America

• 10 July 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "A social response and not only military" is what the the Church hopes for Catatumbo Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "It is clear to everyone that the government must address the Catatumbo problem, it should do "all it can" to present the long-term plans for the area," said the President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 10 July 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishop Arellano launches the alarm concerning the new legislation on drug use, the country is divided Esmeraldas (Agenzia Fides) - "The new legislation on the use of drugs should not have been presented, without launching an aggressive campaign of prevention through the media", said the Apostolic Administrator of Esmeral ...
• 9 July 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Positive dialogue between Church and government, the Bishops hope for an amnesty for political prisoners Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The opening of the hundredth Ordinary Assembly of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference was attended by the Minister of Interior and Justice, Miguel Rodriguez Torres, with whom the bishops address ...
• 9 July 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr. Joaquín Piña, the first bishop of Puerto Iguazu has died Puerto Iguazu (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazu, Mgr. Joaquín Piña Batllevell SJ, died yesterday, July 8 after suffering a heart attack, surgery was performed in an attempt to save his life. The bi ...
• 8 July 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - A documentary about a Peruvian Catholic who died in a Nazi concentration camp will be shown during WYD Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A documentary realized in Peru on the life of Madeleine Truel has been selected as one of the films that will be shown to the participants attending World Youth Day 2013 in Rio, says a note sent to ...
• 8 July 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Everyone has to do their part in the peace process", Mgr. Rosa Chavez invites everyone to stop the violence in the country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador has denounced last week’s escalation of violence and murder, which generated controversy and criticism in public opinion on the so-called "gang truce". ...
• 5 July 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - 6,707 children under five years of age suffer from acute malnutrition and risk death Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the year at least 51 children under 5 years of age died of acute malnutrition in Guatemala and approximately 2,244 of the 6,707 who suffer from this disease, are li ...
• 4 July 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Poverty rates are higher than those revealed by official statistics", said Mgr. Lozano Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - "The real poverty rates are higher than those published by INDEC (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos) (National Institute of Statistics and Censuses)," said Mgr. Jorge Eduardo Loz ...
• 4 July 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Prisons have become overcrowded human warehouses", denounces the church La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "The Prisons of our country are overcrowded human warehouses, more than 200 per cent of what prisons can accommodate," said Father Leonardo Da Silva. The situation of prisons in the country has ...
• 3 July 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - There is a growing gap between rich and poor Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the economic growth in the country, the gap between rich and poor in Honduras continues to increase. This is what emerges in a recent study by the United Nations Program for Deve ...
• 3 July 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - 4,350 'tetra pak' desks for school children in Alajuela Alajuela (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the program "A desk for your school", which promotes environmental awareness with recycling activities in 321 public and private schools, 4,350 students from around the Country have t ...
• 2 July 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - The phenomenon of child labor affects more than 200,000 children Santiago, Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012 over 200,000 children were exploited in work activities at risk in Chile. In some cases children carried out very dangerous jobs, especially considering their young age. Accordin ...
• 2 July 2013
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - New educational center for the prevention of child labor Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - A new headquarters of the Spanish NGO Fundación Telefónica, committed to the prevention of child labor, has just been inaugurated in Montevideo. The educational center, equipped with modern ...
• 28 June 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Decree on migration is ready, the first of its kind in the country La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - It is expected that on the 8th of August, President Evo Morales will issue a supreme decree on "immigration amnesty" in Bolivia. It would be the first decree which, together with the immigration ...
• 27 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Hopes of finding the priest believed to be dead alive Monteria (Agenzia Fides) - There are still hopes of finding don Néstor Darío Buendía Martínez alive, the priest missing in Colombia and whose death was announced, after a body was found, that was believed to be his. ...