America

• 29 January 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call the national government and armed groups to be reconciled and to resolve social and armed conflict; national demonstration 4 February Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia gathered in a plenary assembly have urged Colombians to take part in a peaceful national demonstration on 4 February at midday to protest against the practice of ...
• 25 January 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops' Assembly examines the Great Mission, law on childhood and unchecked exploitation of minerals San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - During a recent Assembly the Bishops of El Salvador discussed various aspects of the ecclesial and social situation in the country. In a Message issued at the end of the meeting they list t ...
• 25 January 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - National pilgrimage to Mount Christ the King: 50,000 youths pray for life, family and peace Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year Mexico's 'Witness and Hope Movement' has organised the national pilgrimage to Mount Christ the King in Silao, Guanajuato on Sunday 26 January. Some 50,000 young people are ...
• 24 January 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The mission of women in the Church and in Society ” theme of next plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “ The mission of women in the Church and in Society” is the theme for the 84th plenary assembly of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia to be held in Bogota from 28 January 28 to February 1. T ...
• 24 January 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Chapel for perpetual adoration opened in Lima to make reparation for sins due to abortion and to sustain priests Lima (Agenzia Fides) -Santa Rosa of Lima parish in the city of Lima has opened a new chapel for Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Special prayers will include reparation for sins due to abortion all over the ...
• 23 January 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Padre Carlos Crespi national communications award” restores human and Christian values in communications Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 24 January the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, Patron saint of journalists, Signis-Ecuador Association of Catholic Communicators will present the national communications award to ...
• 23 January 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO Cardinal Rivera calls all the baptised to a state of mission “to be light of Christ in the city” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Norberto Rivera, Archbishop of Mexico, presented Pastoral Guidelines for 2008, with the title “Formation for Christian Life” which aim to re-launch a permanent state of mission ...
• 22 January 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - OCSHA meeting for priests comes to an end: 103 Spanish missionary priests serving in 20 different countries of Latin America Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Last week some 103 Spanish priests working as missionaries in 20 different countries in Latin America gathered at the Casa San Juan María Vianney de Havana, for Meeting of OCSHA (Hispanic-Americ ...
• 22 January 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Beatification of Mother Candelaria de San José “opportunity to strengthen the faith and defend it from deviations ” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Venezuela has announced the first beatification of a daughter of that local Church, Mother Candelaria di San José, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Vene ...
• 22 January 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Hope for dialogue between government and prefectures; Bishops say every effort must be made to reach positive results Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - “Dialogue for consensus” is the title of a statement issued by the standing council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bolivia, at the end of a meeting this week in Santa Cruz, in whi ...
• 21 January 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop of Oaxaca calls for new impulse to Marian devotion in 2008: “evangelisation without Mary cannot be authentic” Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “We are convinced that love for the Blessed Virgin Mary is a pillar of sound evangelisation, it increases vocations and provides a safe path to fidelity to vocations received”. This statement ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cecilianos Monks in Caçapava do Sul: the intellectual Pope is patrimony of universal culture Caçapava do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - “We express our closeness to the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI following the deplorable episode at La Sapienza University in Rome”, we read in a statement sent to Fides by Fr. Mar ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “On behalf of all Catholics and missionaries in Costa Rica we express profound and filial closeness to our beloved Pope” San José (Agenzia Fides) - “After hearing of the deplorable events which led to the cancellation of the visit by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to La Sapienza University in Rome, we wish to express to the Successor Pe ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “As Catholics we cannot remain silent in a situation in which a small group of people tried to distance God from the hearts of the people” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. José Rafael Romero Linares, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Venezuela, informs Fides that the national office team met yesterday to discuss the events which led to ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - From the “Continent of Hope” total communion with the Pope and profound sadness Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep concern we heard of the incomprehensible attitude of a few professors and students at La Sapienza University in Rome who deprived the majority of the university community of an opportun ...