America
31 January 2019
AMERICA/CHILE - In 70 years 2,300 missionary priests from Spain to Latin America
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The mission is a fundamental element in the life of the Church, an aspect that this year will be highlighted even more with the celebration of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, in October. Am ...
30 January 2019
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "We must all move from simple tolerance to true respect for others"
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Faced with the tragic episodes of forced displacement of people for social, ethnic and ambition reasons, which have caused great suffering to some groups, all together we must overcome evil with ...
28 January 2019
AMERICA/PANAMA - The Pope: "The Lord and His mission are not something temporary, they are not only a World Day of Youth: they are our life!"
Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis celebrated the closing Mass for the 34th World Youth Day in Panama City’s Metro Park on Sunday morning January 27. The theme for WYD was: "I am the servant of the Lord. May it be d ...
25 January 2019
AMERICA/PANAMA - Young Afro-discendents at WYD: resource for change
Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Starting from this World Youth Day (WYD), no poor, no 'child' can be forbidden to dream". With these words, referring to the small size and the little geopolitical importance of Panama, located ...
24 January 2019
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - High social tension, the faithful locked up in the Cathedral in Maturin
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In Maturin, about 700 people are still locked inside the Nuestra Señora del Carmen Cathedral, for fear of violent actions against the demonstrators. Maturín is a city in the eastern part of Ve ...
23 January 2019
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops "It is urgent to listen to the popular cry of change"
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "January 23, 1958 is a historical date for all Venezuelans, an inspiring sign of the triumph of social rationality in the face of the abuse of power, of the unity of the weak people before the d ...
22 January 2019
AMERICA/MEXICO - Self-criticism in all social areas against corruption that contaminates the new generations
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We have heard the word corruption a lot in recent years. But who really dares to face it? It seems that it is easier to publish cartoons on the Internet, criticize it or represent it in fil ...
22 January 2019
AMERICA/PANAMA - After the Days in the dioceses, WYD begins this evening: young people from all over the world "in serach of many answers"
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30,000 young pilgrims from all over the world have arrived in Panama for World Youth Day (WYD) which will officially begin at 5pm today, with the opening ceremony and Mass. The ch ...
21 January 2019
AMERICA/PERU - A year after Pope Francis’ visit, corruption continues to be the most serious problem
Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 20, the first anniversary of the Pope's pastoral visit was celebrated with a solemn mass and the coronation of the image of the "Immaculate Virgin of the Door", in Otuzco, ...
18 January 2019
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "total rejection of any form of terrorism and violence"
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) strongly rejects the recent terrorist act that occurred at the "General Santander" National Police School in Bogotá, which caused 21 deaths and at lea ...
17 January 2019
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Young representatives of indigenous peoples bring their expectations and hopes to WYD
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - 2019 World Youth Day will bring together young people from all over the world in Panama from 22 to 27 January. Among them are eight young Brazilian natives, representatives of different peoples a ...
15 January 2019
AMERICA/PERU - The work of the Assembly of Bishops begins: "Synodality belongs to the whole Church"
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 49 Peruvian Bishops yesterday inaugurated their 113th Plenary Assembly with a Mass celebrated in the parish of San Antonio de Padua, district of Jesus Maria, in Lima. Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos, Archbish ...
15 January 2019
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Presentation of the logo for the beatification of the martyrs of La Rioja, "the joy of the whole people"
La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentine diocese of La Rioja presented the logo and the theme of the beatification of Mgr. Enrique Angelelli, of the priests Carlos Murias ofm and Gabriel Longueville and of layman Wencesl ...
14 January 2019
AMERICA/BRAZIL - WYD in Panama, an opportunity make the Amazon and the Amazonian face of young Brazilians known
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - Panama will host the World Youth Day (WYD) from 22 to 27 January. One of the participants is Aylla Emanuele Silveira, a young 21-year-old woman who will represent the Magis House of Manaus and ha ...
14 January 2019
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: no to the privatization of water, unjust fiscal and pension system
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar, invited Salvadorans to vote responsibly in the presidential elections on 3 February. "Very soon there will be elections, and we must ...
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