America

• 24 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Do not take advantage of the tragedy": the Bishop of Córdoba asks authorities for transparency Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Córdoba, His Exc. Mgr. Eduardo Patiño Leal, has called on the authorities and politicians of different sectors, not to take advantage of the families affected by t ...
• 23 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Migrants are not criminals", the Church continues in the reception of people from Central America Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides ) - "La Casa del Migrante del Sagrado Corazon, which is situtated in Apizaco (Tlaxcala) will not close": this was announced by the Bishop of the diocese of Tlaxcala, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Moreno ...
• 23 September 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The PMS of the Southern Cone prepare CAM4 - COMLA9 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Secretaries and Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Southern Cone of Latin America (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay and Brazil), met this weekend, from September 20 t ...
• 21 September 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence, murders and suicides, the indigenous people hope in the aid of the Church Balsas (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Erwin Kräutler, Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu in Pará and president of CIMI, and Mgr. Enemesio Lazzaris, bishop of the Diocese of Balsas, in Maranhão and president of the Past ...
• 21 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Aid to the prisoners on the feast of the Patron of Prisoners Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - About 18,000 people in different prisons will benefit from the agreement between the Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care and the Food Bank of Bogota, which provides for the distribution o ...
• 20 September 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops during ordinary assembly also discuss on the judgment of the Court in The Hague Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua have been attending their ordinary general assembly in the city of Jinotega since 18 September. The assembly is held every two months: sinc ...
• 20 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - General health care and food counseling organized by the local Church Tijuana - The Archdiocese of Tijuana, the main city of the Mexican state of Baja California, organized the Fifth Day of Health care in the Miramar colony where free counseling services were offered regarding general medi ...
• 20 September 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - "For a society without human trafficking": a social evil that cannot leave us indifferent Lima ( Agenzia Fides) - As part of the program Solidarity Campaign "Compartir" ("To Share"), 2013, a march on the occasion of the International Day against Human Trafficking will be held in Lima on Monday, September 23. ...
• 19 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mobilization of all religious realities in aid of the homeless Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 400 temporary shelters for the homeless following floods and landslides due to heavy rains that hit Mexico, that have been set up in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Chi ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cases of child workers and indigenous people exploited in inhumane conditions have been denounced Ballivián (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Labour in the city of Salta, in the northwest of Argentina, have reported cases of child labor and aborigines without documentation, engaged in a factory in Ballivián General ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Ecumenical Te Deum for the 203 years of independence of Chile Santiago ( Agenzia Fides ) - Chile today celebrates 203 years of independence. The Chilean Episcopal Conference has launched a special website for this important anniversary, which will broadcast Ecumenical Te Deum via ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE – To love ones homeland inside prisons: Mgr. Chomali celebrates with inmates Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "I know it is not easy to be here when you know we celebrate the Feast of the country outside. However, despite being in this situation, no one can force you to stop loving your homeland": a ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church inherits the grand Luna Park theater, National Monument of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The grand "Luna Park" theater in Buenos Aires, able to accommodate up to 10 thousand seated spectators, where memorable pages have been written in the history of politics, culture and sport ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The deaths of poor children are 5 times higher in Latin America than in the rest of the world Panama (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the decline in the maternal mortality rate, there continues to be serious inequalities regarding access to health services for women and children because of poverty in Latin America. ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - School lessons for 7 hours a day next to a landfill and among stray dogs Pachuca (Agenzia Fides) - The pupils of the Ignacio Zaragoza elementary school, which is situated in the El Huixmi community, in Pachuca, a city in south-central Mexico, capital of the state of Hidalgo, are forced to liv ...