America

• 20 June 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The Church has helped me to find a land": in Colombia 5.5 million internally displaced persons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church has helped me to find a land, my land is now here in Colombia": is the testimony of Miodrag Jirsa, who comes from Yugoslavia and lives in the Latin American country as a refugee of wa ...
• 18 June 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A video against drugs: the Church launches a campaign on social networking sites Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has launched a national campaign for the prevention of drug addiction in which the protagonists are young people using new technologies. The idea is that each person records a ...
• 18 June 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Conclusion of the G77 + China, the Church hopes for commitment in favor of the poor Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – The Summit of the G77 + China, which was held on 14 and 15 June in Santa Cruz, Bolivia has concluded, launching a new roadmap for a more just world order and an appeal to the United Nations ...
• 17 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Peace-building and formation of seminarians in Latin America among the 112projects funded by the U.S. Catholics Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Catholic Bishops' Conference has announced the allocation of $1.7 million to support 112 projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. "Through the generosity of Catholics al ...
• 17 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Social inclusion and missionary work, the commitment of the Church in Brazil for Haiti continues Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), the Conference of Religious of Brazil (CRB) and Caritas Brazil have been working together for a long time for a series of solidarity activi ...
• 17 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Do not close the homeless shelter for migrants" asks the Bishop of Celaya Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Celaya, in the state of Guanajuato (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, has publicly asked the Commune not to close the "Manos Abiertas a ...
• 16 June 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Formation on values to combat violence and bullying Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "The formation of students based on values is a priority for the Catholic Church", concluded the teachers of Catholic schools gathered at a national Meeting in Cochabamba on June 13. "The i ...
• 14 June 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Run-off in Colombia, the Church calls for dialogue and mutual respect Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, Colombia chooses its new president in a run-off between incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos and his opponent Óscar Iván Zuluaga. In the first round Zuluaga obtained 29.2% of the ...
• 13 June 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Honour of the Congress to Bishop Emiliani Sánchez for his social contribution Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The National Congress of Honduras gave the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), His Exc. Mgr. Romulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F., the "Gran Cruz Placa de Oro", the hi ...
• 13 June 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Denunciation of the Bishop of Puerto Maldonado for the violent intervention of the police against the miners Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco González Hernández, O.P., and the priest Pablo Zavala Martinez, who carries out his ministry in the com ...
• 13 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A priest killed and another seriously injured in Phoenix Phoenix (Agenzia Fides) - "We are stunned and deeply saddened to learn of the tragic assault perpetrated last night against Fr. Joseph Terra and Fr. Kenneth Walker, two religious order priests who belong to the Priestly ...
• 12 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The World Cup begins with a "Red Card to Child Labour" San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - Today, June 12, during the opening of the World Cup, when the eyes of the world will be pointed towards the Itaquerão stadium in San Pablo, the global campaign "Red Card to Child Labour" will ...
• 12 June 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - More than 47 thousand children suffer violence and are forced to work San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The "Patronato Nacional de la Infancia" (PANI) in Costa Rica, reported that more than 47,000 children are victims of child labor and abuse, many are employed in domestic work and agriculture. ...
• 11 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The plight of child migrants from Central America and forced to repatriate Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Pentagon has announced that it will host 1,800 undocumented children who arrived alone in the United States, mostly from Central America, because their number has exceeded the carrying ca ...
• 11 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The only goal that matters is the demarcation of our lands", say the indigenous Mato Preto (Agenzia Fides) - "For us indigenous, the only goal that matters is the demarcation of our lands": this is the statement of Sonia Guajajaras, coordinator of the association that brings together the indigenous ...