America
29 July 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Campaign on several fronts to discredit the Church in Venezuela, referendum still delayed
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Ramon Ovidio Pérez Morales, emeritus of the Venezuelan diocese of Los Teques and former President of the Venezuelan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CEV), has warned the people bewa ...
28 July 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Situation ever more serious”: the Bishop of Apartado denounces more than 1,500 people blocked
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Situation ever more serious”: the Bishop of Apartado denounces more than 1,500 people blocked
Turbo (Agenzia Fides) – With the number of illegal migrants passing into the Colombian town of ...
28 July 2016
AMERICA/CHILE - Prison should not be seen as a place to lose hope, but somewhere to learn from our mistakes
Aysén (Agenzia Fides) – "Prison it not a place to lose hope, instead it can be a time to start a new way of life to help build a society of more justice and brotherhood; the loss of freedom does not mean the los ...
27 July 2016
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Costa Rica to offer temporary shelter to Central American refugees
San José (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday Costa Rica, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), announced an agreement that the country will offer tempo ...
27 July 2016
AMERICA/PERU - Independence Day: Bishops call for commitment to combat lawlessness, poverty and corruption
AMERICA/PERU – Independence Day: Bishops call for commitment to combat lawlessness, poverty and corruption
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of Independence Day in Peru, tomorrow 28 July, the country’s Bis ...
26 July 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - “All this violence reveals a void in citizens’ security” says Bishop Patiño Leal
Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) – "It is clear that the numbers of killings, kidnapping and torture continue to rise. A void has been created in action to guarantee the safety of all citizens. It would appear that thos ...
26 July 2016
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “Justice of Transition” to heal social fabric which has bled for years
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Discussion continues in El Salvador regarding the annulment by the High Court of Justice of the amnesty law. On 22 July the national Bishops’ Conference called for "redress justice" ...
26 July 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Wayuú children continue to die of hunger and thirst
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Wayuú children continue to die of hunger and thirst
La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) – The Wayúu indigenous communities in Colombia report that more children are dying of hunger, undernourishment and ...
25 July 2016
AAMERICA/MEXICO - Does being indigenous mean being discriminated against, experiencing marginalisation and poverty ?
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The main disadvantages of being a member of an indigenous community in Mexico are being discriminated against, marginalised and condemned to a life of poverty, exclusion and illiteracy. ...
25 July 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Weapons are the weakness of reason": Bishop Arizmendi refers to the assassination of the local mayor
San Juan Chamula (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of the diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, has called for dialogue to continue since, he says, it is the only means of obtaining social peace: ...
25 July 2016
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Scalabrinian Missionaries: 25 years at the service of migrants in Honduras
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – "They are a visible sign of Christian solidarity " said Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Catholic archbishop of Tegucigalpa, during a Mass of thanksgiving for 25 years of commi ...
23 July 2016
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Executive regional secretaries of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference visit indigenous communities in Terena
Campo Grande (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the busy agenda of their meeting in Campo Grande held 18 to 22 July, the Executive secretaries of the 18 regions which comprise Brazil’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference (C ...
22 July 2016
AMERICA/CHILE - Table for Dialogue to discuss Mapuche areas: indigenous representatives invitedi
Temuco (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday 20 July, Temuco hosted the second session of a Table for Dialogue for Araucania at which Bishop Hector Vargas took part as dialogue facilitator. At the end of the meeting Bishop ...
22 July 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In sight possible agreement to end 45 day truck driver strike
AMERICA/COLOMBIA – In sight possible agreement to end 45 day truck driver strike
Duitama (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal to the government and to transporters to come to an agreement and end a month and a half long ...
21 July 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - The creation of a new educational model cannot only be left only to specialists
Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that an integral educational reform is necessary" reiterated the Bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas, His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, highlighting that this involves, ...
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