America

• 
  10 July 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Priest killed to rob his van Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - The parish priest of the Nuestra Senora de Fatima parish, in the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), don Iraluis José Garcia Escobar, 38, was killed yesterday afternoon, Monday 9 July ...
• 
  10 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes, bishops and priests attacked inside the church: "Never seen anything like this in Nicaragua" Managua (Agenzia Fides) – During the weekend, a lot of blood was shed in the area of Carazo, with an unknown number of deaths, 9 or maybe more, due to the result of the increasingly violent repression of the government ...
• 
  9 July 2018
  AMERICA/HAITI - After violent demonstrations 2 people have died, the increase in the price of petrol has been suspended Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - After violent protests in the capital and in the city of Cap-Haitien, in the north of the country, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 July, the government of Haiti announced the suspension of a fuel ...
• 
  9 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Towards CAM 5: families and the Church of Santa Cruz open the door of their home and their heart to the delegates Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The delegates who will take part in the Fifth American Missionary Congress (CAM 5), which opens tomorrow, Tuesday 10 July, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, will end on Saturd ...
• 
  7 July 2018
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The project of several religious orders against trafficking: the phenomenon changes face but does not stop Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - On the day of the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, June 27, the agreement that allows the Adoratrices, the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and the Oblates of the Most Holy Redeemer to work ...
• 
  6 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Towards CAM 5: the main missionary institutes born in America Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Fifth American Missionary Congress (CAM 5) which will be celebrated in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, from 10 to 14 July (see Fides 3 and 4/7/2018), here is some informati ...
• 
  6 July 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) begin meetings regarding isolated natives Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - With the participation of members from Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, yesterday morning the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) began a meeting in the city of Puerto Maldonado, in Peru, to pla ...
• 
  5 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Pro-government incursion in La Trinidad Managua (Agenzia Fides) - More than 40 hours have passed since the pro-government forces arrived in Estelì to besiege the church of La Trinidad municipality, despite the complaints of priests and Bishops. "I condemn the ...
• 
  5 July 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New orionine mission to respond to the pastoral and human emergency of Venezuelan refugees Pacaraima (Agenzia Fides) - Pacaraima, state and diocese of Roraima, a small city that borders with Venezuela, is the main access route by land to Brazil for the Venezuelan people fleeing from a terrible situation, whic ...
• 
  4 July 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Walking with Saint Romero to build peace: Salvadorans prepare themselves for the upcoming canonization San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the preparation for the canonization of Blessed Oscar Arnulfo Romero, which will take place on October 14th in St Peter's Square, the Salvadoran Church has organized the second P ...
• 
  4 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - American Missionary Congress: from the Synod of Bishops the impulse to consider America as "a unique reality" Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The evolution that led to the current American Missionary Congresses (CAM), the fifth which will be celebrated in the next days in Bolivia, starts with the Mexican National Missi ...
• 
  3 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Countdown for the 5th American Missionary Congress, the latest in a long series Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The Fifth American Missionary Congress (CAM 5), will take place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) from 9 to 14 July 2018 and will focus on "America on a mission, the Gospel is ...
• 
  3 July 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops congratulate newly elected President Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We congratulate Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who according to the preliminary results of the National Electoral Institute, has been declared the winner. We are all called to collabora ...
• 
  28 June 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Journalist's Day: "Journalism is urgently needed to serve truth and human dignity, with hope" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We greatly appreciate the work of the journalist, his mission is not only to inform, but to highlight the human and transcendent values that in the field of journalism should be highlighted, in ...
• 
  27 June 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The contribution of the University regarding the preparation of the 5th American Missionary Congress Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Guided by the theme "The mission of the Catholic University today", about forty university delegates met yesterday, 26 June, for the Pre-Congress of Catholic Universities in view of the V Ame ...