America

• 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 ...
• 10 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Cup: everything ready, but who has thought about the safety of children? Fortaleza (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the start of the World Cup, to be held from 12 June to 13 July in 12 Brazilian cities, a group of institutions have raised the alarm about the safety of children and adolesce ...
• 10 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - USCCB General Assembly - 2014 June Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) 2014 General Assembly (spring session) will be held in New Orleans from 11 to 13 June. On this occasion, according to the note sent to ...
• 10 June 2014
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Projects in favor of Children: day care, healthy eating, education Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Attention and special measures for Ecuadorian children are some of the objectives of the local government Currently, thanks to a program that is part of the project of Infant Buen Vivir (CIBV) cen ...
• 10 June 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A motorway to unite the country ... even the Church is moving San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. José Dolores Grullón Estrella, the population of the capital has discouraged the President of the Re ...
• 9 June 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Over 47 000 boys and girls exploited for child labor San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - In Costa Rica, child labor is strictly prohibited by law up to 15 years of age, from 15 to 18 years of age precise rules have to be respected. Currently there is a lot of collaboration and comm ...
• 9 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Caravan of Central American migrants ask for the recognition of refugees Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The caravan of Central American migrants, consisting of a hundred people, will meet today, June 9, representatives of the Mexican Episcopal Conference. The group of migrants, who come from H ...
• 9 June 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The reality of Buenaventura is still critical" denounces Mgr. Epalza Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - A new alarm for the high number of murders in the area of Buenaventura was launched by the Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura, His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S.: between the ...
• 6 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The hydroelectric megaprojects damage 20,000 indigenous Puerto Escondido (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Puerto Escondido, His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Vasquez Villalobos, has spoken out against the hydroelectric megaprojects, particularly that of Paso de Reina, that the government in ...