America

• 10 September 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Clashes over land concern the Bishops of Bluefields: "there will be no solution if there is violence" Bluefields (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of violence that has intensified recently in the Caribbean region of Nicaragua, the territory of the Vicariate of Bluefields, worries its Pastors. Although the Bishop of Bluefie ...
• 10 September 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped; more and more religious victims of road ambushes Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Spiritan father (Congregation of the Holy Spirit), Fr. Gabriel Oyaka, was kidnapped on September 7 in Kogi State. The priest was traveling in his car along the Okene-Auchi road, on his ...
• 9 September 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Feast of Our Lady of Charity, Patroness of Cuba, in the view of the Pope’s visit Cienfuegos (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year the feast of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre fills us with joy and hope, because she reminds us of her loving presence in Cuba. 2016 will mark the centenary of the Declaration of Ou ...
• 9 September 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Children resist famine thanks to school snacks Intibucá (Agenzia Fides) - The severe drought caused by El Niño has caused the loss of entire crops, the only source of food for many Honduran families. In some places of the Country, the school snack is the only meal ...
• 9 September 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Problems are not solved with demonstrations, but with good will" said Mgr. Escobar San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a lack of respect to see leaders who fight in the streets" condemned the Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Escobar Alas, referring to the increasingly heated political d ...
• 8 September 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Chimbote: "the solution to insecurity is not lynching" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, in northern Peru, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, spoke out against the campaign which appeared in social networks in Peru entitled "Get the t ...
• 8 September 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Meeting of the Bishops of Mexico and the United States on the expulsion of immigrants Tamaulipas (Agenzia Fides) - In order to address the "painful situation" that migrants live in the attempt to cross the border with the United States, the Bishops of Mexico and the United States met last weekend in the c ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Poverty and precariousness force people to seek food in the garbage Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - The economic crisis that is currently affecting Venezuela decreases the number of Venezuelans who can buy basic food items on a daily basis. According to information gathered by Fides, this ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Mgr. Ulloa encourages inmates: "Imprisonment is not the same as exclusion" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - "Imprisonment is not the same as exclusion, there are many elements that are against inmates: overcrowding, the slow pace of justice, the lack of an employment strategy, violence ... Brother ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - New health center for basic assistance and nutrition for women and children Miami (Agenzia Fides) - After years of uncertainty and economic problems, finally Liberty City, a suburb of Miami, Florida, has launched its health center. The center will offer health care assistance to 75,000 people, e ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Cucuta marches in defense of the rights of Colombians Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Colombians who live on the border with Venezuela marched in defense of the dignity of their compatriots expelled and to reaffirm their brotherhood with this country, two weeks after the closure o ...
• 4 September 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - May our nation be an open space for respectable migration, in justice and peace Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Just like every person has the right to defend their identity, to set limits to its spaces, one also has the vital need to open its borders in order to meet each other’s needs, to give on ...
• 3 September 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The memory of the missionary Fr. Ezechiele Ramin is still alive even 30 years after his assassination Cacoal (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 July 1985 Father Ezechiele Ramin, a Comboni missionary (MCCJ) originally from Padova (Italy), was murdered in Cacoal, in the northwestern state of Rondonia, Brazil. Father Ezechiele, a 32-y ...
• 3 September 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Meeting of the Bishops of Colombia and Venezuela on the border area crisis Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Permanent Council of Colombian Bishops, presided by Archbishop of Tunja, Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, with the President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, His Exc. M ...
• 3 September 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Dengue haemorrhagic fever affects children in Huila Huila (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of early diagnosis and family care are among the main causes of dengue hemorrhagic fever, which is causing a high number of deaths among children of the Colombian department of Huila. We ...