America

• 25 April 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Education and sports activities for street children Lima (Agenzia Fides) - This past September, the Ministry for Women and Vulnerable Populations approved a national program for the protection of children and adolescents who live abandoned in the streets. This is the Yach ...
• 22 April 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Horacio Cartes elected President Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior Court of Electoral Justice of Paraguay announced that, based on the results of yesterday's elections Sunday, April 21, Horacio Cartes is the new President of Paraguay. According to ...
• 19 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A happy world for street children Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – April is the month of childhood in Bolivia. Even the media emphasize in particular news or articles concerning children. Among the protagonists unfortunately there are plenty of street children ...
• 19 April 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "The elections are an example of civilization to strengthen democracy," the Bishops hope Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the general elections, the Bishops of Paraguay launch an appeal for "the pacification of spirits, leaving out any attitude of fanaticism, of confrontation and violence". In ...
• 19 April 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY – Vote-buying is a serious sin ", warns the Apostolic Vicar of Pilcomayo Pilcomayo (Agenzia Fides) - "Vote-buying is not only a fraud but it is also a shame." Warned Mgr. Lucio Alfert, O.M.I., Apostolic Vicar of Pilcomayo, in Paraguay. "It is a sin to be on the part of both buyers and those w ...
• 18 April 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The church offers itself as a guarantor of peace before the violence in the country Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We call upon the political and social leaders not to use offensive, derogatory and inflammatory language. In order to avoid clashes on the streets that often result in violence and sometimes in ...
• 18 April 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – Infant malnutrition remains a serious problem Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In Latin America 12% of children under 5 years of age suffer from chronic malnutrition. Although there has been a decline, from 22% in 1990, the phenomenon is still painful. According to a docum ...
• 18 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - " Pastoral ministry should always be missionary," Pope Francis’ message to his brother Argentinian bishops Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission is key to ministry. We have to go out into the deep outskirsts of existence". This is what Pope Francis said in his letter to the Bishops of Argentina who are gathered in their Ple ...
• 17 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Torture, rape and disappearances for a total of 48,300 missing persons Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest data released by the National Commission of Human Rights, in Mexico, in the period from 2005 to 2012, 48,300 people disappeared, there were also a total of 48,750 vio ...
• 17 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church in the TIPNIS, "a missionary presence committed to human promotion" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary presence of the Church, in the course of several decades, has contributed to the social, cultural and religious configuration of these communities, which today manifest their ...
• 17 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops to the government: "More consultations on reforms, or democracy weakens " Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina ask the government for more time, more consultations, a more in-depth analysis and debate on draft laws crucial to the institutions in the country: is what was said ...
• 16 April 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "The amount of drug that passes throughout our Country is alarming," denounces Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, called the huge amount of drugs seized recently in the country a "very serious" fact, because in his opinion it mean ...
• 16 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The action of young people in storms was a "silent revolution," says a Bishop La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary bishops of La Plata, Mgr. Nicolas Baisi and Mgr. Alberto Bochatey, claimed that many young volunteers acted "heroically" during the storm that hit the capital Buenos Aires the fir ...
• 15 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Domestic violence for almost 83% of children in the country La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 83% of Bolivian children suffer domestic violence, more than one million work on the streets in conditions of serious risk and, according to the state agency Defensoría del Pueblo, at lea ...
• 15 April 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Family, public education and well-paid job," the concern of the Church Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the present and the future of our country," say the Bishops of Chile in a statement published at the end of their 105th Plenary Assembly held last week. "We invite all ...