America

• 4 February 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The three missionaries killed in 1991 will be beatified because they were close to the poorest Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican announced that Polish Order of Friars Minor Conventual Michael Tomaszek and Zbigniew Strazalkowski, along with Italian diocesan priest Father Alessandro Dordi, were killed "in hatre ...
• 4 February 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Romero Beato: "Immense joy in the Salvadoran Church"; "It will be a historic event," emphasizes the Presidency San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "A great joy in the Church of El Salvador to hear the news on the decree approving the martyrdom of Monsignor Romero. Let us continue to pray": was the comment by the Archdiocese of San Sal ...
• 3 February 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Auxiliary Bishop: we do not negotiate any truce, we want an open dialogue with all San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Solve violence with violence does not work", said Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, referring to the method that the authorities want ...
• 3 February 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Card. Maradiaga supports the "Plan de la Alianza para la Prosperidad" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Card. Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, has assured the support of the Catholic Church regarding the "Plan de la Alianza para la Prosperidad" (PAP) which involves ...
• 31 January 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Four churches attacked in Mérida Mérida (Agenzia Fides) - Four Catholic churches were hit by petrol bombs and even the Apostolic Nuncio, Aldo Giordano, who is visiting the city of Mérida is the target of these attacks. The incident occurred yesterday ...
• 30 January 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Parra robbed during a parish meeting: "Money is spent on many things, but not on safety" Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot continue like this, I do not see concrete action against violence", said His Exc. Mgr. Mariano José Parra Sandoval, Bishop of Ciudad Guyana (Venezuela) after being robbed, alo ...
• 29 January 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - A reception center for HIV children Ciudad de Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - The San Jose Reception Center, founded in Guatemala in 1985 as a non- governmental organization to help HIV-positive children who are abandoned, orphaned or sick. Currently the cente ...
• 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 ...