America

• 29 January 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Nearly 50 000 children victims of homicide because of armed conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - More than two million children are victims of violence in Colombia: abused and displaced. According to a document published by the Victims Unit, sent to Agenzia Fides, currently 2,182,707 child ...
• 29 January 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The country remembers "the Bishop of the Indios" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador is celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Mgr. Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba, the "Bishop de los Indios", as he was called by everyone in the Latin American country, who dedicated ...
• 29 January 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - "We have lost a great opportunity": criticism regarding the Law on Education Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Chile, through its Commission for Education, is disappointed that the new Law on Education recently approved by Congress, does not address issues related to governmen ...
• 28 January 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Yo soy uno de ellos": young children in parishes and schools in favor of the most vulnerable San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Delegation of the Missions, together with the parishes and schools of the capital, has promoted the celebration of a Mass and a meeting for the children in a parish in El Salv ...
• 28 January 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Tension on the border with Haiti: appeal to the authorities of both countries Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic), His Exc. Mons. Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C., criticized the situation that prev ...
• 28 January 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionaries study "concentration and manipulation of the media" Bacabal (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 leaders of dioceses in the Northeast Region of Brazil (called by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil as "RN5"), which covers the state of Maranhão, are participating in th ...
• 27 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal Rivera: "To change our society personal conversion is needed" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for the federal elections that will be held in Mexico on June 7 has started. The people will have to vote to elect 500 Members of the "Congreso de la Union". "The candidates are ...
• 27 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Child labor: 2 million and a half working children Ciudad Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Tamaulipas there are at least 71 000 boys, girls and young workers, who are to be added to the national data of the National Institute of Geography and Statistics ...
• 27 January 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Chimbote asks protection for judges: "We are living in fear" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - After the publication of the news regarding threats aimed at judges Susana Quispe and Sara Valdivieso, and three judicial officers of the Superior Court of the province of Santa (in the Ancash ...
• 26 January 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - We need leaders who are committed and not "deaf and dumb authorities" says Mgr. Epalza Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence destroys everything. Now we have to elect the Mayor, the Council, the Assembly and the regional government, and Buenaventura needs committed managers. I ask you not to sell your v ...
• 26 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – The Bishops of Central America discuss the issue regarding assistance to migrants Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua will meet from January 28 to 30 in Tapachula (Mexico), to "discuss the always painful reality of many thousands of migrants ...
• 23 January 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The phenomenon of children abandoned in the streets and violence increases Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Service for Social Management (Sedeges) of the Government of Cochabamba, in the city there are over a thousand boys, girls and adolescents living on the streets. The problem ...
• 22 January 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Niños de Paz project to protect thousands of refugees and displaced children Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - In Central America, unaccompanied boys, girls and adolescents or separated from their families, fleeing from their Countries, are forced to be deprived of education in order to find a pla ...
• 22 January 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Salvador Piñeiro re-elected President of the Episcopal Conference Lima (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Salvador Piñeiro García Calderón, Archbishop of Ayacucho was re-elected President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference for the period 2015 to 2018, during the 105th Plenary Assembl ...
• 22 January 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Nisman case: Bishops: "the people want the truth" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We feel the need to invite the authorities and all political leaders to make every effort to reach the truth with honesty", said a statement of the Executive Committee of the Episcopal Con ...