America

• 21 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archbishop of Morelia calls on the population: "take shelter... there is violence in the street" Morelia (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Morelia, His Exc. Mgr. Alberto Suárez Inda, has urged people "to take shelter and be careful about the situation of insecurity that prevails in urban areas" following the cl ...
• 21 November 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "A story of injustice and inequality, it is time for a change": ready for Sunday's elections Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Secretary of Caritas Pastoral of the Catholic Church in Honduras, Father Germán Calix, said speaking to a news agency, that the last 32 years of democracy in the country have ...
• 20 November 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Play for Life" campaign against human trafficking in view of the World Cup Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - About 150 religious from Brazil, together with representatives from Germany, Colombia, Bolivia and Uruguay, have launched the campaign "Play for Life" in Brasilia (DF), to raise awareness in so ...
• 20 November 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - From December, all the parishes will reflect on the Bishops’ document in view of elections San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church's Pastoral Groups of Costa Rica are responsible for promoting discussion and raising the faithful’s awareness on the document "Rehabilitar la Politica", prepared by the B ...
• 19 November 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Alert concerning dengue cases among children under 4 years of age: since 2013 1,500 have been infected San José (Agenzia Fides) - In 2013, the number of dengue cases has doubled in the National Children's Hospital. The virus has infected 1,500 children under 4 years of age. Since hemorrhagic fever reappeared in the count ...
• 19 November 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - No "unclean bread", Bishops' statement on the socio-economic situation Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) issued a statement on November 17 in which it analyzes the economic situation of the country and notes that this "must be addressed first and foremost b ...
• 19 November 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Vote to have transparent and honest politicians"; 51% of voters are women Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the general election in Honduras, scheduled for Sunday, November 24, the Catholic Church, through its Pastors have reiterated that the country needs "public servants who ar ...
• 18 November 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A week before the continental missionary event, CAM 4 website is online Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the beginning of the biggest continental missionary event, the website of the Fourth American Missionary Congress (CAM 4) and IX Latin American Missionary Congress (COMLA 9) ...
• 18 November 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two children a day are abandoned in the capital of the Country Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 1 January to 15 November this year, in Bogotá, an average of 2 children per day are victims of every form of neglect. The data is collected by the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar ...
• 15 November 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - National Congress: Religious freedom and the public dimension of faith for the closing of the Year of Faith Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, Archbishop of Bogota and President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, inaugurated on Wednesday 13th the National Congress on Faith, organized by the Ecuadorian ...
• 14 November 2013
  AMERICA/HAITI - More than 170 murders and violence continues, we need a plan for disarmament Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The recent political tensions and the lack of a plan for disarmament in Haiti have facilitated the growth of violence and insecurity (see Fides 09/11/2013 ), facilitating the manipulation ...
• 14 November 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Appeal rejected: the Bishops' document on the election does not favor any party San José (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which rejected the appeal against the document of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (Cecor) on next year's election , in which it ask ...
• 13 November 2013
  AMERICA/HAITI - " The rebuilding begins to bear fruit", the U.S. Bishops’ report on the aid to the Church in Haiti Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Bishops attended the screening of a video report on the work of reconstruction carried out in Haiti during the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference of the United States of Ame ...
• 13 November 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Year of Faith: "We must all work for conversion" Granada (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to re-awaken as a Catholic Church and continue to work in the coming years to become a community that transforms reality, we must stop evil, injustice and sin, in order to reign in the ...
• 12 November 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Catholic Church invited to the consultations on the constitutional reform Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) will participate in the consultations on the constitutional reform, announced yesterday, 11 November, by the Secretary General of CEN, Auxiliary Bisho ...