America

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  12 February 2018
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops: "It is urgent that ecclesial groups assume the commitment of being Church that goes forth" Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent that those who exercise authority listen to citizens and do not make decisions based on personal and political interests". This is how the Bishops of Panama expressed themselves a ...
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  12 February 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New LaSallian community in the heart of the Amazon: "a return to the roots, with the poorest among the poor" Tabatinga (Agenzia Fides) - The Brothers of the Christian Schools have opened a community in the heart of the Amazon, where they will be at the service, with their educational charisma, of mainly fishermen and indigenous ...
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  9 February 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Paraguayan Chaco missionaries denounce the guilty abandonment of the State Puerto Casado (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church, we feel compelled to share certain concerns and challenges, because the accentuated crisis of public and private morality; of political life and justice; of inequality and so ...
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  30 January 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The first Verbite of Orissa on a mission in the Pope’s country Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The first recently ordained priest in the district of Kandhamal, in the Indian state of Orissa, theater of anti-christian violence in recent years, arrives in Argentina. The new missionary, ...
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  30 January 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Appeal of Salvadoran Bishops: Rights of migrants and responsible vote San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of four bishops of El Salavador will travel to the United States to meet the Bishops of the country, with the aim of coordinating actions that help resolve the situation of Sal ...
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  29 January 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Archbishop of Barranquilla on the latest attacks: "Peace and reconciliation, the Colombians’ desire" Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - "Events like these cannot intimidate us, they cannot make us fall into despair. We are all called to live together, to live as brothers and we must respect each other taking into considerat ...
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  26 January 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Living the Gospel in the urban suburbs: meeting of the Basic Ecclesial Communities Paraná (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting of the Basic Ecclesial Communities of Brazil is a call to renewal in the practice of life, especially in evangelical service in the urban surburbs, both in a methodological sense an ...
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  26 January 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The President of the Bishops: "The Church accompanies society with prophecy, denunciation and proclamation of the Gospel" Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - "A Dantesque painting". With this effective expression, Bishop José Luis Azuaje, at the head of the diocese of Barinas and President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV), describes to F ...
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  25 January 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church works tirelessly for the population hit by the earthquake Chiapas (Agencia Fides) - "Thanks to the work of Father Romulo Sanchez, parish priest of the Parish of St. John the Baptist in Ocozocoautla, in the diocese of Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Chiapas, the San Juan 'Vivienda 6x4' pro ...
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  25 January 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Celam supports the Bishops accused of "hate crimes" by President Maduro Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity with the Venezuelan people and their Pastors, two of them threatened by the President of the Republic Nicolás Maduro following their heartfelt homilies of denunciation. This is what t ...
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  24 January 2018
  AMERICA - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights cannot impose the law on same-sex unions to member countries San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CIDH), the judicial body of the Organization of American States (OEA), is putting pressure on the 23 member countries so they recognize same-sex union ...
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  24 January 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Apostolic Nuncio: it is positive to tackle corruption, even the most serious Quito (Agenzia Fides) - It is the responsibility of every citizen "to know and get information regarding referendum questions"; "the vote will lead society on the road to freedom, democracy and the independence of powers ...
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  23 January 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Pope's visit leaves "an appeal to hope and unity" Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to hope, to "continue to rise again after the collapse", not to stop believing in the transforming power of God the Father, to "work for peace". And to say "no to the vio ...
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  22 January 2018
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Redemptorists write to Trump: "His words on poor Countries are disparaging" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "We turn to you, Mr. President, for the purpose of commenting on the negative impact of your disparaging words on Thursday 11 January 2018 in the presence of some members of the EUA Congress de ...
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  22 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops’ spokesman: "Pope Francis enhanced local religious traditions" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to return to their cultural and family roots and to live faith with joy, as "grateful servants": this is, in short, the message that Pope Francis left to Peru. This is what Jesuit, Fr ...