 18 ecclesial jurisdictions: examining the national situation, focus and directives from the Bishops' Conference and the Continental Mission Sorata (Agenzia Fides) – Last week, missions directors from the 18 ecclesial jurisdictions of Bolivia met for their final evaluation meeting of the year. The meetings for the national meetings for missions directors ar ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - World Health Organization declares Guatemala the first Central American nation successful in controlling Chagas' disease Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Guatemala the first Central American nation successful in stopping the transmission of Tripanosimiasis americana, also known as Chagas' ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Exhortation of the Bishops of Xalapa: “Christmas is an invitation not to have fear, to rediscover the joy and hope that is Jesus Christ.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “A united Mexico, for a shared hope” is the title of the Christmas Message issued by the Bishops of Xalapa. In their Message, the Bishops recall the problems and difficulties in the reg ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Presentation of the document “Participation and Communion,” to assume the challenges of the permanent state of mission Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano of Managua (Nicaragua), during his monthly meeting with the clergy in December, officially presented the document entitled, “Participation and Commu ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA - Message from the President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications to those working in communications in Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Claudio Celli, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, has sent a Message to all those who serve the Church in the area of communications in Latin Americ ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The aggressions against the Passionist Fathers reveals “the state of insecurity and vulnerability in which citizens are living; the lost of the values of honesty and respect for life” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Press Office of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has issued a statement firmly denouncing the acts of violence that claimed two victims, Passionist Fathers, yesterday afternoon in the Hamac ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Continental Mission launched in Caracas “to strengthen the faith and Christian life of our people, through a new evangelization effort.” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Caracas is making intense preparations for the realization of the Continental Mission, which is “a program of intense pastoral activity to strengthen the faith and Christi ...
• 11 December 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Celebrating an authentically Christian Christmas, in simplicity and peace, centered in Christ: exhortation from Cardinal Quezada Toruño, Archbishop of Guatemala City Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Archbishop of Guatemala City, has issued a Pastoral Exhortation for Advent and Christmas, in order to offer several reflections that can help the faith ...
• 11 December 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Great Continental Mission officially launched to “strengthen the missionary dimension of the Church and the decision to journey together towards conversion, to become missionary disciples of Christ.” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Paraguay, as in all Latin America and the Caribbean, wishes to place itself in 'permanent state of mission.' It is an effort to strengthen the missionary dimension of the Churc ...