America

• 22 June 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - An awakening of national consciousness, yes to peaceful demonstrations, the voice of the church Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Brazil, in a note published yesterday, expressed themselves with these words: "We declared our solidarity and support regarding demonstrations, when peaceful, that led to the str ...
• 21 June 2013
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Invitation of the Church: a vote for a referendum against abortion Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Uruguay called on the population to participate in the vote on Sunday, June 23 to decide whether or not to hold a referendum against the "unjust" law that decriminaliz ...
• 21 June 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Waiting for the Bishops’ statement regarding the demonstrations Uberaba (Agenzia Fides) - The population is waiting to hear today’s, 21 June, press conference in Brasilia, from the Presidency of the Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) for an "official statement" about what is ha ...
• 20 June 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – The Bishop emeritus and missionary who helps children in a Country where more than 2 million children live in poverty Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop emeritus of Palencia, Mgr. Nicolas Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A., yesterday met the mayor of the Spanish city of Valladolid to thank him for the help of the munic ...
• 20 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - For more than 50 years the Church has been helping displaced people, who are now more than 5 million Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Pastoral Caritas Colombiana re-launches the Holy Father’s invitation "not to be indifferent to the plight of refugees" and "encourages all to reach out to those who were forced to le ...
• 19 June 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The new Communications Law has been approved Quito (Agenzia Fides) - With 108 votes in favor, 26 against and one abstention, after four years the new communications law was approved. The approval was made without discussion (the discussion was already made in the p ...
• 19 June 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - The indigenous and peasant communities, risk being the "human" suburbs, the priorities of the Populorum Progressio Foundation Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Autonomous Populorum Progressio Foundation assigned, since its founding in 1992, to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum is being held. As every ...
• 18 June 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "The government has not yet responded to the peace initiative of the gangs," said Mgr. Emiliani San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "There has not been so far a clear and obvious response from the government to support the peace process, we are still in time to save Honduras from violence," said Mgr. Romulo Emiliani, ...
• 18 June 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Communicator, witness of faith - to become the voice of the voiceless Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of networks at a departmental, regional and national level is the challenge of the XI National Meeting of Communicators and Social Media of the Catholic Church, which was hel ...
• 17 June 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "To burn people alive, film them and then sell the video is the sign of ethical decline" San Cristobal de las Casas - (Agenzia Fides) - "We are facing ethical decline." This is how the Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel described the lynching of three people burnt alive". W ...
• 17 June 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Cardinal Sarah’s visit to Caritas del Callao: "We must put human dignity at the center" Callao (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" visited the Diocese of Callao, in Peru, who was invited by the local Bishop, Msg. José Luis del Palacio. The Car ...
• 17 June 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Dengue: cases in cities increase Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Every week, the hope of reducing the incidence of dengue fever weakens, the danger lurks in the houses putting at risk the health and lives of Hondurans," says a note sent to our agency by ...
• 14 June 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Campaign in favor of the elderly with financial difficulties Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Punta Arenas, through a campaign entitled "Fraternal Magallanes," has launched a pilot project for the elderly abandoned or who barely survive without assistance. The projec ...
• 14 June 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - National Migration Week, no to human trafficking Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "No to human trafficking and smuggling of migrants: challenges for the New Evangelization", this is the campaign sponsored by the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conferenc ...
• 13 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Health cannot become a business" Church's appeal for health care reform Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Colombian Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez has made an urgent appeal to the Government authority and Congress so that the health care reform, currently under discussion is carried out in a dignified, ...