America

• 9 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Respect the dignity of foreigners, new aspects of the pastoral care of migrants Zacatecas ( Agenzia Fides) - We all have to respect the dignity of foreigners: is what the Bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas ( Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Siegfried Noriega Barceló said at the end of the third Seminar of P ...
• 6 September 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Domestic violence, poverty, organized crime for the children of one of the most violent countries in the world Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty and domestic violence force Honduran children to abandon their homes and live on the streets, subject to enormous risks such as forced recruitment by organized crime. This is what i ...
• 6 September 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES – The Bishops of Washington State push for the approval of the Immigration Act Yakima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic bishops of Washington state will issue a pastoral letter on Sunday, September 8th urging the U.S. Congress to approve the immigration reform. His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Tyson, Bishop of th ...
• 6 September 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Peace and War, a key concern of the Church in Bolivia La Paz ( Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) has called the faithful and all people of good will to join Pope Francis with prayer and fasting for peace in Syria. For this reason, on Saturday, Septemb ...
• 5 September 2013
  AMERICA - "The serious threat to peace in Syria cannot leave anyone indifferent": peace initiatives in Latin America Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fides Agency received news of many initiatives for peace in Syria from several Latin American places in response to the Pope's appeal. The Peruvian Episcopal Conference called on all parishes, move ...
• 5 September 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops: "We adhere to the Holy Father’s appeal for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Syria" Washington ( Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, 30 August, in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines (Iowa), His Exc. Mgr. Richard E. Pates, President of the Episcopal Commission ...
• 5 September 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - At least 850 suspected cases of dengue in the north of the Country Moca (Agenzia Fides) - In different communities of Espaillat, one of the 32 Dominican provinces in the north of the Country, at least 850 suspected cases of dengue fever have been identified and the death of a person due ...
• 4 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Peace is life": the 26th edition of the Week for Peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme "Peace is life: we bargain peace, build coexistence" ("La paz es vida: pactemos paz, construyamos convivencia"), the 26th edition of the Week for Peace will be held in Colombia, fr ...
• 4 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Respect, promote and recognize the human rights of indigenous women San Cristóbal de Las Casas ( Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to work for the rights of indigenous women so that they are really respected, valued and recognized, in order to make sure that they also occupy their righ ...
• 2 September 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Ten thousand working children: exploited, drugged, sexually abused Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - Unemployment, exploitation, alcoholism, drug addiction, absent parents, physical and sexual abuse, a school system which is lacking are the major problems that plague the lives of many youn ...
• 30 August 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The phenomenon of child beggars needs to be stopped Durango ( Agenzia Fides) - There are about hundreds of people who "work" on the streets, selling all kinds of goods or begging in the city of Durango. Most of them are minors who are exploited by their parents to "touch ...
• 29 August 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Ensuring food and health care to mothers in the early months of pregnancy to prevent born babies to die of hunger Guatemala City ( Agenzia Fides) - In Guatemala, according to official figures, a child under 5 years of age out of two suffer from chronic malnutrition because of the poverty in which 52% of the 15 million inhabitants of ...
• 26 August 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Preventing child labor in Yucatan to avoid that young children drop out of school and lose all rights to their childhood Merida (Agenzia Fides) - In Latin America there are 14 million child laborers, among these more than three million live in Mexico. Young children and adolescents have the right to a dignified life, they have the right ...
• 24 August 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Violence and overcrowding in the prison of Palmasola: condemnation of Bishops Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Condemnation and deep regret for the violence but also criticisms and concerns about the issue of overcrowding of prisoners in prisons: this is what the Bolivian Bishops expressed today in a ...
• 24 August 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Violence against children: an "epidemic" that continues to spread San José (Agenzia Fides) – Since the beginning of 2013, 1,115 children who suffered physical assaults have been assisted at the National Pediatric Hospital (HNN) in Costa Rica. According to data released by the health ...