America

• 5 August 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentina recalls the murder of Mgr. Angelelli who opposed to dictatorship La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of Mgr. Enrique Angelelli, Bishop of La Rioja in 1976, was recalled on August 4 with a Mass in the Diocese of La Rioja (north-west of Argentina), with a huge number of comments on so ...
• 4 August 2015
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLICA - “Haiti refuses to help its own emigrants to regularise their status ” Dominican Republic intellectuals claim Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) –Tension grows among the Haitians resident in the Dominican Republic because the Haiti government refuses entrance to its own citizens residing illegally in the neighbour coun ...
• 4 August 2015
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA –La Negrita celebrations: the local Catholic Church calls for intervention in favour of the family Cartago (Agenzia Fides). “It is our duty to sensitise our people regarding certain important issues; we cannot be indifferent to situations which are painful and shameful for a country like ours ", said Bishop Gabriel ...
• 3 August 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Solidarity Prize: Spanish Bishops in favour of Las Patronas candidature Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of Spain have decided to support the candidature of Las Patronas group of Veracruz (Mexico), for the 2015 Princess of the Asturias solidarity Award. The women in question, ...
• 3 August 2015
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Migrants: Bishops call for definitive solution Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The National Commission for Migrants of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Dominican Republic has called for a return to dialogue with Haiti in order to maintain existing neighbou ...
• 3 August 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Abortion is never therapeutic”: local Catholic Church attacks Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) – “We urge all authorities to safeguard every human person, in particular the weakest and most vulnerable, to love and respect them as a mother loves her child.”. This was said in ...
• 1 August 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Papal altar to serve as parish church Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – The infrastructure used for the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his recent pastoral visit to Guayaquil, in Ecuador, will soon serve as a new parish church centre for two districts of ...
• 1 August 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - No negotiating with gangs in the plan for National Security San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The National Security Council in San Salvador decided on 30 July, to exclude any negotiation with gangs and to go forward to implement the plan based on the strategy El Salvador Sicuro, F ...
• 31 July 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Day of Protest against human trafficking: child soldiers still used by FARC Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – "All this must be denounced since it is one part of the things we have to do, the other part is to fight against the problem, because there exists a sort of masked protection of these crimes, ...
• 30 July 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Updated Spanish version of the New Testament Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – Spanish speaking Catholics in Latin American countries can now avail themselves of a new updated version of the New Testament. This was announced by the Council of Latin American Bishops (CELA ...
• 29 July 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Local Catholic Church applauds order to release detained Central American families Washington (Agenzia Fides) – A sentence dated 24 July issued by Judge Dolly Gee of the Federal District Court of California ordering the Obama administration to release families fleeing violence in Central America and ...
• 29 July 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Government and people commence dialogue for definitive solution Potosì (Agenzia Fides) - 27 July marked the beginning of dialogue between the civic committee of Potosi and various representatives of the government. Although there exists a willingness to end the situation of conflic ...
• 28 July 2015
  AMERICA/URUGUAY – State schools for children with disabilities Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Following various appeals from civil society the Uruguayan Council For Basic Primary Education (CEIP) announced that the next budget will include a project for the creation of 60 state scho ...
• 27 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mariachi Zombie: amusing animated television series discredits bad zombie myth Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) – Mariachi zombie is the title of a new television cartoon series just launched in Mexico. Mariachi zombie is a programme of entertainment for children aged 7-11 comprising 52 episodes each 11 m ...
• 25 July 2015
  AMERICA/PERU – 100 years of mission among indigenous women in the Amazon AMERICA/PERU – 100 years of mission among indigenous women in the Amazon Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) – One hundred years ago in 1915, Dominican Sisters arrived in Peru from Spain to dedicate themselves to provi ...