America

• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Concern over the social consequences of the upcoming international events: the Bishops study the situation Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The members of CONSEP (Council for the Pastoral care in its acronym in Portuguese), which has the task of monitoring the implementation of the general guidelines about the evangelizing action o ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A " Ministry of the Family ": the Church’s request to the government Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (DEC) and the National Commission for the Pastoral Care of the Family have asked the Dominican government to establish the "Ministry of the Family," whic ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The meeting between the Presidents of the United States and Mexico is a "historic opportunity" to solve the drama of emigration Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The event of the week, that is to say today's meeting at the White House, President-elect of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, with U.S. President Barack Obama will meet to address various bilate ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Campaign against the indigenous trade in Yucatan Merida (Agenzia Fides) - With an energetic and urgent appeal to fight what is called a "new slavery", the Commission on Human Rights of the State of Yucatan (CODHEY) and the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), h ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Malnutrition and lack of health care and hygiene for children who live with their parents in prisons La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia is one of the few countries where inmates can live in cells with their children. It is an irregular situation which, besides being dangerous for the integrity of children who are subjecte ...
• 26 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Do not resort to violence" asks Mgr. Arizmendi Esquivel after the murder of the son of a rural leader Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - A group of criminals yesterday, Sunday, November 25, killed the son of a well-known rural leader, in the municipality of Venustiano Carranza, in Chiapas, Mexico. Some armed men with their faces ...
• 26 November 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops on the Curuguaty case: "To accelerate the investigation to determine those responsible" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church calls to accelerate the investigation into the massacre of Curuguaty to determine those responsible of the events that on 15 June (see Fides 18/06/2012) caused the death of ...
• 24 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - March for life: "No" of the population to abortion Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "I love life": gathered round this slogan, the population of Santa Cruz participated in the "March for Life" which was held yesterday, Friday, November 23, organized by more than 300 institut ...
• 24 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Aguascalientes does not accept the U.S.A. Report on security Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Aguascalientes, His Exc. Mgr. José María de la Torre Martin, has strongly rejected a report by the State Department of the United States, where it is stated ...
• 23 November 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Worrying storms are beating down on the country San José (Agenzia Fides) - Floods and landslides have been continuing in Costa Rica since last week. According to the Comisión Nacional de Emergencia (CNE), the Caribbean coastal areas are the most affected. In Matina, ...
• 23 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Street children want to study Rioverde (Agenzia Fides) - After being integrated into the program "From street to life," the children working at the intersections of major roads in the municipality of Rioverde, dream of finding a good job as soon as p ...
• 23 November 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The first stone of the new church dedicated to San. Pedro and San. Pablo in Ichu was blessed Puno (Agenzia Fides) - On November 21 the "first stone" of a new church dedicated to San Pedro and San Pablo in Ichu, a town located 15 km south of the city of Puno (Peru) was blessed. A source of Fides reports that moth ...
• 22 November 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Challenges to the family in the national reality: a Bishops' letter is being prepared San Marcos (Agenzia Fides) – On November 21, the annual Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) ended, during which various issues, including the pastoral, political situation and social development of ...
• 22 November 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous Peoples: "no longer the object of our love, but the protagonists of their own history" Luziania (Agenzia Fides) - "The identity of Cimi is the alliance with indigenous peoples, so that they do not lose their identity": said the President of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), the Bishop of the Prelat ...
• 21 November 2012
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - "It is 500 years old, but it is a young church": recalled the arrival of the first Bishop in the Americas San Juan, Puerto Rico (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop emeritus of Seville, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Special Envoy of Pope Benedict XVI presided at a solemn Eucharist on Sunday, November 18, in front of thousands ...