America

• 3 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The Month of the Bible, ideal context for giving new impulse to the evangelising mission of the Church La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) – “For the Catholic Church every year September is the Month of the Bible. It is an exceptional opportunity to reflect on our encounter with Jesus the Lord, … the month of September is a ti ...
• 2 September 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops’ Conference promotes television debate between candidates for Presidency San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – A Brazilian TV station, Red Siglo 21, will televise a debate in the evening of September 16 involving candidates for presidency of the Republic of Brazil. The election is set for 5 October. ...
• 1 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Migrants: for a better world”, pastoral care for human mobility national meeting Merida (Agenzia Fides) – Merida will host, from 16 to 19 September, Mexico’s 15th national meeting on Pastoral Care for Migrants with the theme “Migrants: for a better World”. Fides was told that the invitation t ...
• 22 August 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – The "Ecumenism and the Missions" Symposium begins Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Vargem Grande Paulista (SP) will host between 21 and 24 August, the "Ecumenism and Mission" Symposium. The event, which is organized by the National Council of Christian Churches ...
• 21 August 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Elections postponed and there is growing uncertainty about the future of the Country Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Provisional Electoral Council of Haiti has announced that the planned legislative and municipal elections on October 26 have been postponed, causing tension in a Country which has bee ...
• 21 August 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church launches an alarm regarding the increase of suicides among teenagers Santiago del Estero (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people and teenagers are the most valuable asset of a nation and should be a major concern of all those who have responsibilities in their formation" said Mgr. Torrado Mosconi ...
• 20 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Only mercy can make justice a reality", said Cardinal Salazar Gómez Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia is capable of mercy", said Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez at the III World Apostolic Congress on Mercy WACOM, held in Bogota from August 15 to 19, which was attended by 4 Cardinals, 7 b ...
• 20 August 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of migrants who are victims of human trafficking increases Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) - "Human trafficking is modern-day slavery that affects mainly women and children", said Mgr. Raúl Vera López, Bishop of Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), who denounced that the number of people who ...
• 19 August 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The church calls on the authorities to change the situation in prisons Santa Rosa de Copán (Agenzia Fides) - "The detainees are in the "suburbs" of society where they suffer from total exclusion, despair and depression", says the National Commission for Prison Pastoral Care of the Episcopa ...
• 19 August 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Assist families but without interfering in their private lives", said the Bishop of Matagalpa Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that the State should take care of families, but without having control over them" said Mgr. Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), in a letter sent to Fide ...
• 18 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The first 12 members of the delegation of the victims will participate in Peace Talks which take place in Cuba Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the victims of the Colombian armed conflict will participate directly for the first time in the peace talks in Havana. According to plan, the peace delegations of government an ...
• 18 August 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Killed during their missionary work 23 years ago Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - In the month of August the Diocese of Chimbote (Peru) commemorates the martyrdom of 2 Franciscan friars: Zbigniew Strzalkowski and Miguel Tomaszek, in the town of Pariacoto (in the north of the ...
• 13 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Dialogues of Peace between the government and FARC Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting number 27 of the Dialogues of Peace in Cuba between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has begun. The meeting scheduled for yesterday, August ...
• 12 August 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Commit to a missionary cooperation", the V National Missionary Congress has concluded Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - The V National Youth Missionary Congress (CONAJUMI) has just concluded in Barinas. More than a thousand young Venezuelans participated in this event organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 12 August 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Organ trafficking and sexual exploitation: about 45,000 children and young people missing and abducted Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, approximately 45,000 children and young people have been abducted and are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking in organs. This is the complaint made by the Foundation fo ...