America

• 
  27 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Tibù and the local Church are ready to mediate for the release of journalists Tibù (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing concern after the disappearance of the journalist of El Tiempo newspaper, Salud Hernández-Mora, of whom we have no news since last Saturday, May 21, when from the municipality ...
• 
  25 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Buenaventura: "Areas without water, the only hospital closed, please help us Mr. President!" Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Ettore Epalza Quintero, P.S.S., Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura, during the Eucharist celebrated on May 21 took advantage of the presence of President Santos and the del ...
• 
  25 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Bishops' statement: "The outcome of the elections must be accepted by all" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (EDC) has called on political leaders and all Dominican nationals to conclude the election process (see Fides 12, 17 and 19/05/2016) in a peaceful and re ...
• 25 May 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - National Director of the PMS, Fr. Victor Livori Grech Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 6, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Victor Livori Grech, of the Missionary Society of St Paul (MSSP) as Nat ...
• 
  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Michoacan is among the five States with the highest rate of child exploitation Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The state of Michoacan is among the five States of Mexico where there is the highest number of child exploitation. According to data collected by the Human Rights Commission, the violence suffer ...
• 
  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Kidnapping during the Mass, the Bishop denounces "things are getting worse and worse" Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - Before the wave of violence that continues to hit Veracruz, the Bishop of the diocese of Cordoba, His Exc. Mgr. Eduardo Patiño Leal, could not help but declare that "things are getting worse an ...
• 
  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children drop out of school to look for food Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The economic, food and political emergency within the Latin American Country continues. In past months, in order to survive and find something to eat, one Venezuelan child out of four was forced ...
• 
  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - "It seems that La Araucania does not exist for the government" said Mgr. Vargas before INDH Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The session of the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH), one of the institutions that aims to collect relevant testimony of La Araucania, regarding intercultural conflicts in this area, took ...
• 
  23 May 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Nuns leave their cells to meet other women who live behind bars Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - A group of nuns came out from their monastic cells to meet other women who live behind prison bars. Seventy-six cloistered nuns from Santiago del Chile, went to meet the prisoners of the Female ...
• 
  23 May 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - Mgr. Garcia Rodriguez new Archbishop of Havana: "A more effective dialogue" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The new Metropolitan Archbishop of Havana, His Exc. Mgr. Juan de la Caridad García Rodriguez, launched an appeal during the Mass which he presided in the Cathedral yesterday, Sunday, May 22, so ...
• 
  21 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A hospital boat to give assistance in the most remote places Macapá (Agenzia Fides) - Religious Camillians continue their health project in the area of the largest river in the world. We are talking about the "Camillians at the mouth of the 'Amazonas", and Fr. Raúl Matte, Camill ...
• 
  21 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Two years ago the Bishops' letter to President Ortega, still unanswered Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Two years have gone by since the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) delivered the document "En Búsqueda de Nuevos Horizontes, para una Nicaragua mejor" (Seeking new horizo ...
• 
  20 May 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Clear objectives to reduce poverty and protect democracy San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy presented a new version of the legislation to help solve the financial crisis Puerto Rico is going through. The recent bill for Puerto Rico entitled "PROMESA" ( ...
• 
  20 May 2016
  AMERICA - CELAM presidency on a visit to the Roman Curia to talk about projects Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - CELAM members are visiting the Vatican departments this week to exchange viewpoints, and especially to present to them the 80 programs in which they are working on in Latin America, ranging ...
• 
  19 May 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Crisis gets more and more serious, Mgr. Gallagher cancels his trip Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuela continues to experience a serious internal crisis, due to the clash between President Nicolás Maduro and opposition, who show no sign of creating the minimum conditions for dialogue ( ...