America

• 9 July 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – The faithful wait "standing" for the arrival of the Pope El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of El Alto received the Pope with joy" said the Bishop of El Alto, His Exc. Mgr. Eugenio Scarpellini, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Bolivia, who defi ...
• 8 July 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "We also want to be missionaries" says the indigenous representative to the Pope Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis, the Montubio people want to answer the call for a new evangelization, in order to become a Church that goes out. From our experience of working in the countryside, in contact with n ...
• 8 July 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "The world needs to change": Cardinal Turkson opens the World Meeting of Social Movements Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "The world needs to follow a process of change": said Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, during the inauguration of the World Meeting of Social ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Pope's visit "will mark a before and after with regards to the situation in the country" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very delicate moment for our country, but I have no doubt that the Pope's message will be orientated to give light to find a way out, to find peace and tranquility. This visit, perhaps, w ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padrón: "Corruption, repression, popular discontent characterize the present" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "National deterioration is remarkable. Next to a lack of raw materials, due to the disastrous economic policy, the present moment is characterized by huge corruption in government circles, the g ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Plenary Assembly of Bishops: defense of marriage, family and creation, reconciliation, justice and corruption Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "We, Bishops of the Catholic Church of Panama met in Plenary Session from June 29 to July 3, 2015, to discuss and reflect on the ecclesial and social realities of the country": this is how the fi ...
• 6 July 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Still demonstrations against corruption, while other scandals come to light Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops' Conference, representing the Catholic pilgrim people in Honduras, joins all those who fight for a better country and proclaims that there can be no peace without social justice ...
• 6 July 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 35,000 people have been isolated due to floods, other 25,000 at risk San Fernando de Apure (Agenzia Fides) - The incessant flooding caused by the rains three weeks ago, have left about 35,000 people isolated in Guasdualito, a city in the Venezuelan state of Apure. 9000 families have been ...
• 6 July 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 10 000 from Santo Domingo to Quito for the Pope's Mass Santo Domingo en Ecuador (Agenzia Fides) - "Attending means to be blessed and to participate in the history of mercy that the world lives with Pope Francis" says Martha Lopez, a member of the Juan XXIII movement, who wil ...
• 3 July 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops offer their support to dialogue for social peace Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, met with several Bishops who have offered their support to national dialogue, as was announced by the Government House in a statement sent ...
• 3 July 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Lost childhood in coffee plantations Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 25% of Peru's population, or 7 million 700 thousand people, live in poverty, mainly in rural areas. One million people live in extreme poverty, less than one dollar a day. To help families, thousan ...
• 3 July 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Demonstration for Haitians who risk expulsion from the Dominican Republic Ouanaminthe (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of Catholic faithful and numerous citizens of Ouanaminthe, a small town north-east of Haiti, on the border with the Dominican Republic, took part in a march of solidarity with Haitia ...
• 2 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A recreational project for indigenous children of different ethnicities Merida (Agenzia Fides) - The talent, creativity and imagination of 450 indigenous Mexican children have found their expression in some murals on display in the magnificent facilities of the Gran Mundo Maya Museum of Meri ...
• 2 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Widespread violence does not spare even three elderly nuns Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Tehuantepec, His Exc. Mgr. Oscar Armando Campos Contreras, along with all the clergy expressed an energetic condemnation of the acts of violence committed against pri ...
• 2 July 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Food sovereignty and other initiatives resume power thanks to CELAM Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming visit of the Pope to Cuba and his words for a serious commitment regarding the peripheries of the world, CELAM has proposed again some examples of positive feedback that o ...