America

• 23 February 2015
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Fishing competition for boys and girls with disabilities San Juan (Agenzia Fides) – Boys and girls with Down syndrome, autism or whose physical conditions confine them to a wheel chair, recently took part with their respective families, in the Fifth Children’s Fishing Comp ...
• 23 February 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Rudimental bomb explodes near a parish in the capital Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – “We live in a democratic society, where every individual is free to express his or her own ideas, violence cannot be a valid path for Chileans”: says a statement issued by the archdioces ...
• 21 February 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Lent: multimedia “On the way to Easter” Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – “On the way to Easter” is the title of a multimedia webpage produced for Lent by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia with images, suggested actions and ideas for prayer during ...
• 20 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Nine years of indifference and impunity: the tragedy of Pasta de Conchos mine Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) – “Although nine years have passed since the tragedy of Pasta de Conchos Mine, complicity between the authorities and the Industrial Minera Mexico group, and the impunity which reigned in thi ...
• 20 February 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Police arrest Mayor of Caracas, for Archbishop Lückert “proof of dictatorship ” Coro (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela), Archbishop Roberto Lückert, affirms that the arrest of the mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma, "is adding fuel to the fire ". Yesterday about 100 Vene ...
• 19 February 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - On the way to Fifth American Mission Congress (CAM 5-COMLA 10) Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (POM) in Bolivia presented yesterday the first material prepared for animation, formation and information in view of CAM 5-COMLA 10 (Fifth American Mission ...
• 19 February 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - First steps in process to re-establish USA Cuba relations Havana (Agenzia Fides) – America's Democratic MP Nancy Pelosi and Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez met in Havana as part of the process to restore diplomatic relations between their respective countries. The m ...
• 18 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The poor are the ones who pay the price of corrupt politicians” Bishops denounce Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “Corruption is a temptation for everyone, Pope Francis has said, observing that the poor are those who pay the price of corrupt politicians, businessmen and church men who neglect pastor ...
• 18 February 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign 2015 starts today, theme "Brotherhood: Church and Society " Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Brazilian National Conference of Catholic Bishops (CNBB) opens the Fraternity Campaign 2015. As customary, on Ash Wednesday, at the head offices in Brasilia (DF), Bishop Leonardo U ...
• 17 February 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - During Lent let us assess our spirit of mission: message from Archbishop Arancedo Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) – “The spirit of mission is not evading my duties or my personal relations, instead it is generous concrete witness of my faith in my daily life”: writes Argentinean Archbishop José María ...
• 16 February 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Ten years ago the assassination of Sr Dorothy Stang, a seed which is bearing copious fruit Balsas (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Brazil marked the 10 anniversary of the death of Sister Dorothy Stang and her dedication to the evangelization of the peoples of Amazonia. "Her humble, silent and almost ...
• 16 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For 20 years a group of women has offered railway-line assistance to emigrants travelling towards the United States Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) – “These women known as 'La Patrona' group counteract the selfishness, pride and greed of politicians and government which has produced chaos and forced people to move away in order to survi ...
• 14 February 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr. Buenanueva:"We need good quality citizens" San Francisco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco (Córdoba, Argentina), His Exc. Mgr. Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva, in a statement sent to Fides said that "Argentine democracy is sick, it needs the ...
• 13 February 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Mata: "The government must defend human rights" Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reminded the government its great responsibility to defend human rights (...) and the answer is persecution, violation of laws, murder, destruction": are the strong words used yesterday ...
• 12 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese of Acapulco committed to protecting young people from criminal gangs Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Acapulco has prepared a program to save young people who "work", or are at risk of working as hitmen for organized crime gangs that operate in the state of Guerrero. The prog ...