America

• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Family and the Year of Faith at the centre of the 40th mission in Argentina Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – Conclusion of the 12-day pastoral mission of 33 missionaries of the Church of Paraguay addressed to their countrymen who emigrated to the Argentine territory. Led by His Exc. Mgr. Claudio Sil ...
• 15 December 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church: "Vote the people closest to the problems of the population" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming elections are "really important because we are going to elect the people who are closest to the problems of the population and have in their hands the solution to these problems." T ...
• 15 December 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "The attack on life harms development and peace," says the Apostolic Nuncio San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Every attack on life, especially in the beginning, inevitably causes irreparable damage to development, peace and the environment. False rights or freedoms, based on a narrow vision of the hu ...
• 14 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New support to Mgr. Casaldáliga from the Chamber of Deputies Mato Grosso (Agenzia Fides) - The Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil filed a motion of support for the Spanish Bishop Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga, who last week had to leave the village of Sao Felix ...
• 13 December 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 300 000 Nicaraguan children work instead of going to school Managua (Agenzia Fides) - In Nicaragua, the reduction of the rate of child labor is still very high. The report of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Funides) shows that in the country 42.8% o ...
• 13 December 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - 50 days after the hurricane, thousands of people are still homeless and without services Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay has received an appeal from the Bishop Emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), His Exc. Mgr. Luis del Castillo, who has been living as a missionary in Santiago ...
• 12 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Delays in learning and growth for adolescent workers Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor in Argentina continues to be a very serious problem. Among the disadvantages caused by the phenomenon what emerges is the narrow margin of time available that these children hav ...
• 12 December 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Catholic Church mediates between firemen and government authorities Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue between the representatives of the General Directorate of the Fire Brigade and the authorities of the Government of Panama is still in progress, in order to examine a list of 13 req ...
• 11 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The end of the world on December 21? Then give away your possessions to the Church Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Punta Arenas (Chile), His Exc. Mgr. Bernardo Bastres Florence, S.D.B., faced with the concerns of those who say that next December 21 could be the end of the wo ...
• 11 December 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence in the region of Coahuila increases, the Bishop invokes for a pact to end it and calls for the application of justice Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, Mgr. José Raul Vera Lopez, has called for a pact to end the violence of organized crime in Coahuila and throughout Mexico, he also asked President Enriqu ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA - About 300 000 children recruited for criminal activity in the world New York City (Agenzia Fides) - Enrolling children in the armed forces is considered an international crime as well as a war crime. However, according to the latest report of the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga threatened again because he supports the indigenous Xavante Mato Grosso (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga, Bishop Prelate Emeritus of Sao Felix, was forced to leave the village of Sao Felix do Araguaia, in Brazil, due to the resurgence of threats, which he has ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Quintana calls for dialogue, but emphasizes that air and clean water is a right for all Freirina (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Copiapó, His Exc. Mgr. Gaspar Quintana, visited the Freirina community after the clashes between the population and the security guards of the company Agrosuper, following the pe ...
• 7 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Church is concerned for the violence in Freirina Freirina (Agenzia Fides) - From the first hours of Thursday, December 6th incidents of violence in the city of Freirina in the south valley of the diocese Chilean Copiapó were reported. According to the note of the Epis ...
• 7 December 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - Microcredit for Haitian women in difficulty, but creative and tenacious Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Considered the main victims of exclusion as well as the campesinos and children, the women of Haiti have creativity and thanks to their work they support more than 43% of single-parent ...