America

• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops of the diocese on the border: enough with violence and more attention towards the youth Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) - Some Bishops of the United States and Mexico consecrated the border between the two countries to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 17, at the Cathedral of ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Project which involves women to bring electricity to poor communities Siuna (Agenzia Fides) - A three-hour drive from the town of Siuna, Nicaragua, surrounded by vegetation, is a small community with no electricity, just like many others throughout Latin America. Recently, thanks to a pr ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Three murders a day: unprecedented wave of aggression, crimes and violence Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At least 164 people were killed in violence between January and February in Haiti: this was stated by the National Commission Jistis ak Lape (JILAP, in Creole, Justice and Peace in Italia ...
• 18 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Elections: the Archbishop of Medellin urges the socio-political formation of the community Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 October the regional elections will be held in Colombia to choose mayors, councilors, governors and deputies. "For a successful outcome of such an important civil event in the life of soc ...
• 18 March 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report on conflicts over water in Brazil: 42 000 families involved Paranà (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has announced the imminent publication of the Report on conflicts over water with data related to the year 2014. According to some data already disclosed, last ...
• 17 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Diocese of Cochabamba in solidarity with the children of TIPNIS Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday will be the Fifth Sunday of Lent, and we want to make a collection in all the churches, in all communities of Cochabamba, with a key objective, namely, our solidarity, our love f ...
• 17 March 2015
  AMERICA - Human rights and extractive industries in Latin America: the position of the Church Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Catholic Church in Latin America will be heard in open court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), in Washington, on Thursday, March 19. Here th ...
• 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 ...