America

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  29 November 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Continent of starving masses and economic potential to defeat poverty hosts G20 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Drug addiction and endless social crises were the topics discussed yesterday 28 November at the Offices of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Argentina by two Bishops representing the Bis ...
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  26 November 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Venezuelan exodus continues: the reception of Catholic volunteers to alleviate hunger Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - While the eyes of the world are turned towards the situation of tension created on the southern border of the United States for the arrival of the caravans of the Central American migrants waitin ...
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  24 November 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA- Migrant caravans on the US border: the action of the Central American Church Over 4,000 Central American migrants have arrived - and others are arriving - in Tijuana, on the border with the United States, after a long walk from their countries of origin. They are the first group of the three cara ...
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  24 November 2018
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Young Panamanians continue their journey in preparation for WYD 2019 Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Less than 60 days before the beginning of World Youth Day (WYD) that will take place in Panama from 22 to 27 January 2019, and after the announcement of the official agenda of Pope Francis f ...
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  24 November 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - From the Missionary Congress the commitment to "missionary and Samaritan transformation" of parishes Huehuetenango (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary enthusiasm in our hearts in these days commits us to actively participate in the transformation of our parishes. Let us go out from here with the firm intention of carrying ...
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  23 November 2018
  AMERICA/CUBA - Youth from Holguin engaged in missionary work Havana (Agenzia Fides) - A week of missionary experience, visiting families at home and sharing the "joy of the Gospel". This is how the young people of the diocese of Holguin chose to spend their summer holidays to lear ...
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  22 November 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - IV Brazilian Week of Catechesis: We need to walk together, so that the Church is missionary, prophetic and merciful São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – The IV Brazilian Week of Catechesis held in Itaici, São Paulo, from November 14 to 18, tried to "rethink the proposal and to deepen the meaning of initiation into Christian life according ...
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  22 November 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Cardinal Barreto: we must follow fair justice, without lying to the people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "It is really a shame", said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo, commenting on the asylum request to the government of Uruguay by former President Alan García, in ...
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  20 November 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops: migrants must be looked upon with compassion Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - "We must help the people to look on all those who cross our territory with compassion, we must not fuel xenophobia and contempt for migrants, even if many show their affection, respect and suppo ...
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  17 November 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - A year of journey towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Peru, in response to Pope Francis’ appeal for the celebration of the extraordinary missionary Month in October 2019, have launched a year of preparation ...
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  16 November 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - It is not a crime to seek asylum: the caravan of migrants arrives at the border Austin (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not a crime to seek asylum: we urge the Administration to look for other solutions that reinforce the integrity of the immigration system existing in the United States". This is what Mgr. ...
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  14 November 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "It is urgent to respect the democratic process in the Country" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Our mission and our only concern is to evangelize, faithfully fulfilling the Word of God, and to make known the principles and values of the Gospel, without other intentions or interests of ...
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  12 November 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The situation of migrants is increasingly difficult: the help of a 84-year-old Redemptorist priest Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of migrants in the United States is increasingly becoming a "situation at risk" due to the tension created by the caravan of Central American migrants that is now close to the bo ...
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  9 November 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "overcoming formal democracy and deepening participatory democracy" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "For years we have asked to overcome a purely formal democracy and deepen participatory democracy", said the President of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB), Mgr. Ricardo Centellas, Bish ...
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  8 November 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Day of the Poor: not only welfare, but a commitment to transforming society Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – To react to the culture of waste, promoting the culture of encounter, strengthening the Christian communities so that they may be more and more a concrete sign of Christ's love for the last and ...