America

• 4 December 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation and appointment of vicar apostolic of Leticia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Leticia, Colombia, presented by Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz. The Holy Father app ...
• 
  3 December 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Absolute priority for the village of Pourcine Pic-Makaya: building a clinic/outpatient center
  Pourcine Pic-Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – “After Hurricane Melissa, repairing the paths and roads in the parish territory has become essential, especially for the many students who ...
• 27 November 2025
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 15, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Es ...
• 
  24 November 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Salesians celebrate 150 years since their first missionary expedition in Patagonia Junín de los Andes (Agenzia Fides) – “We are gathered before the Lord with gratitude to commemorate and celebrate an event that has shaped the spiritual, cultural, and human history of our Patagonia,” said Cardina ...
• 
  23 November 2025
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Gratitude for a missionary experience that changed one's vision on life Canaima (Agenzia Fides) – On December 25, Carlos Bobillo (known as “Bobi”), a lay missionary of the Hakuna movement, will return home to Barcelona, Spain, after a three-month missionary experience in the vast terri ...
• 
  19 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Attack on the Foyer Saint Camille: “Continuing to run a hospital in this reality is heroic” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, October 28, and Saturday, November 15, members of one of the armed gangs active in the area stormed the “Foyer Saint Camille” in Port-au-Prince. In a statement sent to ...
• 
  17 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Melissa, gangs, thefts, assaults, and kidnappings fail to quell hope for a better life Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – Shootings and violent clashes against the defenseless population continue to be reported. Among the latest incidents is a shootout between U.S. Marines and gang members, following ...
• 
  11 November 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Tornado devastates the state of Paraná Brasília (Agenzia Fides) – A severe weather front has unleashed the strongest tornado in 40 years, causing widespread destruction and leaving many dead and injured in southern Brazil. The town of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu ...
• 
  7 November 2025
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pope Leo XIV at the XVII National Missionary Congress: true missionaries "put the leaven of the Risen One in the dough of history" Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The true missionary shares "faith as one shares bread." Christ Himself draws him close and calls him to "get his hands dirty with the dough of history," so that faith, like leaven, may work "in t ...
• 
  6 November 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 600 participants at the First National Congress of the Union of the Sick and Elderly Missionaries Abancay (Agenzia Fides) – Over 600 participants from various ecclesiastical jurisdictions in Peru gathered in the Diocese of Abancay for the first “National Congress of the Union of Sick and Elderly Missionaries,” ...
• 
  5 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Life is stronger! Hurricane Melissa is moving away from the coast” Jerémie (Agenzia Fides) – “Hurricane Melissa is moving away from our coasts, leaving behind a trail of death, suffering, and devastation, especially in Jamaica and Cuba. In the coming days, weather conditions here s ...
• 4 November 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of bishop vicar apostolic coadjutor of San Ramón Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Pedro Orlando Castro Castro, O.F.M., until now provincial vicar of the Franciscan Province of the Twelve Apostles and parish vicar of Santa Ma ...
• 
  31 October 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The State has a duty to protect, not to kill.” The Pontifical Mission Societies of Brazil respond to the tragic events in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil have expressed, in a statement sent to Fides, their profound solidarity and sorrow for the recent tragic episodes of violence in Rio de ...
• 
  28 October 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Approaching hurricane Melissa": the village of Pourcine Pic-Makaya is on alert Pourcine Pic-Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – "It's approaching, it's raining heavily, but wind and water are forecast especially for this afternoon/evening and tomorrow. Let's hope it won't be too severe!" said Father Massimo ...
• 
  21 October 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - When everything plunges into hatred and violence, the people of Pic-Makaya move forward with faith and resilience
  Pourcine Pic-Makaya (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis that continues to shake the Haitian people threatens to worsen due to gang violence that displaces entire families, destroys agricu ...