America

• 26 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Sexual violence on women: a forgotten medical emergency Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Sexual violence should be treated as a medical emergency and survivors should be guaranteed accessible and comprehensive medical treatment, said the international medical humanitarian organizatio ...
• 26 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks in Cuba must continue Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Despite their recent statements, FARC show a willingness to continue the peace negotiations underway in Havana: this is what the Archbishop of Tunja, President of the Episcopal Conference of Colo ...
• 26 November 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops of Central America gather: Communication in the culture of encounter Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Since Monday, November 24, 60 Bishops have gathered in Managua for the Annual Assembly of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC). Within this meeting a short communication course is ...
• 25 November 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church is not discouraged because of the drug trade, it will continue to fight for justice and peace Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Caacupé (Paraguay), His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Gimenez Medina, who is also President of the Episcopal Conference, asked the prosecutor to conduct a thorough in ...
• 25 November 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – Transoceanic canal: Cardinal Brenes calls for transparency Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes Solórzano, Archbishop of Managua and recently elected President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, has called on the government of President Daniel Ortega to ans ...
• 24 November 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - There are now 500 thousand signatures which have been collected for the Democratic Political Reform Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The draft law of popular initiative, "Projeto de Lei de Iniciativa Popular pela Reforma Política Democrática", prepared by the Coalition for the Democratic Political Reform and transparent el ...
• 24 November 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Concern for the construction of the Canal: "I will not leave you alone" ensures the Bishop of Granada Granada (Agenzia Fides) - Concern is growing for the start of the construction of the Interoceanic Canal, between the Pacific and the Atlantic, set for December 22, which will expel thousands of farmers from their land, ...
• 21 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The request to continue peace talks: "Do not destroy the hope of Colombians" Popayan (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, personally announced last night that protocols have been activated for the release of four soldiers and a civilian abducted by the FARC and that im ...
• 21 November 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Church on the measures for immigrants: "We have a long history of welcoming..." Washington (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, welcomed the news that the Obama ...
• 20 November 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 2 and a half million children live in shelters, on the streets or in cars Washington (Agenzia Fides) - A report of the National Center for Homeless Families (NCFH) revealed that, in America, last year 2.5 million children were living in shelters, on the streets, in cars, or in fields unattende ...
• 20 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Monsalve Mejia: "The general kidnapped will soon be released" Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "General Rubén Darío Alzate could be released in the next 48 hours". This is what the Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesús Monsalve Mejia said in an interview with Colombian broadcas ...
• 20 November 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Support of the Church with regards to the formation of political consciousness for democratic reform Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On November 18 the Episcopal Council for the Pastoral Care (CONSEP), a body of the Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), discussed the issue of political reform in Brazil. According to the no ...
• 19 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Every hour two children are victims of sexual abuse Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report published in Bogota on the occasion of World Day for the prevention of child abuse, every hour two are sexually abused. The study, which collects data from the Nation ...
• 19 November 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops support: "an educational reform for the good of the nation" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "An educational reform for the good of Chile" is the title of the document of the Episcopal Conference of Chile presented yesterday, November 18, sent to Agenzia Fides, which highlights the Chu ...
• 18 November 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Letter of the Bishops of Texas and Ciudad Juarez: "We invite the Pope to come and visit the border area" El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Mark Joseph Seitz, announced during a press conference last night, that together with the Bishops of the Diocese of Ciudad Juáre ...