America

• 3 August 2015
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Migrants: Bishops call for definitive solution Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The National Commission for Migrants of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Dominican Republic has called for a return to dialogue with Haiti in order to maintain existing neighbou ...
• 3 August 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Abortion is never therapeutic”: local Catholic Church attacks Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) – “We urge all authorities to safeguard every human person, in particular the weakest and most vulnerable, to love and respect them as a mother loves her child.”. This was said in ...
• 1 August 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Papal altar to serve as parish church Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – The infrastructure used for the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his recent pastoral visit to Guayaquil, in Ecuador, will soon serve as a new parish church centre for two districts of ...
• 1 August 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - No negotiating with gangs in the plan for National Security San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The National Security Council in San Salvador decided on 30 July, to exclude any negotiation with gangs and to go forward to implement the plan based on the strategy El Salvador Sicuro, F ...
• 31 July 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Day of Protest against human trafficking: child soldiers still used by FARC Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – "All this must be denounced since it is one part of the things we have to do, the other part is to fight against the problem, because there exists a sort of masked protection of these crimes, ...
• 30 July 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Updated Spanish version of the New Testament Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – Spanish speaking Catholics in Latin American countries can now avail themselves of a new updated version of the New Testament. This was announced by the Council of Latin American Bishops (CELA ...
• 29 July 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Local Catholic Church applauds order to release detained Central American families Washington (Agenzia Fides) – A sentence dated 24 July issued by Judge Dolly Gee of the Federal District Court of California ordering the Obama administration to release families fleeing violence in Central America and ...
• 29 July 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Government and people commence dialogue for definitive solution Potosì (Agenzia Fides) - 27 July marked the beginning of dialogue between the civic committee of Potosi and various representatives of the government. Although there exists a willingness to end the situation of conflic ...
• 28 July 2015
  AMERICA/URUGUAY – State schools for children with disabilities Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Following various appeals from civil society the Uruguayan Council For Basic Primary Education (CEIP) announced that the next budget will include a project for the creation of 60 state scho ...
• 27 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mariachi Zombie: amusing animated television series discredits bad zombie myth Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) – Mariachi zombie is the title of a new television cartoon series just launched in Mexico. Mariachi zombie is a programme of entertainment for children aged 7-11 comprising 52 episodes each 11 m ...
• 25 July 2015
  AMERICA/PERU – 100 years of mission among indigenous women in the Amazon AMERICA/PERU – 100 years of mission among indigenous women in the Amazon Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) – One hundred years ago in 1915, Dominican Sisters arrived in Peru from Spain to dedicate themselves to provi ...
• 25 July 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – Franciscan Sister murdered AMERICA/BRAZIL – Franciscan Sister murdered Guaratinguetá (Agenzia Fides) – Sister Irma Odete Francisca, aged 65, a member of the Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of Siessen, was murdered yesterday 24 July at La ...
• 24 July 2015
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Working at prevention” can put an end to violence, says Bishop Peña Rodríguez Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Dominican Republic, Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, has launched a proposal to focus on prevention in order to addres ...
• 24 July 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Parishes shelter demonstrators demanding solutions to the mining question AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Parishes shelter demonstrators demanding solutions to the mining question Potosì (Agenzia Fides) – Clashes between the Bolivian government and trade unionists groups in Potosì, demanding safety ...
• 23 July 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Peru and Brazil together to eradicate child labour in Amazonia Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) – The governments of Peru and Brazil are launching a campaign to promote the eradication of child labour in Amazonia. On August 8 in Iquitos, the largest city in Peru’s Amazon region, there wi ...