America

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  10 November 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 3,000 participants at the III National Missionary Congress: to relaunch the missionary parish Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - With the desire to continue the missionary renewal of the local churches in Peru, the Archdiocese of Trujillo, the Episcopal Commission for Missions and the National Directorate of the Pontific ...
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  10 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A battlefield where migrants suffer, are attacked, die Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the Special Programme for migration 2014 to 2018, published in the Official Journal of the Federation on April 30, 2014, the primary purpose of the ideals of migration policy i ...
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  9 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Assembly of Bishops in progress: Eucharistic Congress, family and priestly formation Buenos Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The 110th Plenary Assembly of the Argentinean Bishops' Conference, which brings together more than one hundred Bishops of this country, opened yesterday, with a Eucharistic Celebration. The ...
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  7 November 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The program for the beatification of three priests killed in 1991 by the Shining Path presented to Parliament Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The official program of the beatification ceremony of priests Michael Tomaszek, Zbigniew Strzalkowski and Alessandro Dordi, killed in 1991 in Pariacoto (north of Lima) by the Sendero Luminoso terro ...
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  7 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Bolivia towards the American Missionary Congress Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Cilenia Rojas, National Coordinator of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Bolivia praised the interest and encouragement expressed by the Bolivian Bishops before the news that Bolivia ...
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  6 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi inaugurates a house of the migrant in Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - On November 3, the Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas, His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, inaugurated a house to welcome migrants. The house will be a reference point for ...
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  6 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 100th Assembly of the Episcopal Conference: V American Missionary Congress (CAM 5) is among the topics to be discussed Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The 100th Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (CEB) takes place these days, from November 5 to 10, in Cochabamba. In this second meeting of 2015, the Bolivian Bishops must elect t ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' appeal for peace: "Dialogue with everyone, even with organized crime" Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - The four Bishops of the dioceses of Guerrero State have asked the government to "talk" with organized crime in order to reverse the serious situation of insecurity and violence that exists in t ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mining company withdraws from La Rioja: statement of the Bishop and the Deputy Governor La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The mining company MIDAIS withdraws from Angulos, Department in Famatina in La Rioja (Argentina). This was officially announced by the Bishop of the Diocese of La Rioja, His Exc. Mgr. Marcelo D ...
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  4 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The request of the diocese to the State: "Do not suspend the subsidies to schools" Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Neuquén, His Exc. Mgr. Virginio Bressanelli SCJ, has asked the provincial government not to suspend subsidies to Catholic schools and announced the presentation of a bill for a f ...
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  4 November 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Drug trafficking affects justice in the country", says the President of the Episcopal Conference Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Drug trafficking is one of the evils that affect justice in Paraguay. This is what was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay) and President of t ...
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  3 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For the first time in Mexican history a Pope's encyclical will be presented in the Senate Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, November 4, the Special Committee on Climate Change, the Mexican Institute of Christian social doctrine and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation will present the forum entitled "Poverty ...
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  3 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Day of the Sick, an opportunity aimed to arouse greater sensitivity Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Health of Argentina has already disseminated the material prepared to celebrate the National Day of the Sick to be held on November 8, the ...
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  30 October 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Annual report on Indigenous women and girls: victims of violence, atrocities and humiliations Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Women and indigenous girls not only suffer human rights violations that often occur against the indigenous population in general, but they are also victims of other atrocities and humiliations. Thi ...
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  30 October 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops' message: Crisis in the country worsens, dialogue and democracy are needed Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Brazilian socio-political reality: challenges and opportunities", is the title of the statement of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), published on October 27 with the app ...