America

• 14 March 2014
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Laity and religious freedom": the voice of the Church Quito (Agenzia Fides ) - On 13 March the Bishops of Ecuador published a pastoral letter titled: "Laity and religious freedom". The document, sent to Fides Agency, is divided into two sections and expresses the Church's t ...
• 14 March 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - How to respond to the challenges of the American continent Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "To assess the participation of the last American Missionary Congress (CAM 4 - COMLA 9), take into account the conclusions of the 22 forums held during the Congress, reflect and propose cour ...
• 12 March 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A Catholic Guide for parishes with faithful of different languages and ethnic groups Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the United States (USCCB) has created a guide to assist pastors of culturally diverse parishes. The pastoral aid, published in English and in Spanish, aims ...
• 12 March 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Full availability of Bishops to dialogue with the government on issues of national interest Managua ( Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua will express in writing to President Daniel Ortega its total willingness to dialogue with the government: this was stated by His Exc. Mgr. René Sócrates ...
• 12 March 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Christian Churches committed to education, health and rights of 30 000 children Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 30 thousand children, girls and adolescents who benefit from support programs offered by churches, NGOs and other Christian organizations engaged in the Gran Santo Domingo ...
• 11 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - One cannot stop violence with violence Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The use of force is reserved by law to the bodies of State security, they have the sole responsibility to stop the violence caused by some people": This is what we read in the statement sent to ...
• 11 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Churches subject to violence and sacrilegious acts, even during Mass Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Several churches have been affected by acts of violence that have occurred in recent days in Venezuela: the news was given by Mgr. Victor Hugo Basabe, Undersecretary of the Episcopal Conference ...
• 11 March 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Criminal gangs train children to handle firearms Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Honduras is experiencing a wave of violence that last year registered an average of 19 deaths per day. These figures were released by the Observatory on Violence of the National Autonomous U ...
• 10 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishop of Maracay on the situation in the country: "There is no peace without justice" Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - Everything about peace must be based primarily on the desire for dialogue on both sides, one of the steps to take to have peace is to accept the differences: is what was stated yesterday, Sunday ...
• 10 March 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - New policies for young people are urgently needed, because "drugs have entered all levels of society" Neuquen (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Neuquen and First Vice President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C..I stated that "it would not be a bad idea "f ...
• 10 March 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - There is no adequate treatment for HIV-positive children Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In Argentina, since December 2010 there have been about 8000 cases of children infected by AIDS, and every year 100 are added. However, medicines and therapies, monopolized by international ...
• 7 March 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church denounces the alarming pollution of the Peruvian forest Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - The Human Rights Office of the Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos (Peru), has published a "Report of Environmental Monitoring of the Marañón River and the Pacaya Samiria Reserve" which highlights ...
• 7 March 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Dialogue between the Church and civil authorities on the problems regarding the population Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, met with the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of the Latin American country, gathered for their Ordinary General Assembly to discus ...
• 6 March 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Political dialogue resumes, with the mediation of Cardinal Langlois Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides ) - "The inter-Haitian dialogue" between the president and parliament will resume shortly, with the return to the country of Cardinal Chibly Langlois: this was reported to Fides by Mgr. Patr ...
• 6 March 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church calls for "fair justice" Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - Father Pablo Caceres Vicario of the Diocese of Concepción, sent by Bishop Mgr. Miguel Angel Cabello, attended the blessing of the new Palace of Justice in Horqueta (near Concepcion). As repo ...