America

• 21 February 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The army must be armored against corruption Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The army must be armored against corruption", said His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia. The brief interview, sent to Fides Agency by the loc ...
• 21 February 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Half a million child laborers, exploited in activities which are dangerous to health and safety Cateura (Agenzia Fides) - In Paraguay, in 2013, over 416 thousand boys, girls and adolescents were employed and engaged in very risky jobs. This is what is reported to Fides Agency by the "Encuesta Nacional de actividade ...
• 20 February 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "From Blessed Brochero let us learn to become missionary disciples": meeting of the diocese of Patagonia Rawson (Agenzia Fides) - The XI Regional Meeting for the Pastoral Care of the dioceses that make up the region of Patagonia-Comahue was held in the city of Rawson, the capital of the province of Chubut (Argentina). The m ...
• 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, ...