America

• 11 August 2014
  AMERICA/EQUADOR - 46,000 Ecuadoreans will benefit from a mega construction water Quito (Agenzia Fides) - After the damage caused during the winter months, the Ministry of Water Resources wants to help with the aid of a dam project to control the water level of the river Bulubulu. More than 46,000 inh ...
• 6 August 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The V National Missionary Congress begins Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - There are thousands of young Venezuelans who will, as from today, participate in the V National Missionary Youth Congress (CONAJUMI) at the Diocese of Barinas (Venezuela). The Pontifical Mission ...
• 6 August 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Pope Francis welcomes the opening of a reception center for victims of sexual exploitation Misiones (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brother, I came to know that on August 1, the Mburucuyá reception center opens. Through these lines I want to greet and thank all those involved in this work, which is a testimony of lov ...
• 5 August 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The State of Tabasco extends medical assistance to migrants; the satisfaction of the Bishop Tabasco (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Gerardo de Jesus Rojas López, Bishop of Tabasco, has welcomed the announcement on behalf of the state government to extend medical assistance to migrants offered by the Seguro Popular (n ...
• 5 August 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National holiday: the Church hopes for unity and peace, in view of the forthcoming elections Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Christopher Bialasik, SVD, Bishop of the Diocese of Oruro (Bolivia), invited the community to celebrate the national holiday that falls tomorrow, August 6, in a spirit of unity and peace. ...
• 4 August 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - First Congress on the Family "source of social wealth" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 350 pastoral workers in Latin America and the Caribbean enrolled in the First Latin American Congress of agents of family pastoral that will take place from August 4 to 9 in ...
• 4 August 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Prevention to fight against the new phenomenon of 'micro-trafficking' of drugs La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest estimates, in Bolivia there is the lowest rate of drug use, a little over 3% of the population makes use of drugs. However, the situation is far from positive, particularl ...
• 1 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church: stop the violence, but do not stop peace talks Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The escalation of violence must stop": is the appeal launched by the President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga. The Archbishop said that the Churc ...
• 31 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops: "Family Reunification for immigrant children" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to consider a legal institute that deals with "family reunification" for immigrant children who, from Central and South America, cross the borders of the United States in search ...
• 31 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Major epidemiological control towards the chikungunya virus Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Local health authorities have decided to strengthen epidemiological control for the early detection of chikungunya cases and the provision of a microsite on the Secretary of Health website w ...
• 30 July 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The country awaits a word of encouragement from the Bishops Juigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua began yesterday, July 29, in the city of Juigalpa, capital of the department of Chontales. As sources of Fides in the country note, "all cit ...
• 30 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prisons become "universities of crime": the Church insists on re-education Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "Family, school and civil authorities have the responsibility to stop the growth in the number of adolescents and young people who end up in organized crime groups": said the Bishop of the Dioc ...
• 28 July 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Guerrilla groups become political parties: for the Church this is a positive step Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Several groups of former paramilitary guerillas are turning into political parties and intend to act as actors in a democratic future in Colombia. This is the case of the "Alianza de la unidad Co ...
• 28 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Over five thousand people march for peace and for life Nezahualcoyotl (Agenzia Fides) - More than 5000 people marched with the Bishop of the diocese of Nezahualcóyotl, Mgr. Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez in favor of peace, life and family. The massive event, held yesterday J ...
• 28 July 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Thousands of children displaced due to the floods Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - Sexual abuse, mistreatment and diseases are some of the many risks that 147,500 displaced children face due to the floods that are ravaging Paraguay. Many live huddled together in more than ...