America

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  4 April 2018
  AMERICA UNITED STATES-A Guide to include Native Americans in Catholic Pastoral Care Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) – Recently the archdiocese of Los Angeles issued a Pastoral Guide for communities of Native Americans. During a rally for Urban Native Americans held at Kuruvungna Cultural Springs Centre, t ...
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  4 April 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Fr. Walter, assassinated, like the Gospel's “grain of wheat” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – "Those who offer themselves for love of Christ to serve the poor, will live like the grain of wheat which dies only apparently ": Fides was told by Mons. William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera, ...
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  28 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Young people learn Amazonia "from within" and make a network Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people are the key to change. They have to realize that they are today's leaders, not tomorrow's. We must have the courage to live and witness the Gospel of Christ. To save Mother Earth an ...
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  27 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pre-Synod: the young "announcers of a world of justice and fraternity" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On the path of the preparation for the Synod of Bishops dedicated to young people, which will be held in October, the so-called "Pre-Synod" took place from 19 to 24 March, attended by some 300 ...
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  26 March 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The cry of the poor and of the Earth calls us": towards the III Continental Congress of Theology San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 24 March, anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Amerindia network and the Master in Latin American Theology of the Central American University Jos ...
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  22 March 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Catholic Church abandons the management of the State Institute of Charity Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - With an official letter of resignation, presented to President Horacio Cartes, the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (CEP) has left the management of the State Charity Institute ("Diben": Depart ...
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  22 March 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Young protagonists of change in their communities: the Young Caritas project Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "This turning point in the training of young people has been quite positive and we firmly believe that volunteers can carry out very interesting projects for the benefit of their communities", says ...
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  21 March 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops for the elections: to participate in order to transform Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "To participate in the civic and political life of our communities is a civil and Christian obligation that we cannot and should not ignore. Only by participating we can positively transform ...
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  21 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The first priest of the Baniwa people ordained in the diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, he will work among his people Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 17 March was a historic day of profound joy in the Brazilian diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, for the priestly ordination of Fr. Geraldo Trindade Montenegro, first priest of the ...
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  20 March 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: Venezuela has become a sort of "foreign land" for everyone Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, March 19, feast of St. Joseph, the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference sent a message to the people of God and to people of good will in which he reminds "all political, social and economi ...
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  17 March 2018
  AMERICA - Transforming reality in the light of the Gospel: young people towards the Synod San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people are a treasure for our people, a wealth that generates joy, hope, the ability to dream, to show sensitivity and solidarity for those who suffer. In these difficult times, God call ...
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  16 March 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - State-Church convention violated: Catholic education "in a state of emergency" Riberalta (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Bishops raise their voices and with concern they address the parents of the pupils of the 1,523 Catholic educational institutions of the country: schools "cannot guarantee teachin ...
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  16 March 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church: "No" to the censorship of social media Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The state should not control or censor social media because it would limit freedom of expression, nor should it stand as a moral arbiter of people": this is what Mgr. Silvio José Báez, auxili ...
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  15 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Youth in the Amazon: a daily journey to access basic education São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Living within the Amazon means facing the difficulty of accessing basic education. Education is usually carried out in the communities themselves, where schools, in most cases, ...
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  12 March 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA- Elections won by right wing contrary to negotiations for peace Bogotà (Agencia Fides) – General elections in Colombia, held Sunday 11 March, saw a clear win for right wing Parties which openly oppose peace talks tabled with guerrilla groups of Marxist matrix. According to fir ...