America

• 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 ...
• 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 ...