America

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  6 November 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops: "listening, respect and dialogue are needed to build the homeland" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to citizens and authorities so that "mutual respect, attentive listening, dialogue, wisdom and tolerance prevail as ways to find national consensus on such a delicate and important ...
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  6 November 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI: the natives can no longer move safely in their territories Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), with indignation and sadness, accuses and blames the State and the Brazilian government for the cowardly assassination of Paulo Paulino Guajajara, whi ...
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  5 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Assembly of Bishops: Youth Triennium and Year of the Word of God, for a Church in missionary outreach Luque (Agenzia Fides) - The conclusion of the Youth Triennium, the commitment to be "a Church that goes forth" according to the desire of Pope Francis, the Year of the Word of God: these are the main themes touched by th ...
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  5 November 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Desecrated tombs of killed protesters; the Church calls for peace, justice and respect for all Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "We must respect tombs, because a saint rests there. For us here they are saints, here we have buried them and here we come to pray for them": said the Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo B ...
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  4 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church reaffirms commitment to justice, truth and the common good La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - With the declaration "Understanding and peace, with truth and justice", the Bolivian Bishops' Conference expresses its deep concern about the current situation in the country, calls for an end to ...
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  4 November 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Celebration in the diocese of Caguas for the beginning of the diocesan synod and the journey towards CAM 6 Caguas (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Caguas in Puerto Rico yesterday celebrated its 55th anniversary with the beginning of the first stage of the diocesan synod and the diocesan journey towards CAM 6 (Sixth American M ...
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  29 October 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "The people of Nicaragua are no longer afraid", says the Bishop of Matagalpa Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, issued a video interview, shared with Fides, in which he analyzes the reality of his diocese and that of Nicaragua. First of all, B ...
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  29 October 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops on beach pollution: there is no future for humanity without respect for the common home Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The patches of oil and oily waste that have reached the beaches of the Brazilian Northeast since the beginning of September, causing the death of animals and damage to tourist resorts, have led ...
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  28 October 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Vargas: a country in the search and commitment to find solutions Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the painful events we have seen these days, beyond the urgent need to face its serious consequences for the good of the entire population, with responsibility and according to the ...
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  26 October 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' appeal: "Stop violence and resume dialogue" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest responsibility is held by those who have taken leadership positions in political and social life. It is necessary to rely on their good faith and their ability to reach agreements ...
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  25 October 2019
  AMERICA - Religious: let us take on the anxieties and hopes of the peoples who suffer in Latin America Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "From Assisi, together with the Saint of Peace, the Latin American Confederation of Religious (CLAR) places before the God of Life, the hopes and anguish of the brothers of many peoples of our b ...
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  24 October 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Keep alive the missionary dynamism, lit up in the Extraordinary Missionary Month Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - The concern for the coming years is how to keep alive the missionary dynamism in the Church in Brazil, lit up in the Extraordinary Missionary Month: for Mgr. Odelir José Magri, Bishop of Chap ...
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  24 October 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - After the protests: dialogue and reconciliation underway, with the mediation of the Bishops Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, October 23, four representatives of the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference (EEC) went to the headquarters of the government. The delegation was composed of Mgr. Luis Cabrera, Archbishop ...
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  23 October 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New missionary presence of the Opera Don Orione in the Amazon region Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - New missionary presence of the Opera Don Orione in the Amazon: in the city of Candeias do Jamari, in the state of Rondonia, and near Boa Vista, capital of the state of Roraima. Furthermore the ...
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  23 October 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Listen to the voice of wisdom": the appeal of the Bishops to the President and the government in the face of the suffering of the people Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Haitian Catholic Church have asked President Jovenel Moise, and the political class in general, to listen to the "voice of wisdom" in the face of the "serious" ...