America

• 6 December 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "The defense of immigrants is evangelization": the Bishop of Atlanta calls for an integral reform of immigration policy Atlanta (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Atlanta, in the North of Georgia, asked for the umpteenth time an integral reform of immigration. According to information sent to Fides Agency, His Exc. Mgr. Wilton Gregory w ...
• 6 December 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Irregularities in the consultation of the Tipnis have been found Trinidad (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-institutional Commission formed by members of the Catholic Church, of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of Bolivia (APDHB) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FI ...
• 5 December 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Short film to combat child labor Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor is one of the major problems of society. To try to cope with the phenomenon the Foundation Telefónica Colombia continues to be committed to the eradication of this scourge which affe ...
• 5 December 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Nicaragua celebrates 450 years of devotion to Mary El Viejo (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua makes a pilgrimage tomorrow, December 6, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Nicaragua, in the town of El Viejo, in Chinandega, where a Mass will be celebrated ...
• 5 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - For 60 years the Commission for Missionary Action has been working for the mission at all levels Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for Missionary Action celebrates 60 years of activity: in coordination with the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB) it promotes missionary action and evangelization, formation ...
• 4 December 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Permanent Mission and Evangelization of the family: at the beginning of the Year of Faith denunciation of violence against indigenous peoples Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the novena in preparation for the feast of the Virgen de Caacupé, the main Marian devotion in Paraguay which is celebrated on December 8, in the Basilica of Caacupé (about ...
• 4 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We want to be a nation": Bishops’ reflections for Christmas Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "All the inhabitants of our country need to feel supported by a management team that not only think about their own interests, but is concerned first of all, of the common good," says the d ...
• 3 December 2012
  AMERICA/CANADA - "Quality journalism is ethical journalism": contribution of the WACC Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the International Federation of Journalists (FIP), have just released a new tool to promote ethical journalism, providing its correct ...
• 3 December 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa is the new President of SEDAC Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, Archbishop of Panama, was elected President of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) for a term of four years. The Auxiliary Bis ...
• 30 November 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The 500th anniversary of the first diocese: Cardinal Ouellet meets with the President of Panama; Santa Maria La Antigua’s story on the web Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, received yesterday, 29 November, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for La ...
• 30 November 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Child labor and gender discrimination for Afro-Uruguayan children Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - According to data from the National Statistics Institute of Uruguay, 10.6% of the Uruguayan population is of African descent, about 13.4% in the age group ranging from 5 to 17. The majority a ...
• 29 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Even the Catholic Church in the Inter-institutional Committee to prepare a report on the TIPNIS Trinity (Agenzia Fides) - "Complying with the request made by the representatives of the TIPNIS (Indigenous Territory and Isiboro Secure National Park), the Catholic Church and the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of ...
• 29 November 2012
  AMERICA - Poverty declines in Latin America, but 66 million people live in extreme poverty Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has predicted that this year which is about to come to an end, the region accounts for 167 million people living in poverty, ...
• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - A program of support for more than 6000 street children and adolescents has started Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the program called Llachay, which aims to give back the rights of street children and adolescents who live in situations at risk, 6,365 children throughout Peru will be taken care of unti ...
• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Meeting of the Bishops of Central America, today the opening of the Jubilee Year for the 500th anniversary of the first diocese Panama (Agenzia Fides) – Since Monday, November 26, 60 Bishops of the Central American region have been in Panama for the 2012 General Assembly of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC). The meeting is bei ...