America

• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Eleven soldiers killed, the Church asks for a definitive cease-fire Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Bishop of Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, has strongly condemned the events in the municipality of Buenos Aires, in the north of Cauca (Colombia), where 11 soldiers were ...
• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA - Almost 4 million children in Latin America do not have access to primary school Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50% of the Latin American Countries and the Caribbean have managed to have access to primary education, although unfortunately there are still nearly 4 million children who d ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report of the Pastoral Commission for Land: Homicides in the rural area increase Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Commission for Land (CPT) presented the thirtieth edition of its annual report on the Rural Conflict in Brazil, relative to 2014, with information regarding murders, threats and vi ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Protection of life and communication in the Church's mission, priority in the Chilean Church Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The 109th Plenary Assembly of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, CECh, (see Fides 10/04/2015) is being held, which began with the participation of the Bishops in the Third International Seminar ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Every year thousands of children are born on the street, at home or in situations considered at high risk Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico more than a thousand children every year are born on the street, at home or in situations considered at high risk. The widespread phenomenon endangers the lives of pregnant women a ...
• 14 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Meeting between the Church and those responsible of the elections: no to boycott Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Lorenzo Córdova, met with members of the Permanent Council of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, for an exchange of views on the June ...
• 14 April 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Floods force more than 40 000 children not to go to school Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - A tsunami of mud and floods hit the Chilean Atacama desert region, in the north of Chile, causing deaths, people missing and thousands injured as well as more than 40 thousand children ...
• 14 April 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Representatives of the Commission for the inter-institutional relations of CAM 5 elected Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - During the preparatory meeting of the V American Missionary Congress (CAM 5) held yesterday, April 13, at the Cardinal Maurer house, in Cochabamba, the President and Secretary of the Commissi ...
• 13 April 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Many children grow up in prison with their imprisoned mothers Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 200 children aged three live with their mothers held in 31 prisons in Peru. The note, issued by the National Penitentiary (INPE) and sent to Agenzia Fides, ensures that the young, male and f ...
• 13 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of fifty young men and women religious in the Amazon Itaituba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for the Amazon, together with those for Youth and Missionry Action of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), in collaboration with the Conference of Relig ...
• 10 April 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - New appeal to the President to finally solve the problems of immigrant families Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of detaining immigrant families fleeing violence in Central America will be a "stain" in the legacy of President Barack Obama and in the image of the country, said leaders religi ...
• 9 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Twelve million people live in favelas: educational projects for children San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - In Brazil, young people have two choices to survive: to work or become criminals. Opportunities are very precarious especially for those who live in the favelas. The aim of a new campaign call ...
• 9 April 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Children forced to attend classes under trees infested by wasps Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Chiclayo, in the Peruvian region of Lambayeque, over 50 children aged 3 to 5 are forced to attend school lessons under some trees infested by wasps. Teachers reported to RPP Noti ...
• 9 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another priest killed Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Morelia (in the Mexican state of Michoacan), Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda, announced the sad news of the murder of Fr. Francisco Javier Gutiérrez, pastor of Our Lady of the R ...
• 8 April 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Can one sing the Alleluia in the world we live in?" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Can one sing the Alleluia in the world we live in? Can we rejoice in Argentina today and in the reality we live in Santiago? Often we experience the same desolation of the disciples at the tom ...