America

• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church ready to mediate between the government and doctors on strike Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, publicly thanked the Archbishop of Panama, His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, because the Catholic Church has agreed to participate as a mediator ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A city isolated by the miners, Mgr. René Sándigo at work to appease the conflict Juigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - For two days the miners in the mining area of "Cafetal" completely closed the road leading to the town of Santo Domingo, Chontales (about 120 km east of Managua, capital of Nicaragua) to protes ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Every day 1,400 children under 5 years of age die due to a lack of drinking water New York City (Agenzia Fides) - Because of diarrheal diseases, caused by the lack of drinking water and health services, 1,400 children under 5 years of age die every day. They are every year more than 600,000 out of a t ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - "I am not afraid of prisoners, but of those who are out on the loose and should be inside": the Bishop of Chimbote against violence Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, in Peru, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, said one must not to be afraid of prisoners, but of those who are out and should be behind bars. Mgr. ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Weapons are not the tool to claim rights" warns Mgr. Herrera after the violence in rural areas Jinotega ( Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for peace and dialogue came from the Bishop of the Diocese of Jinotega after the violence which took place in recent days between members of the Army of Nicaragua and unknown a ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Also the indigenous children Kukama took part in the "TINKUY 2013" Nauta (Agenzia Fides) - Four days to share knowledge and experiences of life of their communities with other children of different villages and cultures. During TINKUY 2013, which was recently held in Lima, several child ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - A 12-meter missionary cross to conclude the "Youth Mission" Auco (Agenzia Fides) - A 12-meter high cross will be placed in front of the Shrine of St. Teresa of the Andes, in the city of Auco (Chile), about 70 kilometers north of Santiago, and will be composed of many "small cross ...
• 14 October 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR – Legalization of abortion, the President threatens to resign: the Church praises him Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Antonio Arregui, Archbishop of Guayaquil and President of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE), has defined the position of the country's president, Rafael Correa, as "com ...
• 14 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Migrants' Day, October - month of the Lord of Miracles Lima ( Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of Faith and on the occasion of the "Mes Morado" (Purple Month because people carry this color as a sign of penance), the month dedicated to the Lord of Miracles, the "Peruvian migrant ...
• 14 October 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Education cannot wait": due to conflicts about 29 million children lack education New York City (Agenzia Fides) - "Education cannot wait", has just concluded, an event organized for the second consecutive year during the General Assembly of the United Nations. According to figures released by the orga ...
• 11 October 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Confidence in the future of the country, the Bishops call for a free and responsible election San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) – Just over a month since the presidential election, the Episcopal Conference of Honduras has asked the Honduran people to go to the polls "without pressure or threats, without selling th ...
• 11 October 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Children in Christ, firm in Faith", 20,000 letters to the Pope for the National Day of Missionary Childhood Juticalpa (Agenzia Fides) - On October 20, the National Day of Missionary Childhood will conclude. Among the initiatives of the Diocese of Juticalpa, the department of Olancho, the largest in Honduras, the authorities h ...
• 11 October 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Water should not be anyone's privilege": the first congress for water in Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than a hundred people gathered yesterday, 10 October, to attend the opening of the "First Cabildo for Water", a meeting organized by the Coalition for the Defence of Water and Life. The ev ...
• 10 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA – Doctors on strike stop the country, the mediation of the Church is requested Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Revolutionary Party (DRP) has called for the intervention of the Catholic Church in Panama to mediate in the conflict between the government and doctors who have been on strike for ...
• 10 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priests "expelled" by the guerrillas, the complaint of the Bishop Puerto Guzmán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Mocoa - Sibundoy (Colombia), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Alberto Parra Mora, complained to a local radio station that the guerrillas have expelled some of his priests ...