America

• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Poverty grows in urban communities while diminishing in rural areas Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – One fifth of the Jamaican population grows steadily poorer. According to an estimate by the Jamaican Institute of Planning, the poverty rate is rising in cities while falling in rural areas, ...
• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Alba: "We cannot allow criminals steal our streets, steal our peace" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – “We cannot allow criminals steal our streets” Bishop Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz, Catholic Bishop of La Paz in Baja California Sur (Mexico), underlined as he urged the Catholic community to ta ...
• 2 December 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In Haiti, the needs are still so many, the commitment of the religious women of Brazil continues Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - An assessment of the project that the missionary Church of Brazil is carrying out in Haiti, emerged immediately after the earthquake that devastated the country (see Fides 21/02/2011), was made ...
• 2 December 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Satisfaction for the release of the General, but it is necessary to resume talks for a definite peace Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - After his release and that of other two people who had been kidnapped with him, which occurred on Sunday evening, November 30, General Rubén Darío Alzate Mora held a press conference the ...
• 1 December 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Children are half of the victims of landmines and prohibited explosive devices Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the NGO "Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines" (CCCM) prepare a report regarding the victims of this scourge. In 2013, the Latin American Country was the second in the world with the la ...
• 1 December 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Novena to Our Lady of Caacupé, opportunity to reflect on the rights of the defenseless and the responsibilities of politicians Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Lucio Alfert, O.M.I., Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), celebrated yesterday, November 30, Mass in the Basilica of Caacupé, for the third day of novena i ...
• 1 December 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - A Commission to save the country from the crisis Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haitian President Michel Martelly has announced the formation of a Commission composed of "credible and honest people" to study the solutions to end the crisis. The announcement was given ...
• 29 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Observatory for Reconciliation and Peace is created Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To support peace negotiations with the FARC and to work for national reconciliation. This is the purpose of the Observatory for reconciliation and peace, recognized by the National Conciliation C ...
• 29 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - After improvised lessons in the street, minors are forced to bring chairs in a house used as a school every day Cuernavaca (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 90 school children between 5 and 10 years of age enrolled in a school with no name of recent construction located in Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas of the city of Cuernavaca, came toget ...
• 29 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Students missing: "The authorities must clarify the situation", said the Bishop of Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) - In a video sent to Fides (and also published on the website of the Diocese of Tlaxcala), Mgr. Francisco Moreno Barrón, Bishop of Tlaxcala states that the authorities should clarify the story o ...
• 28 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - From the first Sunday of Advent: Twelve Days of Prayer for Peace Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico invite to pray and work for peace in the country. The statement of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, also sent to Agenzia Fides, entitled "Let us pray and work for peac ...
• 28 November 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Debate on the mining law, the Bishops ask respect for the environment Comodoro Rivadavia (Agenzia Fides) - Respect for the environment, as it is part of creation, was confirmed by the Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, His Exc. Mgr. Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz, along with his Auxiliary Bishop, His Ex ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Violence against women decreases, but there is still an impressive number of cases Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The violent deaths of women in Honduras have reduced, but the numbers are still impressive. The Observatory on Violence published a report in which it is estimated that from January to June ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Hunger and chronic malnutrition cause the death of a child every 33 hours Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Death caused by hunger and chronic malnutrition, which affects children under five years of age, is a real scourge for the Country. In the course of 2014, 240 young children have died. According ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Church ready to intervene to ensure the country's political future Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The spokesman of the "Episcopal Commission for Mediation" (CEM), Mgr. Patrick Aris said that the Catholic Church is waiting for the synthesis of the various proposals on political consult ...