America

• 31 March 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First study on hidden child victims of sexual abuse Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Every day at least thirty children and adolescents suffer sexual assault by members of armed groups involved in the internal conflict that has been going on for over half a century in Colombia. W ...
• 31 March 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks: conclusion of the 22nd session Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The 22nd session of peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC representatives (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) ended yesterday in Havana. The chief negotiator on behalf of the g ...
• 29 March 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church reflects on the situation: "The people no longer have hope in this government" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides ) - "It is a shame that the people no longer have hope in this government": This is what was expressed by the president of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB), Mgr. Oscar Aparicio, in his op ...
• 29 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Holy See "willing and eager" to help Venezuela Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accepted the idea of a "mediator in good faith", due to the increasing pressure to negotiate with the opposition. On March 27, Maduro mentioned the Vatican s ...
• 28 March 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We see trade of death on the street" denounces the Bishop of Quilmes Quilmes (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Quilmes (Argentina), His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Jose Tissera, expressed strong concern over the alarming increase in drug trafficking in the areas of Quilmes, Berazategui ...
• 28 March 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops: stop with threats! The problem in the area of Veracruz can be resolved through dialogue Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2010, those who oppose the hydroelectric project El Naranjal, in Veracruz (Mexico), among whom there are also priests, live in a climate of threats and intimidation: this was denounced ...
• 27 March 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - General strike in the country; the Church supports those demanding justice and social solidarity Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – After yesterday’s general strike, March 26th, which took place in a peaceful manner without any form of violence, the President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, gave orders to listen to the un ...
• 27 March 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops’ priorities: Indigenous and social pastoral, relaunch of the Permanent Mission Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Pastoral, the coordination of social pastoral in the dioceses, the relaunch of the Permanent Mission and a first agenda on CAM 2018, are the points that the Bishops of Bolivia ...
• 26 March 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Brazilian Church accompanies the World Cup inviting to combat trafficking Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), through its Commission for the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility, has published a message titled "Play for Life" in view of the World Cup, in ...
• 26 March 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – The government of Ortega ready to dialogue with the Church Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) has announced that the government of Daniel Ortega has accepted the invitation to dialogue. "This request received a positive response on Tuesday 24 ...
• 25 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – Dialogue is "necessary" to stop violence Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Los Teques (Venezuela), His Exc. Mgr. Ramón Ovidio Perez Morales, proposed the Venezuelan seat of the Episcopate as a meeting place between the opposition and ...
• 24 March 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Pierre for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Veracruz: "Re-launch evangelization" Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop Christopher Pierre, presided over the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Veracruz (Mexico), and during the celebr ...
• 24 March 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Salvadorans commemorate the assassination of Mgr. Romero, in view of his beatification San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Salvadorans today commemorate 34 years since the murder of the Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, on 24 March 1980. The commemorative celebrations already s ...
• 21 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops, missionaries, believers from all over the country: we want peace! Margarita (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church will always be ready to act as a mediator, to work and above all to continue to contribute to peace: is what was said by the Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita, His Exc. Mg ...
• 21 March 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishop of Chimbote obligated to special security measures Chimbote (Agenzia Fides ) - For the high rate of insecurity in the region of Ancash (500 kilometers north of the capital of Peru), the Ministry of Interior has organized adequate security measures for the Bishop of the D ...