America

• 5 May 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Episcopal Assembly begins: "It is impossible to get used to drugs and violence" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On May 5, the 107th Plenary Assembly of Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, presided by its President, Archbishop of Santa Fe, His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancedo begins in Bu ...
• 3 May 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Fortnight for freedom": campaign to promote religious freedom Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Fortnight for freedom": is the title of the campaign that takes place in the United States from June 21, on the eve of the feast of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, until July 4, Indepen ...
• 3 May 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Immigrants march with a bishop to ask for "freedom of transit" Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) - A convoy of more than 800 immigrants marched through the streets of the Mexican city of Saltillo to ask for "freedom of transit" to the local authorities. The immigrants, all from Central Ameri ...
• 2 May 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Assembly of the CNBB underway: Parish Church, the laity, the agrarian issue and the national situation Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - With the participation of more than 300 Bishops from all over Brazil, from April 30 to May 9, the 52nd General Assembly of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) began at the Fath ...
• 2 May 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops denounce the poverty of 50 million Mexicans and the uselessness of reforms approved Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Reforms are necessary to adapt to the present in search of a better future. But we should not delude ourselves! If the mind and the heart are not reformed, and the conscience to create a re ...
• 30 April 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - First Congress on human mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The first Congress on human mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held from 12 to 16 May 2014 in Panama. As Fides learns, the event is organized by several Catholic groups that have ...
• 30 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The theme of the 97th Episcopal Assembly: "Encourage evangelization of cultures" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are eager to hear representatives of society, who during this Plenary Assembly will be artists, journalists, businessmen and a politicians. Representatives of indigenous peoples, a migr ...
• 30 April 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Femicide continues to spread: nearly 4000 women were killed between 2002 and 2013 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in Honduras is the result of an average of 15 murders a day, attributed to several reasons, and puts the Country among the most violent in the world where there remains a serious si ...
• 29 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Three million child workers, and 27% suffer from extreme poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Children's Day, established by the United Nations on 30 April, the Mexican authorities have committed themselves to strengthening the struggle for the defense of children' ...
• 29 April 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - International organizations committed to solving the new political crisis Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides ) - Yesterday, April 28 a delegation of the "Club of Madrid" met Prime Minister of Haiti Laurent Lamothe, with whom they discussed the need to hold elections this year, surpassing the new po ...
• 29 April 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - FARC thanks Pope Francis for his interest regarding peace talks Havana (Agenzia Fides) - FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) have asked the Catholic Church to continue to follow, thanks to the encouragement expressed by Pope Francis, the peace talks being held in Havana, wi ...
• 28 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Seminarian kidnapped and murdered during Holy Week Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides ) - "The ecclesial community of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, through our Pastor, Mgr. Constancio Miranda Weckmann, announces with deep regret the death of our brother in Christ, Samuel Gustavo G ...
• 28 April 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Transparency in everything, because people must have confidence San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of El Salvador has ruled on the government's initiative to propose a truce among gangs to end the violence and said that any attempt regarding social peace must be b ...
• 28 April 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Children sold for sexual and labor exploitation and for the sale of organs Potosí (Agenzia Fides) - Child trafficking continues to increase silently in the region of Potosí in Bolivia, the poorest in the Country. According to a recent report published by the local press, until 2012, 15 000 ch ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appeal to clarify the murder of an employee of Radio Progreso Yoro (Agenzia Fides) - Another person who works in the popular media has been murdered in Honduras: we are talking about Carlos Hilario Mejia Orellana, head of the marketing and sales of "Radio Progreso", a member of the ...