America

• 1 July 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The indifference of the state in the face of a situation of injustice denounced by the Bishop of Dourados Dourados (Agenzia Fides) - "For the umpteenth time the diocese of Dourados has become the scene of clashes between indigenous people and farmers, revealing the indifference and inhumanity of the executive and the judicia ...
• 1 July 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Procession at sea on Easter Island for St. Peter, praying for the Pope's visit Valparaiso (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, is deeply felt in different parts of Latin America, where fishing is a major activity for the economic sustenance of families. Also on ...
• 30 June 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Cardinal Lacunza: "despite scandals and corruption, we have to believe in justice" Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "They are afraid", this is how Cardinal José Luis Lacunza described the reaction of people with regards to the cases of corruption in the Latin American country. The Cardinal, Bishop of the Dioc ...
• 30 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "We are losing the values and respect for life", warns Cardinal Brenes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Archbishop of Managua Leopoldo Brenes has warned that society is losing respect for life and moral values, referring to violent crimes that have occurred in various parts of the country ...
• 27 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Romero Romero is recognized as "Son Meritísimo of El Salvador" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, acknowledged Blessed Son Oscar Arnulfo Romero as Meritísimo of that country, for his work in defense of human rights and their pastoral work. The ...
• 27 June 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Church: "politics without corruption" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The national community has to solve major social problems that plague this country, relaunching dialogue in politics: it what the editorial of the weekly "Fides" of the capital of Honduras, ...
• 26 June 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Pope will conclude the World Meeting of Social Movements La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - There are already 900 participants who have confirmed their presence at the World Meeting of Social Movements to be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, from 7 to 9 July 2015. The note sent to Fides by a ...
• 26 June 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Still demonstrations against President Correa Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – Tension in Ecuador continues due to the many demonstrations that have taken place in Guayaquil and Quito against President Rafael Correa. For a week the population and the opposition protest ...
• 25 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Periodic monitoring of the situation of migrants, joint efforts of government and Church Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretaries of the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs, respectively Miguel Angel Osorio Chong and Jose Antonio Meade, along with other officials and representatives of state inst ...
• 25 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - More than 20,000 people every week prepare themselves for the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Piaui (Agenzia Fides) - More than twenty thousand people, including children, youth, adults and the elderly, meet every Tuesday in open spaces and at the Church of St. Joseph the Worker in Villa Obrera, in the north of t ...
• 24 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Latin American Religious give their full support and unreserved commitment for Peace in Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the CLAR Congress, Confederation of religious men and women of Latin America and the Caribbean, held these days in Bogota (see Fides 06/09/2015), a statement was issued in which the ...
• 24 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Jujuy: "We need the State’s strong support against drugs" Jujuy (Agenzia Fides) - The problem of drug addiction and drug trafficking in Argentina does not diminish but increases, children and young people today are the most vulnerable groups: this was denounced by the Bishop of ...
• 23 June 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A Mass for solidarity and to ask to stop the deportation of Haitians from Santo Domingo New York (Agenzia Fides) - The battle to avoid the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic, who according to recent local legislation cannot obtain Dominican citizenship, has moved ...
• 23 June 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Appeal of the UNHCR to the Dominican government: the consequences of expulsion could be devastating New York (Agenzia Fides) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has appealed to the government of the Dominican Republic not to deport tens of thousands of people whose citizenship was thrown into question by a 2013 ruling of t ...
• 23 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report of CIMI: suicide and infant mortality are decimating the indigenous population Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - There was a serious increase of violence and violations committed against indigenous peoples in Brazil in 2014, in particular we are talking about cases of murder, suicide, people who died due ...