America

• 6 May 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Clashes on mining. "One must avoid violence and protect the rights of communities," says a Bishop Jalapa (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to maintain calm and unity before the latest violence was addressed to the people by Mgr. Julio Cabrera Ovalle, Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala). Mgr. Cabrera also recalls that the authorit ...
• 3 May 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - 70,000 confirmed cases of dengue Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Paraguay is experiencing the worst dengue epidemic ever recorded in the country. According to the data released by the Directorate of Health Supervision, of the more than 100,000 reported, 70 ...
• 3 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Also in Honduras the aim is to reach a truce between gangs following the example of El Salvador San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a process of recovery of the respect for life, we are listening to both gangs, but the government has not yet given an answer," said Mgr. Romulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F Auxili ...
• 3 May 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Urgent mediation of the church, the country still in violence for political clashes Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Venezuela (CEV) has expressed its readiness to facilitate dialogue between the government and the opposition to overcome the moment of political polarization in the co ...
• 2 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty is treated with a supportive economy Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) -"The cause of poverty is not the lack of resources, but the unequal distribution of wealth in the world," said Mgr. Siegfried Noriega Barceló, Bishop of Zacatecas, in Mexico, recalling Pope Fr ...
• 2 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Every hour 2 children suffer abuse in Bogota Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Every day in the Colombian capital an average of 45 boys, girls and adolescents are victims of mistreatment and are sent to the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), dedicated to the ...
• 30 April 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Family, education, entrepreneurship: Pastoral Letter to the Chilean politicians in view of the presidential elections Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American countries are all busy with reforms concerning the civil and social rights for its population. Chile is in the middle of a primary campaign in view of the presidential ele ...
• 30 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Four priests lose their lives in a tragic accident Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - "The roads of the region are in poor condition, and this has resulted in a series of fatal accidents, as in the case of the four priests who died last Friday," is what the Bishop of the D ...
• 29 April 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Indifference of the government before violence, the bishops raise their voices recalling the open wounds Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - In a message sent to Fides Agency, the Bishops of Guatemala wanted to celebrate the 15 years of the murder of Mgr. Juan Gerardi (April 26) with an invitation to reflect on his testimony w ...
• 29 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Theft in the churches: Cardinal Terrazas responds to Morales Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - In a clear and direct manner the Bolivian Cardinal Julio Terrazas, confirmed the suitability, loyalty and dedication of his confrere bishops, in service to the Church of Bolivia and denounced ...
• 29 April 2013
  AMERICA/HAITI - Vaccination campaign against deadly childhood diseases Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - After one year since the launch of a campaign of vaccination against various childhood diseases, including measles and polio, Haiti is ready for a similar project against tetanus and rota ...
• 27 April 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Church defends the Amazon environment, threatened by the interests of market Pastaza (Agenzia Fides) - "The voracity of huge unscrupulous multinational corporations and governments threaten the natural environment of the Amazon": is what the bishop of Riobamba and president of the Episcopal Commi ...
• 27 April 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Clashes amaong Indians and exploitation of the earth: for the Bishops it is "a conflict due to indifference" Pastaza (Agenzia Fides) - Riots and massacres among different tribes of Indians, with regards to the exploitation of the land of the Amazon: it is due to the tensions suffered in recent weeks in Eastern Ecuador, in the A ...
• 26 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Drug addiction, HIV, salmonella, tuberculosis: street children’s health at risk Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to being malnourished and carry out heavy and dangerous work, street children are also victims of diseases such as tuberculosis, salmonella, HIV/AIDS, influenza. About 60% of these ...
• 26 April 2013
  AMERICA/HAITI - A missionary killed in the capital of Haiti Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A missionary of the Society of Mary, Canadian priest, was killed on April 24 in the capital of Haiti, on the same day in which the Haitian authorities had defined the results achieved in ...