America

• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dengue fever mainly affects school age children San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The first national day for the prevention and control of dengue and chikungunya was held in Liga Panamericana School Centre which is located in San Jacinto. According to the Ministry of Hea ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church calls on the authorities to respond to the students on hunger strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, Father Victor Hugo Basabe, called on the competent authorities to respond to the situation of students and opposition leaders who ar ...
• 2 June 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Pastoral Plan for the Church in Cuba: "a dynamic, open and missionary communion" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that this pastoral plan is for all, a path of the pilgrim Church, in faith and hope which does not disappoint; for this we propose a simple spiritual journey": this is how the Pastoral P ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Thousands are demanding the resignation of the President accused of corruption Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Constitution Square, in Guatemala City, was the place where many academics, teachers, social groups, groups and private institutions, religious and many families gathered on Saturday, May ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Nine Haitian Redemptorists have been ordained Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - During a celebration in the presence of many faithful, in the parish of San Gerardo in Puert au Prince, the feast of the Holy Trinity, 9 Redemptorist deacons (CSSR) were ordained yesterda ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The numbers of murders are manipulated in order to create chaos", denounces Mgr. Rosa Chavez San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - In El Salvador, a country plagued by gang violence, the numbers of murders are manipulated in order to create a climate of ungovernability. This is what auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, Hi ...
• 30 May 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Six young people on hunger strike in a church in Caracas Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Six Venezuelan students have been on a hunger strike for two days in a Church in Caracas: as reported in a note sent to Fides, their purpose is to secure the release of peers who are still in pr ...
• 30 May 2015
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Latin American devotion to Romero in Uruguay Melo (Agenzia Fides) - A small chapel in Uruguay is named after Blessed Oscar Romero, in recognition of the "martyred Bishop" of El Salvador, recently beatified. Mgr. Romero (1917-1980), known for his preaching in defens ...
• 29 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Pope urges us not to be indifferent towards immigrants Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Immigrants need pastoral and charitable care, in particular those of neighboring Haiti, in search of better living conditions in the Dominican Republic. Such attention leaves no room for t ...
• 28 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The churches of Piedras Negras become centers of aid to people affected by the tornado Cohauila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Piedras Negras, which belongs to the city of Acuña, Coahuila (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Alonso Gerardo Garza Trevino, after the disaster caused by the tornado that de ...
• 28 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Child nutrition, drugs and poverty: meeting of Bishops and authorities of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Wednesday, May 27, the governor of Buenos Aires, Daniel Scioli had a meeting with the Bishops of the various dioceses of the province of Buenos Aires. The meeting, which is becom ...
• 27 May 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Radio and TV to announce the Gospel in the Vicariate of Nuflo de Chavez Nuflo de Chavez (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of San Julian of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nuflo de Chavez is working on a radio-television center of the parish. The community of 160 thousand people is looking forward to t ...
• 27 May 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops’ refelection: "Thinking Brazil", social inequalities in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The second volume of "Thinking Brazil" has been published. The text, approved on the occasion of the general Assembly of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) held in April in Apa ...
• 27 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Tornado among the strongest recorded in the country affects Ciudad Acuña: 14 deaths and massive damage Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The tornado that hit Ciudad Acuña on May 25 has killed 13 people, 150 have been injured, 750 houses damaged and 4,000 without electricity. The phenomenon occurred around 6 am in the western pa ...
• 26 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church's message for the National holiday: no to hatred, play politics with moral integrity Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In the Cathedral of Buenos Aires and in the Basilica of Lujan, the Te Deum was celebrated yesterday, according to tradition, on the occasion of the National Holiday celebrations for the ann ...