America

• 17 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Silent march in Tumaco: after 60 years of violence it is now time to form "a truly civilized society" Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia has lived nearly 60 years of violence, I believe that all generations were born at least in part with the idea of war, attack, fighting and retaliation, I think it is time to think abou ...
• 16 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the border between Peru and Bolivia, crossroads of migrants Rio Branco (Agenzia Fides) - Rio Branco, in the State of Acre, in Brazil, on the border with Peru and Bolivia, is a particularly critical area for migrants: according to data of the Secretariat of Justice and Human Right ...
• 16 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "No to prejudice, yes to rights and participation": week of Migrants San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Helping our communities to reflect and deepen the reality of migration, enlightened by the experience of this year’s Fraternity Campaign, whose theme 'Church and Society' has allowed us to ...
• 15 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still controversy over the transoceanic canal; Mgr. Baez "more transparency is needed" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Discussions have started again regarding the draft of the Grand Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua, intended to connect the Atlantic and Pacific ocean (see Fides 24/11/2014), and this time the them ...
• 15 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop of Mazatlan’s appeal after the violence perpetrated during the weekend Sinaloa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Mazatlan (Sinaloa, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Mario Espinosa Contreras in the face of the climate of violence in recent days, which resulted in the murder of a woman and the disappeara ...
• 13 June 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - National Week of the Migrant: Letter of Bishops to 3 million Peruvians abroad Lima (Agenzia Fides) - During the celebration of the National Week of the Migrant (from 15 to 21 June), the Bishops of Peru, through the commission for human mobility, sent a letter to all the countrymen who are outside ...
• 13 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A card to distinguish true priests from false priests Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A card for the priests of the ecclesiastical provinces of Tlalnepantla and Mexico will be issued in order to distinguish true priests from false priests and to fight the scams perpetrated by ...
• 12 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We are concerned about the new poor", said Mgr. Ojea, head of Caritas Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church is concerned about the situation of poverty in the country, after the controversy following the statements of President Cristina Kirchner, according to which the figures indicate ...
• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops invite the winners of the elections to fulfil the promises made Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We have chosen to participate, now what do we have to do?"; with this title, the Episcopal Conference of Mexico issued a statement, also sent to Agenzia Fides, to motivate public opinion an ...
• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "In this America's Cup, and always, say no to trafficking": campaign against human trafficking Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - America's Cup 2015 begins today, the most important sporting event to be held from June 11 to July 4 in Chile. In this circumstance, various Church organizations and civil society, convened ...
• 10 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The inhabitants of port of Buenaventura subjected to "collective torture" Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - The capture of Carlos Quintero, one of the most feared bosses of the criminal gang "La Empresa" which controls the port of Buenaventura (Colombia), and which is said to be the instigator of ...
• 10 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From Haiti to Brazil in the hands of human traffickers, with the hope of a better future San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - Located in a central district of San Paolo (Brazil), the "Mision de Paz" managed by the Italian Scalabrini missionary Fr. Paolo Parisi, is one of the landmarks for the Haitian community of nea ...
• 9 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Human trafficking, new areopagus of consecrated life in Latin America Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - During the Congress of Consecrated Life organized by CLAR (Latin American Conference of Religious), which will be held in Bogota (Colombia), from June 18 to 21, a workshop "Human trafficking: a n ...
• 5 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Appeal to the authorities in favor of protesters on hunger strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) expressed concern about the state of health of the former mayor of Tachira, Daniel Ceballos, who has been on a h ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – Drought continues: the population without water and crops Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The inhabitants of the community of Santa Isabel, in the western department of Boaco, Nicaragua, are forced to travel great distances each day to fetch water from streams and ponds because the s ...