America

• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - According to the report of an NGO, more than 500 deaths in prisons in 2013 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) presented its annual report which states that the number of prisoners who died in prison in this country in 2013 was 506, "it is a high number" ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "The world of children is not limited to technology, they relate with God" Toluca ( Agenzia Fides ) - "We are very happy, especially with regards to formation: our hopes are big, because I believe that a living Church is well aware of her being and of her work, and even more so when it comes to ...
• 30 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 25 thousand children - missionary disciples at the feast of the Holy Childhood Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Today the great missionary feast begins: the XVI National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (CONIAM), which will be held in the Diocese of Toluca (Mexico). The event, which takes ...
• 30 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Church and government: together for life and for peace Margarita (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita (Venezuela), Mgr. Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, told the local press that the Church expects to be called to establish a joint project with authorities ...
• 29 January 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - President Obama: "it is urgent to reform the immigration system" Washington (Agenzia Fides - President Obama declared independence from Congress on Tuesday as he vowed to tackle economic disparity with a series of limited initiatives on jobs, wages and retirement that he will enact w ...
• 29 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Social networks, a reality in the Church Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - More than 200 priests, seminarians, religious and lay people gathered at the Palafox Seminary, where the fifth Diocesan Synod of the Archdiocese of Puebla took place and has just ended. It was an ...
• 28 January 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National Emergency: 6000 homeless families due to rains and floods Beni (Agenzia Fides ) - On January 27, the government approved a decree declaring "national emergency" over the entire national territory, because of the floods and disasters caused by intense natural phenomena that occ ...
• 28 January 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Dispute between Peru and Chile: an example of how to resolve differences in a peaceful manner Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru and Chile are an example to the world of how to resolve their differences in a peaceful manner, resorting to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to resolve the dispute over maritim ...
• 27 January 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA – The Bishops' appeal before the vote on February 2: Choose the deputies with attention Alajuela (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica have asked the faithful to pay close attention to the choice of the deputies rather than the President, in the upcoming election on Febr ...
• 27 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Annual pilgrimage of young people: more than 32 thousand pray for peace Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - "Brotherhood and prayer are the antidotes against social evils that destroy lives, families and businesses", said His Exc. Mgr. Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, in front of abou ...
• 27 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appeal after the murder of two people in a Church: "They want to kill hope" Cali (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal to the State and to armed groups regarding the violence and desecration of the church of St. Cecilia, in Cali, where two people were killed, was launched by the Archbishop of Cal ...
• 24 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Democracy and respect for the human person: the Church encourages us to prepare for the vote Cúcuta (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement entitled "Pastoral Guidelines in the context of the Congress and the Andean Parliament elections in 2014", the Bishop of Cúcuta, His Exc. Mgr. Julio Cesar Vidal Ortiz, said that ...
• 24 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – For the Archbishop of Caracas: "the closure of a newspaper is something terrible! We cannot sink into the darkness of misinformation" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, has asked the national government to mediate to solve the problem of the shortage of paper for printing newspapers, pointing out that the ...
• 23 January 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Prisons do not re-educate and are in crisis: intervention of the Archbishop of Rio Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, His Exc. Mgr. Orani João Tempesta, recently appointed Cardinal by Pope Francis, has questioned the Brazilian prison system, highlighting the fact that t ...
• 23 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church engaged "with the victims of violence and in rebuilding the social fabric" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico call on the authorities to solve the problem of violence that is plaguing the community in different parts of the country, so that people "can live in peace". The note ...