America

• 20 July 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Games, songs, dances: a feast to celebrate children El Tigre (Agenzia Fides) - Among cultural events, games, music, songs, dances, thousands of children and adolescents, not only in the district of El Tigre but also of the municipality of San José de Guanipa, found thems ...
• 20 July 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Why are we so inhuman towards each other?" Asks Mgr. Gimenez denouncing violence Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Caacupé, His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, complained about the wave of violence that hit the north of the country, where in less than a week five policemen were ki ...
• 17 July 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Sexual abuse on children have repercussions in adulthood Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of sexual abuse and violence against children continues to be one of the main problems of the Country. In 2014, NGO Doctors Without Borders recorded a total of 1,715 cases of ...
• 16 July 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Priest murdered in the sacristy as he was about to celebrate mass Montería (Agenzia Fides) - Spanish priest Luis Alfonso León Pereira, for 48 years at the service of the Colombian Church, was brutally murdered in the sacristy as he was about to celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy. The ...
• 16 July 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Nearly two million Central American children are undernourished Managua (Agenzia Fides) - In Central America there are more than 2 million children under five years of age who suffer from anemia and more than 1 million and 900,000 who suffer from malnutrition. This is what was highli ...
• 15 July 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - A new ward for children suffering from dengue and chikungunya Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - A new ward for the assistance of children infected with dengue and chikungunya was recently inaugurated at the Children's Hospital of Tegucigalpa. The aim of this new structure, built by the ...
• 15 July 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Nearly 30 percent of Argentines live in a situation of poverty Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - 28.7 percent of Argentines live in poverty and 2 million people are below the level of poverty: these are the findings of the last report of the Argentine Social Debt Observatory, ODSA, of ...
• 15 July 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Campaign of the diocese of San Pedro Sula: "An honest man is not corrupt" San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "In this context of outrage over corruption there is the request to denounce it, so that everything is out in the open: the causes, those responsible and the measures that should be taken ...
• 14 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops on the escape of El Chapo, "we are not naive, we must eradicate corruption" Irapuato (Agenzia Fides) - "The second escape of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, leader of the 'Cartel de Sinaloa' from the maximum security prison further undermines the little credibility of the population in the federal au ...
• 14 July 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Two children and a woman killed by mistake by the police; Mgr. Baez calls for justice Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, calls for justice for two children and a woman, killed by the police in an operation against drug traffickers, and ...
• 13 July 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Once the peace agreement is signed, the real challenge of the government will be how to handle the situation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - All have hope and confidence that the peace talks will reach a final agreement, but it is necessary to go beyond the signing in Havana, and that the government is present in the most remote regio ...
• 13 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Corruption spreads when transparency remains only good intentions": the Catholic voice before the scandals Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The LXII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico approved the General Law of transparency during the last period of ordinary sessions, before the end of the legislature, promising strict auste ...
• 10 July 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Catholic Bishops: "The Christian experience must have social consequences" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the 104th Ordinary Assembly, the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela issued a pastoral exhortation that is inspired by the Biblical verse "I know the suffering of my people" ( ...
• 10 July 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Archbishop of Tucuman denounces: laws that violate the rights and freedom of conscience, attacks against the Church, a climate of fear Tucumán (Agenzia Fides) - The Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán and according to tradition, the Archbishop of Tucuman, His Exc. Mgr. Alfredo Zecca, celebrated the Te Deum ...
• 9 July 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The peace process is alive", said Mgr. Castro Quiroga; letter of the religious leaders Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The peace process is alive and it is not true that it is in its worst moment, despite recent attacks by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hinder the negotiations", said His Exc. ...