America

• 16 March 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Appeal of the Church in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: "Respect the human dignity of migrants" Mao-Monte Cristi (Agenzia Fides) - Following several incidents of violence against migrants which occurred on both sides of the island of Hispaniola, which are creating a clash between Dominican Republic and Haiti, due t ...
• 14 March 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Instability and violence against the religious Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Concern in the Catholic community of Haiti: according to the latest report of the Haitian Conference of Religious (CHR) on violence unleashed against religious institutions. As highlighte ...
• 12 March 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The saint of all El Salvador" - beatification of Mgr. Romero on 23 May San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The "Bishop martyr" of El Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, will be beatified on May 23 in his hometown: the announcement was made by the Postulator of the cause of beatificatio ...
• 12 March 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Gang attacks against religious institutes continue Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sick of St. Camillus were recently the subject of an armed robbery in Port au Prince. In the middle of the night the nuns were attac ...
• 11 March 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 400 years of evangelization in Posadas: "we share the joy of evangelizing" Misiones (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Posadas celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first "reduction" of the Jesuits, called Our Lady of the Annunciation of Itapúa, which was the nucleus from which ...
• 11 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - A new church will be built in Cuba, the first since 1959 Pinar del Rio (Agenzia Fides) - The Cuban Catholic Church will be able to build a new place of worship on the island, which will be the first time since the revolution, in 1959. According to the information of the Archdi ...
• 10 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Weapons, from security to threat for the family, must be eliminated" asks the Archbishop of Medellin Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - Following the invitation of the Mayor of Medellín, Aníbal Gaviria Correa to various institutions including the Catholic Church, to support the campaign for the disarmament of this city, the A ...
• 9 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Conclusions of the XI Meeting of the National Directors of the PMS of America Havana (Agenzia Fides) - From March 2 to 6, the XI Meeting of National Directors of the PMS, of the American continent (see Fides 03/03/2015) took place in Havana (Cuba). According to the report sent to Agenzia Fides by ...
• 9 March 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Lent: journey of liberation to fight indifference and selfishness Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) sent a message yesterday to the national community, on the occasion of Lent, in which they complain inter alia, about the crisis due to ...
• 6 March 2015
  AMERICA - Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network: For Mgr. Barreto the life of 30 million people is at stake Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not in the Amazon like someone with their bags packed ready to leave after exploiting it, said Pope Francis. She has been there since the beginning with missionaries, religio ...
• 6 March 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Facts have to be reported": creation of the Human Rights Commission in Pantasma Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Esteli (Nicaragua), His Exc. Mgr. Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B., presided yesterday, March 5, the establishment of the Human Rights Commission in Pantasma, Jin ...
• 5 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivians are asked to reflect on the vote Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago Bolivian President Morales said that he will not work with the local authorities of the opposition during a speech in the city of El Alto, and urged Bolivians to reflect on the ...
• 5 March 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A march for Women's Day in Brasilia:"Religions for women's rights" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Religions for Women's rights" is the theme of the event which aims to bring together women of all religions in Brasilia today, March 5, on the occasion of International Women's Day to be celeb ...
• 4 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Meeting of Bishops Emeritus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From March 23 to 27, the first Meeting of Bishops Emeritus of Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Department of Ecclesial Communion and Dialogue of the Episcopal Council Latin Ameri ...
• 4 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Nearly half a million children will be vaccinated against polio Havana (Agenzia Fides) - From 1962, when polio was eliminated in Cuba to 2014, about 83 million doses of vaccine have been administered in the Country. Now, in this time of year the first of two stages of the National Ca ...