America

• 15 January 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The "Missionary Jubilee Year in the family" begins, on the feast of the Black Christ Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Today, "the Missionary Jubilee Year Family" begins in Nicaragua, which coincides with the celebration of the national patronal feast of Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas. The great feast began yest ...
• 14 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Street children victims of drug abuse Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - In Chiapas street children between 7 and 14 years of age, who take drugs inhaling cement or glue, easy to get and cheap, have been identified. The most used drug is marijuana, as well as drugs ...
• 14 January 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - "Without communication, there are no rights" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Peruvian institutions, concerned about the concentration of media in a single group (El Comercio) after the purchase of products from the EPENSA company, has publicly expressed its conce ...
• 14 January 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "They take care of our children and build our homes, but they have no rights": for a more humane approach towards immigrants Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Los Angeles, His Exc. Mgr. Jose Gomez, has spoken about the need to continue to urge for a review of immigration policy in the United States. This is simply to ask for a mo ...
• 13 January 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Sexual abuse and prostitution per 3000 girls between 12 to 17 years of age San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - On the streets of San Pedro Sula, second city in Honduras after the capital Tegucicalpa, one can see boys and girls who wander adrift in filth and total depravity. 10% have a house, where ...
• 13 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of San Cristobal de Las Casas supports the request to change one’s name San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas (Chiapas, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, has announced that in coming days there will be a campaign ...
• 13 January 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Four years after the disaster most of the population live in unacceptable poverty Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the disaster that devastated Haiti, and caused about 300 000 deaths (see Fides 10/01/2014), the NGO AVSI continues its commitment towards 'the reconstruction of the human ...
• 13 January 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops: excessive military engagement in the fight against drugs in Mexico Miami (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of the two Commissions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have called the excessive emphasis on the U.S. military policy in the fight against drugs in Mexic ...
• 10 January 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "An inclusive democracy for the dignity of all the people in Panama": the Assembly of Bishops calls on people to vote on May 4 Panama City (Agenzia Fides ) - "As part of the 500th anniversary of the Church in Panama and the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the "Gesta Patriotica" on January 9, historical events that have shaped the identi ...
• 10 January 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI – Children for a new Haiti, four years after the earthquake Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Haitian children, helped by a Spanish NGO, has made a documentary to convey an optimistic view regarding Haiti and its future, on the occasion of the fourth anniversary (12/01/2010 ) o ...
• 9 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "A march is a way to put a stop to violence" Cali (Agenzia Fides) - A large crowd participated in Cali to march against the new wave of violence, organized by the Catholic Church, to show solidarity with Fabiola Ruiz and her family: the domestic worker was killed o ...
• 9 January 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Child abuse by parents or their guardians continue San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - From January to the month of August 2013 a total of 1794 children were assisted by the Salvadoran Institute for the Integral Development of Children and Adolescents (ISNA). According to ISN ...
• 9 January 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - Peru and Chile, brotherly peoples Santiago ( Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is closely linked to the life of our peoples. In fact, together with the richness and diversity of indigenous cultures, the gift of the Christian faith is one of the foundations of ...
• 8 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops Plenary being held, while the people "live in fear and social crisis" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) for its 101st meeting is being held. The meeting will be held from Tuesday 7th to Sunday January 12. According to the note sent ...
• 8 January 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - A group of religious women involved in the protection of young orphans Mixco (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, a group of 180 children are assisted, helped and protected in the Hogar Nuestra Señora Consoladora, founded 33 years ago to protect orphans. The structure is located in the area of Mix ...