America

• 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 ...
• 6 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – On the eve of the World Cup: illiteracy and hunger, but also hopes for a better future Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - The neighborhood of Jardim Terezopolis, in Betim, Brazil, 35 000 inhabitants, about 8,700 families in an area of 260 hectares, was a large pocket of poverty, low human development and edu ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Cup: 10 Rules for fair play and for a more just society Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - Fair play and a more just society: this is the goal highlighted by the Catholic Church in Germany (through its body ADVENIAT and other supporters), in collaboration with the National Conf ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children forced to work 35 hours per week in dangerous conditions Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Of the more than three million children who carry out any type of work and in poor conditions in Mexico, 1 million 200 thousand, or 39%, do not go to school. According to data collected by t ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Children who migrate alone without papers is becoming a "humanitarian crisis" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States have called on the Obama administration and Congress to take concrete steps to protect undocumented children traveling alone as immigrants. The note ...
• 4 June 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Project "House built, hope fulfilled – Vita Ville" for many families, victims of the earthquake Turin (Agenzia Fides) - After nearly 5 years since the earthquake in Haiti, many families are still living in makeshift tents and, unfortunately, many live in the open, along roadsides. Thanks to the association Midian H ...