America
11 January 2017
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Rodríguez Peña’s appeal to the authorities: "Quickly resolve the problem of crime"
Puerto Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, asked the state security organs to act quickly in the fight against cri ...
11 January 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Government-ELN peace dialogue resumes tomorrow, the Church is closely following the negotiations
Cali (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, January 12, dialogue between the Colombian government and the guerrilla group ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) in Quito, Ecuador resumes. The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Darío ...
10 January 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The rate of malnutrition regarding children and the elderly increase because of the crisis
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A study of the Central University of Venezuela estimates that in 2017 the rate of malnutrition regarding school-age children will increase by 3% compared to 2016, and will reach between 350 and ...
10 January 2017
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Migration Week: solidarity and recognition of immigrants' contribution
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "This National Migration Week is an opportunity to embrace the important work of continuing to secure the border, to welcome the stranger and serve the most vulnerable - all components of a h ...
10 January 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The National Assembly declares "the abandonment of office" on behalf of the President
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, where the majority of Parliament's MPs belong to the opposition, yesterday declared "the abandonment of office" on behalf of the President of Venezuela, ...
10 January 2017
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Ricardo Eduardo Garcia Loor, of the archdiocesan clergy of Puerto ...
9 January 2017
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The situation in prisons: a time bomb that could explode at any time
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Talking about prisons means talking about a factory of torture, which produces violence and creates monsters. It is a stressful environment and barbarism is constant," says Father Valdir João S ...
9 January 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Still no news after the disappearance of Father Joaquin
Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) – There is still no news of the priest who went missing last week in Mexico: the diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico), informs in a statement that the priest, Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes has ...
29 December 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace process continues: the measure for amnesty approved
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian parliament approved yesterday, Wednesday, 28 December, a bill for the amnesty of the FARC members (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces).
This is not however a general amnesty, sin ...
29 December 2016
AMERICA/CHILE - Work for Araucania go ahead despite the arson attacks on churches
Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of all, facilitated by Mgr. Vargas, is allowing in a framework of respect and dialogue, to build future plans for Araucanía, so everyone can have rights and opportunities", said Chilea ...
28 December 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - Christmas between consumerism and street children
Oaxaca City (Agenzia Fides) - For street children there is no "Christmas dinner", no gifts. They live marginalized, in the cold, under bridges, they have no family and are exploited. Unlike many children who spend these ...
28 December 2016
AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Violence, drugs and weapons: Christian churches concerned for the murders and social ills
Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of anger in the country along with an excessive amount of drugs and weapons which are easily available": This is the concern of the Archbishop of Port of Spain, His Exc. Mg ...
28 December 2016
AMERICA/BRAZIL - To live the holidays with faith means to fight against child labor
Salvador de Bahía (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Salvador, through the Pastoral of Tourism (Pastur), has launched the project "Verano con Fe" (Summer with Faith), which involves the realization of different activi ...
28 December 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Cucuta: "To provide humanitarian aid to Venezuelans in difficulty"
Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Cucuta in Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid, urged the state authorities to provide humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan people, remembering that Ven ...
22 December 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Fun activity campaign to remove child workers from the road
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - For the entire month of December a series of activities that provide fun initiatives against child labor, with the objective of removing children from the street, was carried out in Bogota. Accor ...
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