America

• 5 March 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "Do not give support to candidates who do not sign the Electoral Ethics Pact" insists the Church Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has re-launched its appeal to all political parties to sign the Panamanian electoral ethical pact to prevent violence and ensure peaceful and transparent elections in May 2014 ...
• 4 March 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – A 13-year-old hired assassin killed: the local Bishop’s appeal to families Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - "The State must do its part as well as the Church and especially the family must sow values," said Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, Bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas. "In these times of chang ...
• 4 March 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Do not forget the poor," the church calls for new social order Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Poverty should be regarded as a social evil that demeans the person. Even more serious, in Honduras, poverty, leading to the "manipulation" and the "enslavement" of the people," said the ed ...
• 1 March 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The conflict over the land is also ruining our culture," say the indigenous communities Luziânia (Agenzia Fides) - The question of land ownership was the focus of traditional communities, which was held from February 25 to 28 in Luziânia (in the State of Goias in central Brazil). The event was attended by ...
• 1 March 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Justice for 1500 orphans of the civil conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - There are 1,542 children who lost their parents in the civil war analysed by the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) in the departments of Antioquia, Casanare and Nariño. In a note se ...
• 28 February 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The new Nuncio: Holy See and Nicaragua together for the common good and for the family Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The new Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua, His Excellency, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, said during the presentation of his credentials to President Daniel Ortega, that the Holy See intends "to ...
• 27 February 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - From "Flashmob" to new evangelization Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mission travels underground, on undergrounds: on Saturday 9th March, a group of young Catholics will get on the underground in Mexico City to bring the message of Christ to thousands of peop ...
• 27 February 2013
  AMERICA - It is urgent to eradicate the phenomenon of children employed in domestic work Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - Ten major international organizations urge the ministers of labor throughout the world to protect children working in domestic service and to ratify the Convention of the International Labour ...
• 26 February 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Year of Faith: a pastoral Letter denouncing violence Escuintla (Agenzia Fides) - It is time to "move from sin to life" with this invitation the Pastoral Letter of the Diocese of Escuintla begins, on the occasion of Lent in the Year of Faith 2013. In the text sent by the Ep ...
• 26 February 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Community of Santiago greets the first missionary of St. Colombano in Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – He was a missionary who gave a valuable contribution to the whole Church of Santiago: Fr. Hugo Mc Gonagle, an Irish priest and missionary of St. Colombano, who died last February 18 at the ag ...
• 25 February 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Appeal for electoral campaign without violence and with transparency San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – As the time approaches for the start of the electoral campaign for 2014 presidential elections, Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador, says the local Catholic Chu ...
• 25 February 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We must all support efforts to continue the dialogue for peace” Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – “We must all support and defend efforts to promote peace” the national director of Social Pastoral of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia , Mgr. Héctor Fabio Henao, told the pr ...
• 23 February 2013
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Social inclusion and “unity in diversity”: a challenge for the Church Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Building a society where no one is excluded, no one is marginalised, where diverse social and religious components work together for the common good, is a challenge for the Church: this is ...
• 23 February 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity and sobriety: the solution to the crisis Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) – The solution to the economic crisis is greater solidarity and greater sobriety of life style: this was said by the Catholic Archbishop of Huancayo, Archbishop Mons. Pedro Barreto Jimeno SJ, ...
• 22 February 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Say NO to the dirty money of drug traffickers": Bishop Sandoval urges his diocese Guachochi (Agenzia Fides) – The government is absent and in its place bands of drug traffickers keep capillary control of the territory: in this situation Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, Bishop of Tarahumara diocese, ...