America

• 31 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Priest killed in broad daylight in front of the Bishop's house Colon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Colon (Panama) is appalled by the death of the priest Anibal Gomez (67 years old), of Spanish origin, whose body was found around 1pm (local time) yesterday, 30 October, ...
• 31 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - No to Halloween, "we must enhance our traditions", says the Bishop of Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of All Saints and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, the Bishop of Aguascalientes, His Exc. Mgr. José María de la Torre Martin, called on the faithful and th ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Galapagos and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 29 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos (Ecuador), by His Esc. Mgr. Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "To intervene effectively to stop the violence in Michoacán": the Bishops’ request Apatzingán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico have asked the federal, state and municipal authorities to carry out an urgent, rapid and effective action against abductions, kidnappings, murders and bribes that affe ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Social Inclusion, always together with building social peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "One cannot think about peace without overcoming the trauma left by the conflict", said the Director of the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral (SNPS/Caritas Colombia), Msr. Hector Fabio Hen ...
• 29 October 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Every day from 8 to 20 children are admitted to hospital for dengue Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - 29 children have died due to dengue since the beginning of the year at the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital in Santo Domingo, 1561 cases have been registered, and 23 patients are cur ...
• 29 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Closing of the Year of Faith, praying for peace, but churches are empty because of fear Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - "Sincere dialogue between the government and re-armed groups must take precedence over weapons, because war does not leave anything good", said His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, ...
• 29 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church also involved in the wave of violence: other priests threatened Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of violence in Mexico does not stop and even the priests have been victims of attempted extortion on behalf of criminal gangs. At least three priests have been contacted by crimi ...
• 28 October 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - " It is time to act!": Families in defense of life, the first human right San José (Agenzia Fides) - In conjunction with Family Day, celebrated on 26 and 27 October in Rome on the occasion of the Year of Faith, presided by Pope Francis, the "First National Congress for life and the family" wa ...
• 28 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - 5,000 malnourished children in the province of Santa Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of Santa, which belongs to the Peruvian region of Ancash, one of those with greater financial resources, there are over 5000 children who suffer from chronic malnutrition. The f ...
• 25 October 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Revocation of citizenship to children of undocumented Haitians: "We hope to find a way out" hopes the Bishop of Barahona Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - " We hope to find a way out, a way to resolve the conflict that caused the judgment of the Constitutional Court", said the Bishop of the Diocese of Barahona, His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Leonidas Felip ...
• 25 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - In one year children working and living on the streets have increased by 200% Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) – The report submitted by the representatives of the National Police of Peru ( PNP) was commented during the meeting between the authorities of the Regional Town Committee on Safety in which it ...
• 25 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The popular referendum on peace agreements with the FARC is almost ready Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Senate approved after a long discussion, with 59 votes in favor and 5 against, the law that will allow to hold a referendum on whether to approve peace agreements with the FARC (Rev ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "It is time for human integration": conclusions of the meeting between Peru, Bolivia and Chile La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Permanent Councils of the Episcopal Conferences of Peru, Bolivia and Chile have published their reflection at the end of the Tripartite Meeting of these countries (see Fides 23 ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Education, health care and food for children belonging to poor communities Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Every day an unidentified number of children in the Panamanian community Las Garzas de Pacora abandon school and do not have anything to eat. The members of the Fundación Nutricional Teresa de J ...