America

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  5 July 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New orionine mission to respond to the pastoral and human emergency of Venezuelan refugees Pacaraima (Agenzia Fides) - Pacaraima, state and diocese of Roraima, a small city that borders with Venezuela, is the main access route by land to Brazil for the Venezuelan people fleeing from a terrible situation, whic ...
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  4 July 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Walking with Saint Romero to build peace: Salvadorans prepare themselves for the upcoming canonization San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the preparation for the canonization of Blessed Oscar Arnulfo Romero, which will take place on October 14th in St Peter's Square, the Salvadoran Church has organized the second P ...
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  4 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - American Missionary Congress: from the Synod of Bishops the impulse to consider America as "a unique reality" Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The evolution that led to the current American Missionary Congresses (CAM), the fifth which will be celebrated in the next days in Bolivia, starts with the Mexican National Missi ...
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  3 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Countdown for the 5th American Missionary Congress, the latest in a long series Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The Fifth American Missionary Congress (CAM 5), will take place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) from 9 to 14 July 2018 and will focus on "America on a mission, the Gospel is ...
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  3 July 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops congratulate newly elected President Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We congratulate Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who according to the preliminary results of the National Electoral Institute, has been declared the winner. We are all called to collabora ...
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  28 June 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Journalist's Day: "Journalism is urgently needed to serve truth and human dignity, with hope" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We greatly appreciate the work of the journalist, his mission is not only to inform, but to highlight the human and transcendent values that in the field of journalism should be highlighted, in ...
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  27 June 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The contribution of the University regarding the preparation of the 5th American Missionary Congress Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Guided by the theme "The mission of the Catholic University today", about forty university delegates met yesterday, 26 June, for the Pre-Congress of Catholic Universities in view of the V Ame ...
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  27 June 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Individualism and loss of community sense: the difficulties of an indigenous catechist in Amazonia São Francisco (Agenzia Fides) - One of the most important figures in the work of evangelization in the Amazonia communities is the catechist, responsible of accompanying daily life, given the small number of priests. As ...
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  26 June 2018
  AMERICA - Scalabrinians: instead of inhumane migratory policies, look for suitable alternatives that respect dignity Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo/Scalabrinians, with the mission to follow migrants and refugees, worried and committed to accompanying our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters on t ...
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  26 June 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - All the Bishops are committed to guiding the Colombian people "on the path of true peace" Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - "The Colombian people are eager for peace, but we still cannot find the right path. All the Bishops of Colombia are engaged in the effort to lead our people on the path to true peace, which is t ...
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  26 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Violence does not stop, Cardinal Brenes in audience with the Pope to inform him of the painful situation Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 30 June Pope Francis will receive Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solorzano, Archbishop of Managua, President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua and of the Commission for Nation ...
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  25 June 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Social Week: the poor must not pay the price of adjustment policies Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The "2018 Social Week", a training and reflection meeting organized by the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral Care (CEPAS), ended this year in Argentina. The initiatives took place f ...
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  25 June 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The young Carmelite Chiquitunga Blessed, tireless apostle of the discarded Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "A model of a young Christian", "a very intelligent person who expressed joy", "a model of a thinking person, that 'questions' and discusses, because there are realities that need to be questi ...
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  23 June 2018
  AMERICA - Laudato Si 'in mini-cartoons: to oppose the culture of waste and defend Mother Earth Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not understand why people buy so much!" says a surprised Francesco d'Assisi who, after trying in vain to communicate with the travelers of a twenty-first century city, busy with their smartp ...
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  23 June 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church at the service of Venezuelan emigrants in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On July 2, at the headquarters of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP), the "Information and Orientation Center for Venezuelan Migrants" will begin its activity. The initiative was presented yes ...