America

• 2 September 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - A month dedicated to combatting human trafficking Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign Corazón Azul Peru 2015 against human trafficking has just been launched in Peru. Every year Peru celebrates the "Month of Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings" in September. In ...
• 2 September 2015
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - Tropical Storm Erika: churches destroyed, displaced families, many children swept away by the waters Saint John's (Agenzia Fides) - Tropical Storm Erika has hit the Caribbean in recent days, in particular the state of Dominica, causing death and devastation. People are missing, houses, bridges and roads have been destro ...
• 2 September 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Biblical campaign on the 50th anniversary of the "Dei Verbum" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In many Latin American countries the month of September is dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of Bible reading. In Argentina, the motto of the 2015 National Campaign of the Bible, ...
• 1 September 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We cannot accept violence, we have to react": the Archbishop of Cordoba at the funeral of the murdered priest Alta Gracia (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot accept the culture of death, it seems that the lives of people has no value. We must react, we cannot accept violence". This is what His Exc. Mgr. Carlos José Nanez, Archbishop o ...
• 1 September 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops on the situation of conflict with Colombia: "Human rights are the same for all" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask authorities to restore normality as soon as possible, because there are many difficulties and anxieties which are being experienced by those living on both sides of the border, and not o ...
• 31 August 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of the PMS of Cone sur: from Ad Gentes to Evangelii Gaudium Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - With a small mission in Berazategui, in the Diocese of Argentina's Quilmes, the meeting of the National Directors and the Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Southe ...
• 31 August 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - New reception facility for the poorest families who live on the outskirts of the capital Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The new reception center recently opened by the Pope John XXIII Community (APG23), destined to welcome the poorest families, especially single mothers with children, is situated in the Cr ...
• 28 August 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Scalabrinians: international meeting to find new answers to the issue of migration Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - Migration and the responsibility of how many have the task of being leaders in the scalabrinian female congregation: This is the main theme of the meeting of the Missionary Scalabrinian Sis ...
• 21 August 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Cuban government "appreciates the role of the Church", said Mgr. Hernández Havana (Agenzia Fides) - There are new relations between Church and state in Cuba: remarked His Exc. Mgr. Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J., auxiliary Bishop of Havana in an interview with an international news agency o ...
• 20 August 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pope Francis: a delegate of the Holy See in the peace process Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C., Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) and President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, confirmed to a local radio station that the Holy Father ha ...
• 20 August 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Over 50 thousand Hispanics waiting for the Pope in Washington Washington (Agenzia Fides) - There will be over 50,000 Hispanic-American believers waiting for the Pope in Washington, said His Exc. Mgr. Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington in a note sen ...
• 19 August 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Heavy rains leave more than a thousand of families homeless Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand families are homeless due to the heavy rains and flooding in the valley of Santa Cruz (Bolivia). According to a note from the head of the civil protection sent to Fide ...
• 19 August 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Church and mining activity": testimonies and experiences in defense of life and territories Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Church and mining activity - in defense of life and territories" is the title of the book published on August 17 by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) together with the "Iglesia ...
• 18 August 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “They steal not only the people’s money but also their hope” Bishop Lozano denounces Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) –“They are stealing not only the money of the people but also their hope ", said Bishop Jorge Lozano of Gualeguaychú also President of the Social Pastoral Commission of the Catholic Bish ...
• 18 August 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Local Catholic Church demands guaranteed rights for migrants Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Matters related to the situation of migrants and refugees were discussed during a meeting held 14 August at the head offices of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB). Bishop L ...