America

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  8 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Itinerant service of the Scalabrinians on the border between Mexico and United States: "there are still too many women who suffer in the world" Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - In conjunction with International Women's Day, 8 March, the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of San Carlo Borromeo (Scalabrinians) launches a new apostolic initiative: the "Itinerant Servi ...
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  7 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Archbishop of Granada: "Among tensions and violence, the baptized live the message of Christ’s love with profound faith" Granada (Agenzia Fides) - "In a context marked by tensions and violence, the baptized live their faith, and remain faithful to the message of Christ’s love and to the Church. Church structures are often used as a shelt ...
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  6 March 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Expocatolica 2019: a great meeting space to "continue to walk together" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord in the Gospel tells us that we are the light of the world and that light should not be put under a bushel, but we must put it high up, so that it enlightens all, this is what Expocatól ...
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  6 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Witnesses, companions and advisers will participate in the national dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Witnesses, companions and advisers" will take part in the national dialogue in Nicaragua. The agreement reached in the last two days therefore provides that in addition to the two parties (Go ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church has not yet been officially invited to the National Dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua have not yet been invited to join the negotiating table that the representatives of the Government and the Civic Alliance started again last week (see Fides, 2/3/2019): ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Desire of God in the distant communities": mission of the priests in the Amazon area of Chapare Corocoro (Agenzia Fides) - The vast Amazonian territory of the parish of Chapare welcomed a group of 19 priests and a permanent deacon of the prelature of Corocoro, together with Bishop Mgr. Percy Galván, for three days ...
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  4 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrant caravans, "men of faith on their way towards a better future" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Mexico is very involved and follows with concern the events of migrant caravans, from the place of origin to that of destination, showing solidarity and hospitality throughout ...
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  4 March 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - The continental march that denounces violence against children has arrived in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - From March 1st to March 16th the "Tenderness footprints" ("Caminata Huellas de Ternura") will touch the main cities of Peru. Starting from La Tina - Macará International Bridge, in the diocese of ...
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  2 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Every effort is being made in Nicaragua talks Managua (Agenzia Fides) - After the third session of the talks, which began on 27 February (see Fide,s 26/02/2019), the negotiating groups have not yet reached a consensus on how to proceed: the government continues to r ...
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  2 March 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishop Castro Aguayo: humanitarian aid will be the occasion to live Christian charity Margarita (Agenzia Fides) - The organization of humanitarian aid offers "an opportunity for service and closeness" to exercise "the love we all have inside, that is, Christian charity, offering proximity and companionshi ...
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  1 March 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Redemptorist’s appeal: put the interests of the nation and the common good first Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask for the public awareness of the various parties, even at the cost of great sacrifices, in order to put the common interest first": this is the appeal of the Redemptorist missionar ...
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  28 February 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops after the assassination of the indigenous leader: "Stop violence and hatred! The State must protect the indigenous and fulfill their requests" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "Stop violence and hatred! Stop killing your brothers!" This is the title of the communiqué of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) that expresses the Bishops' position in the country a ...
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  28 February 2019
  AMERICA/ ARGENTINA - The Bishops of the Cordoba region: "Let us joyfully live the grace of beatification" Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - "As has happened so many times in the history of the Church, Providence has united Bishops, laymen and consecrated men in martyrdom. It is the grace that comes from God and is for everyone. It i ...
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  27 February 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Continental Assembly of the PMS: what does missio ad gentes mean in today's globalized world? Towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The "missionary conversion" of the whole Church requested by Pope Francis was the theme of the Assembly of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the American continent, whic ...
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  26 February 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Confidence and hope in the resumption of National Dialogue to get out of the crisis Managua (Fides) - Tomorrow, February 27, dialogue between the government and representatives of the opposition will resume in Nicaragua. Representatives of the Episcopal Conference will sit at the negotiating table, as w ...