America
22 November 2017
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishop of Mar del Plata among the detainees: "accept our mistakes and plan the future"
Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - "The most important thing for a pastor is to have a flock to accompany and take care of, and you are the privileged group of the Pastor, it is a joy to share", said Mgr. Gabriel Antonio Me ...
21 November 2017
AMERICA/PERU - New life to orphans and abandoned children: the reception home which the Pope will visit
Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) – In order to give a future to young people and indigenous peoples in this region, more support is needed in the social sphere, a strong political will, ethical conviction on the value ...
20 November 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - War among the poor continues
San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, after the celebration of Sunday Mass during which the Universal Church celebrated the Day of the Poor, Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, Mgr. Felipe Ari ...
18 November 2017
AMERICA - "To look at the poor in the eyes", loving with facts and not words
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On November 19, the Universal Church celebrates the First World Day of the Poor, on the theme "We do not love in words but with facts", an initiative born a year ago at the close of the Jubilee of ...
17 November 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop's denunciation: exodus of the Tarahumaras indigenous due to violence
Tarahuamara (Agenzia Fides) - The Tarahumaras and Tepehuanes Indigenous are leaving their lands because they no longer find the necessary conditions for living there: reports the parish priest of San José of Tarahumara, ...
17 November 2017
AMERICA/HAITI - Among poverty, illness, malnutrition, the care of missionaries towards the disabled
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – In Haiti people live in huts, half of the population does not have access to drinking water, they do not have enough food and the highest rate of child mortality is recorded. One child ...
16 November 2017
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops: profound electoral reform is needed, support for Mgr. Baez
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Nicaraguan Bishops 'Conference (CEN) gathered at the annual plenary Assembly from 13 to 15 November to learn and share the work of the various bishops' Commissions in the face of the social ...
16 November 2017
AMERICA/PORTO RICO - Trauma, psychological and emotional damage to hurricane victims who are afraid of the recovery
San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - Even after 47 days since the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which in September devastated the Country, emergency has not ended yet (see Fides 2/10/2017). The most serious problem continu ...
15 November 2017
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - In memory of Jesus' martyrs: an impulse to change the nation
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The death of the Jesuit martyrs and laywomen encourages us to work tirelessly to change the course of history and the country", said Fr. Andreu Olivo, Rector of the "José Simeón Cañas" ...
14 November 2017
AMERICA/PERU - Horror and violence against ashaninka communities, in the memory of a Franciscan nun
Puerto Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Ocopa is a town in the district of Río Tambo, province of Satipo (Junín). It is one of the areas most affected by the violence of the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group (PCP-SL), whi ...
14 November 2017
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The case of the assassination of missionary Vicente Cañas, defender of the indigenous, reopens
Cuiabá (Agenzia Fides) - "Kiwxí" was the Indian name of Jesuit missionary Vicente Cañas, who together with his confrere Fr. Thomaz Aquino Lisbôa made the first contacts with the indigenous peoples living in the north ...
13 November 2017
AMERICA/PANAMA - More space and rights for women in society
Panama (Agenzia Fides) – To share work experience, encourage the incidence of women in different sectors of society, promote women's presence and rights at political, economic and social levels: this is the goal of the ...
13 November 2017
AMERICA/ECUADOR - To build the "Amazonian face" of the Catholic Church
Quito (Ecuador) - The call to create a "Church with an Amazonian face" is a great challenge that opens after Pope Francis’ invitation "to explore paths, expressions and processes that help build and structure a model o ...
10 November 2017
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Militarization and human rights violations in the department of Quiché
Santa Cruz del Quiché (Agenzia Fides) – There is an increase in the attacks against human rights defenders, who take position against the creation of highly polluted hydroelectric megaprojects in the indigenous Maya-I ...
9 November 2017
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and shelter for street children in Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - Over a thousand children in the Bolivian outskirts of Santa Cruz de la Sierra are street children, and many others are likely to become street children in an area where violence ...
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