America

• 29 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks: First agreement on equitable distribution of land Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Colombian bishops believe that the land issue is central to building true peace. Indeed, the Church's social doctrine stresses the need for an equitable distribution of land and policies tha ...
• 23 May 2013
  AMERICA - "A Continental Mission in solidarity with those who suffer", CELAM follows Pope Francis City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Latin America, willing and committed to bringing the fruits of life among our peoples, welcomes the evangelical orientation of Pope Francis’ programmatic proposal for the whole Chu ...
• 23 May 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - A contribution to better understand the migratory situation Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Office for the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, in collaboration with the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), published a report, which provi ...
• 22 May 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 4 out of 10 children are extremely poor and deprived of basic necessities Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - About 4.8 million children in Argentina belong to families who do not have sufficient income to buy basic goods needed every day. Of these, about 800,000 come from extremely poor families w ...
• 22 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The phenomenon of child labor increases in Yucatan Merida (Agenzia Fides) - Every year child labor in the Mexican state of Yucatan increases. In the streets of Merida, Progreso, Umán Kanasin there are children who beg, wash windows, sell sweets, chewing gum, chocolate.. ...
• 22 May 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Repression against indigenous peoples has become a systematic practice", denounces the CIMI Mato Grosso (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), issued a statement on May 20 in which it denounced the "illegal and authoritarian" manner with which the missionaries and staff of CIMI were treated ...
• 21 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 18,000 street children exploited and at risk of physical, psychological and sexual violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of street children in Mexico is particularly severe and complicated to solve. In fact, despite local institutions try to propose help both to young children and their families ...
• 21 May 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Chile has a debt with the Mapuche community," said Msg. Vial in his greetings to the community Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "Chile has a debt with the Mapuche community," said Mgr. Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón in a statement sent to Fides, who a week ago became Bishop Emeritus of Temuco (Chile), who for eleven years ...
• 21 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "There is less violence, but there are still no social programs," said Mgr. Gallardo Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico), Mgr. Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Campo has recognized the work carried out by the authorities of the homonymous State with regards to safety and reported th ...
• 20 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Walking towards justice and peace," Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking towards justice and peace" is the theme of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity being held (from May 19 to 26) in different cities of Colombia. "This year, the reflection is inspired ...
• 18 May 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Candidates need to impress people with a real project," said the Bishop of Rancagua Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Country has a formation that did not exist years ago, social networks have caused a huge cultural transformation, and those who want to govern the Country must take this into acc ...
• 16 May 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – Still victims because of the mismanagement of health care of indigenous peoples Maranhão (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of actions and programs to provide good health care to indigenous people and farmers on behalf of the Brazilian government continues to produce victims. On 11 May, the indigenous Ajru ...
• 16 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty and unemployment for about 13 million women Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1 million 200 thousand Mexican mothers of peasant origins have become heads of families following the immigration of their husbands and older sons who have left their homes in sear ...
• 15 May 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Truce or peace process, but the population still suffers violence, denounce the Bishops San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The truce between the gangs in the Country, established on March 9, 2012 (see Fides 28/03/2012) "has not produced the benefits that the honest and hard-working population was expecting." Th ...
• 15 May 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Maronite Patriarch Rai: "Venezuela is in good hands" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that Venezuela is in good hands." This is how the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Bechara Boutros Rai expressed himself after the meeting which took place yesterday, Tues ...