America

• 16 May 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Two students die during the protests; the Church appeals for non-violence Valparaiso (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation and an appeal to reflect on the seriousness of what happened has been expressed by the Catholic Church following the killing of the two students: Exequiel Borvarán Salina ...
• 15 May 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Archbishop Valenzuela Mellid: "We all have to be responsible in carrying out our duties" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - On May 14, on the occasion of National Day in Paraguay, the Archbishop of Asunción, His Exc. Mgr. Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., chaired the Te Deum in the Cathedral, attended by ...
• 15 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian, elected President of CELAM Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, May 13 elections were held to choose the directors of CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Council) for the next four years from 2015 to 2019. Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, Archbi ...
• 13 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Tarahumara children sleep in schools so they are not forced to walk five hours Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of children of ethnic Tarahumara (population living in the present territory of Mexican Chihuahua) sleep in their schools to avoid being forced to walk three to five hours each day to ...
• 13 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – When will violence be stopped? Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 May, the "Desde la Fe" weekly of the Archdiocese of Mexico titled its editorial "Narcoterror" to describe the current situation in which the country lives. The text refers to th ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops call for urgent action and dialogue, "No more violence" for the Tia Maria case Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 50 days have gone by since the protests started in Islay, a village near Arequipa, about 800 km south of the Peruvian capital, against the Southern Copper mining project, and government and protest ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops denounce: the immigration system has become an "inhuman industry" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has denounced through a recently published report that the system of detention centers for immigrants in the US has become an "inhuman ...
• 11 May 2015
  AMERICA/CANADA - First sanctuary in Canada for St. Gianna Beretta Molla: "She is like one of us" Winnipeg (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday many parts of the world celebrated "Mother's Day", but in Canada, in Winnipeg the day of celebration was special because the whole community celebrated the inauguration of the first s ...
• 11 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Armendáriz to candidates: "We want proposals rather than promises" Santiago de Queretaro (Agenzia Fides) - "We all want proposals rather than promises. For example, those who promise to build more hospitals, we ask you to support the existing hospitals and give good service to our peopl ...
• 8 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - One hundred immigrants in one day: the flow does not stop, and mostly affects families McAllen (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the flow of Central American migrants who cross the border has declined compared to last year, this does not mean it has stopped" emphasized the Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville, H ...
• 8 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary dimension and social problems: meeting of the clergy of Patagonia Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary dimension of the Church, vocations, the bicentenary of the independence of Argentina and the possible visit of Pope Francis in the Country, were the topics of the VI Meeting of ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA - 88 environmentalists killed in Latin America in 2014 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Report of the international Global Witness organization, 88 environmentalists were killed in Latin America in 2014. As demonstrated by the report published under the title: ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Children recruited by the FARC: they are prisoners and infected with the human papilloma virus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of children who are recruited into armed groups in the Country remains serious. In recent days the Army has discovered some between 12 and 17 years of age in uniform and armed to th ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church condemns the criminal violence that killed three people and a politician Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) released a statement in which it expresses its dismay regarding the criminal violence that killed the politician Magdaleno Silva and three others who ...
• 6 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The monumental image of the "Cristo de las Noas" will be donated to the diocese of Torreon Torreón (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Jose Guadalupe Galvan, Bishop of the Diocese of Torreon, met with representatives of the Castilla family to begin the legal process of transferring ownership of the hill where the ...