America

• 19 May 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - The main problems of childhood in Chile: Sexual exploitation, trafficking, drugs, alcohol Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - 47.2% of sexually exploited children in Chile do not go to school. The consumption of drugs and alcohol are other risk factors that aggravate the situation. The alarm was launched by t ...
• 19 May 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR – Preparation for the beatification of Mgr. Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "El Salvador prepares the most important days of its history" is one of the headlines that circulates in the capital San Salvador in recent days. "We have waited 35 years", says a woman who ...
• 19 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Six million Mexican children do not go to school because of discrimination Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Currently at a national level, out of 40 million children, six million children between 3 to 7 years of age do not go to school. According to a recent study released by the National Council ...
• 19 May 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Casa-Hogar "Padre Machado" in El Valle occupied with violence for a few hours Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Around 2 am on Monday, May 18, a group of about 30 women and 18 children violently entered Casa-Hogar "Padre Machado", in the village of El Valle (Caracas, Venezuela ), occupying the premises an ...
• 18 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - First Report on the scourge of drugs prepared by UCA Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina today, May 18, presents the first report of the "Barometro of Narcotrafico y Adicciones en Argentina" prepared by researchers of the Catholic University of Argentina ...
• 18 May 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - First agreement between former political prisoners and government, Mgr. Goic President of the Commission Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - A hunger strike carried out by 117 former political prisoners lasted a little over a month, divided in groups in different locations around the country, who among other things, call for the inc ...
• 16 May 2015
  AMERICA - Message of the XXXV General Assembly of CELAM: "Living a missionary conversion as a church which goes forth" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The translation of the New Testament of the "Bible of the Church in America" (BIA), the creation of the Pan-Amazon ecclesial network (REPAM) to respond effectively to the challenges of the ...
• 16 May 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Two students die during the protests; the Church appeals for non-violence Valparaiso (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation and an appeal to reflect on the seriousness of what happened has been expressed by the Catholic Church following the killing of the two students: Exequiel Borvarán Salina ...
• 15 May 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Archbishop Valenzuela Mellid: "We all have to be responsible in carrying out our duties" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - On May 14, on the occasion of National Day in Paraguay, the Archbishop of Asunción, His Exc. Mgr. Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., chaired the Te Deum in the Cathedral, attended by ...
• 15 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian, elected President of CELAM Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, May 13 elections were held to choose the directors of CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Council) for the next four years from 2015 to 2019. Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, Archbi ...
• 13 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Tarahumara children sleep in schools so they are not forced to walk five hours Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of children of ethnic Tarahumara (population living in the present territory of Mexican Chihuahua) sleep in their schools to avoid being forced to walk three to five hours each day to ...
• 13 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – When will violence be stopped? Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 May, the "Desde la Fe" weekly of the Archdiocese of Mexico titled its editorial "Narcoterror" to describe the current situation in which the country lives. The text refers to th ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops call for urgent action and dialogue, "No more violence" for the Tia Maria case Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 50 days have gone by since the protests started in Islay, a village near Arequipa, about 800 km south of the Peruvian capital, against the Southern Copper mining project, and government and protest ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops denounce: the immigration system has become an "inhuman industry" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has denounced through a recently published report that the system of detention centers for immigrants in the US has become an "inhuman ...
• 11 May 2015
  AMERICA/CANADA - First sanctuary in Canada for St. Gianna Beretta Molla: "She is like one of us" Winnipeg (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday many parts of the world celebrated "Mother's Day", but in Canada, in Winnipeg the day of celebration was special because the whole community celebrated the inauguration of the first s ...