America

• 22 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Hunger strike in 12 states for political prisoners, the Church has been asked to intervene Mérida (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Merida, His Exc. Mgr. Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, yesterday met young people on hunger strike in Mérida, during his visit to the church of El Llano (see Fides 03/06/2015; ...
• 22 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Two years after the attack against the elderly, the case has not yet been solved Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Two years ago members of the Sandinista Youth attacked a group of young people who were accompanying the elderly who were protesting outside the Nicaraguan Institute of Social Security to ask ...
• 19 June 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Catholic radio through Internet Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the island of Cuba will be broadcast on digital radio "cristoenlinea.com". The project was born in the diocese of Saltillo, Mexico, and has developed at a na ...
• 19 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "They have our support": Mgr. Conde receives young people on hunger strike and writes to the Pope Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, Bishop of the diocese of Maracay, received university students who have been on hunger strike since early June on June 17 in the Archbishopric (see Fid ...
• 18 June 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY – Urgent need to eradicate child labor, which is dangerous and harmful to physical and mental development Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - According to official figures, approximately 436,000 children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years of age in Paraguay are exploited for different types of jobs out of a total population of ...
• 18 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The first Congress on intercultural and interreligious dialogue Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The organizational meeting of the "First International Congress on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue" to be held from November 16 to 18 on the theme "A path towards peace" was hoste ...
• 17 June 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops: dialogue is the only path to find solutions, violence is always destructive Quito (Agenzia Fides) - With the title "The Bishops of Ecuador in the face of the situation in the country", the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference issued a statement, sent to Fides, which states: "the Church is present in t ...
• 17 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Silent march in Tumaco: after 60 years of violence it is now time to form "a truly civilized society" Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia has lived nearly 60 years of violence, I believe that all generations were born at least in part with the idea of war, attack, fighting and retaliation, I think it is time to think abou ...
• 16 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the border between Peru and Bolivia, crossroads of migrants Rio Branco (Agenzia Fides) - Rio Branco, in the State of Acre, in Brazil, on the border with Peru and Bolivia, is a particularly critical area for migrants: according to data of the Secretariat of Justice and Human Right ...
• 16 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "No to prejudice, yes to rights and participation": week of Migrants San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Helping our communities to reflect and deepen the reality of migration, enlightened by the experience of this year’s Fraternity Campaign, whose theme 'Church and Society' has allowed us to ...
• 15 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still controversy over the transoceanic canal; Mgr. Baez "more transparency is needed" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Discussions have started again regarding the draft of the Grand Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua, intended to connect the Atlantic and Pacific ocean (see Fides 24/11/2014), and this time the them ...
• 15 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop of Mazatlan’s appeal after the violence perpetrated during the weekend Sinaloa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Mazatlan (Sinaloa, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Mario Espinosa Contreras in the face of the climate of violence in recent days, which resulted in the murder of a woman and the disappeara ...
• 13 June 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - National Week of the Migrant: Letter of Bishops to 3 million Peruvians abroad Lima (Agenzia Fides) - During the celebration of the National Week of the Migrant (from 15 to 21 June), the Bishops of Peru, through the commission for human mobility, sent a letter to all the countrymen who are outside ...
• 13 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A card to distinguish true priests from false priests Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A card for the priests of the ecclesiastical provinces of Tlalnepantla and Mexico will be issued in order to distinguish true priests from false priests and to fight the scams perpetrated by ...
• 12 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We are concerned about the new poor", said Mgr. Ojea, head of Caritas Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church is concerned about the situation of poverty in the country, after the controversy following the statements of President Cristina Kirchner, according to which the figures indicate ...