America

• 20 February 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The children of the Aboriginal community Wayuu continue to die of hunger La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - The health and nutritional status of children of the Aboriginal community Wayuu, of the peninsula of La Guajira, in the Caribbean Sea, continue to always be very precarious. Despite the food ...
• 20 February 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prevention is not enough: Church, state and society must work together to combat human trafficking Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation has put Tlaxcala in the eyes of the whole world, but the "sad reality" of forced sexual exploitation, unfortunately, occurs in many ot ...
• 19 February 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - "For a participated and technical debate": the Bishops on the university law Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A participated and technical debate, which has the purpose to consider Universities as places where one can ensure growth and human fulfillment, but respecting their autonomy and other rights and ...
• 18 February 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Society based on the family": opening of the Year of the Family in the Diocese of Orizaba Orizaba (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal to rebuild the social fabric and build bridges between people and the Church, in search of peace and to stop the violence that the state of Veracruz is experiencing, was launched by ...
• 18 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Funeral of the two Salesians killed: more than 50 years at the service of Venezuela Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Valencia held two celebrations yesterday for the funeral of the two Salesians killed on Saturday, February 15 during a robbery (see Fides 17/02/2014 ). The first Mass ...
• 18 February 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - The signing of the agreement to overcome the political crisis in Haiti has been postponed Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Senate of Haiti, Simon Dieuseul Desras, did not attend the ceremony on February 15 for the signing of the agreement reached between the parties to overcome the politi ...
• 17 February 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Play for Life": thousands of religious mobilize against human trafficking Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30 thousand religious women, almost 8,000 priests and about 2,700 religious brothers mobilized "for a prevention campaign that will begin on May 18 in all the host cities of the Footb ...
• 17 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Two Salesians killed and two others injured during a robbery, insecurity in the country is worrying Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Archbishop of Valencia, Msg. Reinaldo Del Prette L. in union with his brother priests, religious and laity, expresses our church community’s deep sorrow and dismay for the murder of Fr. ...
• 15 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishop of Maracay: "One has the right to protest, but violence has to stop" Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Maracay (Venezuela), Mgr. Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, wanted to comment on the terrible situation of violence that the country is experiencing and sent a message "t ...
• 15 February 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops to MPs: "only wear the shirt of Costa Rica" San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - "One needs to take off the shirt of their respective political parties and wear only one of Costa Rica": with this metaphor, the Bishops of Costa Rica urged politicians elected in Parliament to ...
• 14 February 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Conclusion of the Jubilee for the 500th anniversary of Santa Maria La Antigua, the first Church of the continent Panama (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the Special Envoy of the Holy Father, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the closing cel ...
• 14 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The government must listen to the people who protest" the voice of the Church after 3 deaths during demonstrations Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot have a government that does not listen to its people", said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop of Cumana, His Exc. Mgr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, ...
• 13 February 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - American Indians: neglected and marginalized, but have great capacities Rosebud (Agenzia Fides) - "Usually, the populations of American Indians are neglected. Here we have a population that in the majority is uneducated and suffers from addictions to alcohol, drugs and depression. But it has ...
• 12 February 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Authorities have to talk less and be more effective in terms of safety Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) - "Talk less and be more effective", is what the Bishop of the diocese of Córdoba, His Exc. Mgr. Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal publicly asked. As reported in the note sent to Fides Agency, the B ...
• 12 February 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "Life is not respected any more in the country" alarm of the Church in the fight against drug trafficking Petén (Agenzia Fides) - "It is terrible that life is not respected any more in Guatemala": this was strongly denounced by the Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala, His Exc. Mgr. Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. referring ...