America

• 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 ...
• 18 November 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Towards CAM 5: Bolivia presents a preliminary work plan La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of those responsible for the Missions of Bolivia is in Honduras to attend a meeting on the conclusions of the fourth American Missionary Congress (CAM 4-COMLA 9) that took place last ...
• 18 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church condemns the abduction of the General and urges to continue peace talks Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, Archbishop of Tunja, has condemned the kidnapping of General Rubén Darío Alzate Mora carried ou ...
• 17 November 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church on the mega project of the Interoceanic Canal: "Everyone must be heard" Leon (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, has appealed to the government of Nicaragua so that it dialogues with farmer communities who have been protesting for two months against the planned ...
• 17 November 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A project to spread Afro culture among children of Yungas communities La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Afrobo foundation, which deals with the protection of the rights of Afro Bolivian children of different Yungas communities, has implemented a project for the dissemination of afro cu ...
• 17 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Peace talks have been suspended after general abducted Chocó (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian government has suspended peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), after an army general was taken captive, in the west of the country. Colombian President ...
• 15 November 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - "Network for a Culture of meeting", also Cusco present at the XIII Meeting of RIIAL Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - The XIII Continental Meeting of the Digital Network of the Church in Latin America (RIIAL), an organization that relies on the support of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, takes pl ...
• 15 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A Comboni missionary found dead in a mass grave, among other bodies Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - The body of Fr. John Ssenyondo, a Comboni missionary of Ugandan nationality, was found in a mass grave near the town of Chilapa, along with other dead bodies. This is confirmed to Fides by ...
• 14 November 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - In defense of family rights: draft law rejected Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon with 21 votes against, the Senators of Paraguay rejected the draft law entitled "against any kind of discrimination". There were 17 votes in favor, while one abstained and s ...