America

• 14 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Do not use the church for political interests," warns the Bishop of Veracruz Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not use the church for political interests." This is what Mgr.Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Campo, S.D.B. Bishop of Veracruz said, warning the candidates for the upcoming elections. "One ...
• 14 May 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - India is at the center of the reflection for the Week of Prayer for the Unity of Brazilian Christians Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 is in full swing throughout Brazil. This year the theme is inspired by the prophet Micah 6,6-8: "What does God ask of us?". The program includes cele ...
• 13 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Even indigenous groups celebrated the first holy Colombian Tibú (Agenzia Fides) - "There are too many villains that have entered the collective memory of the Colombians. The canonization of Sister Laura reminds the Country that there are other people who are full of virtue, gen ...
• 11 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The first Holy Colombian: "Mother Laura is not a utopia, but a concrete program" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Life of Mother Laura is not a utopia, but a concrete program that can be achieved with the help of God and the generous response of man," is what is stated in the invitation of the Colombian ...
• 11 May 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The first Holy Colombian, big feast also in the Ande of Ecuador Otavalo (Agenzia Fides) – Everything is ready in Agato and Otavalo (Ecuador) for the feast of canonization of "Mother Laura," a Colombian Catholic missionary. The Lauritas missionaries that work in two small towns in t ...
• 11 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Bishop’s appeal for dialogue in order to resolve the teachers’ strike Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 220 schools which have been closed for 2 months in the area of Chilpancingo (south of Mexico City) for the indefinite teachers’ strike who ask for a fair salary. Mgr. ...
• 10 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Today the funeral of the 24 who died in the fire, Pope Francis united in prayer for the tragedy Ecatepec (Agenzia Fides) - The toll of the accident in San Pedro Xalosctoc, Ecatepec, north of Mexico City is of 24 victims and 25 wounded, of whom 12 in serious condition, where a tanker full of natural gas exploded on ...
• 10 May 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "The suffering of immigrants has to stop!" says Cardinal Dolan New York City (Agenzia Fides) - "Now is the time to face the issue," said the Cardinal of New York, His Excellency Timothy Dolan, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), intervening in the debate on the ...
• 8 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The funeral of the priest killed will be celebrated today, the Bishop denounces the widespread violence in the country Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - "We denounce this crime which clearly shows, once again, the difficult situation that our society lives, far away from the real experience of communion and fraternity, with widespread viole ...
• 8 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Banda Calle 18 is willing to sign a peace pact, waiting for the government's response San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - They have been days, months, maybe years of silent work, constant dialogue, prayer and reflection, but without losing hope. Now that expectation and that work begin to bear fruit: one see ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Stop weapons," says the Church in the Country with the highest murder rate in the world San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "There are crazy people who want to impose chaos in the Country and do not respect the laws," denounced Mgr. Romulo Emiliani, Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), commenting on ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Minor workers engaged in heavy activity and at risk Salta (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) has discovered a traffic of child laborers in an agricultural property in Salta, at the foot of the Andes, where 97% of these were not recorded. ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A sad record to abolish: 5 million internally displaced persons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia there are 4.9000000 to 5.5000000 displaced according to the report prepared by the Church through the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral, on the basis of data collected by the Se ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another priest killed Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been killed in Colombia. Father José Antonio Bayona Valle, 48 years old, a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla (Colombia) was killed last night with 18 s ...
• 6 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Persecution against migrants increases, Mgr. Arizmendi’s complaint San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - "In these last days the persecution of migrants has intensified by organized crime in the area of Palenque" denounces His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, Bishop of San C ...