America

• 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 ...
• 21 November 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Ortega’s Letter for the Year of Faith, "a meditation on this historic moment to promote the encounter of the Cuban people with Jesus" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Esta es nuestra Fe" (This is our Faith) is the title of Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino’s pastoral Letter, on the occasion of the Year of Faith. According to the explanatory note of the Confere ...
• 21 November 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 66% of the population lives in poverty Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The level of poverty recorded among the population in Honduras by the NSI (National Statistics Institute) is 66.5%. The study, which collects data until May 2012, shows that 66.5% of Hondura ...
• 20 November 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support of Bishops for the Reconstruction and 160 pastoral projects in Latin America Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) has allocated $ 4.9 million for various projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The USCCB Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America in ...
• 20 November 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Unilateral truce announced by the FARC, but dialogue for peace continues Havana (Agenzia Fides) -Yesterday, Monday, November 19, peace talks between the representatives of the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) restarted in Cuba. The delegation of the F ...
• 19 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 11 million Mexicans live in extreme poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - There are 11 million (out of a population of about 110 million people) Mexicans who live in extreme poverty. These data are presented in a report recently presented by the Secretary General ...
• 19 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church calls on the population to participate in the census, civic duty and a tool for the development of society La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church calls on the Bolivian population to participate in the national Census, because it is a "civic duty", and calls on the authorities and population to make every effort for this ...
• 19 November 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "The conflicts that the country experiences are still unresolved": Bishops' document on the situation Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - "What do we have to do?" (Lk 3:10) is the title of the document sent to Fides Agency, signed by the President of the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, His Exc. Mgr. Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez ...
• 16 November 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "United for life and for peace," the Catholic initiative to support the truce among the gangs San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the Bishops and pastors of different denominations will meet on Saturday, November 17 for a pastoral initiative for life and for peace. The families of gang members and members of our ...
• 16 November 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Controversy over a provision that hurts the religious sensibility of the sick Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The fundamental right to freedom of worship in force in the country was asked by the Archbishop of Cuenca, His Excellency Mons Luis Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., following the relocation of a statue of ...
• 15 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "We cannot close our eyes or keep silent before the serious problems the country faces " Bishops during the 50th Episcopal Conference Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivian Bishops reiterated their concerns and said they will be careful and will not remain silent before the serious problems that threaten the country. Their purpose is contained in the me ...
• 15 November 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "This suffering must end": The Bishops call for an immigration reform in 2013 Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Los Angeles, His Exc. Mgr. Jose Gomez, who chairs the Committee on Migration of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the United States of America (USCCB), urged re-elected Pres ...
• 14 November 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - A "sheet" that managed to arrive where the Church did not arrive...for 50 years Havana (Agenzia Fides) –Talking is still going on, in parishes and among the people of Cuba with regards to the celebration held on Sunday, November 4, presided over by Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana, for ...
• 14 November 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Peace process is necessary but difficult," said Cardinal Salazar Gomez Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace process is a necessary process. In Colombia it is very difficult to achieve a military victory, not because our army is not adequately prepared, but for the geographical conditions and for ...
• 13 November 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholics and New Media: New opportunities to evangelize the digital continent Washington (Agenzia Fides) - 62 percent of adult U.S. Catholics, representing an estimated 36.2 million people, have a profile on Facebook; 58 percent of Catholics age of 30 and under share content such as pictures, art ...