America

• 10 January 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Signs of hope: 3 Haitian deacons among the Claretians, a year on from the earthquake Jimani (Agenzia Fides) – The Father General of the Congregation of the Claretians, Father Josep Maria Abella, shortly before Christmas, visited the missionary zones of Kasal and Nason in Haiti, and met with the local ...
• 10 January 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another Bishop takes up Twitter: presence of the Church increases in social networking sites Durango (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Durango, Archbishop Héctor González Martínez, opened a Twitter account in the last few days. Including him, there are now five members of the Mexican ecclesial hierarchy w ...
• 8 January 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Step by step towards peace”: a march to stop the violence against migrants Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) – Dozens of central American immigrants and activists from Mexico began a march in south-east Mexico on the afternoon of 7 January to protest against the violence suffered by clandestine migran ...
• 29 December 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “The level of development of a community is measured by the ability to take care of the weak” declare the Bishops of Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Chile (CEC) published a statement entitled: “Cry for innocent lives” in which everyone is invited to protect unborn human life, offering useful in ...
• 29 December 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Acquittal of missionary Father Bartolini and director of Radio East welcomed with joy Yurimaguas (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference announced that the Amazonian High Court acquitted Father Mario Bartolini, Italian Passionist priest and pastor in the town of Barranquita. Along with him, jou ...
• 28 December 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - From 180 to 200 patients a day in the clinic of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in La Plaine La Plaine (Agenzia Fides) - Before the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January, 2010, the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation had two communities: one in the capital, Port au Prince (the house called “Maison M ...
• 28 December 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Jorge Urosa-Savino fears Venezuela is moving towards a dictatorship Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa-Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, has expressed concern that a dictatorship is being established in Venezuela. According to local press reports, the Archbishop of Caracas has ...
• 23 December 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - New programs for the 52,000 Colombians migrated to Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministers for Foreign Affairs from Colombia and Ecuador have asked the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help in assisting more th ...
• 21 December 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop Cabrejos asks presidential candidates to support proposals for the good of the country, regardless of ideology Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP), Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos, asked the presidential candidates to not fall into the “politics of trivial things”, but to support the prop ...
• 20 December 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church insists in calling for international observers for the elections of 2011 Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Nicaragua insists on the presence of international and domestic election observers to legitimize the outcome of the presidential and legislative elections which are schedu ...
• 20 December 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The village of Gramalote destined to disappear due to rain Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - About six thousand people have fled their homes in a village in north-eastern Colombia. The Minister for the Interior said that probably in a few days it “will not exist anymore”, as the vill ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - The only hospital in Les Irois lacks medicines and doctors to combat the cholera Jeremie (Agenzia Fides) - The Camillian Task Force (CTF) continues its activities in Haiti. Father Scott Binet and his collaborators, residing permanently in the Country for several months, are trying to respond to not o ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Child marriage is a form of violence and abuse of human rights, women's rights groups increasingly committed New York (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Senate recently adopted the 'International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act', against the premature marriage of under age girls which often causes death. In many devel ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - The Archdiocese of Huancayo proclaims 2011 the Year for Social Action in the Church Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Huancayo, have proclaimed 2011 as the year dedicated to social action to help the poor, the suffering and the dispossessed by society, according to the instructions of the S ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Christmas will be the guide says a message to the reconstruction of Bishops Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Preparation this year for the celebration of Christmas is marked by the force of nature that, because of torrential rains, has terrorised millions of Colombians, with an unusual force of destr ...