America

• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops invite the winners of the elections to fulfil the promises made Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We have chosen to participate, now what do we have to do?"; with this title, the Episcopal Conference of Mexico issued a statement, also sent to Agenzia Fides, to motivate public opinion an ...
• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "In this America's Cup, and always, say no to trafficking": campaign against human trafficking Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - America's Cup 2015 begins today, the most important sporting event to be held from June 11 to July 4 in Chile. In this circumstance, various Church organizations and civil society, convened ...
• 10 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The inhabitants of port of Buenaventura subjected to "collective torture" Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - The capture of Carlos Quintero, one of the most feared bosses of the criminal gang "La Empresa" which controls the port of Buenaventura (Colombia), and which is said to be the instigator of ...
• 10 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From Haiti to Brazil in the hands of human traffickers, with the hope of a better future San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - Located in a central district of San Paolo (Brazil), the "Mision de Paz" managed by the Italian Scalabrini missionary Fr. Paolo Parisi, is one of the landmarks for the Haitian community of nea ...
• 9 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Human trafficking, new areopagus of consecrated life in Latin America Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - During the Congress of Consecrated Life organized by CLAR (Latin American Conference of Religious), which will be held in Bogota (Colombia), from June 18 to 21, a workshop "Human trafficking: a n ...
• 5 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Appeal to the authorities in favor of protesters on hunger strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) expressed concern about the state of health of the former mayor of Tachira, Daniel Ceballos, who has been on a h ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – Drought continues: the population without water and crops Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The inhabitants of the community of Santa Isabel, in the western department of Boaco, Nicaragua, are forced to travel great distances each day to fetch water from streams and ponds because the s ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dengue fever mainly affects school age children San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The first national day for the prevention and control of dengue and chikungunya was held in Liga Panamericana School Centre which is located in San Jacinto. According to the Ministry of Hea ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church calls on the authorities to respond to the students on hunger strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, Father Victor Hugo Basabe, called on the competent authorities to respond to the situation of students and opposition leaders who ar ...
• 2 June 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Pastoral Plan for the Church in Cuba: "a dynamic, open and missionary communion" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that this pastoral plan is for all, a path of the pilgrim Church, in faith and hope which does not disappoint; for this we propose a simple spiritual journey": this is how the Pastoral P ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Thousands are demanding the resignation of the President accused of corruption Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Constitution Square, in Guatemala City, was the place where many academics, teachers, social groups, groups and private institutions, religious and many families gathered on Saturday, May ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Nine Haitian Redemptorists have been ordained Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - During a celebration in the presence of many faithful, in the parish of San Gerardo in Puert au Prince, the feast of the Holy Trinity, 9 Redemptorist deacons (CSSR) were ordained yesterda ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The numbers of murders are manipulated in order to create chaos", denounces Mgr. Rosa Chavez San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - In El Salvador, a country plagued by gang violence, the numbers of murders are manipulated in order to create a climate of ungovernability. This is what auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, Hi ...
• 30 May 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Six young people on hunger strike in a church in Caracas Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Six Venezuelan students have been on a hunger strike for two days in a Church in Caracas: as reported in a note sent to Fides, their purpose is to secure the release of peers who are still in pr ...
• 30 May 2015
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Latin American devotion to Romero in Uruguay Melo (Agenzia Fides) - A small chapel in Uruguay is named after Blessed Oscar Romero, in recognition of the "martyred Bishop" of El Salvador, recently beatified. Mgr. Romero (1917-1980), known for his preaching in defens ...