America
16 January 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO – The Bishops of Guerrero appreciate the good will of the army
Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the four dioceses of the area of Guerrero have positively judged the army's decision to give free access to military facilities to families looking for the 42 students who disapp ...
16 January 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - The New Testament in Tsotsil language in the pipeline
San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for the Biblical Pastoral Care of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM), led by Mgr. Florencio Armando Colin, went to the diocese of San Cristobal de Las Cas ...
15 January 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Divine Word Missionaries from Asia, Africa and Oceania work in Argentina
Oberá (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 15, the feast of Saint Arnold Janssen, founder of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), the Bishop of the diocese of Oberá (Argentina), His Exc. Mgr. Damián Santiago Bitar, recal ...
15 January 2015
AMERICA - New web portal of CELAM, to reach the "suburbs" of the continent
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "A portal of portals", this is how the new web page can be described that was opened recently by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) and is promoted by all the Bishops' Conferences of L ...
15 January 2015
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Over 3000 child beggars on the streets of big cities
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Near the traffic lights of the Las Colinas colony in Tegucigalpa children continuously beg. The many young children between 2 and 15 years of age are forced by adults to this kind of life an ...
14 January 2015
AMERICA/HAITI – Parliament dissolved, demonstrations against President increase
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Parliament in Haiti has been dissolved after the failure of last-ditch negotiations over a new electoral law, according to a twitter sent to Fides. President Michel Martelly now effective ...
14 January 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - Corruption: a serious disease that has infected all
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is seriously injured and infected with a bacterium that has brought democracy to the point of death: corruption, a common practice that has become 'something natural', to the po ...
13 January 2015
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Dialogue to end the crisis: the exhortation of the Episcopal Conference
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - With the title "Ethical and spiritual renewal before the crisis", the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela has published a pastoral exhortation articulated in 24 points that invites Christians to r ...
13 January 2015
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still controversy about the transoceanic canal: the Bishops call for clarity
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Improvised" and "without being verified technically": is how the president of the Academy of Sciences of Nicaragua, Manuel Ortega Hegg, defined the "change" in the route of the transoceanic can ...
12 January 2015
AMERICA/HAITI - Agreement between the President and opposition: elections in 2015
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Just 5 years after the earthquake, the President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, and about twenty political leaders yesterday, January 11, signed the agreement to carry out elections in 2015. ...
12 January 2015
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Recalling the earthquake in Haiti with the testimony of Zilda Arns
Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - On January 10 about 30,000 Brazilians participated in a ceremony and a Mass in the stadium of the city of Curitiba, Paraná state (southern Brazil) to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the e ...
12 January 2015
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Shops are empty: Cardinal Urosa calls on the government to act quickly and urges to remain calm
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Archbishop of Caracas, Jorge Urosa Savino, urged Venezuelans to remain calm before the critical situation they are experiencing regarding the lack of food, and urged the government to s ...
9 January 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Tuberculosis and Chagas disease out of control in the Chaco
Resistencia (Agenzia Fides) - In the Argentine province of Chaco, tuberculosis and Chagas disease are out of control. According to data from the Institute of Social, Economic Research and Citizen Policy (ISEPCi), about 5 ...
9 January 2015
AMERICA/MEXICO - The priests of Guerrero "continue to preach the Gospel as always" despite threats and blackmail,
Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church welcomes the new year with great concern due to the wave of violence and insecurity in the state of Guerrero: this is what the Bishop of the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chil ...
8 January 2015
AMERICA/HAITI – 5 years after the earthquake the Catholic Church is helping Haiti to recover
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of 12 people from Haiti arrived in Rome yesterday, January 7, where they will attend the meeting to be held at the Vatican on Saturday, January 10 on the fifth anniversary of ...
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